Table 6.1  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race:   2004
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Educational attainment           |               |          Hispanic origin and race 1/          |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |
|                                 |     Total     |   Hispanic    |  White alone  |   all Other   |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female                           | 97,319|  100.0| 10,610|  100.0| 69,666|  100.0| 17,044|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              |  5,943|    6.1|  2,610|   24.6|  2,297|    3.3|  1,036|    6.1|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   |  8,233|    8.5|  1,687|   15.9|  4,596|    6.6|  1,950|   11.4|
|High school graduate             | 31,921|   32.8|  2,968|   28.0| 23,679|   34.0|  5,274|   30.9|
|Some college or associate degree | 25,809|   26.5|  2,037|   19.2| 19,317|   27.7|  4,454|   26.1|
|Bachelor's degree                | 17,134|   17.6|    966|    9.1| 13,198|   18.9|  2,970|   17.4|
|Advanced degree                  |  8,279|    8.5|    342|    3.2|  6,578|    9.4|  1,359|    8.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    | 14,176|   14.6|  4,296|   40.5|  6,894|    9.9|  2,986|   17.5|
|High school graduate or more     | 83,143|   85.4|  6,313|   59.5| 62,772|   90.1| 14,058|   82.5|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      | 71,906|   73.9|  9,302|   87.7| 49,890|   71.6| 12,714|   74.6|
|Bachelor's degree or more        | 25,413|   26.1|  1,308|   12.3| 19,776|   28.4|  4,329|   25.4|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other
   Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Population Divis