| Educational attainment | Total1 | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native |
Two or more races | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||||||||||||||
| At least high school diploma or equivalency |
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| 1980 | 85.4 | 85.4 | 85.5 | 89.2 | 89.1 | 89.2 | 76.7 | 74.7 | 78.3 | 58.0 | 57.0 | 58.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | 86.1 | 85.9 | 86.4 | 89.5 | 89.2 | 89.9 | 80.5 | 80.6 | 80.5 | 60.9 | 58.6 | 63.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | 85.7 | 84.4 | 87.0 | 90.1 | 88.6 | 91.7 | 81.7 | 81.4 | 82.0 | 58.2 | 56.6 | 59.9 | 89.9 | 95.3 | 85.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | 86.8 | 86.3 | 87.4 | 92.5 | 92.0 | 93.0 | 86.7 | 88.4 | 85.3 | 57.1 | 55.7 | 58.7 | 90.8 | 90.5 | 91.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 88.1 | 86.7 | 89.4 | 94.0 | 92.9 | 95.2 | 86.8 | 87.6 | 86.2 | 62.8 | 59.2 | 66.4 | 93.7 | 92.1 | 95.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 86.2 | 85.0 | 87.4 | 92.8 | 91.8 | 93.8 | 87.0 | 86.6 | 87.3 | 63.3 | 63.2 | 63.4 | 95.6 | 96.8 | 94.6 | 80.2 | 73.0 | 87.1 | 91.4 | 89.1 | 94.2 | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 86.4 | 84.4 | 88.5 | 93.4 | 92.3 | 94.6 | 86.3 | 84.2 | 88.0 | 63.2 | 60.5 | 66.6 | 96.4 | 97.2 | 95.6 | 79.8 | 75.0 | 83.3 | 89.3 | 89.2 | 89.4 | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | 87.0 | 84.9 | 89.1 | 93.5 | 92.7 | 94.2 | 87.7 | 87.4 | 87.9 | 65.0 | 60.5 | 70.7 | 96.8 | 95.9 | 97.7 | 84.5 | 76.6 | 90.2 | 90.5 | 92.9 | 87.9 | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | 87.8 | 85.8 | 89.9 | 93.7 | 92.6 | 94.7 | 87.5 | 85.7 | 89.2 | 68.3 | 65.6 | 71.9 | 95.9 | 95.6 | 96.1 | 86.7 | 90.5 | 84.2 | 94.2 | 92.7 | 95.9 | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | 88.6 | 87.5 | 89.8 | 94.6 | 94.4 | 94.8 | 88.9 | 88.8 | 89.0 | 68.9 | 66.2 | 72.5 | 95.4 | 96.4 | 94.5 | 81.1 | 77.5 | 83.4 | 88.5 | 92.0 | 84.8 | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | 88.8 | 87.4 | 90.2 | 94.5 | 94.6 | 94.4 | 89.6 | 87.9 | 91.1 | 69.4 | 65.7 | 74.1 | 93.7 | 93.8 | 93.6 | 89.9 | 93.2 | 86.8 | 88.5 | 87.9 | 89.1 | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | 89.0 | 87.5 | 90.7 | 94.4 | 93.4 | 95.5 | 88.1 | 88.0 | 88.2 | 71.5 | 69.2 | 74.3 | 95.4 | 94.2 | 96.6 | 84.9 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 90.7 | 86.2 | 94.0 | |||||||||||||
| At least some college | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | 44.7 | 47.6 | 41.9 | 48.0 | 51.1 | 44.9 | 32.4 | 32.6 | 32.3 | 23.2 | 25.9 | 20.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | 43.7 | 44.2 | 43.3 | 46.4 | 46.8 | 46.0 | 34.4 | 34.2 | 34.5 | 26.9 | 26.9 | 27.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | 44.5 | 43.7 | 45.3 | 48.3 | 47.3 | 49.3 | 36.1 | 35.0 | 36.9 | 23.4 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 62.8 | 69.3 | 57.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | 54.1 | 52.3 | 55.8 | 59.8 | 57.5 | 62.1 | 45.1 | 45.3 | 44.8 | 28.7 | 26.7 | 30.9 | 76.4 | 75.4 | 77.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 58.3 | 55.1 | 61.5 | 64.1 | 60.5 | 67.7 | 52.7 | 50.4 | 54.6 | 32.8 | 29.0 | 36.6 | 78.2 | 79.3 | 77.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 56.9 | 52.3 | 61.5 | 64.5 | 59.9 | 69.1 | 49.0 | 41.8 | 55.1 | 32.7 | 31.8 | 33.9 | 80.3 | 78.2 | 82.3 | 44.2 | 36.3 | 51.8 | 63.5 | 52.6 | 76.4 | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 57.8 | 53.3 | 62.4 | 66.3 | 62.1 | 70.4 | 49.9 | 44.8 | 54.3 | 31.7 | 28.3 | 35.9 | 80.9 | 80.0 | 81.8 | 47.5 | 39.1 | 53.7 | 60.2 | 54.7 | 65.7 | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | 57.7 | 52.5 | 63.0 | 65.6 | 61.1 | 70.0 | 50.0 | 45.9 | 53.6 | 33.9 | 28.2 | 41.1 | 80.4 | 78.6 | 82.1 | 48.9 | 42.5 | 53.5 | 54.3 | 45.2 | 64.4 | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | 59.2 | 53.9 | 64.8 | 67.1 | 62.4 | 71.9 | 51.0 | 44.5 | 56.7 | 35.9 | 30.8 | 42.5 | 80.2 | 78.9 | 81.5 | 52.3 | 46.4 | 56.0 | 63.2 | 63.9 | 62.5 | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | 59.9 | 54.7 | 65.3 | 68.1 | 63.5 | 72.9 | 53.4 | 45.2 | 60.6 | 34.5 | 30.7 | 39.5 | 78.6 | 80.2 | 77.1 | 49.4 | 36.8 | 57.6 | 64.3 | 62.0 | 66.7 | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | 61.2 | 55.9 | 66.8 | 69.3 | 64.9 | 73.9 | 54.7 | 48.8 | 60.0 | 36.8 | 30.2 | 45.1 | 76.3 | 75.9 | 76.7 | 57.5 | 53.8 | 60.9 | 61.8 | 55.2 | 67.7 | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | 62.1 | 56.8 | 67.7 | 69.8 | 64.7 | 75.1 | 54.9 | 49.9 | 59.4 | 38.8 | 34.5 | 44.2 | 79.8 | 74.9 | 84.6 | 49.6 | 45.8 | 54.5 | 64.2 | 56.9 | 69.5 | |||||||||||||
| Bachelor's degree or higher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 21.0 | 25.0 | 26.8 | 23.2 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | 22.2 | 23.1 | 21.3 | 24.4 | 25.5 | 23.3 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 22.8 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 26.2 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 11.9 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 42.2 | 47.6 | 37.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | 24.7 | 24.5 | 24.9 | 28.8 | 28.4 | 29.2 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 13.7 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 43.1 | 42.0 | 44.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 29.1 | 27.9 | 30.1 | 34.0 | 32.3 | 35.8 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 17.4 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 11.0 | 54.3 | 55.5 | 53.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 28.8 | 25.5 | 32.2 | 34.5 | 30.7 | 38.2 | 17.6 | 14.2 | 20.5 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 60.0 | 58.5 | 61.4 | 16.4 | 14.5 | ! | 18.2 | ! | 28.0 | 24.5 | 32.1 | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 28.4 | 25.3 | 31.6 | 34.3 | 31.4 | 37.2 | 18.7 | 15.2 | 21.7 | 9.5 | 6.9 | 12.8 | 59.6 | 58.7 | 60.4 | 9.5 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | 23.3 | 20.8 | 25.7 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | 29.6 | 26.3 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 31.9 | 39.2 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 20.0 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 15.4 | 59.4 | 58.5 | 60.3 | 6.4 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | 26.3 | 23.3 | 29.6 | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 30.8 | 26.8 | 34.9 | 37.1 | 32.6 | 41.7 | 20.4 | 19.0 | 21.6 | 12.4 | 10.0 | 15.5 | 57.9 | 54.1 | 61.6 | 14.3 | 17.7 | ! | 12.2 | ! | 26.6 | 25.7 | 27.7 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 30.6 | 26.6 | 34.8 | 37.2 | 32.6 | 42.0 | 18.9 | 14.8 | 22.6 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 56.4 | 55.2 | 57.6 | 15.9 | 15.2 | ! | 16.3 | 29.7 | 24.6 | 35.0 | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | 31.7 | 27.8 | 35.7 | 38.6 | 34.8 | 42.4 | 19.4 | 15.0 | 23.3 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 16.8 | 52.5 | 49.0 | 55.8 | 18.6 | 18.9 | ! | 18.4 | ! | 29.8 | 24.9 | 34.0 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 32.2 | 28.4 | 36.1 | 39.2 | 35.5 | 43.0 | 20.1 | 17.0 | 22.9 | 12.8 | 9.6 | 16.8 | 56.0 | 50.8 | 61.0 | 17.3 | 15.4 | ! | 19.7 | ! | 32.4 | 34.1 | 31.2 | |||||||||||
| Master's degree or higher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | ! | 1.4 | ! | 1.6 | 2.0 | ! | 1.2 | ! | 10.9 | 12.6 | 8.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2000 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 2.1 | ! | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 15.5 | 17.2 | 13.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 1.1 | ! | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 16.9 | 19.7 | 14.4 | ‡ | # | ‡ | 7.0 | ! | ‡ | 10.0 | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 9.2 | 3.2 | 1.7 | ! | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 19.7 | ‡ | # | ‡ | 7.1 | 5.9 | ! | 8.3 | |||||||||||
| 2007 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | ! | 2.6 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 16.5 | # | # | # | 6.2 | ! | 9.8 | ! | ‡ | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 10.4 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 19.9 | 20.9 | 18.9 | ‡ | # | ‡ | 6.9 | ! | 7.8 | ! | ‡ | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 10.4 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 21.1 | 20.4 | 21.7 | ‡ | # | ‡ | 6.5 | ! | 5.0 | ! | 7.9 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 17.9 | 15.0 | 20.6 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 5.3 | ! | # | 10.0 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 10.4 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 15.4 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 6.1 | ‡ | 9.9 | |||||||||||||
| — Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Included in the totals but not shown separately are estimates for persons from other racial/ethnic groups. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals as estimates of educational attainment represent the percentage who achieved at least the cited credential. In 1992, the question on educational attainment was revised. Prior to 1992, a high school diploma meant completing 12 years of schooling; some college meant completing 1 or more years of college; a bachelor's degree meant completing 4 years of college; and data on attainment of a master's degree were not available. From 1992 onward, a high school diploma means a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; some college means completing any college at all; and a bachelor's degree means earning a bachelor's degree. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on race/ethnicity and educational attainment, see Appendix C – Commonly Used Measures. For more information on the Current Population Survey (CPS), see Appendix B – Guide to Sources. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, selected years, 1980–2011. |
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