Years of school completed by persons age 25 and over and 25 to 29, by race/ethnicity and sex: 1910 to 2000

Table 8.
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              |                               Percent, by years of school completed
              |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
              |         All races         |   White, non-Hispanic\1\  |  Black, non-Hispanic\1\   |       Hispanic
 Age and year |___________________________|___________________________|___________________________|___________________________
              |Less than|  High   | 4 or  |Less than|  High   | 4 or  |Less than|  High   | 4 or  |Less than|  High   | 4 or
              | 5 years | school  | more  | 5 years | school  | more  | 5 years | school  | more  | 5 years | school  | more
              | of ele- | comple- | years | of ele- | comple- | years | of ele- | comple- | years | of ele- | comple- | years
              | mentary | tion or |of col-| mentary | tion or |of col-| mentary | tion or |of col-| mentary | tion or |of col-
              | school  |higher\2\|lege\3\| school  |higher\2\|lege\3\| school  |higher\2\|lege\3\| school  |higher\2\|lege\3\
______________|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______
      1       |    2    |    3    |   4   |    5    |    6    |   7   |    8    |    9    |  10   |   11    |   12    |  13
______________|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______
              |                                          Males and females
              |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 25 and over  |         |         |       |         |         |       |         |         |       |         |         |
1910 \4\ .....|    23.8 |    13.5 |   2.7 |     --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |     --- |   ---
1920 \4\ .....|    22.0 |    16.4 |   3.3 |     --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |     --- |   ---
1930 \4\ .....|    17.5 |    19.1 |   3.9 |     --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |     --- |   ---
April 1940 ...|    13.7 |    24.5 |   4.6 |    10.9 |    26.1 |   4.9 |    41.8 |     7.7 |   1.3 |     --- |     --- |   ---
April 1950 ...|    11.1 |    34.3 |   6.2 |     8.9 |    36.4 |   6.6 |    32.6 |    13.7 |   2.2 |     --- |     --- |   ---
April 1960 ...|     8.3 |    41.1 |   7.7 |     6.7 |    43.2 |   8.1 |    23.5 |    21.7 |   3.5 |     --- |     --- |   ---
March 1970 ...|     5.3 |    55.2 |  11.0 |     4.2 |    57.4 |  11.6 |    14.7 |    36.1 |   6.1 |     --- |     --- |   ---
March 1975 ...|     4.2 |    62.5 |  13.9 |     2.6 |    65.8 |  14.9 |    12.3 |    42.6 |   6.4 |    18.2 |    38.5 |   6.6
March 1980 ...|     3.4 |    68.6 |  17.0 |     1.9 |    71.9 |  18.4 |     9.1 |    51.4 |   7.9 |    15.8 |    44.5 |   7.6
March 1982 ...|     3.0 |    71.0 |  17.7 |     1.7 |    74.3 |  19.1 |     7.3 |    54.9 |   8.7 |    14.7 |    46.0 |   7.8
March 1985 ...|     2.7 |    73.9 |  19.4 |     1.4 |    77.5 |  20.8 |     6.1 |    59.9 |  11.1 |    13.5 |    47.9 |   8.5
March 1986 .. |     2.7 |    74.7 |  19.4 |     1.4 |    78.2 |  20.1 |     5.3 |    62.5 |  10.9 |    12.9 |    48.5 |   8.4
March 1987 .. |     2.4 |    75.6 |  19.9 |     1.3 |    79.0 |  20.5 |     4.9 |    63.6 |  10.8 |    11.9 |    50.9 |   8.6
March 1988 .. |     2.5 |    76.2 |  20.3 |     1.2 |    79.8 |  21.8 |     4.8 |    63.5 |  11.2 |    12.2 |    51.0 |  10.0
March 1989 .. |     2.5 |    76.9 |  21.1 |     1.2 |    80.7 |  22.8 |     5.2 |    64.7 |  11.7 |    12.2 |    50.9 |   9.9
March 1990 .. |     2.5 |    77.6 |  21.3 |     1.1 |    81.4 |  23.1 |     5.1 |    66.2 |  11.3 |    12.3 |    50.8 |   9.2
March 1991 .. |     2.4 |    78.4 |  21.4 |     1.1 |    82.4 |  23.3 |     4.7 |    66.8 |  11.5 |    12.5 |    51.3 |   9.7
March 1992 .. |     2.1 |    79.4 |  21.4 |     0.9 |    83.4 |  23.2 |     3.9 |    67.7 |  11.9 |    11.8 |    52.6 |   9.3
March 1993 .. |     2.1 |    80.2 |  21.9 |     0.8 |    84.1 |  23.8 |     3.7 |    70.5 |  12.2 |    11.8 |    53.1 |   9.0
March 1994 .. |     1.9 |    80.9 |  22.2 |     0.8 |    84.9 |  24.3 |     2.7 |    73.0 |  12.9 |    10.8 |    53.3 |   9.1
March 1995 ...|     1.9 |    81.7 |  23.0 |     0.7 |    85.9 |  23.4 |     2.5 |    73.8 |  13.3 |    10.6 |    53.4 |   9.3
March 1996 .. |     1.8 |    81.7 |  23.6 |     0.6 |    86.0 |  25.9 |     2.2 |    74.6 |  13.8 |    10.4 |    53.1 |   9.3
March 1997....|     1.7 |    82.1 |  23.9 |     0.6 |    86.3 |  26.2 |     2.0 |    75.3 |  13.3 |     9.4 |    54.7 |  10.3
March 1998....|     1.7 |    82.8 |  24.4 |     0.6 |    87.1 |  26.6 |     1.7 |    76.4 |  14.8 |     9.3 |    55.5 |  11.0
March 1999....|     1.6 |    83.4 |  25.2 |     0.6 |    87.7 |  27.7 |     1.8 |    77.4 |  15.5 |     9.0 |    56.1 |  10.9
March 2000....|     1.6 |    84.1 |  25.6 |     0.5 |    88.4 |  28.1 |     1.6 |    78.9 |  16.6 |     8.7 |    57.0 |  10.6
              |         |         |       |         |         |       |         |         |       |         |         |
25 to 29      |         |         |       |         |         |       |         |         |       |         |         |
1920\4\ ......|     --- |     --- |   --- |    12.9 |    22.0 |   4.5 |    44.6 |     6.3 |   1.2 |     --- |     --- |   ---
April 1940 ...|     5.9 |    38.1 |   5.9 |     3.4 |    41.2 |   6.4 |    27.0 |    12.3 |   1.6 |     --- |     --- |   ---
April 1950 ...|     4.6 |    52.8 |   7.7 |     3.3 |    56.3 |   8.2 |    16.1 |    23.6 |   2.8 |     --- |     --- |   ---
April 1960 ...|     2.8 |    60.7 |  11.0 |     2.2 |    63.7 |  11.8 |     7.2 |    38.6 |   5.4 |     --- |     --- |   ---
March 1970 ...|     1.1 |    75.4 |  16.4 |     0.9 |    77.8 |  17.3 |     2.2 |    58.4 |  10.0 |     --- |     --- |   ---
March 1975 ...|     1.0 |    83.1 |  21.9 |     0.6 |    86.6 |  23.8 |     0.5 |    71.1 |  10.5 |     8.0 |    53.1 |   8.8
March 1980 ...|     0.8 |    85.4 |  22.5 |     0.3 |    89.2 |  25.0 |     0.7 |    76.7 |  11.6 |     6.7 |    58.0 |   7.7
March 1982 ...|     0.8 |    86.2 |  21.7 |     0.3 |    89.1 |  23.8 |     0.7 |    81.0 |  12.6 |     6.6 |    61.0 |   9.7
March 1985 ...|     0.7 |    86.1 |  22.2 |     0.2 |    89.5 |  24.4 |     0.4 |    80.5 |  11.6 |     6.0 |    60.9 |  11.1
March 1986 .. |     0.9 |    86.1 |  22.4 |     0.4 |    89.6 |  25.2 |     0.5 |    83.5 |  11.8 |     5.6 |    59.1 |   9.0
March 1987 .. |     0.9 |    86.0 |  22.0 |     0.4 |    89.4 |  24.7 |     0.4 |    83.5 |  11.5 |     4.8 |    59.8 |   8.7
March 1988 .. |     1.0 |    85.9 |  22.7 |     0.3 |    89.7 |  25.1 |     0.3 |    80.9 |  12.0 |     6.0 |    62.3 |  11.3
March 1989 .. |     1.0 |    85.5 |  23.4 |     0.3 |    89.3 |  26.3 |     0.5 |    82.3 |  12.7 |     5.4 |    61.0 |  10.1
March 1990 .. |     1.2 |    85.7 |  23.2 |     0.3 |    90.1 |  26.4 |     1.0 |    81.7 |  13.4 |     7.3 |    58.2 |   8.2
March 1991 .. |     1.0 |    85.4 |  23.2 |     0.3 |    89.8 |  26.7 |     0.5 |    81.8 |  11.0 |     5.8 |    56.7 |   9.2
March 1992 .. |     0.9 |    86.3 |  23.6 |     0.3 |    90.7 |  27.2 |     0.8 |    80.9 |  11.1 |     5.2 |    60.9 |   9.5
March 1993 .. |     0.7 |    86.7 |  23.7 |     0.3 |    91.2 |  27.2 |     0.2 |    82.7 |  13.3 |     4.0 |    60.9 |   8.3
March 1994 .. |     0.8 |    86.1 |  23.3 |     0.3 |    91.1 |  27.1 |     0.6 |    84.1 |  13.6 |     3.6 |    60.3 |   8.0
March 1995 .. |     1.0 |    86.9 |  24.7 |     0.3 |    92.5 |  28.8 |     0.2 |    86.7 |  15.4 |     4.9 |    57.2 |   8.9
March 1996 .. |     0.8 |    87.3 |  27.1 |     0.2 |    92.6 |  31.6 |     0.4 |    86.0 |  14.6 |     4.3 |    61.1 |  10.0
March 1997... |     0.8 |    87.4 |  27.8 |     0.1 |    92.9 |  32.6 |     0.6 |    86.9 |  14.2 |     4.2 |    61.8 |  11.0
March 1998... |     0.7 |    88.1 |  27.3 |     0.1 |    93.6 |  32.3 |     0.4 |    88.3 |  15.8 |     3.7 |    62.8 |  10.4
March 1999... |     0.6 |    87.8 |  28.2 |     0.1 |    93.0 |  33.6 |     0.2 |    88.7 |  15.0 |     3.2 |    61.6 |   8.9
March 2000....|     0.7 |    88.1 |  29.1 |     0.1 |    94.0 |  34.0 |     --- |    86.8 |  17.9 |     3.8 |    62.8 |   9.7
              |_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______
              |                                                  Males
              |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
25 and over   |         |         |       |         |         |       |         |         |       |         |         |
April 1940 ...|    15.1 |    22.7 |   5.5 |    12.0 |    24.2 |   5.9 |    46.2 |     6.9 |   1.4 |     --- |     --- |   ---
April 1950 ...|    12.2 |    32.6 |   7.3 |     9.8 |    34.6 |   7.9 |    36.9 |    12.6 |   2.1 |     --- |     --- |   ---
April 1960 ...|     9.4 |    39.5 |   9.7 |     7.4 |    41.6 |  10.3 |    27.7 |    20.0 |   3.5 |     --- |     --- |   ---
March 1970 ...|     5.9 |    55.0 |  14.1 |     4.5 |    57.2 |  15.0 |    17.9 |    35.4 |   6.8 |     --- |     --- |   ---
March 1980 ...|     3.6 |    69.2 |  20.9 |     2.0 |    72.4 |  22.8 |    11.3 |    51.2 |   7.7 |    16.5 |    44.9 |   9.2
March 1990 .. |     2.7 |    77.7 |  24.4 |     1.3 |    81.6 |  26.7 |     6.4 |    65.8 |  11.9 |    12.9 |    50.3 |   9.8
March 1994 .. |     2.1 |    81.1 |  25.1 |     0.8 |    85.1 |  27.8 |     3.9 |    71.8 |  12.7 |    11.4 |    53.4 |   9.6
March 1995 .. |     2.0 |    81.7 |  26.0 |     0.8 |    86.0 |  28.9 |     3.4 |    73.5 |  13.7 |    10.8 |    52.9 |  10.1
March 1996 .. |     1.9 |    81.9 |  26.0 |     0.7 |    86.1 |  28.8 |     2.9 |    74.6 |  12.5 |    10.2 |    53.0 |  10.3
March 1997... |     1.8 |    82.0 |  26.2 |     0.6 |    86.3 |  29.0 |     2.9 |    73.8 |  12.5 |     9.2 |    54.9 |  10.6
March 1998... |     1.7 |    82.8 |  26.5 |     0.7 |    87.1 |  29.3 |     2.3 |    75.4 |  14.0 |     9.3 |    55.7 |  11.1
March 1999... |     1.6 |    83.5 |  27.5 |     0.6 |    87.7 |  30.6 |     2.1 |    77.2 |  14.3 |     9.0 |    56.0 |  10.7
March 2000....|     1.6 |    84.2 |  27.8 |     0.6 |    88.5 |  30.8 |     2.1 |    79.1 |  16.4 |     8.2 |    56.6 |  10.7
              |_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______
              |                                                 Females
              |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
25 and over   |         |         |       |         |         |       |         |         |       |         |         |
April 1940 ...|    12.4 |    26.3 |   3.8 |     9.8 |    28.1 |   4.0 |    37.5 |     8.4 |   1.2 |     --- |     --- |   ---
April 1950 ...|    10.0 |    36.0 |   5.2 |     8.1 |    38.2 |   5.4 |    28.6 |    14.7 |   2.4 |     --- |     --- |   ---
April 1960 ...|     7.4 |    42.5 |   5.8 |     6.0 |    44.7 |   6.0 |    19.7 |    23.1 |   3.6 |     --- |     --- |   ---
March 1970 ...|     4.7 |    55.4 |   8.2 |     3.9 |    57.7 |   8.6 |    11.9 |    36.6 |   5.6 |     --- |     --- |   ---
March 1980 ...|     3.2 |    68.1 |  13.6 |     1.8 |    71.5 |  14.4 |     7.4 |    51.5 |   8.1 |    15.3 |    44.2 |   6.2
March 1990 .. |     2.2 |    77.5 |  18.4 |     1.0 |    81.3 |  19.8 |     4.1 |    66.5 |  10.8 |    11.7 |    51.3 |   8.7
March 1994 .. |     1.7 |    80.8 |  19.6 |     0.7 |    84.7 |  21.1 |     1.8 |    73.9 |  13.1 |    10.3 |    53.2 |   8.6
March 1995 .. |     1.7 |    81.6 |  20.2 |     0.6 |    85.8 |  22.2 |     1.8 |    74.1 |  13.0 |    10.4 |    53.8 |   8.4
March 1996 .. |     1.7 |    81.6 |  21.4 |     0.5 |    85.9 |  23.2 |     1.6 |    74.6 |  14.8 |    10.6 |    53.3 |   8.3
March 1997... |     1.6 |    82.2 |  21.7 |     0.5 |    86.3 |  23.7 |     1.3 |    76.5 |  14.0 |     9.5 |    54.6 |  10.1
March 1998... |     1.6 |    82.9 |  22.4 |     0.6 |    87.1 |  24.1 |     1.2 |    77.1 |  15.5 |     9.2 |    55.3 |  10.9
March 1999... |     1.6 |    83.4 |  23.1 |     0.5 |    87.7 |  25.0 |     1.5 |    77.5 |  16.5 |     9.0 |    56.3 |  11.0
March 2000....|     1.5 |    84.0 |  23.6 |     0.4 |    88.4 |  25.5 |     1.1 |    78.7 |  16.8 |     9.3 |    57.5 |  10.6
______________|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______
---Not available.
\1\Includes persons of Hispanic origin for years prior to 1980.
\2\Data for years prior to 1993 include all persons with at least 4 years of high school.
\3\Data for 1993 and later years are for persons with a bachelor's or higher degree.
\4\Estimates based on Bureau of the Census retrojection of 1940 Census data on education by age.
NOTE: Data for 1980 and subsequent years are for the noninstitutional population.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population, 1960, Volume 1, part 1; Current Population Reports, Series P-20 and unpublished data; and 1960 Census Monograph, "Education of the American Population," by John K. Folger and Charles B. Nam. (This table was prepared April 2001.)
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