Table 7.  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, for Asian Alone and White Alone, 
          Not Hispanic: March 2004         
          (Numbers in thousands)
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|Sex and educational attainment     |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                   |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                   |               |               | White alone,  |               |
|                                   |     Total     |  Asian alone  | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                   |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                   |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Both sexes                         |186,877|  100.0|  7,970|  100.0|134,063|  100.0| 44,844|  100.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                | 11,747|    6.3|    652|    8.2|  4,430|    3.3|  6,665|   14.9|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)     | 15,998|    8.6|    402|    5.0|  8,986|    6.7|  6,611|   14.7|
|High school graduate               | 59,810|   32.0|  1,575|   19.8| 44,022|   32.8| 14,214|   31.7|
|Some college or associate’s degree | 47,572|   25.5|  1,401|   17.6| 35,631|   26.6| 10,540|   23.5|
|Bachelor’s degree                  | 33,766|   18.1|  2,381|   29.9| 26,569|   19.8|  4,816|   10.7|
|Advanced degree                    | 17,983|    9.6|  1,559|   19.6| 14,425|   10.8|  1,999|    4.5|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma      | 27,745|   14.8|  1,054|   13.2| 13,416|   10.0| 13,275|   29.6|
|High school graduate or more       |159,132|   85.2|  6,916|   86.8|120,647|   90.0| 31,569|   70.4|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree        |135,127|   72.3|  4,029|   50.6| 93,069|   69.4| 38,029|   84.8|
|Bachelor’s degree or more          | 51,749|   27.7|  3,940|   49.4| 40,994|   30.6|  6,815|   15.2|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Includes American Indian and Alaska Native alone; Black alone; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; White alone, Hispanic; and Two or more races.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006