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Table 104.30.Number and percentage distribution of persons age 18 and over, by highest level of educational attainment, sex, selected race/ethnicity, and age: 2023
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Sex, race/ethnicity, and age Total (in thousands) Percentage distribution, by highest level of educational attainment
Total Elementary school (kindergarten-8th grade) High school Postsecondary education
1 to 3 years 4 years, no completion Completion1 Some college, no degree Associate's degree Bachelor's degree Master's degree Doctor's degree2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
     Total, 18 and over 258,131 (126.1) 100.0 (†) 3.3 (0.09) 4.6 (0.09) 1.5 (0.05) 28.9 (0.20) 16.5 (0.17) 9.9 (0.11) 22.2 (0.18) 9.9 (0.11) 3.3 (0.07)
18 and 19 years old 8,177 (109.0) 100.0 (†) 1.1 (0.22) 27.5 (0.80) 10.3 (0.58) 32.8 (0.80) 25.9 (0.81) 1.6 (0.32) 0.6 (0.16) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 22,281 (24.8) 100.0 (†) 1.2 (0.17) 3.7 (0.26) 1.8 (0.17) 34.6 (0.67) 32.8 (0.63) 8.2 (0.35) 16.3 (0.51) 1.3 (0.17) 0.1 ! (0.05)
25 years old and over 227,674 (57.7) 100.0 (†) 3.5 (0.10) 3.9 (0.09) 1.2 (0.05) 28.2 (0.20) 14.6 (0.16) 10.3 (0.12) 23.5 (0.20) 11.1 (0.13) 3.7 (0.08)
  25 to 29 years old 21,788 (45.4) 100.0 (†) 1.7 (0.20) 2.7 (0.23) 1.2 (0.14) 28.8 (0.62) 15.9 (0.51) 9.2 (0.38) 29.9 (0.65) 8.7 (0.38) 1.9 (0.22)
  30 to 34 years old 23,126 (46.4) 100.0 (†) 1.9 (0.18) 2.8 (0.20) 1.0 (0.11) 25.5 (0.55) 14.9 (0.42) 9.8 (0.37) 28.2 (0.58) 11.7 (0.42) 4.1 (0.26)
  35 to 39 years old 22,178 (48.9) 100.0 (†) 2.8 (0.23) 3.4 (0.21) 1.3 (0.14) 24.2 (0.53) 13.3 (0.43) 11.5 (0.38) 26.3 (0.55) 12.8 (0.41) 4.4 (0.27)
  40 to 49 years old 40,845 (63.5) 100.0 (†) 3.7 (0.19) 4.0 (0.18) 1.3 (0.10) 24.9 (0.38) 13.4 (0.30) 10.0 (0.23) 25.3 (0.39) 13.4 (0.29) 4.0 (0.18)
  50 to 59 years old 40,845 (105.2) 100.0 (†) 3.7 (0.18) 4.1 (0.17) 1.3 (0.12) 27.9 (0.44) 13.7 (0.32) 11.2 (0.30) 23.4 (0.41) 11.2 (0.34) 3.6 (0.18)
  60 to 64 years old 21,007 (89.2) 100.0 (†) 3.7 (0.27) 4.3 (0.26) 1.3 (0.14) 33.2 (0.64) 14.7 (0.47) 10.9 (0.40) 20.0 (0.58) 8.6 (0.35) 3.2 (0.25)
  65 years old and over 57,884 (67.6) 100.0 (†) 4.8 (0.16) 4.4 (0.16) 1.0 (0.07) 31.1 (0.41) 15.9 (0.28) 9.9 (0.20) 18.4 (0.30) 10.3 (0.24) 4.0 (0.16)
 
   Male, 18 and over 126,423 (102.1) 100.0 (†) 3.4 (0.12) 5.0 (0.12) 1.7 (0.07) 30.9 (0.26) 16.4 (0.21) 9.0 (0.14) 21.3 (0.22) 8.7 (0.15) 3.6 (0.10)
18 and 19 years old 4,253 (84.1) 100.0 (†) 1.1 (0.26) 29.0 (1.20) 11.0 (0.83) 33.9 (1.11) 23.0 (1.13) 1.4 ! (0.44) 0.6 ! (0.23) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 11,233 (24.5) 100.0 (†) 1.7 (0.30) 4.4 (0.38) 1.9 (0.25) 40.0 (0.93) 30.5 (0.96) 7.3 (0.46) 13.0 (0.66) 1.1 (0.23) (†)
25 years old and over 110,938 (50.4) 100.0 (†) 3.6 (0.12) 4.2 (0.12) 1.3 (0.07) 29.8 (0.26) 14.7 (0.20) 9.4 (0.15) 23.0 (0.24) 9.8 (0.16) 4.1 (0.11)
  25 to 29 years old 11,037 (43.5) 100.0 (†) 2.2 (0.34) 2.9 (0.32) 1.4 (0.21) 32.8 (0.88) 16.5 (0.72) 8.4 (0.52) 27.6 (0.87) 6.4 (0.48) 1.8 (0.29)
  30 to 34 years old 11,640 (45.5) 100.0 (†) 2.3 (0.28) 3.2 (0.29) 1.0 (0.15) 29.4 (0.82) 15.4 (0.54) 9.4 (0.46) 26.4 (0.72) 9.2 (0.47) 3.7 (0.32)
  35 to 39 years old 11,210 (47.8) 100.0 (†) 3.2 (0.34) 4.0 (0.31) 1.5 (0.22) 28.0 (0.78) 13.5 (0.62) 10.3 (0.50) 24.9 (0.78) 10.1 (0.48) 4.5 (0.36)
  40 to 49 years old 20,363 (63.9) 100.0 (†) 4.0 (0.24) 4.3 (0.26) 1.6 (0.17) 27.9 (0.56) 13.9 (0.45) 9.3 (0.34) 24.0 (0.54) 11.3 (0.38) 3.8 (0.23)
  50 to 59 years old 20,149 (87.6) 100.0 (†) 3.8 (0.24) 4.6 (0.26) 1.5 (0.19) 30.2 (0.63) 14.0 (0.45) 9.5 (0.36) 22.8 (0.57) 9.7 (0.39) 3.9 (0.24)
  60 to 64 years old 10,234 (67.9) 100.0 (†) 3.7 (0.33) 4.9 (0.37) 1.2 (0.19) 35.0 (0.90) 13.1 (0.64) 10.0 (0.56) 19.8 (0.78) 8.4 (0.50) 4.0 (0.40)
  65 years old and over 26,303 (67.7) 100.0 (†) 4.6 (0.21) 4.5 (0.22) 1.0 (0.10) 28.8 (0.57) 16.0 (0.41) 9.3 (0.29) 19.4 (0.44) 10.9 (0.36) 5.6 (0.27)
 
   Female, 18 and over 131,708 (80.9) 100.0 (†) 3.2 (0.10) 4.2 (0.11) 1.4 (0.05) 26.9 (0.24) 16.7 (0.20) 10.7 (0.16) 23.0 (0.23) 11.1 (0.15) 2.9 (0.08)
18 and 19 years old 3,924 (78.8) 100.0 (†) 1.2 (0.32) 25.8 (1.24) 9.7 (0.81) 31.6 (1.32) 29.1 (1.31) 1.9 (0.36) 0.7 ! (0.23) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 11,048 (5.6) 100.0 (†) 0.7 (0.13) 2.9 (0.32) 1.6 (0.21) 29.0 (0.84) 35.1 (0.89) 9.1 (0.51) 19.7 (0.75) 1.6 (0.25) 0.2 ! (0.08)
25 years old and over 116,736 (17.9) 100.0 (†) 3.4 (0.11) 3.6 (0.11) 1.1 (0.05) 26.6 (0.24) 14.5 (0.20) 11.2 (0.17) 24.1 (0.24) 12.3 (0.17) 3.3 (0.09)
  25 to 29 years old 10,751 (11.3) 100.0 (†) 1.3 (0.19) 2.5 (0.27) 1.1 (0.17) 24.6 (0.74) 15.2 (0.63) 10.1 (0.52) 32.3 (0.83) 11.0 (0.60) 2.0 (0.27)
  30 to 34 years old 11,485 (10.9) 100.0 (†) 1.6 (0.21) 2.5 (0.24) 0.9 (0.16) 21.6 (0.61) 14.4 (0.60) 10.3 (0.50) 30.0 (0.79) 14.2 (0.64) 4.5 (0.36)
  35 to 39 years old 10,968 (7.3) 100.0 (†) 2.4 (0.23) 2.8 (0.25) 1.0 (0.16) 20.3 (0.60) 13.1 (0.57) 12.7 (0.53) 27.8 (0.72) 15.6 (0.62) 4.2 (0.33)
  40 to 49 years old 20,482 (4.4) 100.0 (†) 3.4 (0.21) 3.7 (0.21) 1.0 (0.12) 21.9 (0.48) 12.9 (0.39) 10.7 (0.36) 26.6 (0.58) 15.4 (0.40) 4.1 (0.23)
  50 to 59 years old 20,696 (57.3) 100.0 (†) 3.6 (0.21) 3.6 (0.22) 1.1 (0.11) 25.8 (0.52) 13.4 (0.42) 12.7 (0.49) 23.9 (0.52) 12.7 (0.48) 3.3 (0.21)
  60 to 64 years old 10,773 (57.1) 100.0 (†) 3.8 (0.33) 3.8 (0.31) 1.5 (0.21) 31.4 (0.87) 16.3 (0.69) 11.6 (0.51) 20.3 (0.74) 8.8 (0.48) 2.6 (0.31)
  65 years old and over 31,581 (1.5) 100.0 (†) 5.0 (0.21) 4.4 (0.20) 1.0 (0.09) 33.1 (0.48) 15.9 (0.37) 10.4 (0.28) 17.6 (0.36) 9.9 (0.29) 2.7 (0.15)
 
   Asian, 18 and over 16,823 (134.9) 100.0 (†) 3.8 (0.31) 2.9 (0.27) 1.0 (0.13) 16.9 (0.60) 10.5 (0.44) 6.0 (0.31) 32.5 (0.62) 18.9 (0.64) 7.5 (0.35)
18 and 19 years old 465 (29.6) 100.0 (†) (†) 16.9 (2.79) 7.6 (1.87) 23.3 (2.87) 48.1 (3.83) (†) (†) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 1,422 (42.6) 100.0 (†) (†) (†) (†) 14.7 (1.75) 41.1 (2.62) 6.4 (1.27) 30.9 (2.22) 4.5 (1.21) (†)
25 years old and over 14,936 (120.9) 100.0 (†) 4.1 (0.34) 2.6 (0.28) 0.8 (0.14) 16.9 (0.64) 6.4 (0.38) 6.1 (0.33) 33.6 (0.68) 20.8 (0.71) 8.5 (0.40)
  25 to 29 years old 1,555 (38.2) 100.0 (†) 0.8 ! (0.39) (†) (†) 9.7 (1.33) 9.0 (1.18) 5.2 (0.92) 42.9 (2.20) 26.0 (2.17) 5.9 (1.27)
  30 to 34 years old 1,757 (45.0) 100.0 (†) (†) 1.0 ! (0.39) (†) 10.3 (1.41) 6.2 (0.94) 4.9 (0.88) 36.6 (2.24) 28.0 (1.99) 12.2 (1.50)
  35 to 39 years old 1,762 (47.0) 100.0 (†) 1.3 ! (0.57) 0.7 ! (0.27) (†) 10.1 (1.40) 5.1 (0.96) 6.0 (1.01) 38.6 (2.12) 25.8 (1.79) 11.7 (1.38)
  40 to 49 years old 3,069 (62.5) 100.0 (†) 2.6 (0.67) 1.9 (0.47) 0.6 ! (0.24) 13.5 (1.01) 6.3 (0.70) 6.1 (0.70) 35.8 (1.49) 24.6 (1.52) 8.5 (0.78)
  50 to 59 years old 2,722 (64.8) 100.0 (†) 3.6 (0.62) 4.6 (0.84) 1.1 ! (0.38) 19.1 (1.39) 5.7 (0.73) 6.3 (0.82) 30.9 (1.64) 20.4 (1.46) 8.4 (0.85)
  60 to 64 years old 1,100 (44.0) 100.0 (†) 5.9 (1.38) 2.7 ! (0.83) (†) 25.7 (2.15) 6.1 (1.29) 7.1 (1.27) 29.9 (2.24) 13.5 (1.88) 7.6 (1.55)
  65 years old and over 2,972 (55.3) 100.0 (†) 11.3 (1.12) 4.8 (0.70) 1.3 (0.36) 27.0 (1.53) 7.0 (0.81) 7.1 (0.67) 25.5 (1.28) 10.2 (1.00) 6.0 (0.72)
 
   Black, 18 and over 31,151 (105.1) 100.0 (†) 1.7 (0.14) 5.7 (0.31) 2.2 (0.17) 34.2 (0.56) 19.6 (0.42) 10.3 (0.30) 16.7 (0.40) 7.5 (0.28) 2.1 (0.17)
18 and 19 years old 1,133 (41.1) 100.0 (†) (†) 28.6 (2.61) 9.5 (1.54) 35.0 (2.68) 23.4 (2.31) 1.8 ! (0.70) (†) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 3,067 (27.7) 100.0 (†) (†) 3.6 (0.76) 3.1 (0.56) 39.8 (1.96) 34.7 (1.87) 6.6 (1.02) 10.9 (1.16) 1.1 ! (0.44) (†)
25 years old and over 26,952 (80.4) 100.0 (†) 1.8 (0.15) 5.0 (0.30) 1.8 (0.18) 33.5 (0.57) 17.7 (0.43) 11.1 (0.33) 18.1 (0.44) 8.5 (0.32) 2.4 (0.20)
  25 to 29 years old 3,008 (27.8) 100.0 (†) 0.9 ! (0.38) 1.6 ! (0.62) 1.5 ! (0.49) 36.5 (1.92) 18.3 (1.57) 9.6 (1.00) 23.8 (1.70) 6.6 (0.96) 1.1 ! (0.45)
  30 to 34 years old 3,216 (35.1) 100.0 (†) 0.5 ! (0.22) 3.3 (0.72) 1.3 (0.40) 30.2 (1.53) 20.3 (1.46) 10.9 (1.12) 20.7 (1.41) 10.1 (0.94) 2.7 (0.58)
  35 to 39 years old 2,789 (30.1) 100.0 (†) 1.0 ! (0.31) 3.2 (0.64) 1.9 (0.56) 30.9 (2.02) 15.2 (1.49) 13.8 (1.13) 20.7 (1.37) 10.6 (1.19) 2.8 (0.58)
  40 to 49 years old 5,109 (38.4) 100.0 (†) 1.0 (0.25) 5.0 (0.70) 1.9 (0.39) 30.7 (1.15) 17.9 (0.83) 11.2 (0.76) 19.7 (0.97) 9.7 (0.70) 3.1 (0.48)
  50 to 59 years old 4,729 (78.6) 100.0 (†) 1.5 (0.39) 5.1 (0.56) 1.8 (0.42) 35.0 (1.19) 15.1 (0.87) 13.0 (0.93) 17.7 (1.02) 8.6 (0.80) 2.3 (0.42)
  60 to 64 years old 2,452 (74.9) 100.0 (†) 2.1 (0.51) 5.9 (0.74) 2.4 (0.45) 37.3 (1.51) 17.9 (1.38) 11.2 (0.95) 13.9 (1.11) 6.8 (0.80) 2.5 (0.59)
  65 years old and over 5,650 (69.5) 100.0 (†) 4.4 (0.38) 8.3 (0.56) 2.0 (0.30) 34.8 (1.06) 19.3 (0.88) 9.0 (0.60) 12.9 (0.69) 7.1 (0.56) 2.2 (0.29)
 
   Hispanic, 18 and over 45,111 (52.2) 100.0 (†) 11.9 (0.38) 8.6 (0.26) 3.2 (0.16) 33.7 (0.46) 15.4 (0.32) 8.0 (0.22) 13.6 (0.31) 4.3 (0.18) 1.3 (0.09)
18 and 19 years old 2,107 (46.5) 100.0 (†) 1.1 ! (0.36) 25.6 (1.53) 14.4 (1.29) 34.5 (1.79) 22.0 (1.42) 2.0 (0.43) (†) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 5,313 (11.7) 100.0 (†) 3.0 (0.56) 5.3 (0.53) 2.7 (0.38) 39.8 (1.24) 29.5 (1.12) 9.3 (0.67) 10.0 (0.72) 0.2 ! (0.10) (†)
25 years old and over 37,691 (23.0) 100.0 (†) 13.8 (0.43) 8.1 (0.27) 2.7 (0.15) 32.8 (0.46) 13.0 (0.32) 8.2 (0.24) 14.8 (0.34) 5.1 (0.21) 1.6 (0.10)
  25 to 29 years old 4,922 (38.0) 100.0 (†) 4.9 (0.75) 5.6 (0.68) 2.2 (0.34) 35.5 (1.12) 19.0 (1.03) 8.4 (0.71) 19.4 (0.91) 4.2 (0.60) 0.9 (0.22)
  30 to 34 years old 4,803 (39.6) 100.0 (†) 6.5 (0.71) 5.8 (0.58) 2.2 (0.33) 34.8 (1.22) 15.4 (0.87) 9.1 (0.71) 18.5 (1.01) 6.2 (0.55) 1.6 (0.32)
  35 to 39 years old 4,662 (42.3) 100.0 (†) 9.9 (0.87) 8.1 (0.67) 2.7 (0.39) 33.2 (1.14) 13.7 (0.91) 9.8 (0.80) 14.6 (0.90) 5.9 (0.61) 2.0 (0.32)
  40 to 49 years old 8,470 (57.3) 100.0 (†) 14.3 (0.77) 9.1 (0.56) 3.3 (0.36) 32.4 (0.89) 10.8 (0.58) 7.8 (0.51) 14.8 (0.71) 6.0 (0.44) 1.5 (0.21)
  50 to 59 years old 6,750 (68.2) 100.0 (†) 15.4 (0.79) 9.9 (0.68) 3.1 (0.41) 31.8 (0.86) 11.6 (0.67) 7.8 (0.52) 13.9 (0.83) 4.8 (0.47) 1.6 (0.28)
  60 to 64 years old 2,658 (62.3) 100.0 (†) 19.5 (1.31) 7.7 (0.96) 2.6 (0.48) 31.3 (1.49) 12.5 (0.94) 7.7 (0.83) 12.3 (1.10) 4.2 (0.55) 2.2 (0.59)
  65 years old and over 5,426 (9.5) 100.0 (†) 26.0 (1.09) 8.8 (0.58) 1.9 (0.26) 30.7 (1.05) 10.1 (0.69) 7.2 (0.61) 10.2 (0.62) 3.5 (0.34) 1.6 (0.25)
 
   White, 18 and over 158,279 (150.6) 100.0 (†) 1.1 (0.07) 3.3 (0.10) 1.0 (0.04) 27.6 (0.26) 16.7 (0.21) 10.6 (0.16) 24.9 (0.26) 11.2 (0.15) 3.7 (0.09)
18 and 19 years old 4,072 (75.6) 100.0 (†) 1.1 (0.29) 29.0 (1.08) 8.7 (0.75) 32.6 (1.20) 26.1 (1.25) 1.6 ! (0.56) 0.8 ! (0.26) (†) (†)
20 to 24 years old 11,569 (42.3) 100.0 (†) 0.8 (0.24) 3.1 (0.38) 1.1 (0.18) 32.3 (1.08) 33.0 (0.99) 8.5 (0.50) 19.4 (0.83) 1.6 (0.25) 0.2 ! (0.07)
25 years old and over 142,638 (125.2) 100.0 (†) 1.2 (0.07) 2.6 (0.10) 0.7 (0.04) 27.0 (0.27) 15.1 (0.21) 11.0 (0.17) 26.0 (0.28) 12.2 (0.16) 4.1 (0.10)
  25 to 29 years old 11,501 (47.4) 100.0 (†) 0.8 (0.16) 1.9 (0.25) 1.0 (0.18) 26.1 (0.85) 14.5 (0.74) 10.0 (0.57) 34.5 (1.07) 9.1 (0.53) 2.1 (0.32)
  30 to 34 years old 12,501 (54.0) 100.0 (†) 0.8 (0.17) 1.8 (0.22) 0.5 (0.12) 22.7 (0.70) 14.6 (0.54) 10.3 (0.53) 33.1 (0.84) 12.0 (0.57) 4.1 (0.33)
  35 to 39 years old 12,322 (53.5) 100.0 (†) 0.9 (0.18) 2.1 (0.25) 0.7 (0.13) 21.1 (0.69) 13.5 (0.56) 12.1 (0.50) 30.5 (0.81) 14.4 (0.56) 4.7 (0.37)
  40 to 49 years old 23,174 (64.6) 100.0 (†) 0.7 (0.13) 2.2 (0.17) 0.5 (0.08) 22.3 (0.55) 14.2 (0.45) 11.0 (0.35) 29.2 (0.54) 15.3 (0.43) 4.6 (0.25)
  50 to 59 years old 25,759 (77.7) 100.0 (†) 1.0 (0.13) 2.4 (0.19) 0.7 (0.12) 26.5 (0.55) 14.6 (0.44) 12.1 (0.41) 26.4 (0.57) 12.5 (0.46) 3.8 (0.23)
  60 to 64 years old 14,415 (57.8) 100.0 (†) 1.0 (0.21) 3.5 (0.30) 0.9 (0.16) 33.2 (0.86) 15.1 (0.59) 11.6 (0.50) 21.9 (0.83) 9.4 (0.46) 3.3 (0.31)
  65 years old and over 42,967 (63.7) 100.0 (†) 1.8 (0.12) 3.3 (0.18) 0.8 (0.07) 31.0 (0.50) 16.8 (0.34) 10.4 (0.25) 19.8 (0.38) 11.7 (0.30) 4.5 (0.20)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡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.
1Includes completion of high school through equivalency programs, such as a GED program.
2Includes professional degrees.
NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the noninstitutionalized population, which excludes persons living in institutions (e.g., prisons or nursing facilities); data include military personnel who live in households with civilians but exclude those who live in military barracks. Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2023. (This table was prepared October 2023.)

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