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Table 10. Number of persons age 18 and over, by highest level of educational attainment, sex, race/ethnicity, and age: 2012
[Numbers in thousands. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Sex, race/ethnicity,
and age
Total Elementary High school College
Less than 7 years 7 or 8 years 1 to 3 years 4 years, no completion Completion Some college Associate's degree Bachelor's degree Master's
degree
First-professional degree Doctor's degree
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Total, 18 and over 234,719 (111.6) 6,217 (144.5) 4,575 (121.7) 16,402 (239.8) 3,729 (101.2) 70,441 (406.3) 45,685 (322.3) 21,480 (233.0) 43,277 (354.4) 16,625 (231.3) 3,099 (92.3) 3,191 (91.9)
18 and 19 years old 8,262 (87.1) (†) 99 (17.6) 2,640 (64.7) 670 (36.6) 2,202 (68.6) 2,529 (72.7) 63 (10.6) (†) (†) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 21,878 (27.6) 198 (24.8) 180 (25.8) 1,341 (55.1) 488 (35.5) 6,125 (118.5) 8,993 (132.3) 1,681 (67.4) 2,693 (94.7) 165 (20.7) (†) (†)
25 years old and over 204,579 (57.0) 5,988 (141.7) 4,296 (106.4) 12,421 (211.4) 2,572 (87.5) 62,113 (375.4) 34,163 (284.2) 19,736 (221.7) 40,561 (321.9) 16,459 (230.8) 3,093 (91.9) 3,178 (92.4)
25 to 29 years old 20,893 (42.0) 341 (32.8) 206 (24.9) 1,266 (57.7) 330 (31.0) 5,643 (106.2) 4,161 (95.6) 1,949 (62.6) 5,501 (103.7) 1,147 (60.7) 224 (25.8) 125 (15.8)
30 to 34 years old 20,326 (35.9) 503 (37.8) 286 (26.1) 1,195 (52.3) 288 (24.7) 5,331 (99.6) 3,515 (84.0) 2,140 (58.5) 4,643 (98.3) 1,759 (62.0) 385 (30.0) 280 (24.6)
35 to 39 years old 19,140 (36.3) 576 (36.3) 318 (23.3) 1,047 (46.3) 202 (20.6) 4,899 (93.3) 3,285 (76.6) 2,064 (67.0) 4,322 (88.6) 1,809 (59.8) 291 (23.7) 327 (26.0)
40 to 49 years old 42,370 (44.8) 1,131 (54.8) 654 (40.2) 2,292 (72.2) 540 (32.4) 12,403 (156.1) 6,948 (122.6) 4,521 (88.7) 9,028 (141.4) 3,633 (89.0) 630 (39.5) 591 (34.9)
50 to 59 years old 42,842 (66.7) 1,124 (47.3) 619 (36.9) 2,300 (73.2) 484 (32.8) 13,852 (155.0) 7,026 (125.7) 4,452 (99.5) 8,101 (124.6) 3,558 (95.1) 676 (44.8) 651 (37.3)
60 to 64 years old 17,501 (121.4) 474 (31.9) 325 (25.4) 751 (39.6) 183 (23.1) 5,227 (102.1) 3,140 (88.3) 1,865 (72.0) 3,261 (84.6) 1,642 (64.7) 282 (27.5) 350 (30.0)
65 years old and over 41,507 (108.7) 1,839 (60.4) 1,888 (67.6) 3,569 (99.3) 545 (34.9) 14,759 (199.3) 6,088 (141.1) 2,746 (82.9) 5,704 (124.2) 2,911 (92.9) 606 (39.9) 854 (51.1)
                                                 
Males, 18 and over 113,279 (94.1) 3,136 (93.2) 2,274 (79.0) 8,198 (142.6) 1,972 (65.7) 34,809 (269.5) 21,626 (206.9) 9,301 (143.3) 20,529 (222.9) 7,478 (134.8) 1,939 (67.5) 2,018 (69.3)
18 and 19 years old 4,173 (64.1) (†) 51 (12.1) 1,439 (46.9) 333 (25.4) 1,143 (47.8) 1,158 (49.7) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 10,987 (25.5) 118 (19.5) 104 (18.0) 711 (39.0) 299 (28.4) 3,450 (84.0) 4,396 (89.9) 723 (43.5) 1,103 (59.3) 81 (15.1) (†) (†)
25 years old and over 98,119 (57.1) 2,999 (91.7) 2,118 (72.6) 6,048 (124.0) 1,340 (55.6) 30,216 (248.4) 16,072 (174.6) 8,560 (137.7) 19,415 (214.8) 7,397 (134.6) 1,938 (67.5) 2,016 (69.5)
25 to 29 years old 10,430 (41.8) 212 (26.2) 96 (16.2) 708 (41.1) 193 (21.9) 3,200 (76.4) 2,034 (60.9) 882 (41.1) 2,525 (72.6) 417 (34.2) 117 (18.0) 46 (9.9)
30 to 34 years old 10,034 (35.4) 283 (26.9) 149 (18.0) 641 (37.8) 166 (20.4) 2,926 (73.5) 1,724 (60.8) 980 (42.8) 2,178 (59.0) 659 (35.6) 198 (19.2) 130 (15.4)
35 to 39 years old 9,421 (36.2) 311 (26.1) 167 (18.2) 521 (32.6) 107 (14.1) 2,688 (65.5) 1,603 (51.0) 876 (39.7) 2,029 (58.8) 811 (37.5) 144 (17.9) 164 (17.3)
40 to 49 years old 20,839 (43.5) 638 (39.0) 376 (32.3) 1,227 (51.0) 284 (21.4) 6,509 (110.9) 3,302 (78.4) 1,978 (62.3) 4,151 (84.8) 1,621 (56.0) 387 (28.6) 365 (27.7)
50 to 59 years old 20,785 (50.8) 551 (30.7) 305 (23.8) 1,184 (51.7) 281 (21.9) 6,877 (107.7) 3,310 (77.8) 1,871 (61.9) 3,947 (86.3) 1,617 (62.1) 429 (35.7) 412 (28.2)
60 to 64 years old 8,278 (114.1) 218 (22.6) 162 (17.7) 352 (26.6) 74 (14.3) 2,402 (71.8) 1,388 (60.4) 806 (43.6) 1,652 (62.4) 781 (42.5) 197 (20.8) 246 (26.1)
65 years old and over 18,332 (108.7) 785 (37.6) 863 (41.8) 1,416 (58.9) 235 (21.9) 5,612 (116.7) 2,712 (86.1) 1,167 (50.9) 2,933 (89.3) 1,490 (64.9) 466 (36.6) 654 (42.1)
                                                 
Females, 18 and over 121,440 (62.9) 3,081 (81.4) 2,301 (72.3) 8,204 (151.6) 1,757 (62.8) 35,632 (248.7) 24,059 (214.9) 12,179 (165.2) 22,748 (216.6) 9,147 (149.2) 1,160 (49.6) 1,173 (50.8)
18 and 19 years old 4,089 (61.6) (†) (†) 1,201 (44.6) 337 (25.9) 1,059 (45.5) 1,371 (45.4) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 10,891 (6.3) 80 (13.1) 76 (13.6) 630 (38.4) 189 (21.5) 2,675 (74.6) 4,596 (83.1) 958 (48.2) 1,590 (62.3) 83 (16.3) (†) (†)
25 years old and over 106,460 (12.2) 2,989 (83.1) 2,178 (65.8) 6,373 (132.5) 1,231 (58.1) 31,898 (221.8) 18,091 (187.6) 11,176 (154.3) 21,146 (197.0) 9,062 (148.0) 1,155 (49.4) 1,162 (50.8)
25 to 29 years old 10,464 (8.6) 129 (14.3) 110 (16.0) 558 (35.7) 136 (19.0) 2,443 (62.8) 2,127 (61.8) 1,067 (50.4) 2,976 (64.6) 730 (42.0) 107 (15.1) 80 (12.5)
30 to 34 years old 10,292 (3.5) 220 (20.4) 137 (16.3) 555 (33.6) 122 (14.4) 2,405 (63.3) 1,791 (51.7) 1,160 (43.8) 2,466 (66.6) 1,100 (47.4) 187 (19.9) 149 (17.8)
35 to 39 years old 9,719 (3.5) 265 (20.8) 150 (15.2) 526 (32.2) 95 (12.6) 2,211 (54.6) 1,683 (52.3) 1,188 (47.7) 2,293 (57.2) 998 (39.6) 147 (15.0) 162 (18.9)
40 to 49 years old 21,531 (6.9) 493 (29.9) 278 (20.9) 1,065 (42.4) 257 (21.9) 5,894 (97.8) 3,646 (79.6) 2,543 (60.9) 4,877 (91.1) 2,011 (60.3) 242 (21.5) 226 (20.1)
50 to 59 years old 22,057 (40.0) 573 (29.8) 314 (26.1) 1,115 (50.3) 203 (20.6) 6,974 (101.0) 3,716 (86.7) 2,582 (72.4) 4,154 (88.3) 1,941 (65.9) 247 (20.2) 239 (23.0)
60 to 64 years old 9,223 (39.6) 256 (19.9) 163 (16.8) 400 (31.9) 109 (16.5) 2,825 (64.4) 1,752 (59.8) 1,058 (49.7) 1,609 (51.2) 861 (46.7) 85 (13.6) 105 (15.1)
65 years old and over 23,174 (0.6) 1,054 (42.4) 1,026 (44.6) 2,153 (66.6) 309 (24.2) 9,146 (128.4) 3,376 (91.5) 1,578 (58.8) 2,771 (77.2) 1,421 (53.9) 140 (16.8) 200 (21.1)
                                                 
White, 18 and over 156,005 (129.1) 947 (55.0) 2,248 (96.7) 8,311 (166.2) 1,636 (72.2) 46,762 (364.4) 30,616 (275.3) 15,567 (199.2) 32,432 (298.3) 12,634 (195.5) 2,402 (80.0) 2,450 (80.0)
18 and 19 years old 4,634 (68.9) (†) 66 (13.9) 1,456 (48.2) 313 (24.8) 1,169 (49.1) 1,560 (59.5) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 12,370 (33.1) (†) 87 (19.6) 560 (40.8) 150 (20.0) 3,137 (90.6) 5,329 (105.9) 1,094 (60.6) 1,869 (78.4) 96 (15.6) (†) (†)
25 years old and over 139,001 (106.4) 888 (53.2) 2,096 (83.6) 6,295 (147.8) 1,172 (65.1) 42,457 (341.8) 23,727 (244.1) 14,436 (190.8) 30,552 (276.2) 12,538 (196.0) 2,398 (79.9) 2,443 (80.7)
25 to 29 years old 12,110 (42.6) (†) 70 (14.3) 480 (35.4) 82 (14.1) 3,069 (83.7) 2,336 (78.7) 1,225 (50.7) 3,833 (85.3) 746 (50.4) 157 (22.1) 87 (13.5)
30 to 34 years old 11,823 (41.4) (†) 67 (11.1) 399 (31.1) 87 (13.6) 2,851 (74.2) 2,097 (65.0) 1,407 (46.8) 3,249 (74.4) 1,199 (52.5) 261 (25.9) 194 (20.9)
35 to 39 years old 11,182 (41.3) (†) 72 (12.0) 317 (23.1) 63 (12.2) 2,679 (71.3) 1,981 (60.7) 1,386 (53.4) 3,037 (78.2) 1,216 (47.7) 208 (20.9) 187 (19.9)
40 to 49
years old
27,265 (52.5) 114 (20.1) 202 (24.9) 961 (51.4) 187 (22.2) 7,815 (134.3) 4,645 (101.6) 3,215 (73.7) 6,629 (120.2) 2,616 (75.8) 470 (33.6) 412 (28.7)
50 to 59 years old 30,526 (53.2) 132 (18.2) 247 (24.7) 1,227 (60.7) 247 (24.7) 9,927 (138.0) 5,081 (110.0) 3,435 (93.0) 6,255 (118.0) 2,907 (88.8) 553 (41.0) 514 (33.3)
60 to 64 years old 13,192 (114.1) 66 (14.3) 156 (20.9) 412 (30.5) 101 (18.5) 3,883 (87.2) 2,435 (83.2) 1,502 (69.0) 2,734 (81.1) 1,355 (57.6) 242 (26.8) 305 (28.7)
65 years old and over 32,904 (111.1) 503 (38.5) 1,281 (63.8) 2,499 (87.5) 405 (32.1) 12,233 (182.3) 5,152 (130.7) 2,267 (77.9) 4,815 (119.5) 2,499 (85.9) 507 (37.3) 744 (47.1)
                                                 
Black, 18 and over 26,914 (82.8) 375 (27.8) 393 (26.8) 2,720 (80.5) 669 (41.0) 9,195 (134.7) 6,114 (99.8) 2,373 (65.8) 3,343 (97.9) 1,305 (53.4) 205 (21.5) 221 (22.3)
18 and 19 years old 1,160 (35.1) (†) (†) 427 (26.2) 117 (15.2) 336 (24.2) 254 (21.7) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 3,118 (24.2) (†) (†) 230 (23.7) 104 (18.4) 1,073 (47.8) 1,270 (48.8) 196 (21.7) 219 (26.0) (†) (†) (†)
25 years old and over 22,635 (63.9) 363 (26.8) 373 (24.9) 2,063 (68.2) 449 (33.2) 7,786 (118.4) 4,589 (90.1) 2,167 (62.1) 3,120 (89.4) 1,299 (53.6) 205 (21.5) 221 (22.3)
25 to 29 years old 2,571 (22.5) (†) (†) 193 (19.2) 82 (17.4) 771 (36.6) 693 (31.7) 217 (21.3) 465 (31.7) 110 (16.1) (†) (†)
30 to 34 years old 2,477 (24.1) (†) (†) 169 (22.1) 48 (10.7) 827 (37.0) 561 (32.7) 262 (23.0) 391 (31.2) 136 (17.5) (†) (†)
35 to 39 years old 2,263 (24.3) (†) (†) 149 (18.5) (†) 743 (32.7) 531 (30.0) 266 (24.2) 329 (25.5) 138 (16.3) (†) (†)
40 to 49 years old 5,066 (26.6) (†) (†) 337 (29.4) 87 (14.9) 1,796 (56.6) 1,031 (45.2) 560 (30.5) 748 (38.4) 337 (24.2) 59 (11.2) 46 (9.5)
50 to 59 years old 4,919 (51.9) 54 (9.8) 60 (10.0) 468 (29.9) 96 (12.1) 1,801 (52.9) 963 (39.3) 443 (28.1) 691 (36.1) 254 (22.7) 34 (8.0) 52 (11.0)
60 to 64 years old 1,781 (49.9) (†) 43 (8.9) 158 (16.2) (†) 621 (33.0) 368 (25.1) 187 (18.7) 181 (19.5) 124 (14.8) (†) (†)
65 years old and over 3,559 (27.5) 197 (20.5) 216 (18.7) 587 (30.3) 77 (12.0) 1,227 (42.4) 441 (23.6) 232 (20.5) 315 (20.2) 200 (18.5) (†) 44 (9.3)
                                                 
Hispanic, 18 and over 34,679 (35.6) 4,377 (114.0) 1,673 (64.5) 4,402 (96.8) 1,156 (57.3) 10,542 (145.9) 5,874 (108.8) 2,211 (63.6) 3,230 (94.1) 914 (40.0) 171 (19.8) 129 (15.6)
18 and 19 years old 1,763 (33.6) (†) (†) 551 (25.5) 191 (17.4) 522 (30.5) 453 (26.5) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 4,471 (8.0) 143 (21.6) 80 (15.3) 463 (30.0) 195 (21.2) 1,483 (50.5) 1,534 (47.9) 268 (25.5) 290 (22.5) (†) (†) (†)
25 years old and over 28,445 (15.0) 4,225 (109.3) 1,574 (63.3) 3,388 (88.4) 770 (46.3) 8,538 (118.4) 3,887 (91.9) 1,931 (60.9) 2,935 (86.4) 903 (39.6) 169 (19.4) 126 (15.1)
25 to 29 years old 4,361 (33.6) 297 (30.0) 121 (16.4) 530 (34.7) 142 (17.3) 1,481 (49.4) 799 (40.7) 346 (27.1) 528 (35.4) 88 (13.4) (†) (†)
30 to 34 years old 4,178 (32.0) 446 (35.6) 196 (22.0) 568 (36.5) 132 (17.6) 1,312 (45.8) 586 (35.3) 290 (24.7) 470 (28.3) 128 (15.1) (†) (†)
35 to 39 years old 3,908 (29.9) 510 (32.8) 212 (20.2) 526 (29.6) 101 (14.1) 1,146 (40.3) 539 (31.0) 277 (22.8) 439 (28.8) 130 (14.7) (†) (†)
40 to 49 years old 6,797 (41.0) 898 (45.8) 384 (26.9) 827 (37.1) 217 (21.3) 2,074 (62.4) 882 (38.8) 484 (28.7) 708 (37.5) 244 (22.9) 47 (9.1) (†)
50 to 59 years old 4,650 (47.1) 847 (41.9) 268 (21.4) 469 (28.2) 105 (16.4) 1,329 (45.1) 624 (30.3) 320 (22.4) 477 (28.7) 163 (15.0) (†) (†)
60 to 64 years old 1,515 (40.4) 336 (24.6) 99 (12.1) 128 (15.9) (†) 445 (28.6) 210 (18.2) 91 (12.7) 98 (13.4) 61 (10.0) (†) (†)
65 years old and over 3,036 (4.9) 891 (37.7) 294 (21.5) 341 (23.8) (†) 752 (33.8) 248 (21.3) 124 (13.9) 215 (19.7) 88 (12.5) (†) (†)
                                                 
Asian, 18 and over 12,001 (87.3) 477 (37.8) 188 (21.4) 491 (32.1) 176 (22.3) 2,381 (75.0) 1,775 (61.8) 779 (38.9) 3,575 (80.4) 1,526 (69.1) 286 (30.0) 347 (24.6)
18 and 19 years old 377 (21.7) (†) (†) 97 (12.5) (†) 79 (11.4) 170 (16.6) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 1,153 (26.4) (†) (†) (†) (†) 155 (17.0) 574 (26.8) 63 (11.1) 248 (23.0) (†) (†) (†)
25 years old and over 10,471 (80.7) 473 (37.9) 184 (21.3) 363 (29.4) 128 (19.9) 2,147 (70.7) 1,030 (47.2) 716 (36.6) 3,323 (78.3) 1,476 (67.9) 286 (30.0) 344 (24.6)
25 to 29 years old 1,268 (30.9) (†) (†) (†) (†) 179 (18.4) 173 (17.7) 84 (12.4) 543 (30.1) 188 (23.5) (†) (†)
30 to 34 years old 1,306 (31.4) (†) (†) (†) (†) 187 (18.9) 146 (15.2) 94 (12.3) 448 (26.8) 258 (24.8) 67 (11.6) (†)
35 to 39 years old 1,317 (37.6) (†) (†) (†) (†) 204 (20.2) 116 (13.5) 80 (11.7) 438 (27.6) 289 (22.3) (†) 83 (12.5)
40 to 49 years old 2,366 (47.4) 76 (14.8) (†) 90 (13.1) (†) 454 (28.3) 195 (19.4) 170 (18.5) 804 (34.7) 381 (29.5) 46 (10.6) 90 (12.3)
50 to 59 years old 1,950 (45.7) 87 (12.8) (†) 67 (11.0) (†) 529 (29.0) 196 (19.9) 149 (16.7) 561 (30.3) 191 (19.5) 47 (10.3) 62 (10.2)
60 to 64 years old 751 (29.1) 46 (10.0) (†) (†) (†) 192 (18.3) 65 (10.3) 55 (9.7) 225 (20.4) 72 (12.1) (†) (†)
65 years old and over 1,514 (29.8) 218 (22.3) 71 (15.6) 90 (16.0) (†) 402 (27.5) 139 (17.1) 84 (11.9) 305 (26.3) 97 (13.1) 49 (10.3) (†)
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
NOTE: Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors were computed using replicate weights.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), March 2012. (This table was prepared October 2012.)

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