| 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 | |
| Female | 10,610 | 100.0 | 6,414 | 100.0 | 1,101 | 100.0 | 560 | 100.0 | 887 | 100.0 | 670 | 100.0 | 977 | 100.0 |
| --------------------------------- | 2,610 | 24.6 | 1,908 | 29.7 | 121 | 11.0 | 108 | 19.2 | 281 | 31.7 | 56 | 8.4 | 135 | 13.8 |
| Less than 9th grade | ||||||||||||||
| 9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 1,687 | 15.9 | 1,143 | 17.8 | 175 | 15.9 | 54 | 9.6 | 140 | 15.8 | 51 | 7.5 | 124 | 12.7 |
| High school graduate | 2,968 | 28.0 | 1,710 | 26.7 | 368 | 33.4 | 175 | 31.1 | 236 | 26.7 | 202 | 30.2 | 277 | 28.4 |
| Some college or associate degree | 2,037 | 19.2 | 1,133 | 17.7 | 271 | 24.6 | 95 | 17.0 | 137 | 15.4 | 146 | 21.8 | 255 | 26.1 |
| Bachelor's degree | 966 | 9.1 | 399 | 6.2 | 114 | 10.4 | 82 | 14.6 | 68 | 7.6 | 173 | 25.8 | 131 | 13.4 |
| Advanced degree | 342 | 3.2 | 121 | 1.9 | 52 | 4.7 | 47 | 8.4 | 25 | 2.8 | 42 | 6.3 | 54 | 5.6 |
| --------------------------------- | 4,296 | 40.5 | 3,052 | 47.6 | 296 | 26.9 | 162 | 28.9 | 421 | 47.5 | 107 | 15.9 | 259 | 26.5 |
| Less than high school diploma | ||||||||||||||
| High school graduate or more | 6,313 | 59.5 | 3,363 | 52.4 | 806 | 73.1 | 399 | 71.1 | 466 | 52.5 | 563 | 84.1 | 717 | 73.5 |
| --------------------------------- | 9,302 | 87.7 | 5,894 | 91.9 | 935 | 84.9 | 432 | 77.1 | 794 | 89.5 | 455 | 67.9 | 791 | 81.0 |
| Less than bachelor's degree | ||||||||||||||
| Bachelor's degree or more | 1,308 | 12.3 | 520 | 8.1 | 166 | 15.1 | 129 | 22.9 | 93 | 10.5 | 215 | 32.1 | 186 | 19.0 |
| 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. |
