| Table 6.1 Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race: 2004 |
| (Numbers in thousands) |
| Educational attainment | Total | Hispanic origin and race 1/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic |
Non-Hispanic, White alone |
Non-Hispanic, all Other | ||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 186,877 | 100.0 | 21,596 | 100.0 | 134,063 | 100.0 | 31,218 | 100.0 |
| --------------------------------- | 11,747 | 6.3 | 5,431 | 25.1 | 4,430 | 3.3 | 1,886 | 6.0 |
| Less than 9th grade | ||||||||
| 9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 15,998 | 8.6 | 3,555 | 16.5 | 8,986 | 6.7 | 3,457 | 11.1 |
| High school graduate | 59,810 | 32.0 | 5,977 | 27.7 | 44,022 | 32.8 | 9,812 | 31.4 |
| Some college or associate degree | 47,572 | 25.5 | 4,027 | 18.6 | 35,631 | 26.6 | 7,913 | 25.3 |
| Bachelor's degree | 33,766 | 18.1 | 1,892 | 8.8 | 26,569 | 19.8 | 5,305 | 17.0 |
| Advanced degree | 17,983 | 9.6 | 714 | 3.3 | 14,425 | 10.8 | 2,844 | 9.1 |
| --------------------------------- | 27,745 | 14.8 | 8,986 | 41.6 | 13,416 | 10.0 | 5,343 | 17.1 |
| Less than high school diploma | ||||||||
| High school graduate or more | 159,132 | 85.2 | 12,610 | 58.4 | 120,647 | 90.0 | 25,874 | 82.9 |
| --------------------------------- | 135,127 | 72.3 | 18,990 | 87.9 | 93,069 | 69.4 | 23,069 | 73.9 |
| Less than bachelor's degree | ||||||||
| Bachelor's degree or more | 51,749 | 27.7 | 2,606 | 12.1 | 40,994 | 30.6 | 8,149 | 26.1 |
| 1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other |
| Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Population Division. |
