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| Table 8. | Years of school completed by persons age 25 and over and 25 to 29, by race/ethnicity and sex: 1910 to 1996 |
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| Percent, by years of school completed
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| All races |White, non-Hispanic\1\ | Black, non-Hispanic\1\ | Hispanic
Age, year, |____________________________|____________________________|____________________________|____________________________
and sex |Less than |4 years|4 or more|Less than |4 years|4 or more|Less than |4 years|4 or more|Less than |4 years|4 or more
|5 years of|of high|years of |5 years of|of high|years of |5 years of|of high|years of |5 years of|of high|years of
|elementary|school | col- |elementary|school | col- |elementary|school | col- |elementary|school | col-
| school |or more| lege\2\ | school |or more| lege\2\ | school |or more| lege\2\ | school |or more| lege\2\
______________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
______________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________
| Males and females
|___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
25 and over | | | | | | | | | | | |
1910 \3\ .....| 23.8 | 13.5 | 2.7 | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---
1920 \3\ .....| 22.0 | 16.4 | 3.3 | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---
1930 \3\ .....| 17.5 | 19.1 | 3.9 | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---
April 1940 ...| 13.7 | 24.5 | 4.6 | 10.9 | 26.1 | 4.9 | 41.8 | 7.7 | 1.3 | ---| ---| ---
April 1950 ...| 11.1 | 34.3 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 36.4 | 6.6 | 32.6 | 13.7 | 2.2 | ---| ---| ---
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April 1960 ...| 8.3 | 41.1 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 43.2 | 8.1 | 23.5 | 21.7 | 3.5 | ---| ---| ---
March 1970 ...| 5.3 | 55.2 | 11.0 | 4.2 | 57.4 | 11.6 | 14.7 | 36.1 | 6.1 | ---| ---| ---
March 1975 ...| 4.2 | 62.5 | 13.9 | 2.6 | 65.8 | 14.9 | 12.3 | 42.6 | 6.4 | 18.2 | 38.5 | 6.6
March 1980 ...| 3.4 | 68.6 | 17.0 | 1.9 | 71.9 | 18.4 | 9.1 | 51.4 | 7.9 | 15.8 | 44.5 | 7.6
March 1982 ...| 3.0 | 71.0 | 17.7 | 1.7 | 74.3 | 19.1 | 7.3 | 54.9 | 8.7 | 14.7 | 46.0 | 7.8
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March 1985 ...| 2.7 | 73.9 | 19.4 | 1.4 | 77.5 | 20.8 | 6.1 | 59.9 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 47.9 | 8.5
March 1986 .. | 2.7 | 74.7 | 19.4 | 1.4 | 78.2 | 20.1 | 5.3 | 62.5 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 48.5 | 8.4
March 1987 .. | 2.4 | 75.6 | 19.9 | 1.3 | 79.0 | 20.5 | 4.9 | 63.6 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 50.9 | 8.6
March 1988 .. | 2.5 | 76.2 | 20.3 | 1.2 | 79.8 | 21.8 | 4.8 | 63.5 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 51.0 | 10.0
March 1989 .. | 2.5 | 76.9 | 21.1 | 1.2 | 80.7 | 22.8 | 5.2 | 64.7 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 50.9 | 9.9
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March 1990 .. | 2.5 | 77.6 | 21.3 | 1.1 | 81.4 | 23.1 | 5.1 | 66.2 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 50.8 | 9.2
March 1991 .. | 2.4 | 78.4 | 21.4 | 1.1 | 82.4 | 23.3 | 4.7 | 66.8 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 51.3 | 9.7
March 1992 .. | 2.1 | 79.4 | 21.4 | 0.9 | 83.4 | 23.2 | 3.9 | 67.7 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 52.6 | 9.3
March 1993 .. | 2.1 | 80.2 | 21.9 | 0.8 | 84.1 | 23.8 | 3.7 | 70.5 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 53.1 | 9.0
March 1994 .. | 1.9 | 80.9 | 22.2 | 0.8 | 84.9 | 24.3 | 2.7 | 73.0 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 53.3 | 9.1
March 1995 ...| 1.9 | 81.7 | 23.0 | 0.7 | 85.9 | 23.4 | 2.5 | 73.8 | 13.3 | 10.6 | 53.4 | 9.3
March 1996 .. | 1.8 | 81.8 | 23.6 | 0.6 | 86.0 | 25.9 | 2.2 | 74.6 | 13.8 | 10.4 | 53.1 | 9.3
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25 to 29 | | | | | | | | | | | |
1920\3\ ......| ---| ---| ---| 12.9 | 22.0 | 4.5 | 44.6 | 6.3 | 1.2 | ---| ---| ---
April 1940 ...| 5.9 | 38.1 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 41.2 | 6.4 | 27.0 | 12.3 | 1.6 | ---| ---| ---
April 1950 ...| 4.6 | 52.8 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 56.3 | 8.2 | 16.1 | 23.6 | 2.8 | ---| ---| ---
April 1960 ...| 2.8 | 60.7 | 11.0 | 2.2 | 63.7 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 38.6 | 5.4 | ---| ---| ---
March 1970 ...| 1.1 | 75.4 | 16.4 | 0.9 | 77.8 | 17.3 | 2.2 | 58.4 | 10.0 | ---| ---| ---
March 1975 ...| 1.0 | 83.1 | 21.9 | 0.6 | 86.6 | 23.8 | 0.5 | 71.1 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 53.1 | 8.8
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March 1980 ...| 0.8 | 85.4 | 22.5 | 0.3 | 89.2 | 25.0 | 0.7 | 76.7 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 58.0 | 7.7
March 1982 ...| 0.8 | 86.2 | 21.7 | 0.3 | 89.1 | 23.8 | 0.7 | 81.0 | 12.6 | 6.6 | 61.0 | 9.7
March 1985 ...| 0.7 | 86.1 | 22.2 | 0.2 | 89.5 | 24.4 | 0.4 | 80.5 | 11.6 | 6.0 | 60.9 | 11.1
March 1986 .. | 0.9 | 86.1 | 22.4 | 0.4 | 89.6 | 25.2 | 0.5 | 83.5 | 11.8 | 5.6 | 59.1 | 9.0
March 1987 .. | 0.9 | 86.0 | 22.0 | 0.4 | 89.4 | 24.7 | 0.4 | 83.5 | 11.5 | 4.8 | 59.8 | 8.7
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March 1988 .. | 1.0 | 85.9 | 22.7 | 0.3 | 89.7 | 25.1 | 0.3 | 80.9 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 62.3 | 11.3
March 1989 .. | 1.0 | 85.5 | 23.4 | 0.3 | 89.3 | 26.3 | 0.5 | 82.3 | 12.7 | 5.4 | 61.0 | 10.1
March 1990 .. | 1.2 | 85.7 | 23.2 | 0.3 | 90.1 | 26.4 | 1.0 | 81.7 | 13.4 | 7.3 | 58.2 | 8.2
March 1991 .. | 1.0 | 85.4 | 23.2 | 0.3 | 89.8 | 26.7 | 0.5 | 81.8 | 11.0 | 5.8 | 56.7 | 9.2
March 1992 .. | 0.9 | 86.3 | 23.6 | 0.3 | 90.7 | 27.2 | 0.8 | 80.9 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 60.9 | 9.5
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March 1993 .. | 0.7 | 86.7 | 23.7 | 0.3 | 91.2 | 27.2 | 0.2 | 82.7 | 13.3 | 4.0 | 60.9 | 8.3
March 1994 .. | 0.8 | 86.1 | 23.3 | 0.3 | 91.1 | 27.1 | 0.6 | 84.1 | 13.6 | 3.6 | 60.3 | 8.0
March 1995 .. | 1.0 | 86.9 | 24.7 | 0.3 | 92.5 | 28.8 | 0.2 | 86.7 | 15.4 | 4.9 | 57.2 | 8.9
March 1996 .. | 0.8 | 87.3 | 27.1 | 0.2 | 92.6 | 31.6 | 0.4 | 86.0 | 14.6 | 4.3 | 61.1 | 10.0
|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________
| Males
|___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
25 and over | | | | | | | | | | | |
April 1940 ...| 15.1 | 22.7 | 5.5 | 12.0 | 24.2 | 5.9 | 46.2 | 6.9 | 1.4 | ---| ---| ---
April 1950 ...| 12.2 | 32.6 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 34.6 | 7.9 | 36.9 | 12.6 | 2.1 | ---| ---| ---
April 1960 ...| 9.4 | 39.5 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 41.6 | 10.3 | 27.7 | 20.0 | 3.5 | ---| ---| ---
March 1970 ...| 5.9 | 55.0 | 14.1 | 4.5 | 57.2 | 15.0 | 17.9 | 35.4 | 6.8 | ---| ---| ---
March 1980 ...| 3.6 | 69.2 | 20.9 | 2.0 | 72.4 | 22.8 | 11.3 | 51.2 | 7.7 | 16.5 | 44.9 | 9.2
March 1990 .. | 2.7 | 77.7 | 24.4 | 1.3 | 81.6 | 26.7 | 6.4 | 65.8 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 50.3 | 9.8
March 1994 .. | 2.1 | 81.1 | 25.1 | 0.8 | 85.1 | 27.8 | 3.9 | 71.8 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 53.4 | 9.6
March 1995 .. | 2.0 | 81.7 | 26.0 | 0.8 | 86.0 | 28.9 | 3.4 | 73.5 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 52.9 | 10.1
March 1996 .. | 1.9 | 81.9 | 26.0 | 0.7 | 86.1 | 28.8 | 2.9 | 74.6 | 12.5 | 10.2 | 53.0 | 10.3
|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________
| Females
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25 and over | | | | | | | | | | | |
April 1940 ...| 12.4 | 26.3 | 3.8 | 9.8 | 28.1 | 4.0 | 37.5 | 8.4 | 1.2 | ---| ---| ---
April 1950 ...| 10.0 | 36.0 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 38.2 | 5.4 | 28.6 | 14.7 | 2.4 | ---| ---| ---
April 1960 ...| 7.4 | 42.5 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 44.7 | 6.0 | 19.7 | 23.1 | 3.6 | ---| ---| ---
March 1970 ...| 4.7 | 55.4 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 57.7 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 36.6 | 5.6 | ---| ---| ---
March 1980 ...| 3.2 | 68.1 | 13.6 | 1.8 | 71.5 | 14.4 | 7.4 | 51.5 | 8.1 | 15.3 | 44.2 | 6.2
March 1990 .. | 2.2 | 77.5 | 18.4 | 1.0 | 81.3 | 19.8 | 4.1 | 66.5 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 51.3 | 8.7
March 1994 .. | 1.7 | 80.8 | 19.6 | 0.7 | 84.7 | 21.1 | 1.8 | 73.9 | 13.1 | 10.3 | 53.2 | 8.6
March 1995 .. | 1.7 | 81.6 | 20.2 | 0.6 | 85.8 | 22.2 | 1.8 | 74.1 | 13.0 | 10.4 | 53.8 | 8.4
March 1996 .. | 1.7 | 81.6 | 21.4 | 0.5 | 85.9 | 23.2 | 1.6 | 74.6 | 14.8 | 10.6 | 53.3 | 8.3
______________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________|__________|_______|_________
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\1\Includes persons of Hispanic origin for years prior to 1975. \2\Data for 1993 to 1996 are for persons with a bachelor's degree or higher. \3\Estimates based on Bureau of the Census retrojection of 1940 Census data on education by age. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Data for 1975 and subsequent years are for the noninstitutional population. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population, 1960, Vol. 1, part 1; Current Population Reports, Series P-20; Series P-19, No. 4; 1960 Census Monograph, "Education of the American Population," by John K. Folger and Charles B. Nam; and unpublished data from the Current Population Survey; and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, "Educational Attainment of Workers, March 1991," and unpublished data. (This table was prepared October 1997.)
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