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Table 14.Educational attainment of persons 25 years old and over, forthe 15 largest metropolitan areas: March 1995

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                                                    |                           |       Percent       |       Percent
                                                    |Number of persons 25 years |_____________________|_____________________
                                                    |old and over (in thousands)|High school graduate |Completed bachelor's
                 Metropolitan area                  |                           |       or more       |  degree or more
                                                    |___________________________|_____________________|_____________________
                                                    |  Total  |  Male  | Female |   Male   |   Female |   Male   |  Female
____________________________________________________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________
                         1                          |    2    |   3    |   4    |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8
____________________________________________________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Atlanta, GA ........................................|   1,883 |    899 |    984 |87.6 (3.7)|88.4 (3.5)|37.4 (5.5)|31.5 (5.1)
Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA/NH .......................|   3,254 |  1,548 |  1,706 |88.2 (1.5)|87.1 (1.5)|38.8 (2.3)|32.5 (2.1)
Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL/IN/WI .................|   5,306 |  2,506 |  2,800 |83.7 (1.8)|83.8 (1.7)|31.4 (2.3)|25.6 (2.1)
Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH .........................|   2,016 |    925 |  1,091 |81.0 (3.1)|79.3 (2.9)|24.9 (3.4)|16.4 (2.7)
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..............................|   2,595 |  1,260 |  1,336 |79.3 (3.3)|79.1 (3.2)|27.3 (3.6)|20.7 (3.2)
                                                    |         |        |        |          |          |          |
Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI ..............................|   3,472 |  1,652 |  1,820 |80.9 (2.1)|80.7 (2.1)|27.2 (2.4)|18.8 (2.0)
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .....................|   3,077 |  1,475 |  1,602 |83.7 (2.8)|83.4 (2.7)|31.4 (3.5)|22.1 (3.0)
Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA ..................|   9,467 |  4,605 |  4,862 |77.5 (1.5)|75.2 (1.5)|28.4 (1.6)|19.7 (1.4)
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ..........................|   2,232 |  1,055 |  1,177 |85.7 (2.7)|81.9 (2.8)|27.3 (3.4)|20.4 (2.9)
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY/NJ/CT .|  12,525 |  5,770 |  6,754 |84.4 (1.1)|82.5 (1.1)|32.8 (1.4)|25.3 (1.2)
                                                    |         |        |        |          |          |          |
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA/NJ/DE/MD .......|   4,248 |  2,025 |  2,223 |83.6 (2.0)|83.8 (1.9)|34.3 (2.6)|25.8 (2.3)
Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA .......................|   1,911 |    926 |    985 |81.1 (3.2)|81.4 (3.1)|26.6 (3.6)|19.8 (3.1)
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .................|   4,298 |  2,136 |  2,162 |89.2 (2.1)|87.9 (2.2)|35.8 (3.2)|29.1 (3.0)
St. Louis, MO/IL ...................................|   1,641 |    775 |    866 |81.1 (4.9)|83.2 (4.4)|27.5 (5.6)|20.8 (4.8)
Washington, DC/MD/VA ...............................|   2,872 |  1,460 |  1,411 |85.5 (3.0)|85.8 (3.0)|38.6 (4.2)|28.1 (3.9)
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NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, "Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1995." (This table was prepared July 1997.)



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