Table 6.2  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex and Hispanic Origin Type:   2004
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Educational attainment           |               |                                    Hispanic origin type 1/                                    |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               |               |               |    Central    |    South      |    Other      |
|                                 |Total Hispanic |    Mexican    | Puerto Rican  |     Cuban     |   American    |   American    |  Hispanic 2/  |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            | 21,596|  100.0| 13,499|  100.0|  2,063|  100.0|  1,153|  100.0|  1,829|  100.0|  1,335|  100.0|  1,717|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              |  5,431|   25.1|  4,019|   29.8|    228|   11.0|    225|   19.5|    622|   34.0|    117|    8.7|    222|   12.9|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   |  3,555|   16.5|  2,474|   18.3|    354|   17.2|     97|    8.4|    287|   15.7|    114|    8.6|    229|   13.3|
|High school graduate             |  5,977|   27.7|  3,620|   26.8|    709|   34.3|    350|   30.3|    448|   24.5|    362|   27.1|    488|   28.4|
|Some college or associate degree |  4,027|   18.6|  2,317|   17.2|    483|   23.4|    205|   17.8|    281|   15.4|    302|   22.6|    439|   25.6|
|Bachelor's degree                |  1,892|    8.8|    821|    6.1|    196|    9.5|    177|   15.4|    134|    7.3|    326|   24.4|    239|   13.9|
|Advanced degree                  |    714|    3.3|    248|    1.8|     94|    4.6|     99|    8.6|     58|    3.2|    115|    8.6|    100|    5.8|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    |  8,986|   41.6|  6,493|   48.1|    582|   28.2|    321|   27.9|    908|   49.7|    231|   17.3|    451|   26.2|
|High school graduate or more     | 12,610|   58.4|  7,006|   51.9|  1,482|   71.8|    832|   72.1|    921|   50.3|  1,104|   82.7|  1,266|   73.8|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      | 18,990|   87.9| 12,431|   92.1|  1,773|   86.0|    876|   76.0|  1,637|   89.5|    895|   67.0|  1,378|   80.3|
|Bachelor's degree or more        |  2,606|   12.1|  1,069|    7.9|    290|   14.0|    277|   24.0|    192|   10.5|    440|   33.0|    339|   19.7|
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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.
2/ This category includes Dominicans.

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