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|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male                             | 10,986|  100.0|  7,085|  100.0|    962|  100.0|    592|  100.0|    942|  100.0|    665|  100.0|    740|  100.0|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              |  2,821|   25.7|  2,110|   29.8|    106|   11.1|    117|   19.7|    340|   36.1|     60|    9.1|     87|   11.7|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)   |  1,868|   17.0|  1,331|   18.8|    179|   18.7|     43|    7.2|    147|   15.6|     64|    9.6|    105|   14.1|
|High school graduate             |  3,009|   27.4|  1,911|   27.0|    341|   35.4|    175|   29.6|    211|   22.4|    160|   24.0|    211|   28.5|
|Some college or associate degree |  1,990|   18.1|  1,184|   16.7|    212|   22.0|    109|   18.4|    145|   15.4|    156|   23.4|    185|   24.9|
|Bachelor's degree                |    926|    8.4|    422|    6.0|     81|    8.5|     96|   16.2|     66|    7.0|    153|   23.0|    108|   14.5|
|Advanced degree                  |    372|    3.4|    126|    1.8|     42|    4.4|     52|    8.8|     33|    3.5|     73|   10.9|     46|    6.2|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    |  4,689|   42.7|  3,441|   48.6|    286|   29.7|    160|   26.9|    487|   51.7|    124|   18.7|    191|   25.9|
|High school graduate or more     |  6,297|   57.3|  3,644|   51.4|    676|   70.3|    433|   73.1|    455|   48.3|    541|   81.3|    549|   74.1|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      |  9,688|   88.2|  6,536|   92.3|    838|   87.2|    444|   75.0|    843|   89.5|    440|   66.1|    587|   79.3|
|Bachelor's degree or more        |  1,298|   11.8|    549|    7.7|    123|   12.8|    148|   25.0|     99|   10.5|    225|   33.9|    153|   20.7|
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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