Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over, for the 15 largest metropolitan areas, by sex: March 2002

Table 14.

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                                              |                      |                                   |
                                              |Number of persons 25  |     Percent high school           |Percent completed bachelor's
                                              |  years old and over  |      completion or higher         |     degree or higher
              Metropolitan area               |   (in thousands)     |                                   |
                                              |______________________|___________________________________|___________________________________
                                              | Total | Male  |Female|Total      |   Male    |   Female  |Total      |   Male    |  Female
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                      1                       |   2   |   3   |  4   |   5       |   6       |   7       |   8       |   9       |  10
______________________________________________|_______|_______|______|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
Atlanta, GA, MSA .............................|  2,736|  1,336| 1,400| 87.7 (0.9)| 87.2 (1.4)| 88.2 (1.3)| 34.9 (1.3)| 37.7 (2.0)| 32.2 (1.9)
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence,                    |       |       |      |           |           |           |           |           |
   MA/NH/ME/CT, CMSA .........................|  4,049|  1,956| 2,093| 87.7 (0.5)| 87.9 (0.8)| 87.6 (0.8)| 36.0 (0.8)| 36.9 (1.2)| 35.2 (1.2)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL/IN/WI, CMSA .........|  5,723|  2,708| 3,016| 86.1 (0.5)| 85.7 (0.8)| 86.6 (0.7)| 31.7 (0.7)| 31.9 (1.1)| 31.5 (1.0)
Cleveland-Akron, OH, CMSA ....................|  2,144|    995| 1,149| 90.8 (0.7)| 91.8 (1.0)| 89.9 (1.0)| 26.8 (1.1)| 30.5 (1.6)| 23.6 (1.4)
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA ..................|  3,391|  1,616| 1,775| 82.1 (0.9)| 82.2 (1.3)| 82.1 (1.3)| 31.1 (1.1)| 34.7 (1.6)| 27.8 (1.5)
                                              |       |       |      |           |           |           |           |           |
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI, CMSA ............|  3,809|  1,779| 2,029| 86.1 (0.6)| 85.7 (0.9)| 86.5 (0.9)| 25.2 (0.8)| 26.3 (1.2)| 24.3 (1.1)
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, CMSA .........|  3,043|  1,518| 1,525| 80.0 (1.1)| 78.8 (1.6)| 81.3 (1.5)| 29.0 (1.2)| 30.1 (1.8)| 28.0 (1.7)
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange                  |       |       |      |           |           |           |           |           |
   County, CA, CMSA ..........................| 10,234|  4,930| 5,304| 77.3 (0.5)| 78.3 (0.7)| 76.4 (0.7)| 26.3 (0.5)| 29.0 (0.9)| 23.7 (0.7)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL, CMSA ..............|  2,642|  1,286| 1,355| 81.4 (0.9)| 80.3 (1.3)| 82.3 (1.2)| 27.1 (1.0)| 27.9 (1.5)| 26.4 (1.4)
New York-Northern New Jersey-                 |       |       |      |           |           |           |           |           |
   Long Island, NY/NJ/CT/PA, CMSA ............| 14,156|  6,723| 7,433| 83.8 (0.4)| 84.5 (0.5)| 83.2 (0.5)| 32.2 (0.4)| 34.2 (0.6)| 30.4 (0.6)
                                              |       |       |      |           |           |           |           |           |
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic              |       |       |      |           |                       |           |           |
 City, PA/NJ/DE/MD, CMSA .....................|  4,274|  2,013| 2,261| 87.0 (0.5)| 87.2 (0.8)| 86.9 (0.7)| 30.5 (0.7)| 32.3 (1.1)| 28.9 (1.0)
Pittsburgh, PA, MSA ..........................|  1,672|    794|   878| 90.4 (0.8)| 91.3 (1.1)| 89.5 (1.2)| 30.6 (1.3)| 35.9 (1.9)| 25.7 (1.6)
St. Louis, MO/IL, MSA ........................|  1,680|    790|   890| 87.7 (0.9)| 88.6 (1.2)| 86.8 (1.2)| 30.5 (1.2)| 32.9 (1.8)| 28.3 (1.6)
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, CMSA .....|  4,421|  2,227| 2,193| 88.6 (0.7)| 88.5 (1.0)| 88.6 (1.0)| 39.5 (1.1)| 41.1 (1.5)| 37.8 (1.5)
Washington-Baltimore, DC/MD/VA/WV, CMSA ......|  5,157|  2,453| 2,703| 89.3 (0.4)| 88.3 (0.6)| 90.3 (0.5)| 43.1 (0.6)| 44.3 (0.9)| 42.0 (0.9)
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NOTE: CMSA=Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. MSA=Metropolitan Statistical Area. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, "Educational Attainment in the United States: March 2002." (This table was prepared June 2003.)

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