| 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 | |
| Male | 10,986 | 100.0 | 7,085 | 100.0 | 962 | 100.0 | 592 | 100.0 | 942 | 100.0 | 665 | 100.0 | 740 | 100.0 |
| --------------------------------- | 2,821 | 25.7 | 2,110 | 29.8 | 106 | 11.1 | 117 | 19.7 | 340 | 36.1 | 60 | 9.1 | 87 | 11.7 |
| Less than 9th grade | ||||||||||||||
| 9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,868 | 17.0 | 1,331 | 18.8 | 179 | 18.7 | 43 | 7.2 | 147 | 15.6 | 64 | 9.6 | 105 | 14.1 |
| High school graduate | 3,009 | 27.4 | 1,911 | 27.0 | 341 | 35.4 | 175 | 29.6 | 211 | 22.4 | 160 | 24.0 | 211 | 28.5 |
| Some college or associate degree | 1,990 | 18.1 | 1,184 | 16.7 | 212 | 22.0 | 109 | 18.4 | 145 | 15.4 | 156 | 23.4 | 185 | 24.9 |
| Bachelor's degree | 926 | 8.4 | 422 | 6.0 | 81 | 8.5 | 96 | 16.2 | 66 | 7.0 | 153 | 23.0 | 108 | 14.5 |
| Advanced degree | 372 | 3.4 | 126 | 1.8 | 42 | 4.4 | 52 | 8.8 | 33 | 3.5 | 73 | 10.9 | 46 | 6.2 |
| --------------------------------- | 4,689 | 42.7 | 3,441 | 48.6 | 286 | 29.7 | 160 | 26.9 | 487 | 51.7 | 124 | 18.7 | 191 | 25.9 |
| Less than high school diploma | ||||||||||||||
| High school graduate or more | 6,297 | 57.3 | 3,644 | 51.4 | 676 | 70.3 | 433 | 73.1 | 455 | 48.3 | 541 | 81.3 | 549 | 74.1 |
| --------------------------------- | 9,688 | 88.2 | 6,536 | 92.3 | 838 | 87.2 | 444 | 75.0 | 843 | 89.5 | 440 | 66.1 | 587 | 79.3 |
| Less than bachelor's degree | ||||||||||||||
| Bachelor's degree or more | 1,298 | 11.8 | 549 | 7.7 | 123 | 12.8 | 148 | 25.0 | 99 | 10.5 | 225 | 33.9 | 153 | 20.7 |
| 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. |
