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_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent, by years of school completed -----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age, year,| All races | White*1 | Black and other races*l and sex |---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------- |Less than |4 years| 4 or |Less than |4 Years| 4 or | Less than|4 years| 4 or |5 years of|of high| more |5 years of|of high| more 5 | years of |of high| more |elementary|school |years of|elementary|school |years of|elementary|school |years of | school |or more|college | school |or more|college | school |or more|college -----------|----------|-------|--------|----------|-------|--------|----------|-------|-------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 -----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Males and females 25 and over|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1980.| 3.4 | 68.6 | 17.0 | 2.6 | 70.5 | 17.8 | 8.8 | 54.6 | 11.1 | | | | | | | | | March 1989.| 2.5 | 76.9 | 21.1 | 2.0 | 78.4 | 21.8 | 5.6 | 67.3 | 16.9 March 1990.| 2.4 | 77.6 | 21.3 | 2.0 | 79.1 | 22.0 | 5.4 | 68.7 | 16.5 March 1991.| 2.4 | 78.4 | 21.4 | 2.0 | 79.9 | 22.2 | 5.0 | 69.6 | 16.7 March 1992.| 2.8 | 80.8 | 21.4 | 1.8 | 82.2 | 22.1 | 4.1 | 72.9 | 17.2 March 1993.| 2.1 | 81.5 | 21.9 | 1.7 | 82.7 | 22.6 | 4.1 | 74.7 | 17.7 | | | | | | | | | 25 to 29 | | | | | | | | | 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 1980.| 0.8 | 85.4 | 22.5 | 0.8 | 86.9 | 23.7 | 1.0 | 77.0 | 15.2 | | | | | | | | | March 1989.| 1.0 | 85.5 | 23.4 | 0.9 | 86.0 | 24.4 | 1.2 | 83.1 | 18.1 March 1990.| 1.2 | 85.7 | 23.2 | 1.2 | 86.3 | 24.2 | 1.1 | 82.5 | 18.2 March 1991.| 1.0 | 85.4 | 23.2 | 1.0 | 85.8 | 24.6 | 0.6 | 83.1 | 16.4 March 1992.| 0.9 | 88.1 | 23.6 | 0.9 | 88.5 | 25.0 | 0.9 | 85.7 | 16.9 March 1993.| 0.7 | 88.2 | 23.7 | 0.7 | 88.5 | 24.7 | 0.5 | 87.0 | 18.7 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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 | 2.7 | 71.0 | 22.1 | 10.3 | 55.3 | 11.9 March 1990.| 2.7 | 77.7 | 24.4 | 2.2 | 79.1 | 25.3 | 5.9 | 69.1 | 18.3 March 1991.| 2.7 | 78.5 | 24.3 | 2.2 | 79.8 | 25.4 | 6.0 | 70.1 | 17.8 March 1992.| 2.3 | 81.0 | 24.3 | 1.9 | 82.3 | 25.2 | 4.5 | 73.0 | 18.8 March 1993.| 2.2 | 81.8 | 24.8 | 1.8 | 83.0 | 25.7 | 4.7 | 74.9 | 19.0 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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 | 2.5 | 70.1 | 14.0 | 7.6 | 54.1 | 10.4 March 1990.| 2.2 | 77.5 | 18.4 | 1.8 | 79.0 | 19.0 | 5.0 | 68.4 | 15.1 March 1991.| 2.1 | 78.3 | 18.8 | 1.8 | 79.9 | 19.3 | 4.1 | 69.1 | 15.8 March 1992.| 2.0 | 80.6 | 18.6 | 1.7 | 82.0 | 19.1 | 3.8 | 72.9 | 15.9 March 1993.| 2.0 | 81.3 | 19.2 | 1.7 | 82.5 | 19.7 | 3.5 | 74.5 | 16.5 ___________|__________|_______|________|__________|_______|________|__________|_______|________
*1Persons of Hispanic origin are included, as appropriate, in the "white" or in the "black and other races" category.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census or Population, 1960, Vol. 1, part 1; Current Population Reports, Series P- 20; Series P- 19, No. 4; and unpublished data from the Current Population Survey.
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