Table 7b. 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|
|-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female                             | 96,586|  100.0|  4,092|  100.0| 69,398|  100.0| 23,096|  100.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                |  6,228|    6.4|    367|    9.0|  2,427|    3.5|  3,434|   14.9|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)     |  8,297|    8.6|    206|    5.0|  4,720|    6.8|  3,371|   14.6|
|High school graduate               | 31,936|   33.1|    892|   21.8| 23,886|   34.4|  7,157|   31.0|
|Some college or associate’s degree | 25,342|   26.2|    740|   18.1| 18,979|   27.3|  5,623|   24.3|
|Bachelor’s degree                  | 16,862|   17.5|  1,300|   31.8| 13,068|   18.8|  2,494|   10.8|
|Advanced degree                    |  7,922|    8.2|    588|   14.4|  6,318|    9.1|  1,016|    4.4|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma      | 14,525|   15.0|    573|   14.0|  7,147|   10.3|  6,805|   29.5|
|High school graduate or more       | 82,061|   85.0|  3,520|   86.0| 62,251|   89.7| 16,291|   70.5|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree        | 71,802|   74.3|  2,205|   53.9| 50,012|   72.1| 19,585|   84.8|
|Bachelor’s degree or more          | 24,784|   25.7|  1,888|   46.1| 19,386|   27.9|  3,510|   15.2|
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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