Table 7.  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|
|-----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Both sexes                         |186,877|  100.0| 21,290|  100.0|134,063|  100.0| 31,523|  100.0|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 9th grade                | 11,747|    6.3|  1,239|    5.8|  4,430|    3.3|  6,078|   19.3|
|9th to 12th grade (no diploma)     | 15,998|    8.6|  2,882|   13.5|  8,986|    6.7|  4,130|   13.1|
|High school graduate               | 59,810|   32.0|  7,624|   35.8| 44,022|   32.8|  8,164|   25.9|
|Some college or associate’s degree | 47,572|   25.5|  5,784|   27.2| 35,631|   26.6|  6,157|   19.5|
|Bachelor’s degree                  | 33,766|   18.1|  2,622|   12.3| 26,569|   19.8|  4,576|   14.5|
|Advanced degree                    | 17,983|    9.6|  1,139|    5.3| 14,425|   10.8|  2,419|    7.7|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school diploma      | 27,745|   14.8|  4,121|   19.4| 13,416|   10.0| 10,208|   32.4|
|High school graduate or more       |159,132|   85.2| 17,169|   80.6|120,647|   90.0| 21,316|   67.6|
|-----------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than Bachelor’s degree        |135,127|   72.3| 17,530|   82.3| 93,069|   69.4| 24,529|   77.8|
|Bachelor’s degree or more          | 51,749|   27.7|  3,761|   17.7| 40,994|   30.6|  6,994|   22.2|
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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