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Table 14. Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over for the 15 largest metropolitan areas, by sex: 2002

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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                         |_____________________________________|________________________________|________________________________
                                          |       Total |     Males |    Females|    Total |      Male|    Female|    Total |      Male|    Female
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1                                         |           2 |         3 |         4 |         5|         6|         7|         8|         9|        10
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Atlanta, GA, MSA .........................| 2,736 (57.1)|1,336(40.0)|1,400(41.0)|87.7(0.91)|87.2(1.40)|88.2(1.28)|34.9(1.34)|37.7(2.01)|32.2(1.88)
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA/NH/ME/CT,   |             |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
   CMSA ..................................| 4,049 (69.3)|1,956(48.4)|2,093(50.0)|87.7(0.55)|87.9(0.79)|87.6(0.79)|36.0(0.79)|36.9(1.16)|35.2(1.16)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL/IN/WI, CMSA .....| 5,723 (82.1)|2,708(56.8)|3,016(59.9)|86.1(0.55)|85.7(0.79)|86.6(0.73)|31.7(0.73)|31.9(1.09)|31.5(1.03)
Cleveland-Akron, OH, CMSA ................| 2,144 (50.6)|  995(34.6)|1,149(37.1)|90.8(0.73)|91.8(0.97)|89.9(1.03)|26.8(1.09)|30.5(1.64)|23.6(1.40)
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA ..............| 3,391 (63.5)|1,616(44.0)|1,775(46.1)|82.1(0.91)|82.2(1.34)|82.1(1.28)|31.1(1.09)|34.7(1.64)|27.8(1.46)
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Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI, CMSA ........| 3,809 (67.2)|1,779(46.1)|2,029(49.3)|86.1(0.61)|85.7(0.91)|86.5(0.85)|25.2(0.79)|26.3(1.16)|24.3(1.09)
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, CMSA .....| 3,043 (60.2)|1,518(42.7)|1,525(42.7)|80.0(1.09)|78.8(1.58)|81.3(1.46)|29.0(1.22)|30.1(1.76)|28.0(1.70)
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,  |             |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
   CMSA ..................................|10,234(108.7)|4,930(76.3)|5,304(79.1)|77.3(0.55)|78.3(0.73)|76.4(0.73)|26.3(0.55)|29.0(0.85)|23.7(0.73)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL, CMSA ..........| 2,642 (56.1)|1,286(39.3)|1,355(40.3)|81.4(0.91)|80.3(1.28)|82.3(1.22)|27.1(1.03)|27.9(1.46)|26.4(1.40)
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, |             |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
   NY/NJ/CT/PA, CMSA .....................|14,156(126.8)|6,723(88.8)|7,433(93.2)|83.8(0.36)|84.5(0.49)|83.2(0.49)|32.2(0.43)|34.2(0.61)|30.4(0.61)
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Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,    |             |           |           |          |                     |          |          |
   PA/NJ/DE/MD, CMSA .....................| 4,274 (71.2)|2,013(49.1)|2,261(52.0)|87.0(0.55)|87.2(0.79)|86.9(0.73)|30.5(0.73)|32.3(1.09)|28.9(0.97)
Pittsburgh, PA, MSA ......................| 1,672 (44.7)|  794(30.9)|  878(32.5)|90.4(0.79)|91.3(1.09)|89.5(1.16)|30.6(1.28)|35.9(1.88)|25.7(1.64)
St. Louis, MO/IL, MSA ....................| 1,680 (44.9)|  790(30.8)|  890(32.7)|87.7(0.85)|88.6(1.22)|86.8(1.22)|30.5(1.22)|32.9(1.82)|28.3(1.64)
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, CMSA .| 4,421 (72.3)|2,227(51.6)|2,193(51.2)|88.6(0.73)|88.5(0.97)|88.6(0.97)|39.5(1.09)|41.1(1.52)|37.8(1.52)
Washington-Baltimore, DC/MD/VA/WV, CMSA ..| 5,157 (78.0)|2,453(54.1)|2,703(56.8)|89.3(0.36)|88.3(0.61)|90.3(0.49)|43.1(0.61)|44.3(0.91)|42.0(0.85)
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NOTE: CMSA=Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. MSA=Metropolitan Statistical Area. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, "Educational Attainment in the United States: March 2002." (This table was prepared June 2005.)