Table 7b.  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|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female                               | 97,319|  100.0| 11,644|  100.0| 69,666|  100.0| 16,010|  100.0|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                  |  5,943|    6.1|    613|    5.3|  2,297|    3.3|  3,033|   18.9|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)       |  8,233|    8.5|  1,619|   13.9|  4,596|    6.6|  2,018|   12.6|
|High school graduate                 | 31,921|   32.8|  3,976|   34.1| 23,679|   34.0|  4,266|   26.6|
|Some college or associate’s degree   | 25,809|   26.5|  3,288|   28.2| 19,317|   27.7|  3,204|   20.0|
|Bachelor’s degree                    | 17,134|   17.6|  1,516|   13.0| 13,198|   18.9|  2,420|   15.1|
|Advanced degree                      |  8,279|    8.5|    632|    5.4|  6,578|    9.4|  1,069|    6.7|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma        | 14,176|   14.6|  2,231|   19.2|  6,894|    9.9|  5,051|   31.5|
|High school graduate or more         | 83,143|   85.4|  9,412|   80.8| 62,772|   90.1| 10,959|   68.5|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree          | 71,906|   73.9|  9,495|   81.5| 49,890|   71.6| 12,521|   78.2|
|Bachelor’s degree or more            | 25,413|   26.1|  2,149|   18.5| 19,776|   28.4|  3,489|   21.8|
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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