Table 8. | Years of school completed by persons age 25 and over and 25 to 29, by race/ethnicity and sex: 1910 to 2001 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent, by years of school completed |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Total | White, non-Hispanic\1\ | Black, non-Hispanic\1\ | Hispanic Age and |___________________________|___________________________|___________________________|___________________________ year |Less than| High | 4 or |Less than| High | 4 or |Less than| High | 4 or |Less than| High | 4 or | 5 years | school | more | 5 years | school | more | 5 years | school | more | 5 years | school | more | of ele- | comple- | years | of ele- | comple- | years | of ele- | comple- | years | of ele- | comple- | years | mentary | tion or |of col-| mentary | tion or |of col-| mentary | tion or |of col-| mentary | tion or |of col- | school |higher\2\|lege\3\| school |higher\2\|lege\3\| school |higher\2\|lege\3\| school |higher\2\|lege\3\ ____________|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ____________|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______ | Males and females |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 and over | | | | | | | | | | | | 1910 \4\ ...| 23.8 | 13.5 | 2.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1920 \4\ ...| 22.0 | 16.4 | 3.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1930 \4\ ...| 17.5 | 19.1 | 3.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- April 1940 .| 13.7 | 24.5 | 4.6 | 10.9 | 26.1 | 4.9 | 41.8 | 7.7 | 1.3 | --- | --- | --- April 1950 .| 11.1 | 34.3 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 36.4 | 6.6 | 32.6 | 13.7 | 2.2 | --- | --- | --- April 1960 .| 8.3 | 41.1 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 43.2 | 8.1 | 23.5 | 21.7 | 3.5 | --- | --- | --- March 1970 .| 5.3 | 55.2 | 11.0 | 4.2 | 57.4 | 11.6 | 14.7 | 36.1 | 6.1 | --- | --- | --- March 1975 .| 4.2 | 62.5 | 13.9 | 2.6 | 65.8 | 14.9 | 12.3 | 42.6 | 6.4 | 18.2 | 38.5 | 6.6 March 1980 .| 3.4 | 68.6 | 17.0 | 1.9 | 71.9 | 18.4 | 9.1 | 51.4 | 7.9 | 15.8 | 44.5 | 7.6 March 1985 .| 2.7 | 73.9 | 19.4 | 1.4 | 77.5 | 20.8 | 6.1 | 59.9 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 47.9 | 8.5 March 1986 .| 2.7 | 74.7 | 19.4 | 1.4 | 78.2 | 20.1 | 5.3 | 62.5 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 48.5 | 8.4 March 1987 .| 2.4 | 75.6 | 19.9 | 1.3 | 79.0 | 20.5 | 4.9 | 63.6 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 50.9 | 8.6 March 1988 .| 2.5 | 76.2 | 20.3 | 1.2 | 79.8 | 21.8 | 4.8 | 63.5 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 51.0 | 10.0 March 1989 .| 2.5 | 76.9 | 21.1 | 1.2 | 80.7 | 22.8 | 5.2 | 64.7 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 50.9 | 9.9 March 1990 .| 2.5 | 77.6 | 21.3 | 1.1 | 81.4 | 23.1 | 5.1 | 66.2 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 50.8 | 9.2 March 1991 .| 2.4 | 78.4 | 21.4 | 1.1 | 82.4 | 23.3 | 4.7 | 66.8 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 51.3 | 9.7 March 1992 .| 2.1 | 79.4 | 21.4 | 0.9 | 83.4 | 23.2 | 3.9 | 67.7 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 52.6 | 9.3 March 1993 .| 2.1 | 80.2 | 21.9 | 0.8 | 84.1 | 23.8 | 3.7 | 70.5 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 53.1 | 9.0 March 1994 .| 1.9 | 80.9 | 22.2 | 0.8 | 84.9 | 24.3 | 2.7 | 73.0 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 53.3 | 9.1 March 1995 .| 1.9 | 81.7 | 23.0 | 0.7 | 85.9 | 23.4 | 2.5 | 73.8 | 13.3 | 10.6 | 53.4 | 9.3 March 1996 .| 1.8 | 81.7 | 23.6 | 0.6 | 86.0 | 25.9 | 2.2 | 74.6 | 13.8 | 10.4 | 53.1 | 9.3 March 1997 .| 1.7 | 82.1 | 23.9 | 0.6 | 86.3 | 26.2 | 2.0 | 75.3 | 13.3 | 9.4 | 54.7 | 10.3 March 1998 .| 1.7 | 82.8 | 24.4 | 0.6 | 87.1 | 26.6 | 1.7 | 76.4 | 14.8 | 9.3 | 55.5 | 11.0 March 1999 .| 1.6 | 83.4 | 25.2 | 0.6 | 87.7 | 27.7 | 1.8 | 77.4 | 15.5 | 9.0 | 56.1 | 10.9 March 2000 .| 1.6 | 84.1 | 25.6 | 0.5 | 88.4 | 28.1 | 1.6 | 78.9 | 16.6 | 8.7 | 57.0 | 10.6 March 2001 .| 1.6 | 84.3 | 26.1 | 0.5 | 88.7 | 28.6 | 1.3 | 79.5 | 16.1 | 9.3 | 56.5 | 11.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 to 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1920\4\ ....| --- | --- | --- | 12.9 | 22.0 | 4.5 | 44.6 | 6.3 | 1.2 | --- | --- | --- April 1940 .| 5.9 | 38.1 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 41.2 | 6.4 | 27.0 | 12.3 | 1.6 | --- | --- | --- April 1950 .| 4.6 | 52.8 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 56.3 | 8.2 | 16.1 | 23.6 | 2.8 | --- | --- | --- April 1960 .| 2.8 | 60.7 | 11.0 | 2.2 | 63.7 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 38.6 | 5.4 | --- | --- | --- March 1970 .| 1.1 | 75.4 | 16.4 | 0.9 | 77.8 | 17.3 | 2.2 | 58.4 | 10.0 | --- | --- | --- March 1975 .| 1.0 | 83.1 | 21.9 | 0.6 | 86.6 | 23.8 | 0.5 | 71.1 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 53.1 | 8.8 March 1980 .| 0.8 | 85.4 | 22.5 | 0.3 | 89.2 | 25.0 | 0.7 | 76.7 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 58.0 | 7.7 March 1985 .| 0.7 | 86.1 | 22.2 | 0.2 | 89.5 | 24.4 | 0.4 | 80.5 | 11.6 | 6.0 | 60.9 | 11.1 March 1986 .| 0.9 | 86.1 | 22.4 | 0.4 | 89.6 | 25.2 | 0.5 | 83.5 | 11.8 | 5.6 | 59.1 | 9.0 March 1987 .| 0.9 | 86.0 | 22.0 | 0.4 | 89.4 | 24.7 | 0.4 | 83.5 | 11.5 | 4.8 | 59.8 | 8.7 March 1988 .| 1.0 | 85.9 | 22.7 | 0.3 | 89.7 | 25.1 | 0.3 | 80.9 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 62.3 | 11.3 March 1989 .| 1.0 | 85.5 | 23.4 | 0.3 | 89.3 | 26.3 | 0.5 | 82.3 | 12.7 | 5.4 | 61.0 | 10.1 March 1990 .| 1.2 | 85.7 | 23.2 | 0.3 | 90.1 | 26.4 | 1.0 | 81.7 | 13.4 | 7.3 | 58.2 | 8.2 March 1991 .| 1.0 | 85.4 | 23.2 | 0.3 | 89.8 | 26.7 | 0.5 | 81.8 | 11.0 | 5.8 | 56.7 | 9.2 March 1992 .| 0.9 | 86.3 | 23.6 | 0.3 | 90.7 | 27.2 | 0.8 | 80.9 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 60.9 | 9.5 March 1993 .| 0.7 | 86.7 | 23.7 | 0.3 | 91.2 | 27.2 | 0.2 | 82.7 | 13.3 | 4.0 | 60.9 | 8.3 March 1994 .| 0.8 | 86.1 | 23.3 | 0.3 | 91.1 | 27.1 | 0.6 | 84.1 | 13.6 | 3.6 | 60.3 | 8.0 March 1995 .| 1.0 | 86.9 | 24.7 | 0.3 | 92.5 | 28.8 | 0.2 | 86.7 | 15.4 | 4.9 | 57.2 | 8.9 March 1996 .| 0.8 | 87.3 | 27.1 | 0.2 | 92.6 | 31.6 | 0.4 | 86.0 | 14.6 | 4.3 | 61.1 | 10.0 March 1997 .| 0.8 | 87.4 | 27.8 | 0.1 | 92.9 | 32.6 | 0.6 | 86.9 | 14.2 | 4.2 | 61.8 | 11.0 March 1998 .| 0.7 | 88.1 | 27.3 | 0.1 | 93.6 | 32.3 | 0.4 | 88.3 | 15.8 | 3.7 | 62.8 | 10.4 March 1999 .| 0.6 | 87.8 | 28.2 | 0.1 | 93.0 | 33.6 | 0.2 | 88.7 | 15.0 | 3.2 | 61.6 | 8.9 March 2000 .| 0.7 | 88.1 | 29.1 | 0.1 | 94.0 | 34.0 | # | 86.8 | 17.8 | 3.8 | 62.8 | 9.7 March 2001 .| 0.8 | 87.7 | 28.6 | 0.2 | 93.3 | 33.0 | # | 87.0 | 17.8 | 4.7 | 63.2 | 11.1 |_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______ | Males |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 and over | | | | | | | | | | | | April 1940 .| 15.1 | 22.7 | 5.5 | 12.0 | 24.2 | 5.9 | 46.2 | 6.9 | 1.4 | --- | --- | --- April 1950 .| 12.2 | 32.6 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 34.6 | 7.9 | 36.9 | 12.6 | 2.1 | --- | --- | --- April 1960 .| 9.4 | 39.5 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 41.6 | 10.3 | 27.7 | 20.0 | 3.5 | --- | --- | --- March 1970 .| 5.9 | 55.0 | 14.1 | 4.5 | 57.2 | 15.0 | 17.9 | 35.4 | 6.8 | --- | --- | --- March 1980 .| 3.6 | 69.2 | 20.9 | 2.0 | 72.4 | 22.8 | 11.3 | 51.2 | 7.7 | 16.5 | 44.9 | 9.2 March 1990 .| 2.7 | 77.7 | 24.4 | 1.3 | 81.6 | 26.7 | 6.4 | 65.8 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 50.3 | 9.8 March 1995 .| 2.0 | 81.7 | 26.0 | 0.8 | 86.0 | 28.9 | 3.4 | 73.5 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 52.9 | 10.1 March 1996 .| 1.9 | 81.9 | 26.0 | 0.7 | 86.1 | 28.8 | 2.9 | 74.6 | 12.5 | 10.2 | 53.0 | 10.3 March 1997 .| 1.8 | 82.0 | 26.2 | 0.6 | 86.3 | 29.0 | 2.9 | 73.8 | 12.5 | 9.2 | 54.9 | 10.6 March 1998 .| 1.7 | 82.8 | 26.5 | 0.7 | 87.1 | 29.3 | 2.3 | 75.4 | 14.0 | 9.3 | 55.7 | 11.1 March 1999 .| 1.6 | 83.5 | 27.5 | 0.6 | 87.7 | 30.6 | 2.1 | 77.2 | 14.3 | 9.0 | 56.0 | 10.7 March 2000 .| 1.6 | 84.2 | 27.8 | 0.6 | 88.5 | 30.8 | 2.1 | 79.1 | 16.4 | 8.2 | 56.6 | 10.7 March 2001 .| 1.6 | 84.4 | 28.0 | 0.6 | 88.6 | 30.9 | 1.7 | 80.6 | 15.9 | 9.4 | 55.6 | 11.1 |_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______ | Females |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 and over | | | | | | | | | | | | April 1940 .| 12.4 | 26.3 | 3.8 | 9.8 | 28.1 | 4.0 | 37.5 | 8.4 | 1.2 | --- | --- | --- April 1950 .| 10.0 | 36.0 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 38.2 | 5.4 | 28.6 | 14.7 | 2.4 | --- | --- | --- April 1960 .| 7.4 | 42.5 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 44.7 | 6.0 | 19.7 | 23.1 | 3.6 | --- | --- | --- March 1970 .| 4.7 | 55.4 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 57.7 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 36.6 | 5.6 | --- | --- | --- March 1980 .| 3.2 | 68.1 | 13.6 | 1.8 | 71.5 | 14.4 | 7.4 | 51.5 | 8.1 | 15.3 | 44.2 | 6.2 March 1990 .| 2.2 | 77.5 | 18.4 | 1.0 | 81.3 | 19.8 | 4.1 | 66.5 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 51.3 | 8.7 March 1995 .| 1.7 | 81.6 | 20.2 | 0.6 | 85.8 | 22.2 | 1.8 | 74.1 | 13.0 | 10.4 | 53.8 | 8.4 March 1996 .| 1.7 | 81.6 | 21.4 | 0.5 | 85.9 | 23.2 | 1.6 | 74.6 | 14.8 | 10.6 | 53.3 | 8.3 March 1997 .| 1.6 | 82.2 | 21.7 | 0.5 | 86.3 | 23.7 | 1.3 | 76.5 | 14.0 | 9.5 | 54.6 | 10.1 March 1998 .| 1.6 | 82.9 | 22.4 | 0.6 | 87.1 | 24.1 | 1.2 | 77.1 | 15.5 | 9.2 | 55.3 | 10.9 March 1999 .| 1.6 | 83.4 | 23.1 | 0.5 | 87.7 | 25.0 | 1.5 | 77.5 | 16.5 | 9.0 | 56.3 | 11.0 March 2000 .| 1.5 | 84.0 | 23.6 | 0.4 | 88.4 | 25.5 | 1.1 | 78.7 | 16.8 | 9.3 | 57.5 | 10.6 March 2001 .| 1.5 | 84.2 | 24.3 | 0.4 | 88.8 | 26.5 | 1.0 | 78.6 | 16.3 | 9.1 | 57.4 | 11.3 ____________|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______ |
#Rounds to zero. ---Not available. \1\Includes persons of Hispanic origin for years prior to 1980. \2\Data for years prior to 1993 include all persons with at least 4 years of high school. \3\Data for 1993 and later years are for persons with a bachelor's or higher degree. \4\Estimates based on Bureau of the Census retrojection of 1940 Census data on education by age. NOTE: Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population, 1960, Volume 1, part 1; Current Population Reports, Series P-20 and unpublished data; and 1960 Census Monograph, "Education of the American Population," by John K. Folger and Charles B. Nam. (This table was prepared September 2002.) |