Table 2.5 Educational Attainment of the - Foreign Born by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2000 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | | YEAR OF ENTRY | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990-2000 | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 22,394| 100.0| 6,804| 100.0| 6,586| 100.0| 4,457| 100.0| 4,547| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 4,971| 22.2| 1,467| 21.6| 1,488| 22.6| 1,031| 23.1| 986| 21.7| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 2,426| 10.8| 780| 11.5| 849| 12.9| 414| 9.3| 383| 8.4| |High school graduate | 5,593| 25.0| 1,633| 24.0| 1,737| 26.4| 1,025| 23.0| 1,199| 26.4| |Some college or associate degree | 3,625| 16.2| 953| 14.0| 996| 15.1| 789| 17.7| 888| 19.5| |Bachelor's degree | 3,615| 16.1| 1,297| 19.1| 979| 14.9| 778| 17.5| 562| 12.4| |Advanced degree | 2,162| 9.7| 674| 9.9| 538| 8.2| 421| 9.4| 530| 11.7| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 7,397| 33.0| 2,247| 33.0| 2,337| 35.5| 1,445| 32.4| 1,368| 30.1| |High school graduate or more | 14,997| 67.0| 4,557| 67.0| 4,249| 64.5| 3,012| 67.6| 3,178| 69.9| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than bachelor's degree | 16,616| 74.2| 4,833| 71.0| 5,069| 77.0| 3,259| 73.1| 3,455| 76.0| |Bachelor's degree or more | 5,778| 25.8| 1,971| 29.0| 1,517| 23.0| 1,199| 26.9| 1,092| 24.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Male ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | | YEAR OF ENTRY | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990-2000 | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 10,966| 100.0| 3,313| 100.0| 3,413| 100.0| 2,161| 100.0| 2,079| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,327| 21.2| 699| 21.1| 710| 20.8| 492| 22.8| 425| 20.5| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,230| 11.2| 397| 12.0| 448| 13.1| 209| 9.7| 176| 8.5| |High school graduate | 2,590| 23.6| 760| 22.9| 870| 25.5| 483| 22.4| 478| 23.0| |Some college or associate degree | 1,683| 15.3| 450| 13.6| 518| 15.2| 339| 15.7| 375| 18.0| |Bachelor's degree | 1,755| 16.0| 611| 18.4| 513| 15.0| 350| 16.2| 282| 13.6| |Advanced degree | 1,380| 12.6| 396| 11.9| 354| 10.4| 287| 13.3| 343| 16.5| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,558| 32.4| 1,096| 33.1| 1,158| 33.9| 702| 32.5| 602| 28.9| |High school graduate or more | 7,408| 67.6| 2,216| 66.9| 2,255| 66.1| 1,459| 67.5| 1,478| 71.1| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than bachelor's degree | 7,830| 71.4| 2,306| 69.6| 2,546| 74.6| 1,524| 70.5| 1,454| 70.0| |Bachelor's degree or more | 3,135| 28.6| 1,007| 30.4| 867| 25.4| 637| 29.5| 625| 30.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | | YEAR OF ENTRY | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990-2000 | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 2/ | 11,428| 100.0| 3,491| 100.0| 3,173| 100.0| 2,297| 100.0| 2,468| 100.0| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 2,644| 23.1| 767| 22.0| 777| 24.5| 539| 23.5| 560| 22.7| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,196| 10.5| 383| 11.0| 401| 12.7| 205| 8.9| 207| 8.4| |High school graduate | 3,003| 26.3| 873| 25.0| 867| 27.3| 542| 23.6| 721| 29.2| |Some college or associate degree | 1,943| 17.0| 503| 14.4| 477| 15.0| 450| 19.6| 513| 20.8| |Bachelor's degree | 1,860| 16.3| 686| 19.7| 466| 14.7| 428| 18.6| 280| 11.3| |Advanced degree | 782| 6.8| 278| 8.0| 183| 5.8| 133| 5.8| 187| 7.6| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 3,840| 33.6| 1,151| 33.0| 1,179| 37.2| 743| 32.4| 767| 31.1| |High school graduate or more | 7,588| 66.4| 2,341| 67.0| 1,994| 62.8| 1,553| 67.6| 1,701| 68.9| |---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | |Less than bachelor's degree | 8,786| 76.9| 2,527| 72.4| 2,523| 79.5| 1,735| 75.5| 2,001| 81.1| |Bachelor's degree or more | 2,642| 23.1| 964| 27.6| 649| 20.5| 562| 24.5| 467| 18.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Age 25 years and over. 2/ Years of school completed, not attended. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division Internet release date: January 3, 2001