Table 7.   Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex:  March 2000 

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  March 15, 2001

(Numbers in thousands.)
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|Educational attainment               |               |              Sex              |
|                                     |               |-------------------------------|
|                                     |     Total     |     Male      |    Female     |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                                |175,230|  100.0| 83,611|  100.0| 91,620|  100.0|
|---------------------------------    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                  | 12,179|    7.0|  5,918|    7.1|  6,261|    6.8|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)       | 15,675|    8.9|  7,298|    8.7|  8,377|    9.1|
|High school graduate                 | 58,086|   33.1| 26,651|   31.9| 31,435|   34.3|
|Some college or associate degree     | 44,445|   25.4| 20,493|   24.5| 23,952|   26.1|
|Bachelor's degree                    | 29,840|   17.0| 14,909|   17.8| 14,931|   16.3|
|Advanced degree                      | 15,006|    8.6|  8,342|   10.0|  6,664|    7.3|
|---------------------------------    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma        | 27,853|   15.9| 13,215|   15.8| 14,638|   16.0|
|High school graduate or more         |147,377|   84.1| 70,395|   84.2| 76,982|   84.0|
|---------------------------------    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree          |130,384|   74.4| 60,359|   72.2| 70,025|   76.4|
|Bachelor's degree or more            | 44,846|   25.6| 23,251|   27.8| 21,595|   23.6|
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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations Branch, 
Population Division.