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249. Educational Attainment, by Race, and Hispanic Origin
[In percent. For persons 25 years old and over. 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990 as of April 1 and based on sample data from the censuses of population. Other years as of March and
based on the Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1, Population, and Appendix III.See Table 250 for data by sex]
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Asian
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HISPANIC 2
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Total 1
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White
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Black
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and
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YEAR
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Pacific
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Total 3
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Mexican
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Puerto
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Cuban
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Islander
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Rican
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COMPLETED 4 YEARS OF
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HIGH SCHOOL OR MORE
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1960
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41.1
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43.2
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20.1
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1965
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49.0
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51.3
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27.2
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1970
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52.3
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54.5
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31.4
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(NA)
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32.1
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24.2
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23.4
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43.9
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1975
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62.5
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64.5
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42.5
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(NA)
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37.9
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31.0
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28.7
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51.7
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1980
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66.5
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68.8
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51.2
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(NA)
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44.0
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37.6
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40.1
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55.3
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1985
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73.9
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75.5
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59.8
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(NA)
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47.9
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41.9
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46.3
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51.1
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1990
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77.6
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79.1
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66.2
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80.4
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50.8
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44.1
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55.5
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63.5
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1991
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78.4
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79.9
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66.7
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81.8
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51.3
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43.6
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58.0
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61.0
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1992 4
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79.4
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80.9
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67.7
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(NA)
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52.6
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45.2
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60.5
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62.0
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1993 4
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80.2
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81.5
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70.4
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(NA)
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53.1
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46.2
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59.8
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62.1
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1994 4
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80.9
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82.0
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72.9
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84.8
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53.3
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46.7
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59.4
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64.1
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1995 4
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81.7
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83.0
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73.8
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(NA)
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53.4
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46.5
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61.3
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64.7
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1996 4
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81.7
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82.8
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74.3
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83.2
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53.1
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46.9
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60.4
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63.8
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1997 4
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82.1
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83.0
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74.9
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84.9
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54.7
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48.6
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61.1
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65.2
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1998 4
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82.8
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83.7
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76.0
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(NA)
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55.5
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48.3
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63.8
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67.8
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1999 4
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83.4
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84.3
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77.0
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84.7
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56.1
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49.7
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63.9
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70.3
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COMPLETED 4 YEARS OF
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COLLEGE OR MORE
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1960
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7.7
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8.1
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3.1
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1965
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9.4
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9.9
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4.7
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1970
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10.7
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11.3
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4.4
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(NA)
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4.5
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2.5
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2.2
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11.1
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1975
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13.9
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14.5
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6.4
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1980
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16.2
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17.1
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8.4
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(NA)
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7.6
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4.9
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5.6
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16.2
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1985
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19.4
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20.0
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11.1
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(NA)
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8.5
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5.5
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7.0
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13.7
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1990
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21.3
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22.0
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11.3
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39.9
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9.2
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5.4
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9.7
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20.2
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1991
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21.4
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22.2
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11.5
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39.1
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9.7
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6.2
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10.1
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18.5
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1992 4
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21.4
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22.1
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11.9
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(NA)
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9.3
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6.1
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8.4
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18.4
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1993 4
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21.9
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22.6
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12.2
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(NA)
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9.0
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5.9
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8.0
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16.5
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1994 4
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22.2
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22.9
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12.9
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41.2
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9.1
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6.3
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9.7
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16.2
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1995 4
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23.0
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24.0
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13.2
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(NA)
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9.3
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6.5
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10.7
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19.4
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1996 4
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23.6
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24.3
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13.6
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41.7
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9.3
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6.5
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11.0
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18.8
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1997 4
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23.9
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24.6
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13.3
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42.2
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10.3
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7.5
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10.7
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19.7
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1998 4
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24.4
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25.0
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14.7
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(NA)
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11.0
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7.5
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11.9
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22.2
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1999 4
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25.2
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25.9
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15.4
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42.4
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10.9
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7.1
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11.1
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24.8
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NA Not available.
1 Includes other races, not shown separately.
2 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
3 Includes persons of other Hispanic origin, not shown separately.
4 Beginning 1992, persons high school graduates and those witha BA degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Census of Population,U.S. Summary, PC80-1-C1 and Current Population Reports P20-455,P20-459, P20-462, P20-465RV, P20-475, P20-476, P20-489, P20-493,
P20-505, P20-513,P20-528; and unpublished data.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education.html
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/249_educational_attainment_by_race_and_hispanic.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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