Educational Attainment Selected Characteristic

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Educational Attainment by Selected Characteristic

For persons 25 years old and over (160,827 represents 160,827,000). As of March. Based on the Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1, Population, and Appendix III. Composition of regions: NORTHEAST: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. MIDWEST: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. SOUTH: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. WEST: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii

					1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Educational Attainment by Selected Characteristic¹
Advanced Degree	Total Persons	Percent Of Population			7.2	7.4	7.5	7.8	7.8	7.8	8.2	8.2	8.6	8.7	9.0
Age	25 To 34 Years Old	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		5.3	5.2	5.2	5.5	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.6	6.6	6.8	7.4
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		7.0	7.9	8.5	8.6	8.7	8.6	8.7	8.7	8.8	9.1	8.7
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		17.9	18.6	18.2	19.5	20.5	21.1	21.3	22.1	22.7	22.8	23.2
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		37.7	35.9	34.5	34.0	32.0	31.6	31.9	30.7	30.6	29.1	28.4
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		13.5	13.1	13.6	12.9	13.1	12.7	11.9	12.3	11.8	12.6	13.1
		Population³			42,493	41,864	41,946	41,388	40,919	40,256	39,354	38,474	37,786	38,865	38,670
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		18.6	19.2	19.9	19.6	19.7	20.0	19.8	19.6	19.5	19.6	19.1
	35 To 44 Years Old	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		9.5	9.1	9.2	9.2	8.5	7.9	8.0	8.3	8.6	8.7	8.9
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		8.0	8.3	9.1	9.0	8.9	8.9	9.3	9.2	9.5	9.9	10.0
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		17.4	17.6	17.9	17.4	17.7	17.7	18.3	18.7	18.4	19.4	19.6
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		34.2	34.0	33.2	33.3	33.9	34.6	34.0	33.9	33.7	32.5	32.3
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		11.8	11.4	11.3	11.6	12.1	11.9	12.0	12.0	11.4	11.6	11.6
		Population³			39,571	40,342	41,527	42,335	43,077	43,960	44,462	44,744	44,805	44,566	44,284
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		19.1	19.6	19.4	19.4	18.9	18.9	18.3	17.9	18.4	17.9	17.5
	45 To 54 Years Old	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		10.3	11.2	11.0	11.6	11.5	11.6	11.3	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		5.6	6.5	7.1	7.7	8.1	8.1	8.5	8.7	9.0	9.6	9.7
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		13.9	14.1	15.2	16.4	16.4	16.8	17.5	18.2	18.7	18.8	18.4
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		36.7	35.8	34.0	32.5	32.7	32.8	32.1	31.7	31.0	30.7	31.4
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		17.3	15.3	14.9	13.7	13.5	13.2	13.0	11.7	11.1	11.0	10.9
		Population³			27,023	28,503	29,522	30,693	31,584	33,013	34,058	35,232	36,630	38,720	39,545
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		16.3	17.1	17.9	18.0	17.6	17.5	17.8	18.1	18.7	18.5	18.0
	55 To 64 Years Old	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		7.2	7.7	7.7	8.1	8.4	8.7	9.2	9.5	10.4	10.8	11.2
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		4.2	4.4	4.7	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.3	6.2	6.6	7.1
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		10.5	10.9	11.1	10.9	11.8	12.0	13.0	13.2	13.1	13.6	14.9
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		38.0	37.9	37.2	37.3	37.0	36.7	37.3	36.9	35.7	35.8	34.0
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		26.9	25.7	24.4	22.8	22.5	22.4	20.5	18.8	18.3	17.1	16.4
		Population³			21,150	21,247	20,737	20,755	21,084	21,475	22,255	22,909	23,387	24,672	25,874
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		13.3	13.3	14.8	15.6	14.8	14.7	15.0	16.3	16.3	16.1	16.3
	65 To 74 Years Old	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		4.5	4.7	5.1	5.2	5.6	6.2	6.6	6.5	7.1	7.4	7.1
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		3.3	3.3	4.0	3.9	3.6	4.1	4.3	4.6	4.5	5.0	4.8
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		8.3	8.5	8.5	9.0	9.3	10.1	10.0	10.6	10.4	11.1	11.5
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		37.2	37.5	36.6	36.4	36.3	35.7	36.4	36.7	37.4	35.3	36.2
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		35.0	34.2	32.2	31.1	30.7	30.5	28.9	27.6	26.4	26.4	26.5
		Population³			18,440	18,362	18,087	18,214	18,270	18,015	17,873	17,844	17,796	18,118	18,123
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		11.8	11.9	13.5	14.4	14.6	13.4	13.8	14.0	14.2	14.7	13.8
	75 Years Old Or Over	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		3.6	3.5	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.7	5.4
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		2.6	2.4	2.5	2.9	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.7	3.9	4.2	4.3
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		6.6	6.7	7.0	7.1	8.3	8.3	8.1	8.6	8.7	8.7	9.0
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		28.9	29.5	30.6	30.2	30.8	32.5	33.2	32.6	34.1	34.9	34.2
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		48.4	47.9	45.2	43.2	41.2	39.6	38.0	37.3	35.4	34.3	34.3
		Population³			12,149	12,508	12,692	13,053	13,388	13,862	14,209	14,551	14,825	15,447	15,647
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		9.9	10.0	10.8	12.4	12.2	12.2	13.0	13.2	13.2	13.3	12.8
Associate's Degree²	Total Persons	Percent Of Population			5.9	6.4	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.5	7.5	7.8	8.2	8.3
Bachelor's Degree	Total Persons	Percent Of Population			14.2	14.5	14.7	15.2	15.8	16.0	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.5	17.7
Civilian Labor Force Status	Employed	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		9.6	9.8	9.6	9.9	10.0	9.8	9.8	10.1	10.4	10.6	11.1
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		7.2	7.8	8.5	8.6	8.8	8.7	8.9	8.7	9.0	9.5	9.6
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		17.7	18.1	18.3	18.8	19.4	19.4	19.9	20.3	20.4	20.6	21.0
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		35.6	34.8	33.7	33.0	32.6	32.8	32.6	32.2	31.8	30.8	30.4
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		11.9	11.1	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.5	10.1	9.7	9.9	9.9
		Population³			99,072	100,152	102,325	105,163	106,662	109,399	111,131	112,514	114,600	117,090	116,132
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		17.9	18.5	19.2	19.1	18.9	18.6	18.4	18.5	18.8	18.5	18.0
	Not In The Labor Force	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		3.3	3.3	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.2	4.5	4.8	5.0	5.4	5.4
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		3.5	3.8	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.7	5.1	5.4	5.7	5.8
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		8.3	8.6	8.7	8.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.6	10.7	11.5	11.8
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		35.9	35.9	35.1	35.6	35.2	35.4	35.9	35.5	35.9	34.9	34.9
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		36.2	35.3	34.5	32.9	32.4	31.7	30.2	29.3	28.3	27.1	27.0
		Population³			54,090	55,268	55,151	55,309	55,741	55,437	55,822	56,566	56,095	58,896	59,935
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		12.6	13.1	13.8	14.5	14.1	14.3	14.7	14.7	14.8	15.3	15.1
	Unemployed	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		2.9	3.9	3.7	4.6	3.7	3.9	3.7	4.4	4.7	4.4	4.4
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		4.9	5.8	6.3	6.6	5.7	5.8	6.9	6.7	7.0	7.3	7.0
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		8.7	9.7	9.8	10.6	9.5	9.3	9.9	11.8	10.2	12.6	13.2
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		41.4	40.2	38.7	36.1	37.6	37.5	38.8	36.6	36.0	36.0	37.1
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		24.8	23.7	24.1	22.6	25.2	25.6	23.0	22.8	23.5	22.8	20.7
		Population³			6,954	6,716	6,268	5,193	5,257	5,035	4,597	4,068	3,908	4,402	6,075
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		17.3	16.7	17.4	19.5	18.3	17.8	17.6	17.8	18.7	17.0	17.7
High School Graduate	Total Persons	Percent Of Population			36.0	35.4	34.4	33.9	33.6	33.8	33.3	33.3	33.1	32.3	32.1
Hispanic Origin	Hispanic	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		3.0	2.6	2.9	2.7	2.6	2.9	3.2	3.0	3.3	2.9	3.0
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		4.2	4.5	4.7	4.6	3.6	5.2	5.1	4.7	5.0	5.2	5.3
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		6.3	6.4	6.2	6.5	6.6	7.5	7.8	7.8	7.3	8.2	8.1
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		27.3	26.8	26.2	26.3	26.0	25.9	26.8	26.9	27.9	27.8	27.9
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		47.4	46.9	46.7	46.6	46.9	45.3	44.5	43.9	43.0	43.2	43.0
		Population³			11,623	12,100	13,714	14,171	14,541	15,476	16,044	16,425	17,150	18,753	19,670
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		11.7	12.8	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.3	12.6	13.6	13.5	12.7	12.7
	Non-hispanic	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		7.5	7.7	7.9	8.2	8.3	8.3	8.4	8.8	9.1	9.4	9.7
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		6.0	6.5	7.2	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.7	7.8	8.1	8.6	8.6
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		14.8	15.2	15.5	16.0	16.6	16.9	17.3	17.9	18.1	18.5	18.9
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		36.7	36.1	35.1	34.6	34.3	34.5	34.5	34.0	33.7	32.8	32.6
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		18.5	17.6	16.6	15.7	15.5	15.2	14.4	13.8	13.0	12.7	12.6
		Population³			149,204	150,726	150,798	152,267	153,782	155,105	156,167	157,329	158,080	161,636	162,472
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		16.5	17.0	17.7	18.0	17.7	17.6	17.7	17.7	18.0	18.0	17.5
Marital Status	Divorced	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		6.3	6.4	6.1	5.9	5.8	6.2	6.4	6.5	7.0	6.6	6.7
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		6.7	6.9	8.5	8.0	8.5	8.3	8.8	8.5	8.8	9.3	9.7
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		11.6	11.3	10.9	11.4	12.0	12.4	12.3	12.9	13.3	13.3	13.6
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		36.6	37.7	35.7	36.9	35.4	36.5	36.8	36.3	35.4	34.3	34.6
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		18.4	17.0	17.0	16.0	16.9	16.2	15.6	15.2	13.8	14.8	14.4
		Population³			15,977	16,353	17,017	17,273	17,895	18,965	19,030	19,413	19,549	20,424	20,666
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		20.4	20.7	21.9	21.7	21.3	20.4	20.0	20.6	21.6	21.7	20.9
	Married Spouse Absent⁴	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		4.2	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.8	4.4	4.4	8.0	7.3	5.4	6.1
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		4.5	4.8	5.8	6.0	5.6	6.2	6.8	5.4	5.5	5.7	6.8
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		9.0	9.4	8.5	8.6	9.6	9.4	9.8	13.9	11.6	14.1	13.5
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		32.9	34.0	35.4	32.8	33.5	32.9	34.6	29.5	32.8	28.8	29.2
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		32.9	30.3	29.0	31.2	29.3	29.7	27.0	27.6	28.0	32.0	29.8
		Population³			5,868	5,791	6,208	6,339	6,611	6,833	6,844	6,800	2,560	2,784	2,703
		Separated	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population	3.2	3.1	3.3	2.8	2.8	3.7	3.6
			Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population	4.5	4.9	5.5	6.1	6.1	6.5	7.3
			Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population	8.1	8.2	7.0	7.8	8.4	8.0	8.8
			High School Graduate	Percent Of Population	34.6	36.1	37.4	35.5	35.6	35.7	36.2
			Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population	31.9	28.7	28.1	28.9	28.3	28.0	25.8
			Population³		4,478	4,343	4,404	4,546	4,717	4,642	4,605
			Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population	17.8	18.9	18.6	18.8	18.9	18.1	18.3
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		16.6	17.7	17.3	17.7	18.2	17.4	17.3	15.7	14.6	13.9	14.6
	Married Spouse Present	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		7.9	8.2	8.5	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.4	9.8	10.1	10.5
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		6.3	6.7	7.3	7.5	7.5	7.7	7.8	7.9	8.2	8.7	8.6
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		15.0	15.4	15.8	16.3	16.8	17.3	17.9	18.2	18.3	18.9	19.3
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		37.1	36.3	34.8	34.2	34.3	34.2	34.0	33.4	33.0	32.1	31.7
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		17.5	16.7	16.2	15.4	15.3	15.0	14.5	14.0	13.4	13.2	13.3
		Population³			102,536	103,968	103,987	105,558	105,388	105,710	107,008	108,011	109,296	111,931	112,246
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		16.3	16.8	17.4	17.7	17.1	16.9	16.9	17.1	17.4	17.1	16.7
	Never Married	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		8.3	7.9	7.6	8.4	8.1	7.8	8.3	8.0	8.4	8.4	8.5
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		5.8	6.8	7.0	6.9	7.4	6.9	7.1	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.6
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		18.8	19.3	19.1	19.7	20.4	20.1	19.9	21.5	21.5	21.4	21.0
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		33.0	31.2	31.3	31.1	29.7	29.9	30.2	29.9	29.9	29.8	29.6
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		17.8	18.1	17.8	16.7	16.7	16.4	16.0	15.4	14.9	15.1	15.9
		Population³			22,606	23,046	24,026	23,926	24,895	25,354	25,752	26,052	26,045	27,162	28,156
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		16.2	16.7	17.2	17.1	17.7	18.8	18.6	17.8	17.8	17.7	17.4
	Separated	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population									4.0	3.2	4.2	4.4
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population									7.1	6.3	7.5	7.9
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population									9.5	10.1	10.3	9.9
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population									34.2	38.0	35.3	34.7
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population									24.7	24.6	25.1	25.6
		Population³										4,430	4,141	4,023	4,339
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population									20.3	17.8	17.5	17.5
	Widowed	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		2.4	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.2	3.5	3.5	3.2	3.3	3.9
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		2.9	3.0	3.2	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.9	4.9	5.6
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		5.6	5.9	6.4	6.4	7.1	6.8	7.2	7.3	6.8	7.3	7.8
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		33.2	33.3	34.0	33.3	32.7	34.2	34.4	35.3	36.1	36.0	36.5
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		45.5	44.6	42.0	40.9	40.7	39.7	37.9	37.1	35.8	34.3	33.4
		Population³			13,840	13,668	13,273	13,343	13,535	13,720	13,577	13,477	13,641	14,065	14,032
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		10.5	10.3	11.6	12.6	12.6	12.1	13.0	12.7	13.1	14.3	12.9
Not A High School Graduate	Total Persons	Percent Of Population			20.6	19.8	19.1	18.3	18.3	17.9	16.6	16.6	15.8	15.9	15.9
Population³	Total Persons				160,827	162,826	164,512	166,438	168,323	170,581	172,211	173,754	175,230	180,389	182,142
Race	Black	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		3.6	3.4	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.8	4.4	4.6	5.1	4.7	5.2
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		4.6	5.3	6.3	6.3	6.7	6.7	6.2	6.4	6.8	8.0	8.0
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		8.3	8.8	9.5	9.6	10.0	9.5	10.3	10.9	11.4	11.0	11.8
		Coll+												15.7	17.0
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		35.7	36.3	36.2	36.2	35.1	35.8	36.0	35.7	35.2	35.5	33.9
		Hs+												78.8	78.7
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		32.3	29.6	27.1	26.2	25.7	25.1	24.0	23.0	21.5	21.2	21.3
		Population³			17,445	17,786	18,103	18,457	18,715	19,072	19,376	19,732	20,036	20,078	20,359
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		15.5	16.7	17.5	18.0	18.8	19.1	19.1	19.4	20.0	19.6	19.8
	Other	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		11.2	11.8	10.4	9.7	12.7	12.9	12.8	12.6	13.2	13.5	13.7
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		5.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	7.3	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.3	7.9	7.2
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		22.1	22.1	22.0	18.8	23.7	23.7	24.7	24.8	25.2	27.8	26.6
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		27.8	26.6	26.0	25.9	23.7	25.4	25.5	24.2	23.8	22.7	24.6
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		19.7	21.0	21.0	24.6	18.9	17.5	16.5	17.0	16.6	14.6	15.0
		Population³			5,736	6,021	6,648	6,869	6,875	7,451	7,756	7,942	8,127	9,740	9,841
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		13.9	12.2	14.3	14.7	13.7	13.5	13.5	14.4	14.0	13.5	13.0
	White	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		7.5	7.7	7.9	8.2	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.5	8.8	8.9	9.2
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		6.1	6.5	7.1	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.7	7.7	8.0	8.3	8.4
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		14.6	14.9	15.1	15.8	16.1	16.5	16.8	17.4	17.3	17.7	17.9
		Coll+												26.6	27.1
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		36.4	35.6	34.5	34.0	33.9	33.9	33.9	33.5	33.4	32.5	32.3
		Hs+												84.8	84.7
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		19.1	18.5	18.0	17.0	17.2	17.0	16.3	15.7	15.1	15.2	15.2
		Population³			137,646	139,019	139,760	141,113	142,733	144,058	145,078	146,080	147,067	150,570	151,942
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		16.4	16.8	17.5	17.7	17.3	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.4	17.4	16.9
Region	Midwest	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		6.4	6.6	6.7	6.9	7.4	7.1	7.4	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.4
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		5.3	6.1	7.2	7.4	7.8	7.6	8.0	7.8	8.3	8.9	8.7
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		13.2	13.4	14.1	14.8	15.3	15.4	15.7	16.0	16.8	17.0	17.1
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		40.2	39.9	37.8	37.5	37.3	38.2	37.3	36.6	35.5	35.5	35.4
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		18.7	17.9	17.3	16.1	15.0	14.8	14.2	13.8	13.1	12.6	12.7
		Population³			38,376	38,506	38,427	38,534	39,245	39,505	39,600	40,016	40,079	41,424	42,185
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		16.1	16.1	17.0	17.4	17.2	16.8	17.4	17.8	18.2	17.8	17.7
	Northeast	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		8.9	9.0	9.3	9.9	9.5	9.3	9.6	9.7	10.5	10.6	10.9
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		6.3	6.4	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	7.2	7.3	7.7	8.2	8.1
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		14.9	15.3	15.6	16.4	16.9	17.3	17.3	17.9	18.0	18.3	18.6
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		38.3	37.9	37.8	37.2	36.4	35.8	36.3	36.3	35.3	34.4	34.7
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		19.2	18.5	17.3	16.6	17.1	17.5	16.2	15.4	15.0	14.9	14.6
		Population³			33,361	33,609	33,797	33,580	33,889	34,031	33,900	34,013	34,145	35,612	36,080
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		12.4	13.0	13.4	13.3	13.4	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.3
	South	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		6.5	6.6	6.6	7.0	7.0	7.4	7.3	7.6	7.8	7.9	8.3
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		5.3	5.8	6.5	6.5	6.3	6.7	6.8	7.0	7.0	7.6	7.6
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		12.7	13.4	13.7	14.1	14.3	14.5	15.3	15.8	15.7	16.2	17.1
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		35.2	34.3	33.4	32.9	33.0	33.5	33.9	33.2	34.0	32.6	31.8
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		24.2	23.3	22.4	21.6	21.8	20.7	19.9	19.3	18.3	18.4	18.5
		Population³			55,054	55,957	57,025	58,380	59,105	59,924	60,909	61,456	62,292	63,951	64,295
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		16.1	16.7	17.4	17.8	17.5	17.2	16.8	17.1	17.1	17.3	16.7
	West	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		7.6	7.9	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.1	8.2	8.6	8.8	9.1
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		7.0	7.6	7.9	8.4	8.5	8.3	8.4	8.2	8.6	8.6	9.1
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		16.8	16.8	16.3	16.3	17.7	18.0	18.2	19.0	18.6	19.2	18.6
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		30.2	29.6	28.9	28.7	27.9	27.5	27.7	27.6	27.4	26.5	26.7
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		18.2	17.5	17.4	17.0	17.0	16.9	16.7	16.3	15.7	16.1	16.3
		Population³			34,036	34,753	35,262	35,945	36,084	37,121	37,802	38,269	38,713	39,402	39,583
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		20.1	20.6	21.5	21.7	21.0	21.3	21.0	20.7	21.1	20.8	20.2
Sex	Female	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		5.6	5.7	5.9	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.6	7.0	7.3	7.5	7.9
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		6.4	6.8	7.5	7.8	7.8	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.4	9.0	9.0
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		13.1	13.5	13.7	14.0	15.1	15.4	15.8	16.2	16.3	16.8	17.2
		Coll+												24.3	25.1
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		38.1	37.4	36.2	35.7	35.1	35.5	35.2	34.8	34.3	33.2	33.1
		Hs+												84.2	84.4
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		20.8	20.0	19.3	18.4	18.4	17.8	17.1	16.6	16.0	15.8	15.6
		Population³			84,248	85,181	85,973	86,975	87,984	88,961	89,835	90,837	91,620	94,293	95,146
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		16.0	16.6	17.4	17.9	17.3	17.2	17.3	17.5	17.7	17.7	17.2
	Male	Advanced Degree	Percent Of Population		9.0	9.1	9.2	9.4	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.6	10.0	10.1	10.2
		Associate's Degree²	Percent Of Population		5.4	5.9	6.3	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.9	7.0	7.1	7.4	7.4
		Bachelor's Degree	Percent Of Population		15.3	15.7	15.9	16.5	16.4	16.8	17.1	17.9	17.8	18.2	18.3
		Coll+												28.3	28.5
		High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		33.7	33.2	32.3	31.9	31.9	32.1	32.3	31.8	31.9	31.3	31.0
		Hs+												84.1	83.8
		Not A High School Graduate	Percent Of Population		20.3	19.5	19.0	18.3	18.1	18.0	17.2	16.6	15.8	15.9	16.2
		Population³			76,579	77,644	78,539	79,463	80,339	81,620	82,376	82,917	83,611	86,096	86,996
		Some College, But No Degree	Percent Of Population		16.4	16.6	17.3	17.4	17.4	17.2	17.1	17.1	17.4	17.1	16.9
Some College, But No Degree	Total Persons	Percent Of Population			16.2	16.6	17.4	17.6	17.3	17.2	17.3	17.3	17.6	17.4	17.0
Coll+	Total Persons													26.2	26.7
Hs+	Total Persons													84.1	84.1

Footnotes

¹ Quantities in thousands.

² Includes vocational degrees.

³ Thousands

⁴ Excludes those separated.

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports P20-476, P20-489, P20-493, P20-505, P20-513, P20-528, P20-536, PPL157, PPL169; and unpublished data. See Internet site

<http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html>

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