Table 7a.  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, for Black Alone and White Alone, 
	   Not Hispanic:  March 2004
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and educational attainment       |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                     |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                     |               |               | White alone,  |               |
|                                     |     Total     |  Black alone  | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male                                 | 89,558|  100.0|  9,169|  100.0| 64,397|  100.0| 15,992|  100.0|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                  |  5,804|    6.5|    584|    6.4|  2,132|    3.3|  3,088|   19.3|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)       |  7,766|    8.7|  1,215|   13.3|  4,390|    6.8|  2,161|   13.5|
|High school graduate                 | 27,889|   31.1|  3,517|   38.4| 20,343|   31.6|  4,029|   25.2|
|Some college or associate’s degree   | 21,763|   24.3|  2,335|   25.5| 16,313|   25.3|  3,115|   19.5|
|Bachelor’s degree                    | 16,632|   18.6|  1,044|   11.4| 13,371|   20.8|  2,217|   13.9|
|Advanced degree                      |  9,704|   10.8|    474|    5.2|  7,848|   12.2|  1,382|    8.6|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma        | 13,569|   15.2|  1,799|   19.6|  6,522|   10.1|  5,248|   32.8|
|High school graduate or more         | 75,988|   84.8|  7,370|   80.4| 57,875|   89.9| 10,744|   67.2|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree          | 63,222|   70.6|  7,650|   83.4| 43,179|   67.1| 12,392|   77.5|
|Bachelor’s degree or more            | 26,336|   29.4|  1,518|   16.6| 21,218|   32.9|  3,599|   22.5|
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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; Asian 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, 2004, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006