Educational Attainment in the United States: 2003

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1. Educational Attainment in the United States: 2003
2. Americans are more educated than ever.
3. Summary Measures of the Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over: 2003
4. In 2003, 85 percent of the adult population had completed high school.
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6. The younger population is more educated than the older population.
7. Summary Measures of the Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over: 2003
8. Educational attainment differs by demographic characteristics and geographic location.
9. Educational attainment varies by gender.
10. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over, by Sex: 2003
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12. Among young adults, the percentage of high school graduates varied by race and Hispanic origin.
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14. The percentage of college graduates varied by race and Hispanic origin.
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16. The foreign–born groups had a lower proportion of high school graduates than the native population
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18. Educational attainment is higher for the employed than for the unemployed.
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20. Educational attainment varied across occupational categories for the civilian population 25 to 64 years old.
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22. Average earnings in 2002 for the population 18 years and over were higher at each progressively higher level of education.
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24. Among the four census regions (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West) in 2003, the proportion of people who had completed high school ranged from 88 percent in the Midwest to 82 percent in the South.
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