U.S. Census Bureau

Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1987 and 1986 (P20-428)

Issued: August 1988

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Report (1.5M) PDF

Table 1 - Years of School Completed by Persons 15 years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: March 1987 and 1986 (4.9M) PDF

Table 2 - Years of School Completed by Persons 15 Years Old and Over, by Single Years of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: March 1987 (5.3M) PDF

Table 3 - Years of School Completed by Persons 15 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin and Marital Status: March 1987 (2.3M) PDF

Table 4 - Years of School Completed by All Householders and Family Householders, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: March 1987 (730k) PDF

Table 5 - Education of Husband by Education of Wife, for Married Couples by Age of Husband: March 1987 (520k)

Table 6 - Years of School Completed by Employed Persons 25 to 64 Years Old, by Major Occupation Group, Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: March 1987 (1.7M) PDF

Table 7 - Years of School Completed by Persons 15 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Region: March 1987 (1.4M) PDF

Table 8 - Years of School Completed for Persons 15 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin, for the 15 Largest States: March 1987 Please note that this table contains corrections to a the originally published version. (821k) PDF

Table 9 - Years of School Completed for Persons 15 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin, for the 15 Largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas: March 1987 (857k) PDF

Table 10 - Years of School Completed by Persons 18 Years Old and Over, by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence, Age, Race, Sex, and Hispanic Origin: March 1987 (4.0M) PDF

Table 11 - Years of School Completed by Persons 25 Years Old and Over, by Age and Sex: Selected Years 1940 to 1987 (1.1M) PDF

Table 12 - Percent of Persons 25 Years Old and Over Who Have Completed High School or College, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex: Selected Years 1940 to 1987 (966k) PDF

Appendix A. Definitions and Explanations (1.4M) PDF

Appendix B. Source and Reliability of the Estimates (2.8M) PDF

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division,
Education and Social Stratification Branch

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