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Table 104.40.Percentage of persons 18 to 24 years old and 25 years old and over, by educational attainment, race/ethnicity, and selected racial/ethnic subgroups: 2012 and 2022
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Year and race/ethnicity 18 to 24 years old 25 years old and over
Less than high school completion High school completion1 or higher Less than high school completion High school completion1 or higher
Total, high school or higher High school only At least some college
Total, at least some college Some college,
no degree
Associate's degree Bachelor's or higher degree Total, high school or higher High school only Some college,
no degree
Associate's degree Bachelor's or higher degree
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
2012
     Total 14.7 (0.09) 85.3 (0.09) 29.5 (0.11) 55.8 (0.12) 41.4 (0.13) 4.8 (0.05) 9.6 (0.07) 13.6 (0.04) 86.4 (0.04) 28.0 (0.04) 21.3 (0.03) 8.0 (0.02) 29.2 (0.05)
American Indian/Alaska Native 25.2 (1.19) 74.8 (1.19) 35.5 (1.20) 39.3 (1.34) 34.1 (1.27) 2.8 (0.32) 2.4 (0.43) 18.6 (0.39) 81.4 (0.39) 31.9 (0.46) 26.8 (0.46) 8.7 (0.29) 14.1 (0.35)

Asian

7.7


(0.27)

92.3


(0.27)

19.9


(0.43)

72.5


(0.48)

46.6


(0.60)

5.0


(0.22)

20.9


(0.45)

14.2


(0.13)

85.8


(0.13)

15.3


(0.16)

12.9


(0.14)

6.8


(0.10)

50.9


(0.25)
  Chinese2  4.9 (0.43) 95.1 (0.43) 16.8 (0.68) 78.3 (0.80) 45.8 (1.15) 3.8 (0.40) 28.7 (0.96) 18.6 (0.35) 81.4 (0.35) 14.1 (0.34) 8.9 (0.24) 5.9 (0.18) 52.5 (0.50)
  Filipino  7.9 (0.75) 92.1 (0.75) 22.7 (0.95) 69.4 (1.13) 49.5 (1.27) 6.8 (0.55) 13.1 (0.78) 7.5 (0.29) 92.5 (0.29) 15.2 (0.38) 19.5 (0.42) 9.2 (0.27) 48.7 (0.54)
  Japanese  5.8 (1.47) 94.2 (1.47) 21.9 (2.76) 72.3 (3.12) 49.4 (3.73) 4.7 (1.00) 18.1 (2.39) 4.9 (0.32) 95.1 (0.32) 18.3 (0.54) 16.5 (0.57) 10.7 (0.48) 49.6 (0.60)
  Korean  7.3 (0.91) 92.7 (0.91) 18.6 (1.39) 74.1 (1.49) 53.6 (1.77) 4.2 (0.70) 16.3 (1.12) 7.2 (0.31) 92.8 (0.31) 18.0 (0.56) 13.9 (0.38) 6.5 (0.31) 54.3 (0.71)
  South Asian 6.9 (0.58) 93.1 (0.58) 17.0 (0.86) 76.1 (0.97) 42.6 (1.25) 4.8 (0.59) 28.7 (1.10) 9.2 (0.28) 90.8 (0.28) 10.2 (0.29) 7.7 (0.23) 4.4 (0.20) 68.4 (0.53)
    Asian Indian 5.2 (0.61) 94.8 (0.61) 16.3 (0.88) 78.5 (0.98) 42.4 (1.48) 4.2 (0.59) 31.9 (1.38) 8.1 (0.27) 91.9 (0.27) 9.1 (0.31) 6.9 (0.26) 4.0 (0.17) 71.8 (0.58)
    Bangladeshi 10.0 (2.77) 90.0 (2.77) 18.7 (3.94) 71.3 (5.19) 40.0 (5.82) 8.6 (2.48) 22.6 (4.53) 16.9 (2.16) 83.1 (2.16) 19.0 (1.83) 11.4 (1.69) 6.2 (0.99) 46.5 (2.72)
    Bhutanese (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 55.3 (7.09) 44.7 (7.09) 14.6 (4.04) (†) (†) 22.4 (6.28)
    Nepalese 15.6 ! (5.21) 84.4 (5.21) 27.2 (5.06) 57.2 (5.86) 41.1 (6.02) (†) 13.4 (3.49) 19.7 (2.62) 80.3 (2.62) 14.1 (2.50) 10.1 (1.92) 3.6 (0.82) 52.4 (3.59)
    Pakistani 11.9 (1.72) 88.1 (1.72) 17.0 (2.61) 71.1 (3.05) 45.4 (3.10) 7.1 (1.85) 18.6 (2.46) 11.9 (0.99) 88.1 (0.99) 15.2 (1.22) 13.1 (1.13) 8.1 (1.21) 51.8 (1.80)
    Sri Lankan (†) 96.2 (3.61) 15.6 ! (5.41) 80.6 (5.86) 48.6 (7.79) (†) 29.2 ! (8.88) 7.7 (2.03) 92.3 (2.03) 17.4 (3.06) 13.2 (2.56) 5.3 (1.23) 56.5 (3.99)
  Southeast Asian 12.5 (0.77) 87.5 (0.77) 24.0 (1.02) 63.4 (1.08) 46.3 (0.94) 6.1 (0.63) 11.0 (0.75) 29.3 (0.41) 70.7 (0.41) 21.4 (0.41) 16.5 (0.36) 7.1 (0.26) 25.7 (0.46)
    Burmese 43.4 (6.37) 56.6 (6.37) 31.5 (5.32) 25.1 (4.00) 16.6 (3.47) (†) 7.7 ! (2.85) 51.6 (3.69) 48.4 (3.69) 12.0 (2.07) 6.1 (1.37) 3.6 (0.97) 26.6 (2.92)
    Cambodian 22.4 (2.84) 77.6 (2.84) 27.0 (3.12) 50.6 (3.24) 35.8 (3.12) 6.7 ! (2.28) 8.1 (1.70) 33.7 (1.50) 66.3 (1.50) 22.7 (1.53) 18.6 (1.36) 6.8 (0.81) 18.1 (1.27)
    Hmong 14.6 (2.65) 85.4 (2.65) 31.8 (2.41) 53.6 (3.05) 44.7 (2.77) 5.1 (1.17) 3.8 (1.04) 32.4 (1.83) 67.6 (1.83) 22.2 (1.48) 21.0 (1.82) 8.1 (1.01) 16.3 (1.87)
    Laotian 13.2 (3.05) 86.8 (3.05) 36.4 (4.64) 50.4 (4.38) 39.5 (4.14) 4.6 ! (1.80) 6.4 ! (2.06) 30.9 (1.76) 69.1 (1.76) 30.4 (1.64) 20.1 (1.35) 6.7 (0.86) 11.9 (1.16)
    Thai 11.1 (3.11) 88.9 (3.11) 30.6 (5.98) 58.3 (6.17) 31.5 (4.89) 4.7 ! (2.03) 22.1 (5.01) 17.1 (1.32) 82.9 (1.32) 15.9 (1.33) 15.9 (1.35) 8.2 (1.00) 42.9 (1.90)
    Vietnamese 8.6 (0.83) 91.4 (0.83) 19.5 (1.13) 71.9 (1.36) 52.0 (1.32) 6.7 (0.93) 13.2 (1.02) 29.4 (0.52) 70.6 (0.52) 21.5 (0.51) 15.8 (0.40) 7.2 (0.32) 26.1 (0.58)
    Other Southeast Asian3 (†) 90.4 (6.82) 12.2 ! (3.97) 78.1 (6.73) 57.7 (7.72) 10.3 ! (4.22) 10.2 ! (3.73) 10.2 (2.12) 89.8 (2.12) 16.5 (2.16) 18.6 (2.72) 6.9 (1.52) 47.8 (3.11)
  Other Asian  8.2 (1.14) 91.8 (1.14) 26.3 (1.91) 65.5 (2.15) 43.3 (2.46) 4.2 (0.83) 17.9 (2.07) 16.0 (0.92) 84.0 (0.92) 14.6 (0.85) 15.8 (0.95) 8.3 (0.73) 45.4 (1.15)

Black

18.9


(0.24)

81.1


(0.24)

32.4


(0.32)

48.7


(0.34)

40.6


(0.35)

3.1


(0.12)

5.0


(0.14)

16.5


(0.12)

83.5


(0.12)

31.4


(0.14)

25.5


(0.14)

7.8


(0.08)

18.8


(0.13)

Hispanic

23.4


(0.26)

76.6


(0.26)

32.0


(0.26)

44.5


(0.30)

36.1


(0.29)

4.1


(0.12)

4.4


(0.13)

35.9


(0.16)

64.1


(0.16)

26.6


(0.13)

17.7


(0.11)

5.8


(0.06)

13.9


(0.12)
  Central American  31.4 (0.82) 68.6 (0.82) 29.0 (0.78) 39.6 (0.90) 32.1 (0.97) 3.1 (0.29) 4.4 (0.38) 44.4 (0.47) 55.6 (0.47) 24.7 (0.37) 14.4 (0.31) 4.7 (0.18) 11.8 (0.25)
    Costa Rican 8.7 ! (3.00) 91.3 (3.00) 18.3 (4.73) 73.0 (5.41) 58.4 (5.56) 5.5 ! (2.15) 9.1 ! (2.89) 16.2 (1.87) 83.8 (1.87) 24.7 (2.26) 22.6 (1.96) 7.0 (1.21) 29.5 (2.20)
    Guatemalan 38.4 (1.76) 61.6 (1.76) 29.2 (1.11) 32.4 (1.63) 25.2 (1.56) 3.0 (0.44) 4.2 (0.71) 52.1 (0.83) 47.9 (0.83) 22.3 (0.73) 12.4 (0.52) 4.0 (0.32) 9.2 (0.47)
    Honduran 37.3 (2.47) 62.7 (2.47) 29.3 (2.50) 33.4 (2.44) 25.5 (2.06) 2.8 ! (0.88) 5.0 (1.07) 48.3 (1.25) 51.7 (1.25) 25.3 (0.97) 12.1 (0.60) 4.4 (0.38) 9.9 (0.63)
    Nicaraguan 26.0 (3.32) 74.0 (3.32) 22.6 (2.31) 51.4 (3.14) 41.6 (3.63) 4.2 (1.14) 5.5 (1.40) 24.7 (1.24) 75.3 (1.24) 27.0 (1.34) 19.5 (1.31) 7.3 (0.73) 21.4 (1.07)
    Panamanian 12.9 (2.71) 87.1 (2.71) 30.2 (4.83) 56.9 (5.17) 49.7 (5.26) (†) 4.5 ! (1.82) 8.6 (1.05) 91.4 (1.05) 25.6 (2.06) 24.0 (1.45) 11.7 (1.42) 30.0 (1.91)
    Salvadoran 28.7 (1.43) 71.3 (1.43) 30.6 (1.25) 40.7 (1.46) 34.0 (1.60) 2.8 (0.45) 3.9 (0.52) 48.4 (0.71) 51.6 (0.71) 25.0 (0.60) 13.9 (0.47) 3.9 (0.23) 8.9 (0.36)
    Other Central American (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 32.9 (4.66) 67.1 (4.66) 37.6 (5.13) 9.4 (2.32) 5.3 ! (1.73) 14.8 (3.25)
  Cuban  11.9 (0.93) 88.1 (0.93) 25.6 (1.45) 62.5 (1.61) 42.5 (1.72) 9.4 (0.90) 10.6 (1.16) 21.5 (0.49) 78.5 (0.49) 29.9 (0.66) 16.3 (0.42) 8.0 (0.32) 24.3 (0.50)
  Dominican  20.7 (1.22) 79.3 (1.22) 24.4 (1.29) 54.8 (1.68) 43.1 (1.70) 5.2 (0.72) 6.5 (0.68) 33.3 (0.75) 66.7 (0.75) 25.7 (0.71) 18.2 (0.69) 6.2 (0.35) 16.6 (0.58)
  Mexican  24.7 (0.34) 75.3 (0.34) 33.6 (0.36) 41.6 (0.39) 34.7 (0.37) 3.6 (0.14) 3.4 (0.15) 41.5 (0.19) 58.5 (0.19) 26.6 (0.17) 16.9 (0.13) 5.0 (0.08) 10.0 (0.11)
  Puerto Rican  21.8 (0.75) 78.2 (0.75) 32.4 (0.87) 45.9 (0.83) 36.7 (0.94) 4.6 (0.39) 4.6 (0.40) 23.2 (0.33) 76.8 (0.33) 29.3 (0.38) 22.0 (0.34) 8.6 (0.22) 17.0 (0.35)
  South American 11.4 (0.74) 88.6 (0.74) 26.2 (1.06) 62.3 (1.17) 46.0 (1.23) 7.4 (0.58) 9.0 (0.69) 15.8 (0.40) 84.2 (0.40) 24.7 (0.42) 19.7 (0.40) 8.0 (0.26) 31.8 (0.46)
    Chilean 10.9 ! (3.42) 89.1 (3.42) 27.2 (4.91) 61.9 (5.18) 43.2 (5.41) 8.4 ! (2.98) 10.2 ! (5.11) 8.6 (1.32) 91.4 (1.32) 23.5 (2.15) 22.0 (1.91) 9.9 (1.53) 36.0 (2.07)
    Colombian 8.5 (1.12) 91.5 (1.12) 28.2 (1.63) 63.3 (1.88) 46.4 (1.95) 7.1 (0.86) 9.8 (1.12) 15.1 (0.63) 84.9 (0.63) 25.7 (0.83) 18.9 (0.70) 9.1 (0.47) 31.2 (0.80)
    Ecuadorian 17.8 (1.90) 82.2 (1.90) 27.2 (2.57) 55.0 (2.61) 40.0 (2.65) 7.9 (1.47) 7.1 (1.15) 29.8 (1.30) 70.2 (1.30) 25.4 (1.23) 18.3 (0.83) 5.8 (0.47) 20.6 (0.95)
    Peruvian 5.7 (1.36) 94.3 (1.36) 25.3 (2.48) 69.0 (2.74) 55.4 (2.56) 6.3 (1.13) 7.3 (1.67) 10.5 (0.82) 89.5 (0.82) 27.8 (0.98) 22.3 (0.89) 8.0 (0.61) 31.4 (1.08)
    Venezuelan 13.1 (2.88) 86.9 (2.88) 21.8 (3.21) 65.1 (3.66) 45.6 (3.65) 10.6 (3.01) 8.9 (2.22) 6.3 (0.79) 93.7 (0.79) 15.2 (0.99) 17.6 (1.37) 9.2 (1.01) 51.7 (1.78)
    Other South American  15.1 (2.13) 84.9 (2.13) 24.1 (2.31) 60.8 (2.92) 42.1 (3.27) 6.3 (1.41) 12.4 (1.89) 11.9 (0.90) 88.1 (0.90) 23.1 (1.16) 20.8 (0.95) 7.1 (0.55) 37.1 (1.15)
  Spaniard  12.7 (1.65) 87.3 (1.65) 30.6 (2.46) 56.7 (2.65) 44.1 (2.73) 3.2 (0.73) 9.4 (1.04) 10.2 (0.60) 89.8 (0.60) 21.2 (0.79) 26.3 (0.90) 9.2 (0.54) 33.1 (0.96)
  Other Hispanic  18.2 (1.04) 81.8 (1.04) 31.3 (1.42) 50.5 (1.59) 39.7 (1.54) 4.8 (0.60) 5.9 (0.72) 22.5 (0.58) 77.5 (0.58) 28.4 (0.61) 24.0 (0.60) 7.4 (0.32) 17.7 (0.52)

Pacific Islander

19.6


(2.39)

80.4


(2.39)

41.6


(2.66)

38.8


(2.58)

32.9


(2.54)

4.2


(0.99)

1.7

!

(0.57)

13.4


(0.78)

86.6


(0.78)

34.0


(1.34)

27.0


(1.27)

9.6


(0.73)

16.1


(1.19)

White

10.9


(0.10)

89.1


(0.10)

28.6


(0.15)

60.6


(0.15)

43.1


(0.17)

5.6


(0.08)

11.8


(0.11)

8.5


(0.04)

91.5


(0.04)

28.7


(0.05)

21.7


(0.04)

8.5


(0.03)

32.6


(0.06)

Some other race4

13.9


(1.61)

86.1


(1.61)

27.5


(2.31)

58.6


(2.43)

43.3


(2.70)

3.5


(0.97)

11.8


(1.93)

16.8


(1.13)

83.2


(1.13)

23.0


(1.13)

17.7


(0.91)

8.5


(0.89)

34.0


(1.21)

Two or more races

14.4


(0.46)

85.6


(0.46)

28.7


(0.61)

56.9


(0.65)

43.7


(0.70)

4.6


(0.31)

8.6


(0.40)

10.6


(0.25)

89.4


(0.25)

22.9


(0.33)

27.1


(0.36)

9.3


(0.21)

30.0


(0.36)
  American Indian/Alaska 
     Native and White

17.3


(1.02)

82.7


(1.02)

32.3


(1.52)

50.4


(1.59)

40.6


(1.62)

4.4


(0.71)

5.3


(0.83)

12.7


(0.44)

87.3


(0.44)

27.0


(0.61)

29.5


(0.59)

9.3


(0.37)

21.5


(0.47)
  Asian and White 9.0 (0.80) 91.0 (0.80) 23.5 (1.31) 67.5 (1.62) 48.1 (1.58) 4.9 (0.49) 14.4 (0.94) 8.1 (0.54) 91.9 (0.54) 16.2 (0.65) 21.8 (0.69) 8.4 (0.42) 45.5 (0.84)
  Black and White 19.4 (1.09) 80.6 (1.09) 30.3 (1.15) 50.3 (1.27) 41.4 (1.17) 3.5 (0.52) 5.4 (0.71) 8.9 (0.58) 91.1 (0.58) 22.7 (0.97) 29.9 (1.01) 11.0 (0.74) 27.5 (0.94)
  Other Two or more races  11.5 (0.81) 88.5 (0.81) 29.1 (1.19) 59.4 (1.47) 44.5 (1.47) 5.7 (0.64) 9.2 (0.87) 10.8 (0.40) 89.2 (0.40) 23.1 (0.57) 27.0 (0.67) 9.3 (0.43) 29.8 (0.67)

2022







































     Total 11.6 (0.09) 88.4 (0.09) 35.3 (0.11) 53.1 (0.11) 33.7 (0.12) 5.9 (0.06) 13.5 (0.10) 10.3 (0.04) 89.7 (0.04) 26.1 (0.06) 19.1 (0.03) 8.8 (0.02) 35.7 (0.08)
American Indian/Alaska Native 18.6 (1.09) 81.4 (1.09) 45.0 (1.27) 36.4 (1.26) 27.2 (1.12) 3.6 (0.50) 5.6 (0.69) 14.6 (0.33) 85.4 (0.33) 34.3 (0.45) 24.1 (0.38) 9.9 (0.30) 17.1 (0.39)

Asian

6.6


(0.26)

93.4


(0.26)

25.1


(0.40)

68.3


(0.47)

36.9


(0.47)

5.2


(0.23)

26.3


(0.39)

11.7


(0.13)

88.3


(0.13)

13.8


(0.13)

10.4


(0.12)

6.3


(0.07)

57.8


(0.17)
  Chinese2  4.6 (0.34) 95.4 (0.34) 22.2 (0.81) 73.2 (0.85) 36.4 (0.86) 3.9 (0.38) 32.9 (0.83) 14.7 (0.24) 85.3 (0.24) 13.6 (0.25) 7.2 (0.17) 5.1 (0.14) 59.5 (0.36)
  Filipino  7.2 (0.75) 92.8 (0.75) 30.4 (1.12) 62.4 (1.22) 35.8 (1.29) 7.4 (0.65) 19.2 (0.88) 5.6 (0.23) 94.4 (0.23) 14.6 (0.30) 17.6 (0.33) 9.6 (0.23) 52.6 (0.37)
  Japanese  4.3 (1.18) 95.7 (1.18) 26.0 (3.84) 69.8 (3.93) 42.7 (3.16) 7.3 (1.71) 19.8 (2.76) 3.3 (0.24) 96.7 (0.24) 16.1 (0.58) 13.6 (0.53) 10.6 (0.44) 56.4 (0.80)
  Korean  5.7 (0.77) 94.3 (0.77) 23.9 (1.63) 70.5 (1.70) 38.6 (1.81) 4.1 (0.81) 27.8 (1.85) 6.8 (0.35) 93.2 (0.35) 14.6 (0.43) 11.7 (0.37) 5.8 (0.28) 61.2 (0.57)
  South Asian 6.9 (0.45) 93.1 (0.45) 21.4 (0.80) 71.7 (0.94) 33.6 (0.95) 5.0 (0.41) 33.0 (0.88) 8.2 (0.19) 91.8 (0.19) 8.6 (0.20) 5.6 (0.16) 3.9 (0.14) 73.8 (0.31)
    Asian Indian 6.3 (0.53) 93.7 (0.53) 20.2 (0.84) 73.5 (0.98) 34.0 (1.07) 4.6 (0.47) 34.9 (0.99) 6.6 (0.20) 93.4 (0.20) 7.0 (0.19) 4.9 (0.16) 3.4 (0.16) 78.1 (0.31)
    Bangladeshi 11.5 (2.68) 88.5 (2.68) 27.6 (3.70) 60.9 (4.29) 30.5 (3.49) (†) 28.8 (3.97) 13.9 (1.13) 86.1 (1.13) 21.9 (1.59) 6.5 (0.73) 5.5 (0.71) 52.2 (1.83)
    Bhutanese (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 53.0 (5.81) 47.0 (5.81) 19.6 (4.16) (†) (†) 20.6 (5.67)
    Nepalese 7.1 (2.12) 92.9 (2.12) 25.0 (3.98) 68.0 (4.36) 36.3 (4.93) 6.0 ! (1.84) 25.7 (4.76) 19.0 (1.66) 81.0 (1.66) 16.1 (1.42) 6.6 (0.90) 5.0 (0.64) 53.2 (2.13)
    Pakistani 8.2 (1.23) 91.8 (1.23) 24.3 (2.22) 67.5 (2.28) 31.7 (2.29) 8.3 (1.23) 27.5 (2.19) 12.6 (0.86) 87.4 (0.86) 12.2 (0.77) 9.7 (0.63) 6.4 (0.58) 59.1 (1.19)
    Sri Lankan (†) 91.3 (6.02) 23.1 ! (8.67) 68.2 (10.52) 36.6 ! (14.79) (†) 20.9 ! (8.38) 6.2 (1.29) 93.8 (1.29) 16.1 (2.22) 8.4 (1.43) 10.1 (1.99) 59.2 (3.38)
  Southeast Asian 9.2 (0.84) 90.8 (0.84) 29.9 (0.93) 61.0 (1.20) 38.5 (1.07) 5.7 (0.56) 16.8 (0.90) 23.7 (0.43) 76.3 (0.43) 21.0 (0.44) 14.1 (0.35) 7.8 (0.19) 33.5 (0.41)
    Burmese 12.2 (3.33) 87.8 (3.33) 32.6 (4.61) 55.2 (4.55) 43.7 (4.11) 6.6 (1.88) 4.9 ! (1.83) 47.7 (2.27) 52.3 (2.27) 16.0 (1.78) 9.9 (1.52) 3.1 (0.56) 23.4 (2.02)
    Cambodian 11.7 (2.42) 88.3 (2.42) 39.8 (3.13) 48.6 (3.63) 30.2 (3.28) 3.9 ! (1.19) 14.5 (2.13) 28.0 (1.17) 72.0 (1.17) 26.4 (1.39) 13.8 (0.96) 7.9 (0.77) 23.8 (1.31)
    Hmong 7.9 (1.82) 92.1 (1.82) 34.3 (3.67) 57.7 (4.15) 42.6 (4.30) 5.3 ! (1.91) 9.8 (2.12) 17.8 (1.22) 82.2 (1.22) 24.8 (1.29) 18.7 (1.24) 11.9 (1.27) 26.8 (1.75)
    Laotian 7.3 ! (2.88) 92.7 (2.88) 39.4 (5.66) 53.3 (5.48) 33.4 (5.76) 9.0 ! (3.68) 10.9 ! (3.49) 22.4 (1.43) 77.6 (1.43) 30.0 (1.65) 18.2 (1.55) 10.1 (1.17) 19.3 (1.48)
    Thai 22.6 (6.19) 77.4 (6.19) 34.7 (4.90) 42.8 (5.80) 23.5 (3.82) 5.5 ! (2.07) 13.8 (4.04) 15.0 (1.41) 85.0 (1.41) 16.2 (1.17) 12.7 (1.01) 7.7 (0.73) 48.4 (1.71)
    Vietnamese 8.1 (0.85) 91.9 (0.85) 26.3 (1.16) 65.6 (1.33) 40.1 (1.35) 5.8 (0.66) 19.7 (1.15) 23.9 (0.53) 76.1 (0.53) 20.1 (0.55) 13.7 (0.44) 7.4 (0.28) 35.0 (0.55)
    Other Southeast Asian3 7.4 ! (3.35) 92.6 (3.35) 26.6 (5.90) 66.0 (7.17) 30.3 (6.23) (†) 29.3 (5.53) 6.4 (1.03) 93.6 (1.03) 16.7 (2.48) 12.2 (1.44) 8.0 (1.12) 56.8 (2.86)
  Other Asian  6.4 (0.86) 93.6 (0.86) 27.4 (1.37) 66.2 (1.50) 43.6 (1.55) 5.0 (0.76) 17.5 (1.31) 14.6 (0.73) 85.4 (0.73) 16.2 (0.71) 12.7 (0.63) 6.9 (0.41) 49.6 (1.06)

Black

12.8


(0.27)

87.2


(0.27)

39.2


(0.36)

48.0


(0.40)

34.7


(0.38)

4.8


(0.17)

8.5


(0.23)

11.5


(0.08)

88.5


(0.08)

31.0


(0.14)

23.0


(0.13)

9.1


(0.08)

25.4


(0.14)

Hispanic

15.5


(0.19)

84.5


(0.19)

39.5


(0.23)

45.0


(0.25)

31.2


(0.23)

5.8


(0.12)

8.1


(0.13)

26.7


(0.13)

73.3


(0.13)

28.2


(0.12)

17.3


(0.09)

7.3


(0.07)

20.4


(0.13)
  Central American  27.2 (0.78) 72.8 (0.78) 36.1 (0.82) 36.7 (0.70) 25.2 (0.59) 5.0 (0.31) 6.4 (0.43) 38.7 (0.40) 61.3 (0.40) 25.2 (0.34) 14.2 (0.24) 5.8 (0.17) 16.2 (0.25)
    Costa Rican 15.9 (4.45) 84.1 (4.45) 37.3 (4.32) 46.8 (4.62) 30.3 (3.96) 9.5 ! (4.39) 7.0 ! (2.28) 13.1 (1.33) 86.9 (1.33) 21.0 (1.71) 19.1 (1.39) 8.3 (0.94) 38.5 (1.66)
    Guatemalan 35.0 (1.47) 65.0 (1.47) 31.7 (1.38) 33.3 (1.16) 23.0 (1.15) 3.8 (0.56) 6.5 (0.68) 48.0 (0.84) 52.0 (0.84) 22.8 (0.57) 12.0 (0.48) 5.5 (0.30) 11.8 (0.42)
    Honduran 33.7 (1.80) 66.3 (1.80) 35.9 (1.86) 30.4 (1.75) 21.3 (1.50) 3.9 (0.62) 5.2 (0.79) 39.0 (1.00) 61.0 (1.00) 28.2 (0.78) 13.0 (0.62) 5.7 (0.43) 14.1 (0.60)
    Nicaraguan 25.0 (3.64) 75.0 (3.64) 34.4 (3.59) 40.5 (3.36) 23.7 (2.48) 7.4 (1.77) 9.4 (1.61) 23.2 (1.47) 76.8 (1.47) 25.2 (1.04) 18.6 (0.94) 7.2 (0.62) 25.8 (1.16)
    Panamanian 7.3 (1.78) 92.7 (1.78) 27.3 (4.14) 65.5 (4.49) 41.7 (4.32) 11.6 ! (3.55) 12.2 (2.68) 7.5 (0.92) 92.5 (0.92) 20.4 (1.39) 20.3 (1.27) 10.9 (1.05) 40.8 (1.54)
    Salvadoran 19.6 (1.04) 80.4 (1.04) 41.3 (1.39) 39.1 (1.32) 27.6 (1.25) 5.4 (0.48) 6.1 (0.66) 41.2 (0.59) 58.8 (0.59) 26.5 (0.52) 14.0 (0.40) 4.9 (0.24) 13.3 (0.38)
    Other Central American 15.4 ! (7.56) 84.6 (7.56) 23.6 ! (9.12) 61.1 (9.84) 51.6 (10.29) (†) (†) 25.8 (4.64) 74.2 (4.64) 22.8 (4.30) 18.7 (4.41) 5.3 ! (1.91) 27.4 (5.11)
  Cuban  13.7 (1.04) 86.3 (1.04) 32.6 (1.36) 53.7 (1.41) 29.1 (1.53) 9.4 (0.82) 15.2 (1.24) 16.5 (0.39) 83.5 (0.39) 29.1 (0.56) 14.0 (0.35) 8.9 (0.26) 31.5 (0.48)
  Dominican  13.6 (1.01) 86.4 (1.01) 35.5 (1.57) 50.9 (1.58) 35.5 (1.30) 5.4 (0.77) 10.0 (0.84) 23.8 (0.52) 76.2 (0.52) 28.1 (0.53) 17.2 (0.43) 8.3 (0.37) 22.7 (0.53)
  Mexican  14.5 (0.21) 85.5 (0.21) 41.4 (0.28) 44.0 (0.32) 31.4 (0.31) 5.7 (0.16) 7.0 (0.19) 30.8 (0.16) 69.2 (0.16) 29.4 (0.14) 17.5 (0.11) 6.5 (0.08) 15.8 (0.14)
  Puerto Rican  13.5 (0.62) 86.5 (0.62) 41.3 (0.95) 45.2 (0.93) 29.5 (0.80) 6.2 (0.45) 9.6 (0.54) 16.5 (0.27) 83.5 (0.27) 29.8 (0.37) 20.0 (0.29) 9.8 (0.22) 24.0 (0.34)
  South American 10.6 (0.79) 89.4 (0.79) 33.1 (1.10) 56.3 (1.03) 34.9 (0.94) 7.1 (0.59) 14.3 (0.69) 12.1 (0.28) 87.9 (0.28) 22.6 (0.36) 16.7 (0.33) 9.1 (0.22) 39.5 (0.45)
    Chilean 8.8 (2.50) 91.2 (2.50) 29.2 (4.50) 62.0 (4.82) 36.4 (4.40) 4.3 ! (2.01) 21.3 (4.70) 6.0 (0.86) 94.0 (0.86) 18.9 (1.71) 19.2 (1.66) 9.7 (1.25) 46.3 (2.06)
    Colombian 13.0 (1.55) 87.0 (1.55) 32.8 (1.75) 54.3 (2.00) 32.0 (1.66) 6.7 (1.03) 15.5 (1.15) 12.7 (0.46) 87.3 (0.46) 22.4 (0.63) 16.5 (0.63) 9.2 (0.36) 39.2 (0.74)
    Ecuadorian 11.5 (1.85) 88.5 (1.85) 36.1 (2.44) 52.4 (2.33) 32.8 (2.28) 8.7 (1.30) 11.0 (1.51) 21.4 (0.94) 78.6 (0.94) 27.1 (0.79) 17.8 (0.74) 7.7 (0.52) 25.9 (0.91)
    Peruvian 7.5 (1.27) 92.5 (1.27) 32.4 (2.18) 60.0 (2.07) 37.9 (2.35) 6.4 (1.18) 15.7 (1.92) 9.2 (0.57) 90.8 (0.57) 25.4 (0.88) 19.9 (0.78) 9.3 (0.51) 36.3 (1.03)
    Venezuelan 10.3 (1.47) 89.7 (1.47) 36.9 (2.50) 52.8 (2.75) 33.6 (2.73) 7.0 (1.38) 12.2 (1.76) 7.3 (0.53) 92.7 (0.53) 17.1 (0.91) 12.1 (0.62) 9.9 (0.59) 53.7 (1.12)
    Other South American  8.6 (1.80) 91.4 (1.80) 25.4 (2.70) 66.0 (2.92) 42.7 (3.22) 7.7 (1.50) 15.6 (2.07) 9.4 (0.59) 90.6 (0.59) 21.8 (1.01) 17.3 (0.68) 9.0 (0.63) 42.5 (1.15)
  Spaniard  8.6 (1.18) 91.4 (1.18) 30.7 (2.14) 60.7 (2.19) 38.3 (2.17) 6.4 (1.19) 16.0 (1.49) 7.4 (0.47) 92.6 (0.47) 20.0 (0.69) 23.1 (0.70) 10.4 (0.53) 39.0 (0.86)
  Other Hispanic  15.8 (0.88) 84.2 (0.88) 35.6 (1.00) 48.7 (1.23) 36.5 (1.09) 4.7 (0.43) 7.5 (0.56) 20.3 (0.43) 79.7 (0.43) 28.9 (0.48) 19.4 (0.46) 7.9 (0.27) 23.5 (0.43)

Pacific Islander

18.0


(2.07)

82.0


(2.07)

45.8


(2.57)

36.3


(2.73)

27.0


(2.46)

2.8


(0.80)

6.4


(1.40)

11.4


(0.70)

88.6


(0.70)

36.4


(0.96)

22.9


(0.87)

8.8


(0.58)

20.5


(0.82)

White

9.9


(0.13)

90.1


(0.13)

33.2


(0.16)

57.0


(0.17)

34.4


(0.19)

6.4


(0.09)

16.1


(0.14)

5.8


(0.03)

94.2


(0.03)

25.9


(0.06)

19.5


(0.04)

9.3


(0.03)

39.6


(0.08)

Some other race4

13.5


(1.19)

86.5


(1.19)

35.4


(1.36)

51.1


(1.51)

31.3


(1.45)

5.9


(0.86)

14.0


(1.16)

10.7


(0.47)

89.3


(0.47)

21.6


(0.54)

17.9


(0.55)

9.4


(0.40)

40.4


(0.67)

Two or more races

11.6


(0.32)

88.4


(0.32)

36.6


(0.54)

51.8


(0.58)

33.8


(0.52)

5.4


(0.23)

12.6


(0.36)

7.7


(0.15)

92.3


(0.15)

23.8


(0.21)

22.4


(0.20)

9.8


(0.13)

36.3


(0.22)
  American Indian/Alaska 
     Native and White

13.3


(0.85)

86.7


(0.85)

38.4


(1.02)

48.3


(1.01)

33.6


(1.03)

5.9


(0.54)

8.8


(0.64)

9.7


(0.29)

90.3


(0.29)

28.5


(0.39)

25.2


(0.38)

10.4


(0.26)

26.1


(0.40)
  Asian and White 7.9 (0.70) 92.1 (0.70) 27.9 (1.07) 64.1 (1.18) 39.8 (1.24) 5.6 (0.51) 18.8 (0.77) 4.6 (0.26) 95.4 (0.26) 15.0 (0.45) 18.0 (0.46) 9.1 (0.32) 53.2 (0.62)
  Black and White 12.0 (0.73) 88.0 (0.73) 41.1 (1.07) 46.9 (1.11) 31.9 (1.02) 5.1 (0.45) 10.0 (0.70) 7.3 (0.48) 92.7 (0.48) 23.7 (0.53) 25.0 (0.62) 9.7 (0.39) 34.2 (0.53)
  Other Two or more races  12.8 (0.66) 87.2 (0.66) 37.3 (0.93) 49.9 (0.95) 31.6 (0.83) 5.4 (0.40) 12.9 (0.64) 8.0 (0.20) 92.0 (0.20) 24.3 (0.35) 21.5 (0.32) 9.7 (0.19) 36.5 (0.30)
†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 were too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1Includes equivalency credentials, such as the GED.
2Includes Taiwanese.  
3Consists of Indonesian and Malaysian.
4Respondents who wrote in some other race that was not included as an option on the questionnaire.
NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States, including both noninstitutionalized persons (e.g., those living in households, college housing, or military housing located within the United States) and institutionalized persons (e.g., those living in prisons, nursing facilities, or other healthcare facilities). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data, 2012 and 2022. (This table was prepared February 2024.)

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