Highest level of education attained by persons age 18 and over, by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: March 1996

Table 9.
Highest level of education attained by persons age 18 and over, by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: March 1996 [In thousands]
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                         |        |                |                       |
                         |        |Elementary level|    High school        |                    College
   Age, sex, and race    | Total  |________________|_______________________|_____________________________________________
                         |popula- |Less than|7 or 8|1 to 3 |  4   |        | Some  | Asso- |Bache- | Mas- |Profes-| Doc-
                         |tion\1\ | 7 years |years | years |years |Graduate|college| ciate | lor's |ter's |sional |torate
_________________________|________|_________|______|_______|______|________|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|______
            1            |   2    |    3    |  4   |   5   |  6   |   7    |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11  |  12   |  13
_________________________|________|_________|______|_______|______|________|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|______
          Total          |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
18 and over .............|193,166 |   6,880 |7,550 |19,396 |2,649 | 64,118 |37,840 |13,159 |28,366 |9,166 | 2,427 |1,617
  18 and 19 years old ...|  7,190 |      82 |  154 | 2,569 |  432 |  1,993 | 1,925 |    29 |     2 |   ---|     2 |    2
  20 to 24 years old ....| 17,653 |     292 |  279 | 1,601 |  342 |  5,566 | 6,714 |   959 | 1,823 |   65 |     8 |    3
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
  25 years old and over .|168,323 |   6,506 |7,116 |15,226 |1,875 | 56,559 |29,201 |12,171 |26,540 |9,101 | 2,416 |1,611
    25 to 29 years old ..| 19,462 |     418 |  274 | 1,518 |  262 |  5,995 | 4,099 | 1,615 | 4,318 |  716 |   194 |   53
    30 to 34 years old ..| 21,457 |     572 |  323 | 1,752 |  248 |  7,092 | 3,980 | 1,931 | 4,074 |1,012 |   326 |  148
    35 to 39 years old ..| 22,479 |     602 |  404 | 1,550 |  235 |  7,610 | 4,346 | 1,944 | 4,041 |1,217 |   319 |  212
    40 to 49 years old ..| 38,819 |     996 |  732 | 2,462 |  348 | 12,662 | 7,090 | 3,554 | 6,906 |2,894 |   695 |  482
    50 to 59 years old ..| 24,664 |     988 |1,008 | 2,258 |  253 |  8,884 | 3,969 | 1,575 | 3,306 |1,707 |   360 |  356
    60 to 64 years old ..|  9,784 |     576 |  586 | 1,136 |   98 |  3,570 | 1,419 |   477 | 1,081 |  579 |   140 |  122
    65 years old and over| 31,658 |   2,354 |3,788 | 4,551 |  432 | 10,747 | 4,298 | 1,076 | 2,816 |  977 |   382 |  238
                         |========|=========|======|=======|======|========|=======|=======|=======|======|=======|======
           Men           |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
18 and over .............| 92,741 |   3,458 |3,574 | 9,176 |1,393 | 29,603 |18,063 | 5,748 |14,062 |4,838 | 1,675 |1,152
  18 and 19 years old ...|  3,610 |      48 |   92 | 1,441 |  219 |    976 |   822 |     8 |     2 |   ---|     2 |   ---
  20 to 24 years old ....|  8,792 |     148 |  141 |   803 |  174 |  2,978 | 3,243 |   437 |   840 |   26 |     2 |   ---
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
  25 years old and over .| 80,339 |   3,263 |3,341 | 6,931 |1,000 | 25,649 |13,998 | 5,303 |13,219 |4,812 | 1,671 |1,152
    25 to 29 years old ..|  9,752 |     226 |  116 |   823 |  154 |  3,113 | 2,056 |   718 | 2,056 |  355 |   105 |   29
    30 to 34 years old ..| 10,638 |     320 |  162 |   924 |  154 |  3,588 | 1,893 |   869 | 1,890 |  552 |   189 |   98
    35 to 39 years old ..| 11,091 |     324 |  188 |   803 |  138 |  3,850 | 2,097 |   845 | 1,847 |  650 |   194 |  154
    40 to 49 years old ..| 19,104 |     540 |  383 | 1,215 |  202 |  5,868 | 3,477 | 1,618 | 3,585 |1,401 |   480 |  333
    50 to 59 years old ..| 11,915 |     517 |  541 | 1,008 |  115 |  3,899 | 1,865 |   706 | 1,790 |  929 |   281 |  262
    60 to 64 years old ..|  4,579 |     301 |  298 |   446 |   45 |  1,433 |   723 |   166 |   621 |  333 |   106 |  107
    65 years old and over| 13,260 |   1,034 |1,653 | 1,712 |  190 |  3,897 | 1,887 |   381 | 1,430 |  593 |   315 |  169
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
          Women          |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
18 and over .............|100,425 |   3,422 |3,976 |10,220 |1,256 | 34,515 |19,777 | 7,412 |14,304 |4,328 |   752 |  464
  18 and 19 years old ...|  3,580 |      34 |   62 | 1,128 |  213 |  1,017 | 1,103 |    21 |    ---|   ---|    ---|    2
  20 to 24 years old ....|  8,861 |     144 |  139 |   797 |  167 |  2,587 | 3,471 |   522 |   983 |   40 |     7 |    3
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
  25 years old and over .| 87,984 |   3,243 |3,775 | 8,295 |  876 | 30,911 |15,203 | 6,868 |13,321 |4,288 |   745 |  459
    25 to 29 years old ..|  9,709 |     192 |  158 |   695 |  107 |  2,882 | 2,043 |   897 | 2,262 |  361 |    89 |   24
    30 to 34 years old ..| 10,819 |     252 |  161 |   828 |   94 |  3,504 | 2,087 | 1,062 | 2,184 |  460 |   138 |   50
    35 to 39 years old ..| 11,388 |     279 |  217 |   747 |   97 |  3,759 | 2,249 | 1,098 | 2,193 |  567 |   124 |   58
    40 to 49 years old ..| 19,715 |     455 |  349 | 1,246 |  146 |  6,794 | 3,612 | 1,935 | 3,320 |1,493 |   214 |  148
    50 to 59 years old ..| 12,749 |     470 |  467 | 1,250 |  137 |  4,985 | 2,105 |   868 | 1,515 |  778 |    79 |   94
    60 to 64 years old ..|  5,205 |     275 |  288 |   690 |   52 |  2,137 |   695 |   312 |   460 |  247 |    34 |   15
    65 years old and over| 18,398 |   1,320 |2,135 | 2,840 |  241 |  6,849 | 2,411 |   695 | 1,386 |  384 |    67 |   69
                         |========|=========|======|=======|======|========|=======|=======|=======|======|=======|======
   White, non-Hispanic   |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
18 and over .............|145,261 |   1,888 |5,214 |12,461 |1,467 | 49,808 |29,026 |10,522 |23,611 |7,819 | 2,119 |1,327
  18 and 19 years old ...|  4,807 |       7 |   76 | 1,654 |  230 |  1,369 | 1,442 |    26 |     2 |   ---|    ---|   ---
  20 to 24 years old ....| 11,644 |      20 |  113 |   744 |  150 |  3,691 | 4,653 |   712 | 1,498 |   56 |     7 |   ---
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
  25 years old and over .|128,810 |   1,862 |5,025 |10,063 |1,087 | 44,748 |22,930 | 9,783 |22,110 |7,764 | 2,112 |1,327
    25 to 29 years old ..| 13,307 |      41 |  121 |   713 |  115 |  4,070 | 2,829 | 1,216 | 3,450 |  565 |   152 |   35
    30 to 34 years old ..| 15,051 |      44 |  136 | 1,000 |  111 |  4,997 | 2,800 | 1,479 | 3,310 |  792 |   265 |  117
    35 to 39 years old ..| 16,345 |      67 |  181 |   907 |  123 |  5,656 | 3,221 | 1,507 | 3,261 |  977 |   292 |  153
    40 to 49 years old ..| 29,759 |     186 |  352 | 1,372 |  172 |  9,907 | 5,591 | 2,881 | 5,722 |2,563 |   615 |  396
    50 to 59 years old ..| 19,479 |     211 |  645 | 1,521 |  141 |  7,306 | 3,359 | 1,332 | 2,834 |1,491 |   329 |  309
    60 to 64 years old ..|  7,837 |     171 |  441 |   821 |   59 |  3,060 | 1,209 |   402 |   930 |  509 |   129 |  107
    65 years old and over| 27,034 |   1,141 |3,149 | 3,729 |  366 |  9,753 | 3,920 |   965 | 2,603 |  868 |   330 |  210
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
   Black, non-Hispanic   |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
18 and over .............| 21,857 |     848 |  877 | 3,427 |  540 |  7,618 | 4,582 | 1,341 | 1,943 |  530 |    78 |   75
  18 and 19 years old ...|  1,097 |      10 |   37 |   448 |  102 |    298 |   200 |     3 |    ---|   ---|    ---|   ---
  20 to 24 years old ....|  2,443 |       8 |   32 |   317 |   82 |    862 |   930 |   111 |    95 |    3 |    ---|    3
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
  25 years old and over .| 18,317 |     830 |  808 | 2,662 |  355 |  6,458 | 3,452 | 1,227 | 1,848 |  527 |    78 |   72
    25 to 29 years old ..|  2,545 |      15 |   21 |   280 |   39 |    966 |   669 |   183 |   326 |   31 |    15 |   ---
    30 to 34 years old ..|  2,667 |      25 |   29 |   297 |   70 |  1,064 |   620 |   215 |   290 |   44 |    14 |   ---
    35 to 39 years old ..|  2,757 |      33 |   37 |   238 |   31 |  1,093 |   597 |   236 |   386 |   85 |     8 |   11
    40 to 49 years old ..|  4,446 |      70 |  111 |   611 |   92 |  1,572 |   894 |   387 |   508 |  147 |    21 |   33
    50 to 59 years old ..|  2,501 |     143 |  167 |   462 |   59 |    901 |   344 |   115 |   167 |  130 |     2 |   10
    60 to 64 years old ..|    958 |     112 |   59 |   197 |   25 |    287 |   122 |    40 |    75 |   32 |    ---|    9
    65 years old and over|  2,445 |     433 |  385 |   576 |   39 |    575 |   206 |    52 |    97 |   57 |    18 |    9
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
        Hispanic         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
18 and over .............| 18,131 |   3,646 |1,253 | 2,890 |  522 |  4,837 | 2,761 |   774 | 1,061 |  259 |    73 |   54
  18 and 19 years old ...|    984 |      64 |   41 |   373 |   84 |    247 |   175 |    ---|    ---|   ---|    ---|   ---
  20 to 24 years old ....|  2,606 |     253 |  133 |   459 |   88 |    811 |   663 |   101 |    94 |    1 |     2 |   ---
                         |        |         |      |       |      |        |       |       |       |      |       |
  25 years old and over .| 14,541 |   3,328 |1,079 | 2,059 |  350 |  3,780 | 1,923 |   673 |   967 |  258 |    71 |   54
    25 to 29 years old ..|  2,612 |     343 |  127 |   459 |   88 |    783 |   429 |   122 |   229 |   19 |    10 |    4
    30 to 34 years old ..|  2,743 |     459 |  149 |   402 |   61 |    809 |   424 |   151 |   224 |   49 |    11 |    3
    35 to 39 years old ..|  2,343 |     443 |  163 |   358 |   62 |    627 |   354 |   103 |   163 |   39 |    15 |   16
    40 to 49 years old ..|  2,916 |     627 |  226 |   363 |   68 |    767 |   392 |   172 |   201 |   68 |    17 |   14
    50 to 59 years old ..|  1,784 |     573 |  156 |   219 |   36 |    419 |   173 |    79 |    70 |   46 |     4 |   10
    60 to 64 years old ..|    686 |     243 |   69 |    98 |    8 |    138 |    65 |    12 |    32 |   15 |     5 |   ---
    65 years old and over|  1,458 |     639 |  190 |   160 |   26 |    236 |    85 |    34 |    48 |   22 |    10 |    7
_________________________|________|_________|______|_______|______|________|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|______
\1\Civilian noninstitutional population. ---Data not applicable or not available.
NOTE.--Data are based on a sample survey of the noninstitutional population. Although cells with fewer than 75,000 people are subject to relatively wide sampling variation, they are included in the table to permit various types of aggregations. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 1997.)
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