Table 7a. 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|
|-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male                               | 88,597|  100.0|  3,599|  100.0| 64,090|  100.0| 20,909|  100.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                |  6,049|    6.8|    206|    5.7|  2,387|    3.7|  3,456|   16.5|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)     |  8,026|    9.1|    171|    4.8|  4,634|    7.2|  3,221|   15.4|
|High school graduate               | 27,356|   30.9|    667|   18.5| 20,084|   31.3|  6,606|   31.6|
|Some college or associate’s degree | 21,568|   24.3|    616|   17.1| 16,267|   25.4|  4,685|   22.4|
|Bachelor’s degree                  | 16,351|   18.5|  1,098|   30.5| 13,163|   20.5|  2,089|   10.0|
|Advanced degree                    |  9,248|   10.4|    841|   23.4|  7,555|   11.8|    852|    4.1|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma      | 14,074|   15.9|    377|   10.5|  7,021|   11.0|  6,677|   31.9|
|High school graduate or more       | 74,523|   84.1|  3,222|   89.5| 57,069|   89.0| 14,232|   68.1|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree        | 62,999|   71.1|  1,660|   46.1| 43,372|   67.7| 17,967|   85.9|
|Bachelor’s degree or more          | 25,598|   28.9|  1,939|   53.9| 20,718|   32.3|  2,941|   14.1|
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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