Table 7a. Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, for Asian Alone or in Combination and White Alone, Not Hispanic: March 2003 (Numbers in thousands) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sex and educational attainment | | Race and Hispanic Origin 1/ | | | |-----------------------------------------------| | | |Asian alone or | White alone, | | | | Total |in combination | not Hispanic | Other 2/ | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Male | 88,597| 100.0| 3,773| 100.0| 64,090| 100.0| 20,734| 100.0| |-----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | |Less than 9th grade | 6,049| 6.8| 206| 5.5| 2,387| 3.7| 3,455| 16.7| |9th to 12th grade (no diploma) | 8,026| 9.1| 184| 4.9| 4,634| 7.2| 3,208| 15.5| |High school graduate | 27,356| 30.9| 718| 19.0| 20,084| 31.3| 6,555| 31.6| |Some college or associate’s degree | 21,568| 24.3| 676| 17.9| 16,267| 25.4| 4,626| 22.3| |Bachelor’s degree | 16,351| 18.5| 1,134| 30.0| 13,163| 20.5| 2,054| 9.9| |Advanced degree | 9,248| 10.4| 856| 22.7| 7,555| 11.8| 837| 4.0| |-----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | |Less than high school diploma | 14,074| 15.9| 390| 10.3| 7,021| 11.0| 6,664| 32.1| |High school graduate or more | 74,523| 84.1| 3,383| 89.7| 57,069| 89.0| 14,071| 67.9| |-----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | |Less than Bachelor’s degree | 62,999| 71.1| 1,783| 47.3| 43,372| 67.7| 17,844| 86.1| |Bachelor’s degree or more | 25,598| 28.9| 1,990| 52.7| 20,718| 32.3| 2,890| 13.9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South 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, except those combinations including Asian. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division. Internet Release date: March 2006