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| Table 14. | Percentage of persons 18 to 24 years old and age 25 and over, by educational attainment and race/ethnicity with selected subgroups: 2006 and 2011 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year and race/ethnicity | 18 to 24 years old | Age 25 and over | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | High school completion1 or higher | Less than high school completion | High school completion1 or higher | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total, high school or higher | High school only | At least some college | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total, at least some college | Some college, no degree |
Asso-ciate's degree | Bachelor's or higher degree | Total, high school or higher | High school only | Some college, no degree |
Asso-ciate's degree | Bachelor's or higher degree | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 18.0 | (0.11) | 82.0 | (0.11) | 33.8 | (0.14) | 48.2 | (0.14) | 34.9 | (0.13) | 4.8 | (0.06) | 8.6 | (0.09) | 15.9 | (0.04) | 84.1 | (0.04) | 30.2 | (0.04) | 19.5 | (0.04) | 7.4 | (0.02) | 27.0 | (0.05) |
| White | 13.1 | (0.11) | 86.9 | (0.11) | 32.5 | (0.15) | 54.3 | (0.17) | 38.6 | (0.16) | 5.5 | (0.07) | 10.3 | (0.11) | 11.1 | (0.04) | 88.9 | (0.04) | 30.7 | (0.05) | 20.5 | (0.04) | 7.8 | (0.03) | 29.9 | (0.06) |
| Black | 23.5 | (0.32) | 76.5 | (0.32) | 37.7 | (0.43) | 38.8 | (0.39) | 30.4 | (0.33) | 3.5 | (0.14) | 4.9 | (0.17) | 20.5 | (0.11) | 79.5 | (0.11) | 34.2 | (0.12) | 21.3 | (0.13) | 7.2 | (0.09) | 16.9 | (0.11) |
| Hispanic | 32.0 | (0.32) | 68.0 | (0.32) | 36.8 | (0.33) | 31.2 | (0.28) | 24.2 | (0.25) | 3.2 | (0.11) | 3.7 | (0.11) | 39.7 | (0.15) | 60.3 | (0.15) | 28.2 | (0.13) | 14.7 | (0.10) | 5.2 | (0.05) | 12.3 | (0.09) |
| Mexican | 34.7 | (0.40) | 65.3 | (0.40) | 38.0 | (0.40) | 27.4 | (0.32) | 21.9 | (0.30) | 2.8 | (0.11) | 2.7 | (0.12) | 46.1 | (0.20) | 53.9 | (0.20) | 27.8 | (0.18) | 13.4 | (0.12) | 4.3 | (0.07) | 8.3 | (0.10) |
| Puerto Rican | 25.5 | (0.91) | 74.5 | (0.91) | 37.2 | (0.94) | 37.3 | (0.89) | 28.8 | (0.85) | 4.1 | (0.42) | 4.4 | (0.42) | 28.2 | (0.41) | 71.8 | (0.41) | 31.8 | (0.35) | 18.0 | (0.32) | 7.5 | (0.23) | 14.4 | (0.31) |
| Cuban | 15.8 | (1.24) | 84.2 | (1.24) | 38.4 | (1.51) | 45.8 | (1.66) | 29.4 | (1.53) | 7.1 | (0.74) | 9.2 | (1.26) | 24.9 | (0.62) | 75.1 | (0.62) | 27.5 | (0.57) | 14.1 | (0.42) | 8.0 | (0.36) | 25.5 | (0.55) |
| Dominican | 22.3 | (1.30) | 77.7 | (1.30) | 36.2 | (1.82) | 41.5 | (1.91) | 30.8 | (1.79) | 2.9 | (0.61) | 7.8 | (0.87) | 35.6 | (0.83) | 64.4 | (0.83) | 28.9 | (0.83) | 15.2 | (0.52) | 6.3 | (0.38) | 13.9 | (0.60) |
| Salvadoran | 37.5 | (1.97) | 62.5 | (1.97) | 32.8 | (1.85) | 29.7 | (1.79) | 23.8 | (1.68) | 3.0 | (0.60) | 2.8 | (0.49) | 54.3 | (0.89) | 45.7 | (0.89) | 25.1 | (0.81) | 9.8 | (0.48) | 3.4 | (0.31) | 7.4 | (0.41) |
| Other Central American | 44.0 | (1.61) | 56.0 | (1.61) | 28.4 | (1.37) | 27.5 | (1.22) | 19.2 | (1.10) | 3.3 | (0.47) | 5.1 | (0.62) | 42.6 | (0.72) | 57.4 | (0.72) | 25.4 | (0.69) | 12.8 | (0.37) | 5.0 | (0.26) | 14.2 | (0.46) |
| South American | 16.2 | (1.17) | 83.8 | (1.17) | 33.0 | (1.48) | 50.8 | (1.52) | 35.9 | (1.45) | 4.6 | (0.48) | 10.3 | (0.86) | 16.1 | (0.50) | 83.9 | (0.50) | 27.9 | (0.48) | 18.3 | (0.44) | 7.1 | (0.28) | 30.6 | (0.55) |
| Other Hispanic or Latino | 23.7 | (0.82) | 76.3 | (0.82) | 35.7 | (1.02) | 40.6 | (1.06) | 32.3 | (1.01) | 4.3 | (0.40) | 4.0 | (0.35) | 24.6 | (0.43) | 75.4 | (0.43) | 30.1 | (0.48) | 20.7 | (0.33) | 6.7 | (0.21) | 17.9 | (0.32) |
| Asian | 8.5 | (0.32) | 91.5 | (0.32) | 25.2 | (0.52) | 66.3 | (0.55) | 42.3 | (0.68) | 5.5 | (0.24) | 18.6 | (0.44) | 14.3 | (0.17) | 85.7 | (0.17) | 17.4 | (0.21) | 11.9 | (0.16) | 6.8 | (0.11) | 49.6 | (0.23) |
| Asian Indian | 7.7 | (0.78) | 92.3 | (0.78) | 20.2 | (1.04) | 72.1 | (1.29) | 35.4 | (1.30) | 4.8 | (0.65) | 31.8 | (1.37) | 9.3 | (0.38) | 90.7 | (0.38) | 11.6 | (0.43) | 6.4 | (0.25) | 3.8 | (0.20) | 68.9 | (0.64) |
| Chinese2 | 7.7 | (0.72) | 92.3 | (0.72) | 21.1 | (1.04) | 71.2 | (1.29) | 43.8 | (1.35) | 3.8 | (0.47) | 23.5 | (1.06) | 18.4 | (0.36) | 81.6 | (0.36) | 16.3 | (0.41) | 8.2 | (0.26) | 5.5 | (0.21) | 51.7 | (0.40) |
| Filipino | 7.6 | (0.62) | 92.4 | (0.62) | 27.1 | (1.35) | 65.3 | (1.39) | 45.0 | (1.33) | 8.2 | (0.75) | 12.1 | (0.77) | 8.3 | (0.29) | 91.7 | (0.29) | 15.5 | (0.42) | 18.6 | (0.43) | 9.7 | (0.29) | 47.9 | (0.55) |
| Japanese | 4.1 | (0.86) | 95.9 | (0.86) | 20.7 | (1.99) | 75.2 | (1.97) | 48.6 | (2.39) | 8.5 | (1.35) | 18.1 | (1.94) | 6.2 | (0.38) | 93.8 | (0.38) | 20.6 | (0.58) | 15.6 | (0.49) | 10.7 | (0.43) | 47.0 | (0.64) |
| Korean | 7.0 | (0.76) | 93.0 | (0.76) | 25.0 | (1.34) | 68.1 | (1.39) | 47.0 | (1.81) | 3.1 | (0.50) | 18.0 | (1.20) | 8.7 | (0.49) | 91.3 | (0.49) | 20.4 | (0.58) | 11.8 | (0.46) | 5.7 | (0.33) | 53.5 | (0.85) |
| Vietnamese | 13.2 | (1.16) | 86.8 | (1.16) | 28.5 | (1.59) | 58.3 | (1.72) | 41.5 | (1.99) | 7.0 | (0.89) | 9.8 | (1.08) | 27.7 | (0.71) | 72.3 | (0.71) | 24.7 | (0.62) | 13.9 | (0.43) | 7.6 | (0.35) | 26.1 | (0.72) |
| Other Asian | 10.8 | (0.77) | 89.2 | (0.77) | 33.7 | (1.56) | 55.5 | (1.64) | 39.4 | (1.44) | 5.6 | (0.62) | 10.5 | (0.83) | 21.9 | (0.66) | 78.1 | (0.66) | 21.2 | (0.71) | 14.3 | (0.53) | 7.4 | (0.34) | 35.2 | (0.66) |
| Pacific Islander | 16.4 | (1.98) | 83.6 | (1.98) | 43.9 | (3.29) | 39.6 | (3.29) | 29.8 | (3.06) | 4.4 | (0.92) | 5.4 | (1.02) | 15.1 | (1.00) | 84.9 | (1.00) | 39.3 | (1.10) | 23.1 | (1.18) | 8.6 | (0.75) | 13.9 | (1.00) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 28.8 | (1.11) | 71.2 | (1.11) | 38.6 | (1.27) | 32.6 | (1.41) | 26.2 | (1.40) | 3.3 | (0.54) | 3.1 | (0.42) | 20.8 | (0.47) | 79.2 | (0.47) | 35.8 | (0.60) | 22.2 | (0.46) | 8.1 | (0.34) | 13.1 | (0.38) |
| Two or more races | 16.7 | (0.72) | 83.3 | (0.72) | 33.3 | (1.01) | 50.0 | (0.94) | 38.0 | (0.81) | 4.8 | (0.35) | 7.2 | (0.47) | 13.7 | (0.34) | 86.3 | (0.34) | 27.2 | (0.43) | 25.6 | (0.37) | 8.9 | (0.28) | 24.6 | (0.39) |
| White and Black | 19.3 | (1.64) | 80.7 | (1.64) | 35.9 | (1.88) | 44.8 | (1.80) | 33.8 | (1.53) | 4.1 | (0.72) | 6.9 | (1.05) | 11.4 | (0.88) | 88.6 | (0.88) | 26.4 | (1.47) | 27.5 | (1.31) | 9.2 | (0.89) | 25.5 | (1.35) |
| White and Asian | 9.6 | (1.07) | 90.4 | (1.07) | 27.3 | (1.39) | 63.1 | (1.74) | 47.2 | (1.94) | 4.6 | (0.78) | 11.3 | (0.97) | 8.2 | (0.63) | 91.8 | (0.63) | 20.3 | (0.87) | 23.2 | (0.92) | 9.5 | (0.58) | 38.7 | (0.92) |
| White and American Indian/Alaska Native | 21.1 | (1.39) | 78.9 | (1.39) | 35.1 | (1.64) | 43.8 | (1.87) | 33.6 | (1.79) | 5.0 | (0.75) | 5.2 | (0.77) | 16.8 | (0.55) | 83.2 | (0.55) | 30.8 | (0.65) | 26.5 | (0.59) | 8.6 | (0.36) | 17.4 | (0.52) |
| Other two or more races | 16.2 | (1.21) | 83.8 | (1.21) | 34.4 | (1.97) | 49.4 | (1.80) | 38.2 | (1.68) | 5.4 | (0.82) | 5.8 | (0.92) | 13.1 | (0.53) | 86.9 | (0.53) | 26.5 | (0.81) | 24.9 | (0.68) | 8.9 | (0.48) | 26.5 | (0.81) |
| 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 15.9 | (0.10) | 84.1 | (0.10) | 29.5 | (0.12) | 54.7 | (0.12) | 40.9 | (0.14) | 4.7 | (0.06) | 9.2 | (0.07) | 14.1 | (0.04) | 85.9 | (0.04) | 28.4 | (0.05) | 21.2 | (0.04) | 7.8 | (0.02) | 28.6 | (0.06) |
| White | 11.5 | (0.10) | 88.5 | (0.10) | 28.3 | (0.15) | 60.2 | (0.15) | 43.4 | (0.17) | 5.3 | (0.08) | 11.5 | (0.12) | 8.9 | (0.03) | 91.1 | (0.03) | 29.1 | (0.06) | 21.8 | (0.05) | 8.3 | (0.03) | 31.8 | (0.07) |
| Black | 21.1 | (0.29) | 78.9 | (0.29) | 32.0 | (0.33) | 46.9 | (0.31) | 39.1 | (0.31) | 3.2 | (0.13) | 4.6 | (0.15) | 17.3 | (0.11) | 82.7 | (0.11) | 31.5 | (0.14) | 25.1 | (0.13) | 7.5 | (0.06) | 18.7 | (0.11) |
| Hispanic | 25.8 | (0.28) | 74.2 | (0.28) | 32.6 | (0.24) | 41.5 | (0.25) | 33.8 | (0.21) | 3.8 | (0.11) | 3.9 | (0.11) | 36.9 | (0.16) | 63.1 | (0.16) | 26.9 | (0.11) | 17.3 | (0.11) | 5.5 | (0.06) | 13.4 | (0.12) |
| Mexican | 27.3 | (0.34) | 72.7 | (0.34) | 34.1 | (0.31) | 38.6 | (0.30) | 32.3 | (0.26) | 3.4 | (0.14) | 2.9 | (0.11) | 42.3 | (0.19) | 57.7 | (0.19) | 27.0 | (0.15) | 16.4 | (0.13) | 4.7 | (0.07) | 9.6 | (0.12) |
| Puerto Rican | 23.9 | (0.76) | 76.1 | (0.76) | 33.1 | (0.87) | 43.0 | (0.80) | 34.0 | (0.70) | 4.1 | (0.41) | 4.9 | (0.39) | 24.9 | (0.32) | 75.1 | (0.32) | 29.5 | (0.39) | 21.6 | (0.37) | 7.7 | (0.26) | 16.3 | (0.35) |
| Cuban | 12.6 | (1.22) | 87.4 | (1.22) | 31.2 | (1.70) | 56.2 | (1.78) | 38.8 | (1.73) | 8.4 | (1.14) | 9.0 | (0.99) | 23.0 | (0.50) | 77.0 | (0.50) | 28.7 | (0.53) | 15.9 | (0.43) | 7.8 | (0.36) | 24.7 | (0.48) |
| Dominican | 22.0 | (1.46) | 78.0 | (1.46) | 27.2 | (1.43) | 50.8 | (1.56) | 40.9 | (1.55) | 4.2 | (0.63) | 5.7 | (0.73) | 34.2 | (0.75) | 65.8 | (0.75) | 25.3 | (0.71) | 18.4 | (0.61) | 6.4 | (0.39) | 15.7 | (0.57) |
| Salvadoran | 31.1 | (1.39) | 68.9 | (1.39) | 31.9 | (1.47) | 37.0 | (1.51) | 31.4 | (1.44) | 2.5 | (0.43) | 3.1 | (0.42) | 52.1 | (0.74) | 47.9 | (0.74) | 24.9 | (0.65) | 12.8 | (0.46) | 3.0 | (0.23) | 7.2 | (0.38) |
| Other Central American | 36.3 | (1.21) | 63.7 | (1.21) | 25.9 | (1.02) | 37.8 | (1.34) | 30.5 | (1.21) | 3.0 | (0.39) | 4.3 | (0.41) | 42.8 | (0.63) | 57.2 | (0.63) | 24.1 | (0.44) | 15.8 | (0.41) | 4.9 | (0.25) | 12.5 | (0.43) |
| South American | 12.7 | (0.85) | 87.3 | (0.85) | 27.1 | (1.12) | 60.2 | (1.42) | 43.9 | (1.29) | 7.2 | (0.67) | 9.1 | (0.60) | 15.4 | (0.39) | 84.6 | (0.39) | 25.8 | (0.43) | 19.9 | (0.42) | 7.7 | (0.28) | 31.3 | (0.48) |
| Other Hispanic or Latino | 17.6 | (0.97) | 82.4 | (0.97) | 31.4 | (1.39) | 51.0 | (1.40) | 41.2 | (1.32) | 4.5 | (0.49) | 5.3 | (0.56) | 19.7 | (0.54) | 80.3 | (0.54) | 27.5 | (0.54) | 22.9 | (0.54) | 8.1 | (0.29) | 21.8 | (0.51) |
| Asian | 8.1 | (0.27) | 91.9 | (0.27) | 20.2 | (0.43) | 71.8 | (0.53) | 46.8 | (0.66) | 5.2 | (0.23) | 19.7 | (0.49) | 14.8 | (0.16) | 85.2 | (0.16) | 15.5 | (0.17) | 12.8 | (0.14) | 6.6 | (0.11) | 50.3 | (0.26) |
| Asian Indian | 5.3 | (0.53) | 94.7 | (0.53) | 16.2 | (1.07) | 78.5 | (1.13) | 41.4 | (1.36) | 5.2 | (0.75) | 31.9 | (1.33) | 9.1 | (0.36) | 90.9 | (0.36) | 8.5 | (0.31) | 7.4 | (0.30) | 3.7 | (0.18) | 71.3 | (0.57) |
| Chinese2 | 5.9 | (0.43) | 94.1 | (0.43) | 18.7 | (0.60) | 75.4 | (0.73) | 45.6 | (0.93) | 3.8 | (0.41) | 25.9 | (0.89) | 18.7 | (0.35) | 81.3 | (0.35) | 14.7 | (0.34) | 8.3 | (0.25) | 5.7 | (0.16) | 52.5 | (0.48) |
| Filipino | 7.2 | (0.64) | 92.8 | (0.64) | 21.7 | (1.12) | 71.0 | (1.30) | 50.7 | (1.48) | 7.5 | (0.76) | 12.8 | (0.84) | 7.7 | (0.29) | 92.3 | (0.29) | 15.5 | (0.36) | 20.2 | (0.47) | 8.8 | (0.30) | 47.8 | (0.58) |
| Japanese | 4.6 | (0.97) | 95.4 | (0.97) | 20.5 | (2.21) | 74.9 | (2.35) | 50.9 | (2.79) | 6.0 | (1.42) | 18.0 | (2.32) | 5.2 | (0.30) | 94.8 | (0.30) | 19.7 | (0.55) | 15.9 | (0.52) | 10.7 | (0.51) | 48.5 | (0.74) |
| Korean | 6.3 | (0.81) | 93.7 | (0.81) | 19.5 | (1.33) | 74.1 | (1.72) | 53.6 | (1.89) | 4.4 | (0.71) | 16.2 | (1.27) | 7.8 | (0.32) | 92.2 | (0.32) | 18.1 | (0.58) | 14.3 | (0.61) | 6.2 | (0.36) | 53.6 | (0.74) |
| Vietnamese | 8.7 | (0.96) | 91.3 | (0.96) | 22.8 | (1.35) | 68.5 | (1.58) | 49.0 | (1.91) | 4.5 | (0.66) | 14.9 | (1.12) | 30.6 | (0.55) | 69.4 | (0.55) | 20.6 | (0.54) | 15.8 | (0.47) | 7.4 | (0.36) | 25.5 | (0.63) |
| Other Asian | 15.6 | (0.98) | 84.4 | (0.98) | 23.7 | (1.11) | 60.7 | (1.45) | 44.0 | (1.36) | 5.9 | (0.64) | 10.8 | (0.92) | 23.0 | (0.53) | 77.0 | (0.53) | 19.1 | (0.56) | 13.9 | (0.40) | 7.2 | (0.35) | 36.9 | (0.70) |
| Pacific Islander | 14.0 | (2.07) | 86.0 | (2.07) | 39.5 | (2.42) | 46.4 | (2.71) | 40.6 | (2.69) | 2.3 | (0.63) | 3.5 | (0.89) | 14.2 | (0.85) | 85.8 | (0.85) | 38.1 | (1.20) | 25.4 | (1.09) | 8.0 | (0.65) | 14.3 | (0.93) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 26.2 | (1.00) | 73.8 | (1.00) | 36.1 | (1.34) | 37.7 | (1.23) | 32.0 | (1.23) | 2.8 | (0.39) | 2.9 | (0.51) | 18.2 | (0.37) | 81.8 | (0.37) | 32.2 | (0.49) | 26.9 | (0.48) | 8.4 | (0.22) | 14.3 | (0.38) |
| Two or more races | 14.5 | (0.59) | 85.5 | (0.59) | 29.7 | (0.70) | 55.8 | (0.86) | 44.2 | (0.88) | 4.2 | (0.31) | 7.4 | (0.44) | 11.3 | (0.25) | 88.7 | (0.25) | 24.3 | (0.33) | 26.6 | (0.36) | 9.6 | (0.26) | 28.3 | (0.37) |
| White and Black | 18.4 | (1.27) | 81.6 | (1.27) | 30.3 | (1.49) | 51.3 | (1.67) | 41.8 | (1.69) | 3.7 | (0.68) | 5.9 | (0.84) | 9.9 | (0.68) | 90.1 | (0.68) | 23.6 | (1.12) | 29.8 | (1.13) | 9.4 | (0.70) | 27.3 | (0.99) |
| White and Asian | 6.6 | (0.82) | 93.4 | (0.82) | 26.6 | (1.32) | 66.8 | (1.50) | 49.0 | (1.82) | 4.7 | (0.67) | 13.1 | (0.95) | 8.1 | (0.44) | 91.9 | (0.44) | 17.3 | (0.62) | 21.7 | (0.66) | 9.1 | (0.44) | 43.9 | (0.74) |
| White and American Indian/Alaska Native | 17.6 | (1.27) | 82.4 | (1.27) | 33.1 | (1.53) | 49.2 | (1.67) | 40.9 | (1.84) | 3.5 | (0.64) | 4.8 | (0.73) | 13.2 | (0.39) | 86.8 | (0.39) | 28.4 | (0.47) | 28.8 | (0.53) | 9.5 | (0.39) | 20.1 | (0.56) |
| Other two or more races | 15.5 | (1.27) | 84.5 | (1.27) | 29.2 | (1.26) | 55.4 | (1.56) | 44.7 | (1.48) | 4.8 | (0.56) | 5.9 | (0.75) | 11.9 | (0.47) | 88.1 | (0.47) | 24.8 | (0.61) | 26.1 | (0.81) | 10.0 | (0.42) | 27.1 | (0.64) |
| 1 High school completers include diploma recipients and those completing high school through alternative credentials, such as a GED. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Excludes Taiwanese. Taiwanese is included in "Other Asian." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2006 and 2011. (This table was prepared January 2013.) |
