Table 7.  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, for Black 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     |  Black alone  | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Both sexes                           |186,877|  100.0| 20,812|  100.0|134,063|  100.0| 32,002|  100.0|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                  | 11,747|    6.3|  1,197|    5.7|  4,430|    3.3|  6,120|   19.1|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)       | 15,998|    8.6|  2,833|   13.6|  8,986|    6.7|  4,179|   13.1|
|High school graduate                 | 59,810|   32.0|  7,493|   36.0| 44,022|   32.8|  8,296|   25.9|
|Some college or associate’s degree   | 47,572|   25.5|  5,623|   27.0| 35,631|   26.6|  6,318|   19.7|
|Bachelor’s degree                    | 33,766|   18.1|  2,560|   12.3| 26,569|   19.8|  4,637|   14.5|
|Advanced degree                      | 17,983|    9.6|  1,106|    5.3| 14,425|   10.8|  2,451|    7.7|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma        | 27,745|   14.8|  4,030|   19.4| 13,416|   10.0| 10,299|   32.2|
|High school graduate or more         |159,132|   85.2| 16,782|   80.6|120,647|   90.0| 21,703|   67.8|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree          |135,127|   72.3| 17,145|   82.4| 93,069|   69.4| 24,913|   77.8|
|Bachelor’s degree or more            | 51,749|   27.7|  3,667|   17.6| 40,994|   30.6|  7,088|   22.2|
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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; Asian 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