TABLE 3B.  ASSOCIATE DEGREE FIELD BY SEX, RACE AND ETHNICITY, AND AGE, 1996

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

People age 15 and over with highest degree = associate degree
Numbers in thousands.

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|Field                   |        |                 |        Race and ethnicity         |           Age            |
|                        |        |                 |-----------------------------------+--------------------------|
|                        |        |       Sex       |        | White  |        |        |18 to 29|30 to 49|50 years|
|                        |--------+-----------------|        |Non-His-|        |  His-  | years  | years  | old &  |
|                        | TOTAL  |  Men   | Women  | White  | panic  | Black  | panic* |  old   |  old   |  over  |
|------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
|Total                   |  11,758|   5,179|   6,579|  10,044|   9,432|   1,221|     667|   2,235|   6,964|   2,559|
|Agriculture             |     172|     129|      42|     168|     168|       -|       -|      46|     100|      26|
|Business, office        |   2,760|   1,057|   1,703|   2,311|   2,160|     317|     161|     440|   1,654|     666|
|Communications          |     128|      83|      45|      99|      96|      25|       7|      31|      81|      17|
|Computer                |     621|     341|     280|     467|     434|     130|      46|     164|     403|      55|
|Education               |     422|     104|     317|     352|     328|      40|      24|      67|     216|     139|
|Engineering, drafting   |     624|     560|      64|     543|     528|      46|      15|     112|     353|     159|
|Health sciences         |   1,785|     222|   1,563|   1,584|   1,514|     161|      79|     277|   1,099|     409|
|Liberal arts            |   1,020|     388|     633|     891|     829|      90|      65|     219|     541|     261|
|Natural science         |     246|     111|     135|     196|     186|      28|      10|      58|     136|      52|
|Police and protective   |     280|     210|      70|     255|     236|      20|      19|      75|     156|      49|
|Social science          |     203|      72|     131|     143|     131|      49|      17|      45|     115|      43|
|Visual arts             |     142|      59|      83|     124|     110|      12|      19|      33|      87|      23|
|Other vocational        |   1,407|     945|     462|   1,194|   1,122|     146|      76|     251|     870|     285|
|Other                   |   1,947|     897|   1,050|   1,717|   1,592|     158|     130|     417|   1,154|     376|
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- Indicates value of zero
* Hispanics may be of any race
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel