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                                      |Percent|                  1995                            |                  1999
                                      |parti- |__________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________________________
           Characteristics            | tici- |Popula- | Adult  |    Percent participating\2\    |Popula- | Adult  |    Percent participating\2\
                  of                  |pating | tion,  | educa- |________________________________| tion,  | educa- |_________________________________________________________
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                                      | pro-  | thou-  |partici-| any |time post-|career | sonal | thou-  |partici-| any |basic |  lish  |time post-|career |appren-| sonal
                                      | gram, | sands  | pants, |pro- |secondary |or job |develop| sands  | pants, |pro- |educa-|  as a  |secondary |or job | tice  |develop-
                                      | 1991  |        |in thou-|gram |  educa-  |related| ment  |        |in thou-|gram | tion | second |  educa-  |related| pro-  |  ment
                                      |       |        |sands\1\|     |   tion   |courses|courses|        |sands\1\|     |      |language|   tion   |courses| grams |courses
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     Total ...........................|  33.0 |189,543 | 76,261 |40.2 |      6.1 |  20.9 |  19.9 |194,434 | 88,809 |45.7 |  2.1 |    0.9 |      9.4 |  23.1 |   1.8 |   22.8
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Sex                                   |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
  Men ................................|  32.6 | 90,256 | 34,450 |38.2 |      5.6 |  21.8 |  15.8 | 92,946 | 40,204 |43.3 |  2.2 |    0.9 |     10.2 |  23.4 |   2.4 |   18.0
  Women ..............................|  33.2 | 99,287 | 41,811 |42.1 |      6.5 |  20.2 |  23.5 |101,488 | 48,605 |47.9 |  2.0 |    0.9 |      8.7 |  22.8 |   1.3 |   27.1
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Age                                   |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
  17 to 24 years .....................|  37.8 | 22,407 | 10,539 |47.0 |     12.6 |  14.7 |  21.5 | 25,276 | 13,029 |51.5 |  9.8 |    0.9 |     14.7 |  18.9 |   5.1 |   21.5
  25 to 29 years .....................|  40.0 | 18,988 |  9,420 |49.6 |     10.9 |  25.5 |  21.0 | 16,403 |  9,308 |56.7 |  2.7 |    2.4 |     17.9 |  30.8 |   3.2 |   24.8
  30 to 34 years .....................|  37.6 | 21,338 | 10,088 |47.3 |      8.0 |  26.1 |  23.3 | 18,477 | 10,123 |54.8 |  1.2 |    1.6 |     12.8 |  28.8 |   2.9 |   25.8
  35 to 39 years .....................|  42.1 | 22,494 | 10,737 |47.7 |      7.5 |  29.1 |  20.9 | 22,384 | 11,215 |50.1 |  1.3 |    1.5 |     10.8 |  25.6 |   1.7 |   25.7
  40 to 44 years .....................|  49.2 | 19,810 | 10,078 |50.9 |      7.1 |  31.2 |  24.9 | 22,874 | 11,833 |51.7 |  0.7 |    0.2 |      9.8 |  33.3 |   1.5 |   24.0
  45 to 49 years .....................|  40.0 | 17,463 |  8,499 |48.7 |      5.7 |  32.5 |  21.1 | 19,283 | 10,138 |52.6 |  0.8 |    0.7 |      9.5 |  28.2 |   1.2 |   28.6
  50 to 54 years .....................|  26.8 | 14,344 |  6,093 |42.5 |      3.9 |  26.3 |  19.7 | 17,870 |  8,834 |49.4 |  0.5 |    0.5 |      6.8 |  28.5 |   0.9 |   25.3
  55 to 59 years .....................|  29.0 | 11,096 |  3,577 |32.2 |      1.7 |  17.8 |  17.3 | 14,058 |  5,483 |39.0 |  0.3 |    0.2 |      5.7 |  23.6 |   0.4 |   17.6
  60 to 64 years .....................|  17.4 | 10,728 |  2,540 |23.7 |      0.6 |  10.6 |  15.2 | 10,252 |  3,520 |34.3 |(\3\) |    1.2 |      3.3 |  14.5 |   0.3 |   21.5
  65 to 69 years .....................|  14.2 | 10,215 |  1,850 |18.1 |      0.2 |   4.0 |  15.3 |  9,143 |  2,229 |24.4 |  0.2 |    0.3 |      1.3 |   7.1 | (\3\) |   18.2
  70 years and over ..................|   8.6 | 20,661 |  2,841 |13.8 |      0.1 |   1.4 |  12.6 | 18,415 |  3,098 |16.8 |  0.8 |  (\3\) |      1.7 |   2.2 | (\3\) |   12.8
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Racial/ethnic group                   |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
  White, non-Hispanic ................|  34.1 |144,587 | 59,982 |41.5 |      6.0 |  22.8 |  20.8 |143,679 | 65,547 |45.6 |  1.4 |    0.1 |      8.9 |  24.4 |   1.3 |   23.6
  Black, non-Hispanic ................|  25.9 | 20,806 |  7,704 |37.0 |      7.3 |  16.2 |  18.9 | 22,129 | 10,803 |48.8 |  4.9 |    0.5 |     11.1 |  21.1 |   3.6 |   24.9
  Hispanic ...........................|  31.4 | 15,689 |  5,281 |33.7 |      4.8 |  11.8 |  13.8 | 19,491 |  7,981 |40.9 |  3.4 |    6.2 |      9.1 |  14.2 |   3.9 |   15.1
  Asian American/Pacific Islander ....|  35.9 |  4,377 |  1,739 |39.7 |      6.5 |  18.1 |  15.9 |  5,328 |  2,789 |52.3 |  1.6 |    4.8 |     17.6 |  28.4 |   0.4 |   22.1
  American Indian/Alaskan Native .....|  29.3 |  1,155 |    448 |38.8 |      9.3 |  20.6 |  21.6 |    990 |    369 |37.3 |(\3\) |  (\3\) |     11.2 |  20.8 |   3.2 |   14.0
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Highest level of education            |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
 completed                            |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
  Eighth grade or less .............. |   7.7 | 12,808 |  1,283 |10.0 |      0.1 |   1.9 |   4.9 | 11,078 |  1,527 |13.8 |  3.1 |    5.2 |      0.2 |   1.3 |   0.4 |    5.8
  9th to 12th grade, no diploma ......|  15.8 | 16,511 |  3,332 |20.2 |      0.8 |   4.9 |   9.2 | 21,375 |  5,578 |26.1 |  9.5 |    1.1 |      3.1 |   5.6 |   1.7 |    9.4
  High school diploma ............... |  24.1 | 62,956 | 19,341 |30.7 |      3.6 |  13.9 |  15.4 | 53,488 | 19,693 |36.8 |  2.3 |    0.6 |      7.3 |  16.5 |   2.2 |   18.3
  Some vocational/technical ..........|  34.2 |  6,327 |  2,648 |41.9 |      5.4 |  21.9 |  21.1 |  6,319 |  2,629 |41.6 |  2.3 |    1.6 |      7.3 |  21.0 |   2.7 |   22.4
  Some college .......................|  41.4 | 34,433 | 16,978 |49.3 |     12.1 |  22.3 |  25.3 | 35,147 | 18,220 |51.8 |  0.8 |    0.3 |     13.4 |  22.5 |   2.8 |   28.0
  Associate degree ...................|  49.2 |  9,975 |  5,601 |56.1 |     10.9 |  32.1 |  27.4 | 11,377 |  6,735 |59.2 |(\3\) |    0.6 |     18.3 |  35.8 |   2.1 |   25.0
  Bachelor's degree  ................ |  51.1 | 26,858 | 15,286 |56.9 |      7.1 |  36.1 |  27.0 | 29,890 | 18,018 |60.3 |  --- |    0.4 |     10.6 |  37.0 |   1.0 |   30.4
  Some graduate work (or study) ......|  55.1 | 19,677 | 11,792 |59.9 |      8.5 |  40.4 |  29.1 | 25,761 | 16,408 |63.7 |  --- |    0.6 |     12.7 |  40.1 |   1.1 |   33.6
    No degree ........................|   --- |  4,123 |  2,563 |62.2 |     15.2 |  32.5 |  33.5 |  4,678 |  2,990 |63.9 |  --- |  (\3\) |     19.9 |  43.5 |   0.7 |   30.4
    Master's .........................|   --- | 10,522 |  6,219 |59.1 |      8.1 |  41.0 |  29.0 | 13,461 |  9,059 |67.3 |  --- |    0.8 |     13.4 |  40.6 |   0.9 |   38.0
    Doctor's .........................|   --- |  2,564 |  1,384 |54.0 |      4.7 |  35.0 |  25.1 |  4,817 |  2,444 |50.7 |  --- |    0.9 |      6.8 |  27.6 |   2.3 |   28.1
    Professional .....................|   --- |  2,467 |  1,626 |65.9 |      3.0 |  56.6 |  26.0 |  2,804 |  1,915 |68.3 |  --- |  (\3\) |      7.9 |  53.1 |   0.6 |   27.3
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Metropolitan area                     |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
  Inside metropolitan area ...........|  34.5 |142,522 | 59,627 |41.8 |      6.5 |  22.0 |  20.3 |146,184 | 69,281 |47.4 |  2.2 |    1.1 |      9.4 |  24.4 |   1.9 |   22.9
    Inside central city ............. |   --- |118,170 | 49,996 |42.3 |      6.7 |  22.7 |  20.2 |125,107 | 60,023 |48.0 |  2.2 |    1.2 |      9.7 |  24.8 |   2.0 |   23.3
    Outside central city .............|   --- | 24,352 |  9,630 |39.5 |      5.6 |  18.4 |  21.1 | 21,077 |  9,258 |43.9 |  1.9 |    0.4 |      7.9 |  21.8 |   1.4 |   20.9
  Outside metropolitan area ..........|  28.3 | 47,021 | 16,634 |35.4 |      4.9 |  17.9 |  18.5 | 48,250 | 19,528 |40.5 |  1.8 |    0.2 |      9.3 |  19.2 |   1.6 |   22.3
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Labor force status                    |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
  In labor force .....................|  40.7 |125,982 | 62,717 |49.8 |      8.1 |  29.8 |  21.7 |140,190 | 74,282 |53.0 |  2.2 |    0.6 |     11.9 |  30.4 |   2.2 |   23.6
    Employed .........................|  42.0 |117,826 | 59,734 |50.7 |      8.2 |  31.1 |  22.0 |132,227 | 70,849 |53.6 |  1.8 |    0.5 |     11.9 |  31.5 |   2.2 |   23.8
    Unemployed .......................|  26.0 |  8,155 |  2,983 |36.6 |      5.5 |  11.1 |  17.4 |  7,963 |  3,433 |43.1 |  8.2 |    1.9 |     12.2 |  12.0 |   2.5 |   20.2
  Not in labor force..................|  15.7 | 63,562 | 13,544 |21.3 |      2.2 |   3.4 |  16.2 | 54,244 | 14,527 |26.8 |  1.8 |    1.5 |      2.9 |   4.2 |   0.8 |   20.7
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Occupation                            |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
  Executive, administrative,          |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
    or managerial ....................|  49.3 | 13,098 |  7,313 |55.8 |      7.3 |  42.1 |  23.1 | 28,665 | 15,986 |55.8 |(\3\) |    0.4 |     10.1 |  37.3 |   1.2 |   24.7
  Engineers, surveyors, and           |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
    architects .......................|  62.6 |  1,756 |  1,150 |65.5 |     14.1 |  44.6 |  23.3 |  1,872 |  1,528 |81.6 |(\3\) |  (\3\) |     29.6 |  55.4 |   5.3 |   27.5
  Natural scientists and              |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
    mathematicians ...................|  48.2 |  1,743 |  1,261 |72.3 |      9.9 |  58.6 |  24.8 |  2,387 |  1,665 |69.7 |(\3\) |  (\3\) |     12.7 |  53.8 |   1.8 |   22.1
  Social scientists and workers,      |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
    lawyers ..........................|  55.6 |  2,530 |  1,938 |76.6 |     11.5 |  59.4 |  32.3 |  3,216 |  2,608 |81.1 |(\3\) |  (\3\) |     13.1 |  60.2 |   0.4 |   38.0
  Teachers, elementary and secondary .|  55.0 |  5,414 |  4,155 |76.7 |     16.6 |  52.4 |  36.9 |  6,778 |  5,319 |78.5 |(\3\) |  (\3\) |     23.0 |  51.8 |   0.6 |   37.7
  Teachers, postsecondary ............|  45.5 |  1,254 |    687 |54.8 |      4.1 |  40.8 |  26.0 |  2,582 |  1,776 |68.8 |  0.3 |    2.3 |     16.6 |  41.8 |   2.3 |   48.1
  Physicians, dentists, veterinarians |  67.1 |    859 |    611 |71.1 |      1.2 |  67.1 |  19.0 |    --- |    --- | --- |  --- |    --- |      --- |   --- |   --- |    ---
  Registered nurses, pharmacists .....|  59.6 |  2,337 |  2,026 |86.7 |     10.6 |  71.3 |  33.6 |  3,034 |  2,571 |84.7 |(\3\) |  (\3\) |     15.2 |  72.8 |   0.1 |   42.5
  Writers, artists, entertainers, and |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
    athletes .........................|  42.9 |  1,874 |    934 |49.9 |      7.7 |  23.1 |  30.0 |  2,388 |  1,233 |51.6 |  0.4 |  (\3\) |     15.1 |  30.8 |   1.8 |   21.7
  Health technologists and technicians|  68.6 |  1,697 |  1,270 |74.8 |     12.8 |  47.5 |  33.0 |  2,077 |  1,445 |69.6 |  1.7 |    0.6 |     21.8 |  42.9 |   5.3 |   35.9
  Technologists, except health .......|  55.4 |  3,543 |  2,279 |64.3 |     13.5 |  41.3 |  28.7 |  5,237 |  3,193 |61.0 |(\3\) |    0.3 |     21.1 |  40.7 |   8.5 |   21.1
  Marketing and sales occupations ....|  34.4 | 18,174 |  8,038 |44.2 |      6.8 |  23.2 |  20.4 | 14,626 |  7,139 |48.8 |  1.7 |    0.1 |      6.3 |  22.7 |   1.6 |   29.2
  Administrative support, including   |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
    clerical .........................|  29.9 | 22,968 | 11,867 |51.7 |      9.5 |  28.9 |  24.7 | 22,276 | 11,149 |50.1 |  3.1 |    0.3 |      9.9 |  26.0 |   0.6 |   23.1
  Service occupations ................|  25.2 | 20,072 |  9,342 |46.5 |      9.0 |  20.9 |  22.8 | 18,192 |  9,231 |50.7 |  6.9 |    1.1 |     13.4 |  18.6 |   2.2 |   23.3
  Agriculture, forestry, and fishing .|  14.3 |  2,336 |    616 |26.4 |      1.6 |  11.5 |  15.6 |  2,532 |    953 |37.6 |  3.4 |    2.0 |      8.4 |  15.6 |   6.4 |   11.7
  Mechanics and repairers ............|  32.1 |  4,692 |  2,231 |47.6 |      7.1 |  27.7 |  15.6 |  4,519 |  2,001 |44.3 |  2.0 |  (\3\) |     15.9 |  16.3 |   4.5 |   23.0
  Construction and extractive         |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
    occupations ......................|  21.9 |  6,100 |  2,319 |38.0 |      4.3 |  17.6 |  18.0 |  5,200 |  1,779 |34.2 |  2.3 |    2.1 |     10.7 |  12.3 |   6.3 |   12.0
  Precision production occupations ...|  31.2 |  1,875 |    807 |43.0 |      5.5 |  23.2 |  16.1 |  1,460 |    629 |43.1 |  1.1 |    1.8 |      7.8 |  17.6 |  10.9 |   23.8
  Production workers .................|  21.1 |  9,483 |  2,908 |30.7 |      5.8 |  14.7 |  10.7 | 10,121 |  3,803 |37.6 |  2.9 |    0.8 |      6.8 |  18.5 |   1.7 |   17.2
  Transportation, material moving ....|  20.7 |  5,311 |  1,507 |28.4 |      3.5 |  15.5 |  11.9 |  5,476 |  1,981 |36.2 |  4.3 |    0.8 |      5.7 |  17.5 |   3.7 |   12.9
  Handler, equipment, cleaners,       |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
    helpers, and laborers ............|  20.8 |  2,456 |    617 |25.1 |      3.1 |  11.1 |   9.7 |  3,683 |    849 |23.1 |  1.1 |    2.1 |      6.3 |   5.6 |   1.2 |    5.0
  Miscellaneous occupations ..........|   --- |  2,311 |  1,308 |56.6 |      7.9 |  35.4 |  22.6 |  2,161 |    974 |45.1 |(\3\) |    2.7 |     14.3 |  15.6 |   2.7 |   24.7
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Annual family income                  |       |        |        |     |          |       |       |        |        |     |      |        |          |       |       |
  $5,000 or less .....................|  13.6 | 12,638 |  2,689 |21.3 |      3.3 |   4.1 |  11.8 |  5,306 |  1,029 |19.4 |  4.1 |    1.3 |      2.5 |   5.0 |   0.4 |   10.6
  $5,001 to $10,000 ..................|  17.5 | 17,560 |  4,194 |23.9 |      4.0 |   6.7 |  13.2 |  9,029 |  2,165 |24.0 |  5.3 |    1.0 |      3.8 |   4.6 |   1.2 |   13.9
  $10,001 to $15,000 .................|  22.8 | 13,523 |  3,610 |26.7 |      4.0 |   8.7 |  14.8 | 11,113 |  2,568 |23.1 |  3.0 |    2.5 |      6.2 |   5.0 |   1.3 |   11.2
  $15,001 to $20,000 .................|  21.9 | 13,116 |  4,176 |31.8 |      5.4 |  13.0 |  15.8 | 12,572 |  4,055 |32.3 |  4.4 |    2.1 |      5.9 |  10.8 |   1.6 |   17.8
  $20,001 to $25,000 .................|  26.7 | 13,812 |  4,339 |31.4 |      4.8 |  13.3 |  17.0 | 13,864 |  5,039 |36.3 |  1.9 |    1.5 |      8.0 |  12.5 |   3.0 |   18.6
  $25,001 to $30,000 .................|  32.1 | 16,386 |  6,208 |37.9 |      6.5 |  17.1 |  19.2 | 16,794 |  6,460 |38.5 |  2.7 |    1.5 |      7.7 |  17.2 |   3.4 |   15.9
  $30,001 to $40,000 .................|  35.6 | 28,628 | 12,220 |42.7 |      6.9 |  22.1 |  22.0 | 24,965 | 11,174 |44.8 |  0.9 |    0.9 |     11.9 |  20.0 |   1.7 |   22.2
  $40,001 to $50,000 .................|  44.8 | 20,446 |  9,567 |46.8 |      6.8 |  27.0 |  22.4 | 19,816 |  9,354 |47.2 |  0.6 |    0.7 |     11.6 |  26.6 |   2.5 |   23.1
  $50,001 to $75,000 .................|  46.6 | 29,161 | 15,169 |52.0 |      7.6 |  32.8 |  23.6 | 34,643 | 19,657 |56.7 |  1.4 |    0.2 |     11.6 |  31.1 |   1.7 |   29.9
  More than $75,000 ..................|  48.7 | 24,274 | 14,089 |58.0 |      7.7 |  37.3 |  26.8 | 46,332 | 27,310 |58.9 |  2.0 |    0.3 |     10.1 |  35.9 |   1.2 |   28.5
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