| 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 | |
| Female | 97,319 | 100.0 | 10,610 | 100.0 | 69,666 | 100.0 | 17,044 | 100.0 |
| --------------------------------- | 5,943 | 6.1 | 2,610 | 24.6 | 2,297 | 3.3 | 1,036 | 6.1 |
| Less than 9th grade | ||||||||
| 9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 8,233 | 8.5 | 1,687 | 15.9 | 4,596 | 6.6 | 1,950 | 11.4 |
| High school graduate | 31,921 | 32.8 | 2,968 | 28.0 | 23,679 | 34.0 | 5,274 | 30.9 |
| Some college or associate degree | 25,809 | 26.5 | 2,037 | 19.2 | 19,317 | 27.7 | 4,454 | 26.1 |
| Bachelor's degree | 17,134 | 17.6 | 966 | 9.1 | 13,198 | 18.9 | 2,970 | 17.4 |
| Advanced degree | 8,279 | 8.5 | 342 | 3.2 | 6,578 | 9.4 | 1,359 | 8.0 |
| --------------------------------- | 14,176 | 14.6 | 4,296 | 40.5 | 6,894 | 9.9 | 2,986 | 17.5 |
| Less than high school diploma | ||||||||
| High school graduate or more | 83,143 | 85.4 | 6,313 | 59.5 | 62,772 | 90.1 | 14,058 | 82.5 |
| --------------------------------- | 71,906 | 73.9 | 9,302 | 87.7 | 49,890 | 71.6 | 12,714 | 74.6 |
| Less than bachelor's degree | ||||||||
| Bachelor's degree or more | 25,413 | 26.1 | 1,308 | 12.3 | 19,776 | 28.4 | 4,329 | 25.4 |
| 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. |
