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Table 14. | Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over for the 15 largest metropolitan areas, by sex: 2008 |
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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Total | Males | Females | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA/AL, CSA | 3,515 | (64.6) | 1,721 | (45.4) | 1,794 | (46.3) | 89.2 | (0.57) | 88.2 | (0.85) | 90.2 | (0.77) | 38.7 | (0.90) | 40.9 | (1.30) | 36.6 | (1.25) |
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA/NH, CSA | 3,741 | (66.6) | 1,774 | (46.1) | 1,967 | (48.5) | 92.8 | (0.46) | 92.7 | (0.68) | 92.9 | (0.64) | 44.8 | (0.89) | 44.4 | (1.30) | 45.1 | (1.23) |
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL/IN/WI, CSA | 6,117 | (84.8) | 2,918 | (59.0) | 3,199 | (61.7) | 87.7 | (0.46) | 86.8 | (0.69) | 88.6 | (0.62) | 35.1 | (0.67) | 36.3 | (0.98) | 34.0 | (0.92) |
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CSA | 3,877 | (67.8) | 1,905 | (47.7) | 1,972 | (48.6) | 82.1 | (0.68) | 80.4 | (1.00) | 83.6 | (0.92) | 32.3 | (0.83) | 33.2 | (1.19) | 31.5 | (1.15) |
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI, CSA | 3,691 | (66.2) | 1,721 | (45.4) | 1,970 | (48.5) | 88.3 | (0.58) | 89.5 | (0.81) | 87.2 | (0.83) | 30.4 | (0.83) | 32.1 | (1.24) | 29.0 | (1.12) |
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX, CSA | 3,416 | (63.7) | 1,644 | (44.4) | 1,772 | (46.1) | 79.9 | (0.75) | 78.1 | (1.12) | 81.5 | (1.01) | 28.6 | (0.85) | 27.6 | (1.21) | 29.4 | (1.19) |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA, CSA | 11,273 | (113.8) | 5,514 | (80.6) | 5,758 | (82.3) | 79.2 | (0.42) | 78.8 | (0.60) | 79.6 | (0.58) | 29.4 | (0.47) | 30.5 | (0.68) | 28.3 | (0.65) |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL, MSA | 3,665 | (66.0) | 1,740 | (45.6) | 1,926 | (48.0) | 86.6 | (0.62) | 86.1 | (0.91) | 87.1 | (0.84) | 31.5 | (0.84) | 31.8 | (1.23) | 31.2 | (1.16) |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN/WI, CSA | 2,132 | (50.5) | 1,036 | (35.3) | 1,096 | (36.3) | 93.3 | (0.60) | 93.9 | (0.81) | 92.6 | (0.87) | 39.4 | (1.16) | 41.3 | (1.68) | 37.5 | (1.61) |
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY/NJ/CT/PA, CSA | 14,293 | (127.3) | 6,688 | (88.6) | 7,605 | (94.2) | 86.2 | (0.32) | 86.2 | (0.46) | 86.2 | (0.43) | 37.1 | (0.44) | 38.8 | (0.65) | 35.6 | (0.60) |
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA/NJ/DE/MD, CSA | 3,815 | (67.3) | 1,789 | (46.3) | 2,026 | (49.2) | 89.1 | (0.55) | 88.1 | (0.84) | 90.0 | (0.73) | 31.3 | (0.82) | 31.7 | (1.21) | 31.0 | (1.13) |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, MSA | 2,903 | (58.8) | 1,457 | (41.8) | 1,447 | (41.6) | 85.9 | (0.71) | 85.9 | (1.00) | 85.9 | (1.01) | 27.3 | (0.91) | 29.3 | (1.31) | 25.4 | (1.26) |
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, CSA | 5,259 | (78.8) | 2,569 | (55.4) | 2,690 | (56.6) | 88.6 | (0.48) | 88.7 | (0.69) | 88.6 | (0.67) | 44.1 | (0.75) | 43.6 | (1.07) | 44.7 | (1.05) |
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA, CSA | 2,587 | (55.6) | 1,259 | (38.9) | 1,328 | (39.9) | 94.1 | (0.51) | 93.7 | (0.75) | 94.5 | (0.69) | 36.4 | (1.04) | 36.7 | (1.49) | 36.2 | (1.45) |
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC/MD/VA/WV, CSA | 5,317 | (79.2) | 2,543 | (55.1) | 2,774 | (57.5) | 90.8 | (0.43) | 90.2 | (0.65) | 91.4 | (0.59) | 45.3 | (0.75) | 47.3 | (1.09) | 43.5 | (1.03) |
NOTE: CSA = Combined Statistical Area, MSA = Metropolitan 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 2008. (This table was prepared September 2008.) |