Table 7b.  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, for Asian Alone and White Alone, 
           Not Hispanic: March 2004         
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and educational attainment     |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                   |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                   |               |               | White alone,  |               |
|                                   |     Total     |  Asian alone  | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                   |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                   |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male                               | 89,558|  100.0|  3,779|  100.0| 64,397|  100.0| 21,381|  100.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                |  5,804|    6.5|    250|    6.6|  2,132|    3.3|  3,421|   16.0|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)     |  7,766|    8.7|    176|    4.7|  4,390|    6.8|  3,199|   15.0|
|High school graduate               | 27,889|   31.1|    662|   17.5| 20,343|   31.6|  6,884|   32.2|
|Some college or associate’s degree | 21,763|   24.3|    660|   17.5| 16,313|   25.3|  4,790|   22.4|
|Bachelor’s degree                  | 16,632|   18.6|  1,099|   29.1| 13,371|   20.8|  2,162|   10.1|
|Advanced degree                    |  9,704|   10.8|    932|   24.7|  7,848|   12.2|    924|    4.3|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma      | 13,569|   15.2|    426|   11.3|  6,522|   10.1|  6,621|   31.0|
|High school graduate or more       | 75,988|   84.8|  3,353|   88.7| 57,875|   89.9| 14,760|   69.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree        | 63,222|   70.6|  1,748|   46.3| 43,179|   67.1| 18,295|   85.6|
|Bachelor’s degree or more          | 26,336|   29.4|  2,031|   53.7| 21,218|   32.9|  3,086|   14.4|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Includes American Indian and Alaska Native alone; Black alone; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; White alone, Hispanic; and Two or more races.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006