TABLE 1A.  EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LEVEL BY SEX, RACE AND ETHNICITY, AND AGE, 1996

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001

All people age 15 and over
Numbers in thousands.

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|Characteristic        |                                 Highest Level Completed                                 |
|                      |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                      |        |  Some  |  High  |        |        | Assoc- | Bach-  |        |Profess-|Doctor- |
|                      | Elem-  |  high  | school |  Some  | Voca-  |  iate  | elor's |Master's| ional  |  ate   |
|                      | entary | school |graduate|college | tional | degree | degree | degree | degree | degree |
|----------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
|TOTAL                 |  15,867|  30,561|  62,358|  36,219|   8,175|  11,758|  27,378|   9,257|   2,315|   1,593|
|Sex                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  Men                 |   7,742|  15,038|  29,396|  17,295|   3,272|   5,179|  13,537|   4,744|   1,668|   1,135|
|  Women               |   8,125|  15,524|  32,962|  18,924|   4,903|   6,579|  13,841|   4,513|     647|     458|
|Race and ethnicity    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  White               |  12,656|  23,883|  52,524|  30,256|   6,994|  10,044|  23,875|   8,182|   2,089|   1,363|
|   Non-Hispanic       |   8,104|  19,851|  48,125|  27,772|   6,499|   9,432|  22,855|   7,943|   1,970|   1,323|
|    Men               |   4,042|   9,839|  22,438|  13,345|   2,604|   4,172|  11,664|   4,083|   1,466|     950|
|    Women             |   4,062|  10,012|  25,686|  14,426|   3,895|   5,260|  11,191|   3,860|     504|     372|
|  Black               |   2,185|   5,354|   7,654|   4,497|     834|   1,221|   1,881|     602|      68|      89|
|    Men               |   1,082|   2,489|   3,661|   1,922|     291|     513|     715|     245|      39|      48|
|    Women             |   1,103|   2,865|   3,992|   2,575|     543|     708|   1,166|     357|      29|      41|
|  Hispanic*           |   4,915|   4,492|   4,827|   2,824|     584|     667|   1,089|     256|     119|      51|
|    Men               |   2,359|   2,320|   2,484|   1,429|     269|     310|     517|     115|      74|      35|
|    Women             |   2,556|   2,173|   2,343|   1,395|     315|     357|     572|     141|      46|      17|
|Age                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|  15 to 17 years old  |   1,303|   9,990|     276|      60|       -|       -|       -|       -|       -|       -|
|  18 to 24 years old  |     632|   3,839|   8,803|   8,159|     576|     810|   1,778|      93|      21|       -|
|  25 to 34 years old  |   1,509|   3,381|  12,760|   7,527|   1,977|   3,183|   8,034|   1,585|     389|     161|
|  35 to 44 years old  |   1,778|   3,348|  13,479|   7,721|   2,087|   3,728|   7,490|   2,665|     721|     358|
|  45 to 54 years old  |   1,871|   2,450|   9,704|   5,672|   1,510|   2,238|   5,127|   2,703|     622|     522|
|  55 to 64 years old  |   2,218|   2,751|   7,141|   3,115|     802|     945|   2,379|   1,160|     235|     292|
|  65 years old & over |   6,555|   4,802|  10,196|   3,966|   1,223|     853|   2,571|   1,052|     327|     259|
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- Indicates value of zero
* Hispanics may be of any race
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel