| Table 6.2 Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex and Hispanic Origin Type: 2004 |
| (Numbers in thousands) |
| Educational attainment | Total Hispanic | Hispanic origin type 1/ | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican | Puerto Rican | Cuban | Central American | South American | Other Hispanic 2/ | |||||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 21,596 | 100.0 | 13,499 | 100.0 | 2,063 | 100.0 | 1,153 | 100.0 | 1,829 | 100.0 | 1,335 | 100.0 | 1,717 | 100.0 |
| --------------------------------- | 5,431 | 25.1 | 4,019 | 29.8 | 228 | 11.0 | 225 | 19.5 | 622 | 34.0 | 117 | 8.7 | 222 | 12.9 |
| Less than 9th grade | ||||||||||||||
| 9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 3,555 | 16.5 | 2,474 | 18.3 | 354 | 17.2 | 97 | 8.4 | 287 | 15.7 | 114 | 8.6 | 229 | 13.3 |
| High school graduate | 5,977 | 27.7 | 3,620 | 26.8 | 709 | 34.3 | 350 | 30.3 | 448 | 24.5 | 362 | 27.1 | 488 | 28.4 |
| Some college or associate degree | 4,027 | 18.6 | 2,317 | 17.2 | 483 | 23.4 | 205 | 17.8 | 281 | 15.4 | 302 | 22.6 | 439 | 25.6 |
| Bachelor's degree | 1,892 | 8.8 | 821 | 6.1 | 196 | 9.5 | 177 | 15.4 | 134 | 7.3 | 326 | 24.4 | 239 | 13.9 |
| Advanced degree | 714 | 3.3 | 248 | 1.8 | 94 | 4.6 | 99 | 8.6 | 58 | 3.2 | 115 | 8.6 | 100 | 5.8 |
| --------------------------------- | 8,986 | 41.6 | 6,493 | 48.1 | 582 | 28.2 | 321 | 27.9 | 908 | 49.7 | 231 | 17.3 | 451 | 26.2 |
| Less than high school diploma | ||||||||||||||
| High school graduate or more | 12,610 | 58.4 | 7,006 | 51.9 | 1,482 | 71.8 | 832 | 72.1 | 921 | 50.3 | 1,104 | 82.7 | 1,266 | 73.8 |
| --------------------------------- | 18,990 | 87.9 | 12,431 | 92.1 | 1,773 | 86.0 | 876 | 76.0 | 1,637 | 89.5 | 895 | 67.0 | 1,378 | 80.3 |
| Less than bachelor's degree | ||||||||||||||
| Bachelor's degree or more | 2,606 | 12.1 | 1,069 | 7.9 | 290 | 14.0 | 277 | 24.0 | 192 | 10.5 | 440 | 33.0 | 339 | 19.7 |
| 1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other |
| Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race. |
| 2/ This category includes Dominicans. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Population Division. |
