Table 7.  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, for Asian Alone and White Alone, 
          Not Hispanic: March 2003         
          (Numbers in thousands)
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|Sex and educational attainment     |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                   |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                   |               |               | White alone,  |               |
|                                   |     Total     |  Asian alone  | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                   |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                   |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Both sexes                         |185,183|  100.0|  7,691|  100.0|133,488|  100.0| 44,004|  100.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                | 12,276|    6.6|    573|    7.4|  4,814|    3.6|  6,890|   15.7|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)     | 16,323|    8.8|    377|    4.9|  9,354|    7.0|  6,592|   15.0|
|High school graduate               | 59,292|   32.0|  1,559|   20.3| 43,970|   32.9| 13,763|   31.3|
|Some college or associate’s degree | 46,910|   25.3|  1,356|   17.6| 35,246|   26.4| 10,308|   23.4|
|Bachelor’s degree                  | 33,213|   17.9|  2,398|   31.2| 26,231|   19.7|  4,583|   10.4|
|Advanced degree                    | 17,169|    9.3|  1,428|   18.6| 13,873|   10.4|  1,868|    4.2|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma      | 28,599|   15.4|    950|   12.4| 14,168|   10.6| 13,482|   30.6|
|High school graduate or more       |156,584|   84.6|  6,741|   87.6|119,320|   89.4| 30,523|   69.4|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree        |134,801|   72.8|  3,865|   50.2| 93,383|   70.0| 37,553|   85.3|
|Bachelor’s degree or more          | 50,382|   27.2|  3,827|   49.8| 40,104|   30.0|  6,452|   14.7|
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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; Black 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, 2003, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.


Internet Release date: March 2006