Table 7a.  Educational Attainment of the Population 25 Years and Over by Sex, for Black Alone or in Combination and White Alone, Not Hispanic: March 2003
           (Numbers in thousands)	

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|Sex and educational attainment     |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                   |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                   |               |Black alone or | White alone,  |               |
|                                   |     Total     |in combination | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                   |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                   |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male                               | 88,597|  100.0|  9,253|  100.0| 64,090|  100.0| 15,254|  100.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                |  6,049|    6.8|    667|    7.2|  2,387|    3.7|  2,994|   19.6|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)     |  8,026|    9.1|  1,227|   13.3|  4,634|    7.2|  2,164|   14.2|
|High school graduate               | 27,356|   30.9|  3,363|   36.3| 20,084|   31.3|  3,910|   25.6|
|Some college or associate's degree | 21,568|   24.3|  2,439|   26.4| 16,267|   25.4|  2,862|   18.8|
|Bachelor's degree                  | 16,351|   18.5|  1,135|   12.3| 13,163|   20.5|  2,053|   13.5|
|Advanced degree                    |  9,248|   10.4|    421|    4.6|  7,555|   11.8|  1,271|    8.3|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma      | 14,074|   15.9|  1,895|   20.5|  7,021|   11.0|  5,159|   33.8|
|High school graduate or more       | 74,523|   84.1|  7,358|   79.5| 57,069|   89.0| 10,096|   66.2|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor's degree        | 62,999|   71.1|  7,697|   83.2| 43,372|   67.7| 11,931|   78.2|
|Bachelor's degree or more          | 25,598|   28.9|  1,556|   16.8| 20,718|   32.3|  3,324|   21.8|
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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; Asian alone; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; White alone, Hispanic; and Two or More Races, except those combinations including Black.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006