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                                   |                     |Percent high school  |Percent completed
                                   |Number of persons 25 | completion or higher|bachelor's degree
                                   |  years old and over |                     |or more
         Metropolitan area         |   (in thousands)    |                     |
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Atlanta, GA .......................| 1,883 |  899 |  984 |87.6 (3.7)|88.4 (3.5)|37.4 (5.5)|31.5 (5.1)
Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA/NH ......| 3,254 |1,548 |1,706 |88.2 (1.5)|87.1 (1.5)|38.8 (2.3)|32.5 (2.1)
Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL/IN/WI | 5,306 |2,506 |2,800 |83.7 (1.8)|83.8 (1.7)|31.4 (2.3)|25.6 (2.1)
Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH ........| 2,016 |  925 |1,091 |81.0 (3.1)|79.3 (2.9)|24.9 (3.4)|16.4 (2.7)
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .............| 2,595 |1,260 |1,336 |79.3 (3.3)|79.1 (3.2)|27.3 (3.6)|20.7 (3.2)
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Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI .............| 3,472 |1,652 |1,820 |80.9 (2.1)|80.7 (2.1)|27.2 (2.4)|18.8 (2.0)
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ....| 3,077 |1,475 |1,602 |83.7 (2.8)|83.4 (2.7)|31.4 (3.5)|22.1 (3.0)
Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA .| 9,467 |4,605 |4,862 |77.5 (1.5)|75.2 (1.5)|28.4 (1.6)|19.7 (1.4)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL .........| 2,232 |1,055 |1,177 |85.7 (2.7)|81.9 (2.8)|27.3 (3.4)|20.4 (2.9)
New York-Northern New Jersey-      |       |      |      |          |          |          |
Long Island, NY/NJ/CT .............|12,525 |5,770 |6,754 |84.4 (1.1)|82.5 (1.1)|32.8 (1.4)|25.3 (1.2)
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Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton,   |       |      |      |          |          |          |
 PA/NJ/DE/MD ......................| 4,248 |2,025 |2,223 |83.6 (2.0)|83.8 (1.9)|34.3 (2.6)|25.8 (2.3)
Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA ......| 1,911 |  926 |  985 |81.1 (3.2)|81.4 (3.1)|26.6 (3.6)|19.8 (3.1)
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA | 4,298 |2,136 |2,162 |89.2 (2.1)|87.9 (2.2)|35.8 (3.2)|29.1 (3.0)
St. Louis, MO/IL ..................| 1,641 |  775 |  866 |81.1 (4.9)|83.2 (4.4)|27.5 (5.6)|20.8 (4.8)
Washington, DC/MD/VA ..............| 2,872 |1,460 |1,411 |85.5 (3.0)|85.8 (3.0)|38.6 (4.2)|28.1 (3.9)
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