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                                          |Number of persons 25 |     Percent high school        |Percent completed bachelor's
                                          |  years old and over |      completion or higher      |     degree or more
            Metropolitan area             |   (in thousands)    |                                |
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                                          | Total | Male |Female|Total     |   Male   |   Female |Total     |   Male   |  Female
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Atlanta, GA, MSA .........................| 2,620 |1,257 |1,363 |89.0 (1.2)|89.4 (1.7)|88.7 (1.6)|31.4 (1.8)|35.0 (2.6)|28.1 (2.4)
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence,                |       |      |      |          |          |          |          |          |
   MA/NH/ME/CT, CMSA .....................| 3,823 |1,851 |1,972 |85.3 (0.8)|85.4 (1.2)|85.2 (1.2)|34.4 (1.1)|37.7 (1.6)|31.2 (1.5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL/IN/WI, CMSA .....| 5,274 |2,522 |2,751 |85.2 (0.8)|84.8 (1.2)|85.6 (1.1)|30.7 (1.0)|32.6 (1.5)|28.9 (1.4)
Cleveland-Akron, OH, CMSA ................| 2,020 |  935 |1,085 |89.6 (1.0)|90.3 (1.5)|89.0 (1.5)|28.7 (1.6)|33.0 (2.4)|24.9 (2.0)
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA ..............| 3,251 |1,592 |1,659 |85.6 (1.1)|84.9 (1.6)|86.2 (1.5)|30.7 (1.4)|32.3 (2.1)|29.2 (1.9)
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Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI, CMSA ........| 3,623 |1,757 |1,866 |85.4 (0.9)|86.0 (1.2)|84.7 (1.3)|26.2 (1.1)|30.6 (1.6)|22.1 (1.5)
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, CMSA .....| 2,786 |1,373 |1,413 |79.1 (1.5)|79.1 (2.0)|79.1 (2.0)|25.7 (1.5)|28.0 (2.2)|23.4 (2.1)
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange              |       |      |      |          |          |          |          |          |
   County, CA, CMSA ......................| 9,754 |4,737 |5,017 |77.9 (0.7)|78.7 (0.9)|77.1 (0.9)|25.6 (0.7)|28.7 (1.0)|22.6 (0.9)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL, CMSA ..........| 2,495 |1,186 |1,309 |81.7 (1.2)|80.8 (1.7)|82.6 (1.6)|25.1 (1.3)|28.3 (1.9)|22.1 (1.7)
New York-Northern New Jersey-             |       |      |      |          |          |          |          |          |
   Long Island, NY/NJ/CT/PA, CMSA ........|13,406 |6,113 |7,293 |83.4 (0.4)|85.1 (0.6)|81.9 (0.6)|32.6 (0.5)|35.9 (0.9)|29.7 (0.7)
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Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic          |       |      |      |          |          |          |          |          |
 City, PA/NJ/DE/MD, CMSA .................| 4,015 |1,850 |2,165 |86.4 (0.8)|86.2 (1.2)|86.5 (1.0)|27.8 (1.0)|32.4 (1.5)|23.9 (1.3)
Pittsburgh, PA, MSA ......................| 1,537 |  694 |  843 |87.5 (1.3)|87.3 (1.9)|87.6 (1.7)|24.2 (1.6)|28.1 (2.6)|20.9 (2.1)
St. Louis, MO/IL, MSA ....................| 1,683 |  811 |  873 |85.5 (1.6)|84.5 (2.3)|86.5 (2.1)|24.5 (1.9)|26.3 (2.8)|22.8 (2.6)
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, CMSA .| 4,759 |2,318 |2,440 |88.9 (0.9)|89.1 (1.2)|88.6 (1.2)|37.3 (1.3)|38.4 (1.8)|36.2 (1.8)
Washington-Baltimore, DC/MD/VA/WV, CMSA .| 4,938 |2,381 |2,557 |87.8 (0.7)|88.8 (1.0)|86.9 (1.0)|37.2 (1.1)|40.6 (1.6)|34.0 (1.5)
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CMSA=Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSA=Metropolitan Statistical Area

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, "Educational Attainment in the United States: March 2000." (This table was prepared April 2001.)