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| Table 104.95. | Number of persons age 25 and over in metropolitan areas with populations greater than 1 million and rates of high school completion and bachelor's degree attainment among persons in this age group, by sex: 2017 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States (all localities) | 216,921 | (47.4) | 104,324 | (43.0) | 112,597 | (14.0) | 89.6 | (0.12) | 89.1 | (0.16) | 90.0 | (0.14) | 34.2 | (0.24) | 33.7 | (0.28) | 34.6 | (0.28) | |||||||||
| Total, all listed metropolitan areas | 140,821 | (843.7) | 67,683 | (438.1) | 73,137 | (430.0) | 90.2 | (0.16) | 89.8 | (0.20) | 90.5 | (0.18) | 38.6 | (0.31) | 38.5 | (0.37) | 38.7 | (0.37) | |||||||||
| Albany-Schenectady, NY CSA | 792 | (163.0) | 368 | (81.6) | 424 | (84.0) | 92.3 | (1.49) | 90.9 | (2.21) | 93.6 | (1.92) | 47.6 | (4.25) | 45.3 | (4.60) | 49.5 | (4.97) | |||||||||
| Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM CSA | 724 | (34.2) | 348 | (21.1) | 375 | (15.4) | 90.6 | (1.14) | 89.2 | (1.44) | 92.0 | (1.27) | 37.2 | (2.09) | 33.9 | (2.55) | 40.3 | (2.25) | |||||||||
| Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA CSA | 4,169 | (189.9) | 2,000 | (97.5) | 2,169 | (102.0) | 91.2 | (1.31) | 90.3 | (1.49) | 92.0 | (1.49) | 40.6 | (2.05) | 43.3 | (2.44) | 38.1 | (2.29) | |||||||||
| Austin-Round Rock, TX CBSA | 1,371 | (117.9) | 680 | (63.1) | 692 | (61.1) | 91.4 | (1.42) | 91.5 | (1.63) | 91.3 | (1.70) | 45.7 | (3.01) | 47.8 | (3.66) | 43.6 | (3.46) | |||||||||
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL CBSA | 783 | (49.9) | 377 | (26.1) | 406 | (28.3) | 92.2 | (1.35) | 90.5 | (2.06) | 93.7 | (1.39) | 33.4 | (3.00) | 30.8 | (3.57) | 35.8 | (3.26) | |||||||||
| Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA | 5,662 | (101.9) | 2,716 | (63.2) | 2,946 | (51.5) | 93.1 | (0.55) | 92.9 | (0.74) | 93.3 | (0.60) | 45.6 | (1.34) | 46.0 | (1.61) | 45.3 | (1.45) | |||||||||
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY CBSA | 664 | (86.0) | 273 | (40.3) | 391 | (50.5) | 90.3 | (2.17) | 91.4 | (3.47) | 89.5 | (2.72) | 31.3 | (4.13) | 25.1 | (5.10) | 35.6 | (4.83) | |||||||||
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples, FL CSA | 816 | ! | (322.9) | 412 | ! | (158.7) | 404 | ! | (165.4) | 90.6 | (1.83) | 91.9 | (1.77) | 89.2 | (2.80) | 36.1 | (4.66) | 35.3 | (5.64) | 36.9 | (4.45) | ||||||
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC CBSA | 1,642 | (119.3) | 791 | (62.3) | 851 | (62.5) | 91.8 | (1.44) | 92.4 | (1.75) | 91.3 | (1.50) | 36.5 | (2.65) | 35.1 | (3.34) | 37.7 | (2.80) | |||||||||
| Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA | 6,388 | (168.2) | 3,064 | (92.8) | 3,324 | (86.9) | 91.6 | (0.72) | 91.7 | (0.85) | 91.6 | (0.84) | 40.7 | (1.55) | 41.2 | (1.80) | 40.3 | (1.67) | |||||||||
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN CBSA | 1,357 | (109.4) | 641 | (57.5) | 716 | (59.7) | 92.1 | (1.50) | 92.3 | (2.02) | 91.9 | (1.78) | 36.8 | (3.06) | 38.9 | (4.04) | 34.8 | (3.13) | |||||||||
| Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH CSA1 | 2,204 | (155.4) | 1,023 | (82.8) | 1,181 | (81.1) | 94.6 | (0.94) | 94.3 | (1.26) | 94.9 | (1.09) | 32.7 | (2.21) | 33.1 | (2.92) | 32.4 | (2.55) | |||||||||
| Columbus, OH CBSA | 1,284 | (125.6) | 595 | (70.4) | 689 | (62.6) | 95.3 | (0.99) | 93.5 | (1.62) | 96.8 | (0.98) | 42.1 | (3.67) | 41.9 | (4.18) | 42.3 | (4.23) | |||||||||
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA | 4,863 | (248.0) | 2,391 | (135.5) | 2,472 | (121.5) | 86.9 | (1.21) | 85.1 | (1.58) | 88.7 | (1.21) | 35.5 | (1.71) | 34.2 | (2.00) | 36.7 | (1.82) | |||||||||
| Denver-Aurora, CO CSA | 2,552 | (196.2) | 1,285 | (104.2) | 1,267 | (98.9) | 95.2 | (0.75) | 94.5 | (1.06) | 95.9 | (0.84) | 47.2 | (2.36) | 44.9 | (3.05) | 49.6 | (2.71) | |||||||||
| Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA | 3,714 | (260.5) | 1,747 | (128.3) | 1,966 | (138.8) | 93.5 | (0.87) | 94.5 | (1.00) | 92.6 | (1.08) | 38.1 | (1.99) | 38.0 | (2.49) | 38.2 | (2.11) | |||||||||
| El Paso-Las Cruses, TX-NM CSA | 694 | (69.9) | 333 | (35.4) | 361 | (37.5) | 74.8 | (2.97) | 76.1 | (3.65) | 73.6 | (3.23) | 21.8 | (2.15) | 23.1 | (2.97) | 20.7 | (2.53) | |||||||||
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Muskegon, MI CSA | 847 | (216.2) | 407 | (100.5) | 440 | (117.6) | 95.2 | (1.56) | 96.1 | (1.78) | 94.3 | (2.61) | 32.0 | (4.22) | 28.2 | (4.85) | 35.4 | (4.95) | |||||||||
| Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC CSA | 1,207 | (175.4) | 561 | (80.3) | 646 | (97.1) | 87.6 | (2.00) | 85.8 | (2.25) | 89.2 | (2.21) | 32.2 | (3.09) | 32.1 | (3.28) | 32.2 | (3.76) | |||||||||
| Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC CSA | 796 | (75.7) | 403 | (40.6) | 393 | (38.3) | 91.7 | (1.71) | 92.1 | (2.04) | 91.3 | (2.10) | 32.9 | (3.04) | 31.8 | (3.51) | 34.0 | (3.60) | |||||||||
| Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA CSA | 741 | (99.2) | 349 | (50.9) | 391 | (53.7) | 92.9 | (2.48) | 91.7 | (3.02) | 94.0 | (2.55) | 27.5 | (2.99) | 27.3 | (4.46) | 27.6 | (3.85) | |||||||||
| Hartford-West Hartford, CT CSA | 1,060 | (76.1) | 493 | (41.8) | 567 | (39.1) | 90.3 | (1.71) | 90.3 | (1.95) | 90.3 | (2.01) | 42.8 | (3.17) | 41.9 | (3.75) | 43.6 | (3.53) | |||||||||
| Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX CBSA | 4,562 | (171.0) | 2,213 | (92.7) | 2,349 | (93.9) | 84.5 | (1.23) | 83.1 | (1.59) | 85.9 | (1.21) | 34.8 | (1.84) | 34.7 | (2.42) | 34.9 | (1.83) | |||||||||
| Indianapolis, IN CBSA | 1,306 | (98.0) | 596 | (51.0) | 709 | (53.8) | 93.2 | (1.20) | 92.8 | (1.62) | 93.6 | (1.58) | 40.4 | (3.48) | 36.9 | (3.84) | 43.3 | (4.00) | |||||||||
| Jacksonville, FL CBSA | 1,045 | (107.3) | 439 | (50.7) | 606 | (62.5) | 91.6 | (1.72) | 92.4 | (1.84) | 91.1 | (2.30) | 36.0 | (3.21) | 38.8 | (4.43) | 34.0 | (3.40) | |||||||||
| Kansas City, MO-KS CBSA | 1,377 | (93.0) | 701 | (50.8) | 676 | (47.3) | 90.9 | (1.56) | 90.7 | (2.00) | 91.0 | (1.67) | 37.7 | (2.35) | 36.0 | (2.85) | 39.4 | (2.83) | |||||||||
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV CBSA | 1,519 | (55.3) | 750 | (32.7) | 768 | (28.9) | 91.0 | (1.06) | 92.3 | (1.19) | 89.8 | (1.28) | 25.3 | (1.50) | 25.9 | (2.07) | 24.8 | (1.79) | |||||||||
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR CSA | 744 | (44.9) | 335 | (22.8) | 409 | (25.5) | 90.3 | (1.01) | 89.4 | (1.77) | 91.1 | (1.08) | 30.0 | (2.07) | 23.3 | (2.52) | 35.5 | (2.55) | |||||||||
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA | 12,234 | (220.1) | 5,912 | (127.7) | 6,321 | (112.8) | 82.0 | (0.75) | 81.1 | (0.86) | 82.8 | (0.82) | 31.9 | (0.92) | 31.9 | (1.09) | 31.9 | (1.10) | |||||||||
| Louisville, KY-IN CBSA | 861 | (76.4) | 428 | (39.2) | 432 | (40.6) | 92.7 | (1.59) | 91.1 | (2.05) | 94.3 | (1.90) | 36.6 | (3.98) | 34.1 | (4.33) | 39.2 | (5.05) | |||||||||
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR CBSA | 951 | (68.3) | 449 | (39.0) | 502 | (34.2) | 87.9 | (1.82) | 85.0 | (2.91) | 90.6 | (1.99) | 31.5 | (2.66) | 28.3 | (3.24) | 34.4 | (3.61) | |||||||||
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA | 4,589 | (201.4) | 2,149 | (107.2) | 2,441 | (107.6) | 89.3 | (0.86) | 90.4 | (1.05) | 88.4 | (1.03) | 35.5 | (1.51) | 34.7 | (1.82) | 36.3 | (1.80) | |||||||||
| Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI CSA | 1,157 | (155.6) | 556 | (78.4) | 601 | (80.7) | 91.1 | (1.69) | 89.2 | (2.38) | 92.8 | (1.43) | 35.1 | (3.45) | 34.4 | (4.02) | 35.7 | (3.75) | |||||||||
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI CBSA | 2,484 | (85.3) | 1,220 | (53.3) | 1,264 | (42.4) | 93.2 | (1.01) | 92.7 | (1.32) | 93.8 | (1.22) | 43.2 | (2.15) | 39.8 | (2.74) | 46.5 | (2.50) | |||||||||
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN CBSA | 1,315 | (97.2) | 641 | (52.3) | 673 | (51.3) | 94.1 | (1.21) | 93.9 | (1.46) | 94.2 | (1.69) | 39.5 | (3.30) | 40.7 | (3.78) | 38.3 | (3.58) | |||||||||
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA CBSA | 823 | (55.2) | 380 | (27.1) | 443 | (32.7) | 88.0 | (1.78) | 86.5 | (2.59) | 89.3 | (1.81) | 32.0 | (2.58) | 32.2 | (3.04) | 31.9 | (2.93) | |||||||||
| New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA | 16,016 | (326.3) | 7,601 | (185.5) | 8,415 | (155.8) | 89.5 | (0.54) | 89.6 | (0.68) | 89.4 | (0.58) | 42.4 | (0.93) | 42.7 | (1.13) | 42.1 | (1.06) | |||||||||
| Oklahoma City, OK CBSA | 858 | (63.9) | 419 | (33.2) | 439 | (34.7) | 93.7 | (1.22) | 91.5 | (1.84) | 95.8 | (1.05) | 38.8 | (2.90) | 40.8 | (3.34) | 37.0 | (3.50) | |||||||||
| Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL CSA | 2,172 | (154.3) | 1,009 | (76.8) | 1,162 | (84.6) | 91.3 | (1.09) | 90.9 | (1.72) | 91.7 | (1.24) | 32.9 | (1.95) | 32.4 | (2.61) | 33.5 | (2.25) | |||||||||
| Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA | 4,900 | (194.1) | 2,323 | (101.5) | 2,577 | (106.3) | 91.7 | (0.84) | 91.9 | (0.99) | 91.5 | (1.10) | 35.9 | (1.58) | 36.1 | (1.86) | 35.7 | (1.84) | |||||||||
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ CBSA | 3,120 | (124.1) | 1,526 | (68.3) | 1,593 | (65.1) | 89.3 | (1.12) | 87.3 | (1.47) | 91.2 | (1.18) | 35.7 | (1.95) | 37.8 | (2.44) | 33.7 | (2.16) | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh, PA CBSA | 1,593 | (134.8) | 767 | (68.9) | 826 | (73.8) | 94.8 | (1.01) | 93.5 | (1.59) | 96.0 | (1.11) | 39.0 | (3.30) | 36.3 | (3.98) | 41.5 | (3.48) | |||||||||
| Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA CSA | 1,973 | (85.4) | 956 | (49.6) | 1,016 | (43.7) | 92.7 | (0.91) | 92.7 | (1.13) | 92.7 | (1.17) | 38.0 | (2.00) | 37.1 | (2.41) | 38.8 | (2.28) | |||||||||
| Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC CSA | 1,361 | (123.9) | 665 | (65.1) | 696 | (64.0) | 92.5 | (1.61) | 92.0 | (1.84) | 93.1 | (1.77) | 47.5 | (4.02) | 45.9 | (5.09) | 49.1 | (3.76) | |||||||||
| Richmond, VA CBSA | 779 | (80.7) | 338 | (39.0) | 440 | (46.4) | 88.6 | (2.34) | 87.3 | (3.54) | 89.7 | (2.65) | 39.1 | (4.17) | 36.9 | (4.94) | 40.9 | (4.45) | |||||||||
| Rochester, NY CBSA | 770 | (95.7) | 375 | (49.4) | 396 | (49.8) | 90.9 | (1.89) | 92.2 | (2.39) | 89.6 | (2.62) | 36.7 | (3.78) | 37.9 | (4.91) | 35.4 | (4.04) | |||||||||
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA CBSA | 1,653 | (120.9) | 830 | (65.9) | 823 | (59.9) | 86.9 | (1.75) | 86.3 | (2.16) | 87.6 | (1.94) | 36.4 | (3.01) | 40.9 | (3.54) | 31.8 | (3.14) | |||||||||
| Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, UT CSA1 | 1,483 | (54.4) | 751 | (32.9) | 732 | (27.0) | 93.8 | (0.73) | 94.3 | (0.88) | 93.4 | (0.97) | 35.6 | (1.73) | 38.3 | (2.14) | 32.9 | (1.99) | |||||||||
| San Antonio, TX CBSA | 1,580 | (110.5) | 760 | (60.0) | 820 | (56.8) | 86.6 | (1.83) | 86.4 | (2.68) | 86.8 | (1.66) | 28.8 | (2.47) | 28.4 | (2.96) | 29.3 | (2.83) | |||||||||
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA CBSA | 2,427 | (162.3) | 1,197 | (84.6) | 1,230 | (84.9) | 89.7 | (1.23) | 90.3 | (1.43) | 89.1 | (1.43) | 39.6 | (2.40) | 40.5 | (2.84) | 38.6 | (2.81) | |||||||||
| San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA | 5,922 | (332.2) | 3,005 | (185.2) | 2,918 | (154.7) | 90.9 | (0.72) | 90.0 | (0.97) | 91.8 | (0.83) | 46.8 | (1.49) | 45.3 | (1.68) | 48.3 | (1.77) | |||||||||
| Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA | 2,881 | (309.5) | 1,409 | (160.2) | 1,471 | (152.8) | 91.5 | (1.31) | 89.6 | (1.83) | 93.3 | (1.08) | 44.9 | (3.47) | 45.0 | (4.07) | 44.9 | (3.34) | |||||||||
| St. Louis, MO-IL CBSA | 1,954 | (126.3) | 853 | (64.7) | 1,102 | (69.4) | 93.4 | (1.19) | 93.3 | (1.18) | 93.5 | (1.50) | 36.8 | (2.26) | 34.0 | (2.71) | 38.9 | (2.78) | |||||||||
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL CBSA | 2,374 | (149.6) | 1,181 | (77.6) | 1,193 | (82.9) | 93.9 | (0.95) | 94.6 | (1.27) | 93.2 | (1.29) | 31.5 | (2.46) | 30.9 | (2.87) | 32.0 | (2.92) | |||||||||
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC CBSA | 1,000 | (104.5) | 489 | (55.6) | 511 | (56.4) | 91.7 | (1.91) | 90.0 | (2.80) | 93.3 | (1.71) | 36.6 | (3.29) | 36.0 | (4.66) | 37.2 | (3.18) | |||||||||
| Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA | 6,711 | (299.7) | 3,202 | (156.5) | 3,510 | (152.5) | 92.6 | (0.67) | 92.7 | (0.75) | 92.5 | (0.82) | 47.9 | (1.47) | 49.3 | (1.81) | 46.6 | (1.63) | |||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Some counties in this metropolitan area were not included in the Current Population Survey (CPS) sample. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: A Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) consists of one or more counties associated with at least one population core of at least 10,000 people, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties. A Combined Statistical Area (CSA) consists of two or more adjacent CBSAs that have social and economic ties as measured by commuting, but at lower levels than are found within each component CBSA. 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 2017. (This table was prepared March 2018.) |
