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

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|Sex and educational attainment     |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                   |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                   |               |Black alone or | White alone,  |               |
|                                   |     Total     |in combination | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                   |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                   |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female                             | 97,319|  100.0| 11,925|  100.0| 69,666|  100.0| 15,728|  100.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                |  5,943|    6.1|    635|    5.3|  2,297|    3.3|  3,011|   19.1|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)     |  8,233|    8.5|  1,644|   13.8|  4,596|    6.6|  1,993|   12.7|
|High school graduate               | 31,921|   32.8|  4,052|   34.0| 23,679|   34.0|  4,190|   26.6|
|Some college or associate’s degree | 25,809|   26.5|  3,380|   28.3| 19,317|   27.7|  3,112|   19.8|
|Bachelor’s degree                  | 17,134|   17.6|  1,556|   13.1| 13,198|   18.9|  2,380|   15.1|
|Advanced degree                    |  8,279|    8.5|    658|    5.5|  6,578|    9.4|  1,044|    6.6|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma      | 14,176|   14.6|  2,279|   19.1|  6,894|    9.9|  5,003|   31.8|
|High school graduate or more       | 83,143|   85.4|  9,646|   80.9| 62,772|   90.1| 10,725|   68.2|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree        | 71,906|   73.9|  9,711|   81.4| 49,890|   71.6| 12,305|   78.2|
|Bachelor’s degree or more          | 25,413|   26.1|  2,214|   18.6| 19,776|   28.4|  3,424|   21.8|
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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, except those combinations including Black.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006