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 2004
           (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                               | 89,558|  100.0|  9,366|  100.0| 64,397|  100.0| 15,795|  100.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                |  5,804|    6.5|    604|    6.5|  2,132|    3.3|  3,067|   19.4|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)     |  7,766|    8.7|  1,238|   13.2|  4,390|    6.8|  2,137|   13.5|
|High school graduate               | 27,889|   31.1|  3,572|   38.1| 20,343|   31.6|  3,974|   25.2|
|Some college or associate’s degree | 21,763|   24.3|  2,404|   25.7| 16,313|   25.3|  3,045|   19.3|
|Bachelor’s degree                  | 16,632|   18.6|  1,066|   11.4| 13,371|   20.8|  2,196|   13.9|
|Advanced degree                    |  9,704|   10.8|    481|    5.1|  7,848|   12.2|  1,375|    8.7|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma      | 13,569|   15.2|  1,843|   19.7|  6,522|   10.1|  5,204|   33.0|
|High school graduate or more       | 75,988|   84.8|  7,523|   80.3| 57,875|   89.9| 10,590|   67.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree        | 63,222|   70.6|  7,819|   83.5| 43,179|   67.1| 12,224|   77.4|
|Bachelor’s degree or more          | 26,336|   29.4|  1,547|   16.5| 21,218|   32.9|  3,571|   22.6|
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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, 2004, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006