Table 7b.  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)

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|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|
|-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female                             | 96,586|  100.0|  4,222|  100.0| 69,398|  100.0| 22,966|  100.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                |  6,228|    6.4|    374|    8.8|  2,427|    3.5|  3,427|   14.9|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)     |  8,297|    8.6|    211|    5.0|  4,720|    6.8|  3,366|   14.7|
|High school graduate               | 31,936|   33.1|    920|   21.8| 23,886|   34.4|  7,129|   31.0|
|Some college or associate’s degree | 25,342|   26.2|    774|   18.3| 18,979|   27.3|  5,589|   24.3|
|Bachelor’s degree                  | 16,862|   17.5|  1,336|   31.6| 13,068|   18.8|  2,459|   10.7|
|Advanced degree                    |  7,922|    8.2|    608|   14.4|  6,318|    9.1|    996|    4.3|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma      | 14,525|   15.0|    585|   13.9|  7,147|   10.3|  6,793|   29.6|
|High school graduate or more       | 82,061|   85.0|  3,637|   86.1| 62,251|   89.7| 16,173|   70.4|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree        | 71,802|   74.3|  2,279|   54.0| 50,012|   72.1| 19,511|   85.0|
|Bachelor’s degree or more          | 24,784|   25.7|  1,943|   46.0| 19,386|   27.9|  3,455|   15.0|
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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