Table 6.2  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex and Hispanic Origin Type:   2004
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Educational attainment           |               |                                    Hispanic origin type 1/                                    |
|                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 |               |               |               |               |    Central    |    South      |    Other      |
|                                 |Total Hispanic |    Mexican    | Puerto Rican  |     Cuban     |   American    |   American    |  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|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade              |  2,610|   24.6|  1,908|   29.7|    121|   11.0|    108|   19.2|    281|   31.7|     56|    8.4|    135|   13.8|
|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|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma    |  4,296|   40.5|  3,052|   47.6|    296|   26.9|    162|   28.9|    421|   47.5|    107|   15.9|    259|   26.5|
|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|
|---------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than bachelor's degree      |  9,302|   87.7|  5,894|   91.9|    935|   84.9|    432|   77.1|    794|   89.5|    455|   67.9|    791|   81.0|
|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|
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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 Divis