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
	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.)