(Numbers in thousands)
| Sex and educational attainment | Total | Race and Hispanic Origin 1/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian
alone |
White alone, not Hispanic | Other
2/ |
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Female | 97,319 | 100.0 | 4,190 | 100.0 | 69,666 | 100.0 | 23,463 | 100.0 |
| Less than 9th grade | 5,943 | 6.1 | 402 | 9.6 | 2,297 | 3.3 | 3,243 | 13.8 |
| 9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 8,233 | 8.5 | 225 | 5.4 | 4,596 | 6.6 | 3,411 | 14.5 |
| High school graduate | 31,921 | 32.8 | 913 | 21.8 | 23,679 | 34.0 | 7,330 | 31.2 |
| Some college or associate's degree | 25,809 | 26.5 | 741 | 17.7 | 19,317 | 27.7 | 5,750 | 24.5 |
| Bachelor's degree | 17,134 | 17.6 | 1,283 | 30.6 | 13,198 | 18.9 | 2,654 | 11.3 |
| Advanced degree | 8,279 | 8.5 | 627 | 15.0 | 6,578 | 9.4 | 1,075 | 4.6 |
| Less than high school diploma | 14,176 | 14.6 | 628 | 15.0 | 6,894 | 9.9 | 6,654 | 28.4 |
| High school graduate or more | 83,143 | 85.4 | 3,563 | 85.0 | 62,772 | 90.1 | 16,809 | 71.6 |
| Less than Bachelor's degree | 71,906 | 73.9 | 2,281 | 54.4 | 49,890 | 71.6 | 19,734 | 84.1 |
| Bachelor's degree or more | 25,413 | 26.1 | 1,909 | 45.6 | 19,776 | 28.4 | 3,729 | 15.9 |