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Table 14. | Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over for metropolitan areas with more than 1 million persons, by sex: 2009 |
Metropolitan area | Number of persons 25 years old and over (in thousands) | Percent with high school completion or higher | Percent with bachelor's or higher degree |
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Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA CBSA | 3,571 | (65.1) | 1,731 | (45.5) | 1,840 | (46.9) | 90.6 | (0.54) | 90.6 | (0.77) | 90.6 | (0.75) | 38.8 | (0.90) | 39.4 | (1.29) | 38.3 | (1.24) |
Austin-Round Rock, TX CBSA | 1,207 | (38.1) | 624 | (27.4) | 583 | (26.5) | 87.6 | (1.04) | 88.3 | (1.42) | 86.8 | (1.54) | 46.6 | (1.58) | 48.9 | (2.20) | 44.1 | (2.26) |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL CBSA | 910 | (33.1) | 418 | (22.4) | 493 | (24.3) | 83.0 | (1.37) | 82.4 | (2.04) | 83.5 | (1.84) | 26.8 | (1.61) | 27.0 | (2.38) | 26.7 | (2.19) |
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH-CT-ME CSA1 | 3,797 | (67.1) | 1,825 | (46.7) | 1,972 | (48.6) | 91.7 | (0.49) | 91.7 | (0.71) | 91.8 | (0.68) | 43.9 | (0.88) | 45.9 | (1.28) | 42.1 | (1.22) |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY CBSA | 760 | (30.2) | 347 | (20.5) | 412 | (22.3) | 88.1 | (1.29) | 86.9 | (1.99) | 89.1 | (1.68) | 18.8 | (1.56) | 18.4 | (2.28) | 19.1 | (2.12) |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC CBSA | 1,149 | (37.1) | 576 | (26.3) | 573 | (26.3) | 83.8 | (1.19) | 84.5 | (1.66) | 83.2 | (1.72) | 32.9 | (1.52) | 34.6 | (2.18) | 31.3 | (2.13) |
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA | 6,090 | (84.6) | 2,910 | (58.9) | 3,180 | (61.5) | 88.1 | (0.46) | 88.2 | (0.66) | 88.0 | (0.63) | 35.4 | (0.67) | 35.9 | (0.98) | 35.0 | (0.93) |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN CBSA1 | 1,350 | (40.2) | 644 | (27.8) | 706 | (29.1) | 87.6 | (0.98) | 89.1 | (1.35) | 86.3 | (1.42) | 28.8 | (1.35) | 30.5 | (1.99) | 27.4 | (1.84) |
Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH CSA | 1,915 | (47.9) | 943 | (33.7) | 972 | (34.2) | 90.2 | (0.75) | 88.6 | (1.14) | 91.7 | (0.97) | 27.4 | (1.12) | 26.8 | (1.58) | 27.9 | (1.58) |
Columbus, OH CSA | 1,071 | (35.9) | 512 | (24.8) | 560 | (25.9) | 85.8 | (1.17) | 83.5 | (1.80) | 87.9 | (1.51) | 28.5 | (1.51) | 30.2 | (2.23) | 26.9 | (2.06) |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX CBSA | 4,041 | (69.2) | 1,990 | (48.8) | 2,052 | (49.5) | 84.2 | (0.63) | 83.5 | (0.91) | 84.8 | (0.87) | 31.3 | (0.80) | 32.8 | (1.16) | 29.9 | (1.11) |
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA | 1,932 | (48.1) | 968 | (34.1) | 964 | (34.0) | 91.5 | (0.70) | 91.8 | (0.97) | 91.1 | (1.00) | 45.3 | (1.24) | 48.0 | (1.76) | 42.6 | (1.75) |
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA | 3,525 | (64.7) | 1,657 | (44.5) | 1,868 | (47.3) | 90.1 | (0.55) | 89.9 | (0.81) | 90.3 | (0.75) | 32.8 | (0.87) | 34.9 | (1.29) | 30.9 | (1.17) |
Fresno-Madera, CA CSA | 658 | (28.1) | 342 | (20.3) | 317 | (19.5) | 75.9 | (1.83) | 75.3 | (2.56) | 76.6 | (2.61) | 22.6 | (1.79) | 21.1 | (2.42) | 24.2 | (2.64) |
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI CSA | 916 | (33.2) | 444 | (23.1) | 472 | (23.8) | 93.5 | (0.89) | 93.7 | (1.27) | 93.4 | (1.25) | 23.6 | (1.54) | 25.3 | (2.27) | 22.0 | (2.10) |
Greensboro-Winston-Salem--High Point, NC CSA | 882 | (32.5) | 435 | (22.9) | 447 | (23.2) | 87.3 | (1.23) | 86.1 | (1.82) | 88.4 | (1.66) | 21.7 | (1.52) | 19.9 | (2.10) | 23.5 | (2.20) |
Hartford-West Hartford, CT CBSA | 781 | (30.6) | 370 | (21.1) | 411 | (22.2) | 90.4 | (1.16) | 90.8 | (1.65) | 90.0 | (1.63) | 38.2 | (1.91) | 40.4 | (2.80) | 36.2 | (2.60) |
Houston-Baytown-Sugarland, TX CBSA | 3,544 | (64.9) | 1,740 | (45.6) | 1,804 | (46.5) | 78.2 | (0.76) | 78.3 | (1.09) | 78.1 | (1.07) | 24.6 | (0.79) | 23.9 | (1.12) | 25.1 | (1.12) |
Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN CSA | 1,259 | (38.9) | 574 | (26.3) | 685 | (28.7) | 88.5 | (0.99) | 90.7 | (1.33) | 86.6 | (1.43) | 28.8 | (1.40) | 31.6 | (2.13) | 26.4 | (1.85) |
Jacksonville, FL CBSA | 956 | (33.9) | 457 | (23.5) | 500 | (24.5) | 92.9 | (0.91) | 93.9 | (1.23) | 92.0 | (1.33) | 36.4 | (1.71) | 38.5 | (2.50) | 34.5 | (2.34) |
Kansas City, MO-KS CSBA | 1,188 | (37.8) | 565 | (26.1) | 624 | (27.4) | 92.2 | (0.85) | 91.8 | (1.27) | 92.6 | (1.15) | 37.7 | (1.54) | 36.4 | (2.22) | 38.8 | (2.14) |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV CBSA | 1,248 | (38.7) | 620 | (27.3) | 628 | (27.5) | 87.1 | (1.04) | 86.2 | (1.52) | 88.0 | (1.42) | 23.6 | (1.32) | 25.8 | (1.93) | 21.5 | (1.80) |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA | 11,169 | (113.3) | 5,432 | (80.0) | 5,737 | (82.2) | 78.3 | (0.43) | 78.4 | (0.61) | 78.1 | (0.60) | 28.6 | (0.47) | 29.7 | (0.68) | 27.7 | (0.65) |
Louisville, KY-IN CBSA | 730 | (29.6) | 369 | (21.1) | 361 | (20.8) | 87.9 | (1.33) | 89.4 | (1.76) | 86.3 | (1.99) | 24.9 | (1.76) | 22.5 | (2.39) | 27.3 | (2.58) |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR CBSA1 | 792 | (30.9) | 374 | (21.2) | 418 | (22.4) | 83.9 | (1.43) | 82.2 | (2.17) | 85.5 | (1.89) | 28.5 | (1.76) | 26.2 | (2.50) | 30.6 | (2.48) |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL CBSA | 3,714 | (66.4) | 1,769 | (46.0) | 1,945 | (48.2) | 85.6 | (0.63) | 84.9 | (0.94) | 86.3 | (0.86) | 31.1 | (0.83) | 31.7 | (1.21) | 30.5 | (1.15) |
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI CSA | 1,181 | (37.7) | 564 | (26.0) | 618 | (27.3) | 86.9 | (1.08) | 85.9 | (1.61) | 87.8 | (1.45) | 31.0 | (1.48) | 32.5 | (2.17) | 29.6 | (2.02) |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA1 | 2,151 | (50.7) | 1,026 | (35.1) | 1,124 | (36.7) | 92.8 | (0.61) | 92.9 | (0.88) | 92.7 | (0.85) | 38.4 | (1.15) | 39.4 | (1.68) | 37.6 | (1.59) |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN CBSA | 1,129 | (36.8) | 548 | (25.7) | 582 | (26.5) | 88.5 | (1.04) | 87.1 | (1.57) | 89.8 | (1.38) | 35.2 | (1.56) | 35.9 | (2.25) | 34.5 | (2.16) |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA CBSA | 704 | (29.1) | 317 | (19.5) | 387 | (21.6) | 85.9 | (1.44) | 82.3 | (2.36) | 88.9 | (1.76) | 29.1 | (1.88) | 24.7 | (2.66) | 32.6 | (2.62) |
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA CSA | 14,464 | (128.1) | 6,862 | (89.7) | 7,602 | (94.2) | 86.6 | (0.31) | 86.7 | (0.45) | 86.5 | (0.43) | 36.7 | (0.44) | 37.4 | (0.64) | 36.1 | (0.61) |
Oklahoma City, OK CBSA | 880 | (32.5) | 408 | (22.2) | 472 | (23.8) | 89.5 | (1.14) | 86.9 | (1.83) | 91.6 | (1.40) | 29.3 | (1.69) | 29.9 | (2.49) | 28.8 | (2.29) |
Orlando, FL CBSA | 1,372 | (40.6) | 665 | (28.3) | 707 | (29.2) | 88.6 | (0.94) | 89.1 | (1.33) | 88.2 | (1.33) | 32.1 | (1.38) | 33.0 | (2.00) | 31.3 | (1.92) |
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA | 3,784 | (67.0) | 1,749 | (45.8) | 2,036 | (49.3) | 88.2 | (0.58) | 87.1 | (0.88) | 89.1 | (0.76) | 32.7 | (0.84) | 33.6 | (1.24) | 31.9 | (1.13) |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ CBSA | 2,784 | (57.6) | 1,394 | (40.9) | 1,390 | (40.8) | 84.2 | (0.76) | 81.6 | (1.14) | 86.8 | (1.00) | 29.9 | (0.95) | 30.4 | (1.35) | 29.5 | (1.34) |
Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CBSA | 1,564 | (43.3) | 722 | (29.5) | 842 | (31.8) | 90.5 | (0.81) | 92.3 | (1.09) | 89.0 | (1.18) | 29.1 | (1.26) | 34.3 | (1.94) | 24.7 | (1.63) |
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA CBSA | 1,350 | (40.2) | 650 | (28.0) | 700 | (29.0) | 92.8 | (0.77) | 91.1 | (1.23) | 94.4 | (0.96) | 37.1 | (1.44) | 35.9 | (2.07) | 38.2 | (2.02) |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA CBSA | 854 | (32.0) | 405 | (22.1) | 449 | (23.2) | 85.4 | (1.33) | 87.3 | (1.82) | 83.7 | (1.91) | 32.2 | (1.76) | 34.2 | (2.59) | 30.4 | (2.38) |
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC CSA | 1,058 | (35.6) | 523 | (25.1) | 535 | (25.4) | 86.3 | (1.16) | 83.6 | (1.78) | 88.9 | (1.49) | 41.4 | (1.66) | 39.3 | (2.34) | 43.4 | (2.35) |
Richmond, VA CBSA | 841 | (31.8) | 403 | (22.0) | 438 | (23.0) | 87.7 | (1.24) | 87.2 | (1.83) | 88.2 | (1.69) | 33.0 | (1.78) | 33.9 | (2.59) | 32.1 | (2.45) |
Rochester, NY CBSA | 743 | (29.9) | 370 | (21.1) | 373 | (21.2) | 89.0 | (1.26) | 91.0 | (1.63) | 87.0 | (1.91) | 28.7 | (1.82) | 26.4 | (2.52) | 31.0 | (2.63) |
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA CBSA | 1,306 | (39.6) | 640 | (27.7) | 666 | (28.3) | 86.2 | (1.05) | 85.6 | (1.52) | 86.8 | (1.44) | 34.2 | (1.44) | 34.8 | (2.07) | 33.5 | (2.01) |
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield, UT CSA | 981 | (34.3) | 498 | (24.5) | 483 | (24.1) | 89.7 | (1.07) | 88.3 | (1.58) | 91.1 | (1.42) | 28.4 | (1.58) | 35.0 | (2.35) | 21.7 | (2.06) |
San Antonio, TX CBSA | 1,296 | (39.4) | 597 | (26.8) | 699 | (29.0) | 79.7 | (1.23) | 78.4 | (1.85) | 80.8 | (1.64) | 26.3 | (1.34) | 26.7 | (1.99) | 25.8 | (1.82) |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA CBSA | 1,885 | (47.5) | 939 | (33.6) | 946 | (33.7) | 86.3 | (0.87) | 87.7 | (1.18) | 84.9 | (1.28) | 33.5 | (1.19) | 35.9 | (1.72) | 31.2 | (1.65) |
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA | 5,299 | (79.1) | 2,641 | (56.1) | 2,657 | (56.3) | 88.9 | (0.47) | 89.1 | (0.67) | 88.7 | (0.68) | 45.5 | (0.75) | 46.7 | (1.07) | 44.2 | (1.06) |
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA | 2,778 | (57.6) | 1,383 | (40.7) | 1,395 | (40.9) | 94.6 | (0.47) | 94.0 | (0.70) | 95.2 | (0.63) | 36.7 | (1.00) | 36.8 | (1.42) | 36.6 | (1.42) |
St. Louis, MO-IL CBSA | 1,894 | (47.6) | 893 | (32.8) | 1,001 | (34.7) | 90.7 | (0.73) | 91.0 | (1.05) | 90.4 | (1.02) | 28.9 | (1.14) | 30.7 | (1.69) | 27.3 | (1.55) |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL CBSA | 1,947 | (48.3) | 871 | (32.4) | 1,076 | (35.9) | 91.2 | (0.70) | 91.4 | (1.04) | 91.0 | (0.96) | 29.1 | (1.13) | 30.0 | (1.71) | 28.3 | (1.51) |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC CBSA1 | 1,045 | (35.4) | 482 | (24.1) | 564 | (26.0) | 93.1 | (0.86) | 95.8 | (1.01) | 90.8 | (1.34) | 32.7 | (1.59) | 27.9 | (2.24) | 36.8 | (2.23) |
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA1 |
5,316 | (79.2) | 2,525 | (54.9) | 2,791 | (57.7) | 90.9 | (0.43) | 90.0 | (0.66) | 91.7 | (0.57) | 44.7 | (0.75) | 46.5 | (1.09) | 43.1 | (1.03) |
1 Information on metropolitan status was suppressed for a small portion of sample observations. As a result, population estimates for these areas may be slightly underestimated. | ||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: CSA = Combined Statistical Area, CBSA = Core Based 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 Survey (CPS), March 2009. (This table was prepared November 2009.) |