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| Table 14. | Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over for the 15 largest metropolitan areas, by sex: 2002 |
| Metropolitan area | Number of persons 25 years old and over (in thousands) |
Percent high school completion or higher | Percent completed bachelor's or higher degree | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Males | Females | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| Atlanta, GA, MSA | 2,736 | (57.1) | 1,336 | (40.0) | 1,400 | (41.0) | 87.7 | (0.91) | 87.2 | (1.40) | 88.2 | (1.28) | 34.9 | (1.34) | 37.7 | (2.01) | 32.2 | (1.88) |
| Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA/NH/ME/CT, CMSA |
4,049 | (69.3) | 1,956 | (48.4) | 2,093 | (50.0) | 87.7 | (0.55) | 87.9 | (0.79) | 87.6 | (0.79) | 36.0 | (0.79) | 36.9 | (1.16) | 35.2 | (1.16) |
| Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL/IN/WI, CMSA | 5,723 | (82.1) | 2,708 | (56.8) | 3,016 | (59.9) | 86.1 | (0.55) | 85.7 | (0.79) | 86.6 | (0.73) | 31.7 | (0.73) | 31.9 | (1.09) | 31.5 | (1.03) |
| Cleveland-Akron, OH, CMSA | 2,144 | (50.6) | 995 | (34.6) | 1,149 | (37.1) | 90.8 | (0.73) | 91.8 | (0.97) | 89.9 | (1.03) | 26.8 | (1.09) | 30.5 | (1.64) | 23.6 | (1.40) |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA | 3,391 | (63.5) | 1,616 | (44.0) | 1,775 | (46.1) | 82.1 | (0.91) | 82.2 | (1.34) | 82.1 | (1.28) | 31.1 | (1.09) | 34.7 | (1.64) | 27.8 | (1.46) |
| Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI, CMSA | 3,809 | (67.2) | 1,779 | (46.1) | 2,029 | (49.3) | 86.1 | (0.61) | 85.7 | (0.91) | 86.5 | (0.85) | 25.2 | (0.79) | 26.3 | (1.16) | 24.3 | (1.09) |
| Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, CMSA | 3,043 | (60.2) | 1,518 | (42.7) | 1,525 | (42.7) | 80.0 | (1.09) | 78.8 | (1.58) | 81.3 | (1.46) | 29.0 | (1.22) | 30.1 | (1.76) | 28.0 | (1.70) |
| Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, CMSA |
10,234 | (108.7) | 4,930 | (76.3) | 5,304 | (79.1) | 77.3 | (0.55) | 78.3 | (0.73) | 76.4 | (0.73) | 26.3 | (0.55) | 29.0 | (0.85) | 23.7 | (0.73) |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL, CMSA | 2,642 | (56.1) | 1,286 | (39.3) | 1,355 | (40.3) | 81.4 | (0.91) | 80.3 | (1.28) | 82.3 | (1.22) | 27.1 | (1.03) | 27.9 | (1.46) | 26.4 | (1.40) |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY/NJ/CT/PA, CMSA |
14,156 | (126.8) | 6,723 | (88.8) | 7,433 | (93.2) | 83.8 | (0.36) | 84.5 | (0.49) | 83.2 | (0.49) | 32.2 | (0.43) | 34.2 | (0.61) | 30.4 | (0.61) |
| Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA/NJ/DE/MD, CMSA |
4,274 | (71.2) | 2,013 | (49.1) | 2,261 | (52.0) | 87.0 | (0.55) | 87.2 | (0.79) | 86.9 | (0.73) | 30.5 | (0.73) | 32.3 | (1.09) | 28.9 | (0.97) |
| Pittsburgh, PA, MSA | 1,672 | (44.7) | 794 | (30.9) | 878 | (32.5) | 90.4 | (0.79) | 91.3 | (1.09) | 89.5 | (1.16) | 30.6 | (1.28) | 35.9 | (1.88) | 25.7 | (1.64) |
| St. Louis, MO/IL, MSA | 1,680 | (44.9) | 790 | (30.8) | 890 | (32.7) | 87.7 | (0.85) | 88.6 | (1.22) | 86.8 | (1.22) | 30.5 | (1.22) | 32.9 | (1.82) | 28.3 | (1.64) |
| San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, CMSA | 4,421 | (72.3) | 2,227 | (51.6) | 2,193 | (51.2) | 88.6 | (0.73) | 88.5 | (0.97) | 88.6 | (0.97) | 39.5 | (1.09) | 41.1 | (1.52) | 37.8 | (1.52) |
| Washington-Baltimore, DC/MD/VA/WV, CMSA | 5,157 | (78.0) | 2,453 | (54.1) | 2,703 | (56.8) | 89.3 | (0.36) | 88.3 | (0.61) | 90.3 | (0.49) | 43.1 | (0.61) | 44.3 | (0.91) | 42.0 | (0.85) |
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NOTE: CMSA = Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Educational Attainment in the United States: March 2002. Retrieved June 1, 2003, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/ppl-169.html. (This table was prepared June 2005.) |
