Table A-2. Percent of People 25 Years Old and Over Who Have Completed High School or College, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex: Selected Years 1940 to 1998 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: December 10, 1998 (Noninstitutional population) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ALL RACES | WHITE | BLACK | HISPANIC ORIGIN Year and age |----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------- | Both sexes Male Female | Both sexes Male Female | Both sexes Male Female | Both sexes Male Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 YEARS OLD AND OVER Completed 4 Years of High School or more 1998 82.8 82.8 82.9 83.7 83.6 83.8 76.0 75.2 76.7 55.5 55.7 55.3 1997 82.1 82.0 82.2 83.0 82.9 83.2 74.9 73.5 76.0 54.7 54.9 54.6 1996 81.7 81.9 81.6 82.8 82.7 82.8 74.3 74.3 74.2 53.1 53.0 53.3 1995 81.7 81.7 81.6 83.0 83.0 83.0 73.8 73.4 74.1 53.4 52.9 53.8 1994 80.9 81.0 80.7 82.0 82.1 81.9 72.9 71.7 73.8 53.3 53.4 53.2 1993 80.2 80.5 80.0 81.5 81.8 81.3 70.4 69.6 71.1 53.1 52.9 53.2 1992 79.4 79.7 79.2 80.9 81.1 80.7 67.7 67.0 68.2 52.6 53.7 51.5 1991 78.4 78.5 78.3 79.9 79.8 79.9 66.7 66.7 66.7 51.3 51.4 51.2 1990 77.6 77.7 77.5 79.1 79.1 79.0 66.2 65.8 66.5 50.8 50.3 51.3 1989 76.9 77.2 76.6 78.4 78.6 78.2 64.6 64.2 65.0 50.9 51.0 50.7 1988 76.2 76.4 76.0 77.7 77.7 77.6 63.5 63.7 63.4 51.0 52.0 50.0 1987 75.6 76.0 75.3 77.0 77.3 76.7 63.4 63.0 63.7 50.9 51.8 50.0 1986 74.7 75.1 74.4 76.2 76.5 75.9 62.3 61.5 63.0 48.5 49.2 47.8 1985 73.9 74.4 73.5 75.5 76.0 75.1 59.8 58.4 60.8 47.9 48.5 47.4 1984 73.3 73.7 73.0 75.0 75.4 74.6 58.5 57.1 59.7 47.1 48.6 45.7 1983 72.1 72.7 71.5 73.8 74.4 73.3 56.8 56.5 57.1 46.2 48.6 44.2 1982 71.0 71.7 70.3 72.8 73.4 72.3 54.9 55.7 54.3 45.9 48.1 44.1 1981 69.7 70.3 69.1 71.6 72.1 71.2 52.9 53.2 52.6 44.5 45.5 43.6 1980 68.6 69.2 68.1 70.5 71.0 70.1 51.2 51.1 51.3 45.3 46.4 44.1 1979 67.7 68.4 67.1 69.7 70.3 69.2 49.4 49.2 49.5 42.0 42.3 41.7 1978 65.9 66.8 65.2 67.9 68.6 67.2 47.6 47.9 47.3 40.8 42.2 39.6 1977 64.9 65.6 64.4 67.0 67.5 66.5 45.5 45.6 45.4 39.6 42.3 37.2 1976 64.1 64.7 63.5 66.1 66.7 65.5 43.8 42.3 45.0 39.3 41.4 37.3 1975 62.5 63.1 62.1 64.5 65.0 64.1 42.5 41.6 43.3 37.9 39.5 36.7 1974 61.2 61.6 60.9 63.3 63.6 63.0 40.8 39.9 41.5 36.5 38.3 34.9 1973 59.8 60.0 59.6 61.9 62.1 61.7 39.2 38.2 40.1 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1972 58.2 58.2 58.2 60.4 60.3 60.5 36.6 35.7 37.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1971 56.4 56.3 56.6 58.6 58.4 58.8 34.7 33.8 35.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1970 55.2 55.0 55.4 57.4 57.2 57.6 33.7 32.4 34.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1969 54.0 53.6 54.4 56.3 55.7 56.7 32.3 31.9 32.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1968 52.6 52.0 53.2 54.9 54.3 55.5 30.1 28.9 31.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1967 51.1 50.5 51.7 53.4 52.8 53.8 29.5 27.1 31.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1966 49.9 49.0 50.8 52.2 51.3 53.0 27.8 25.8 29.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1965 49.0 48.0 49.9 51.3 50.2 52.2 27.2 25.8 28.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1964 48.0 47.0 48.9 50.3 49.3 51.2 25.7 23.7 27.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1962 46.3 45.0 47.5 48.7 47.4 49.9 24.8 23.2 26.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1959 43.7 42.2 45.2 46.1 44.5 47.7 20.7 19.6 21.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1957 41.6 39.7 43.3 43.2 41.1 45.1 18.4 16.9 19.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1952 38.8 36.9 40.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 15.0 14.0 15.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1950 34.3 32.6 36.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 13.7 12.5 14.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1947 33.1 31.4 34.7 35.0 33.2 36.7 13.6 12.7 14.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1940 24.5 22.7 26.3 26.1 24.2 28.1 7.7 6.9 8.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) Completed 4 Years of College or more 1998 24.4 26.5 22.4 25.0 27.3 22.8 14.7 13.9 15.4 11.0 11.1 10.9 1997 23.9 26.2 21.7 24.6 27.0 22.3 13.3 12.5 13.9 10.3 10.6 10.1 1996 23.6 26.0 21.4 24.3 26.9 21.8 13.6 12.4 14.6 9.3 10.3 8.3 1995 23.0 26.0 20.2 24.0 27.2 21.0 13.2 13.6 12.9 9.3 10.1 8.4 1994 22.2 25.1 19.6 22.9 26.1 20.0 12.9 12.8 13.0 9.1 9.6 8.6 1993 21.9 24.8 19.2 22.6 25.7 19.7 12.2 11.9 12.4 9.0 9.5 8.5 1992 21.4 24.3 18.6 22.1 25.2 19.1 11.9 11.9 12.0 9.3 10.2 8.5 1991 21.4 24.3 18.8 22.2 25.4 19.3 11.5 11.4 11.6 9.7 10.0 9.4 1990 21.3 24.4 18.4 22.0 25.3 19.0 11.3 11.9 10.8 9.2 9.8 8.7 1989 21.1 24.5 18.1 21.8 25.4 18.5 11.8 11.7 11.9 9.9 11.0 8.8 1988 20.3 24.0 17.0 20.9 25.0 17.3 11.2 11.1 11.4 10.1 12.3 8.1 1987 19.9 23.6 16.5 20.5 24.5 16.9 10.7 11.0 10.4 8.6 9.7 7.5 1986 19.4 23.2 16.1 20.1 24.1 16.4 10.9 11.2 10.7 8.4 9.5 7.4 1985 19.4 23.1 16.0 20.0 24.0 16.3 11.1 11.2 11.0 8.5 9.7 7.3 1984 19.1 22.9 15.7 19.8 23.9 16.0 10.4 10.4 10.4 8.2 9.5 7.0 1983 18.8 23.0 15.1 19.5 24.0 15.4 9.5 10.0 9.2 7.9 9.2 6.8 1982 17.7 21.9 14.0 18.5 23.0 14.4 8.8 9.1 8.5 7.8 9.6 6.2 1981 17.1 21.1 13.4 17.8 22.2 13.8 8.2 8.2 8.2 7.7 9.7 5.9 1980 17.0 20.9 13.6 17.8 22.1 14.0 7.9 7.7 8.1 7.9 9.7 6.2 1979 16.4 20.4 12.9 17.2 21.4 13.3 7.9 8.3 7.5 6.7 8.2 5.3 1978 15.7 19.7 12.2 16.4 20.7 12.6 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.0 8.6 5.7 1977 15.4 19.2 12.0 16.1 20.2 12.4 7.2 7.0 7.4 6.2 8.1 4.4 1976 14.7 18.6 11.3 15.4 19.6 11.6 6.6 6.3 6.8 6.1 8.6 4.0 1975 13.9 17.6 10.6 14.5 18.4 11.0 6.4 6.7 6.2 6.3 8.3 4.6 1974 13.3 16.9 10.1 14.0 17.7 10.6 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.5 7.1 4.0 1973 12.6 16.0 9.6 13.1 16.8 9.9 6.0 5.9 6.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1972 12.0 15.4 9.0 12.6 16.2 9.4 5.1 5.5 4.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1971 11.4 14.6 8.5 12.0 15.5 8.9 4.5 4.7 4.3 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1970 11.0 14.1 8.2 11.6 15.0 8.6 4.5 4.6 4.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1969 10.7 13.6 8.1 11.2 14.3 8.5 4.6 4.8 4.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1968 10.5 13.3 8.0 11.0 14.1 8.3 4.3 3.7 4.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1967 10.1 12.8 7.6 10.6 13.6 7.9 4.0 3.4 4.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1966 9.8 12.5 7.4 10.4 13.3 7.7 3.8 3.9 3.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1965 9.4 12.0 7.1 9.9 12.7 7.3 4.7 4.9 4.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1964 9.1 11.7 6.8 9.6 12.3 7.1 3.9 4.5 3.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1962 8.9 11.4 6.7 9.5 12.2 7.0 4.0 3.9 4.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1959 8.1 10.3 6.0 8.6 11.0 6.2 3.3 3.8 2.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1957 7.6 9.6 5.8 8.0 10.1 6.0 2.9 2.7 3.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1952 7.0 8.3 5.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) 2.4 2.0 2.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1950 6.2 7.3 5.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) 2.3 2.1 2.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1947 5.4 6.2 4.7 5.7 6.6 4.9 2.5 2.4 2.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1940 4.6 5.5 3.8 4.9 5.9 4.0 1.3 1.4 1.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) 25 TO 29 YEARS OLD Completed 4 Years of High School or More 1998 88.1 86.6 89.6 88.1 86.3 90.0 87.6 87.6 87.6 62.8 59.9 66.3 1997 87.4 85.8 88.9 87.6 85.8 89.4 86.2 85.2 87.1 61.8 59.2 64.9 1996 87.3 86.5 88.1 87.5 86.3 88.8 85.6 87.2 84.2 61.1 59.7 62.9 1995 86.8 86.3 87.4 87.4 86.6 88.2 86.5 88.1 85.1 57.1 55.7 58.7 1994 86.1 84.5 87.6 86.5 84.7 88.3 84.1 82.9 85.0 60.3 58.0 63.0 1993 86.7 86.0 87.4 87.3 86.1 88.5 82.8 85.0 80.9 60.9 58.3 64.0 1992 86.3 86.1 86.5 87.0 86.5 87.6 80.9 82.5 79.5 60.9 61.1 60.6 1991 85.4 84.9 85.8 85.8 85.1 86.6 81.7 83.5 80.1 56.7 56.4 57.1 1990 85.7 84.4 87.0 86.3 84.6 88.1 81.7 81.5 81.8 58.2 56.6 59.9 1989 85.5 84.4 86.5 86.0 84.8 87.1 82.2 80.6 83.6 61.0 61.0 61.0 1988 85.7 84.4 87.0 86.5 84.8 88.2 80.7 80.6 80.7 62.0 59.4 65.0 1987 86.0 85.5 86.4 86.3 85.6 87.0 83.3 84.8 82.1 59.8 58.6 61.0 1986 86.1 85.9 86.4 86.5 85.6 87.4 83.4 86.5 80.6 59.1 58.2 60.0 1985 86.1 85.9 86.4 86.8 86.4 87.3 80.6 80.8 80.4 60.9 58.6 63.1 1984 85.9 85.6 86.3 86.9 86.8 87.0 78.9 75.9 81.5 58.6 56.8 60.2 1983 86.0 86.0 86.0 86.9 86.9 86.9 79.4 78.9 79.8 58.3 57.8 58.9 1982 86.2 86.3 86.1 86.9 87.0 86.8 80.9 80.5 81.3 60.9 60.7 61.2 1981 86.3 86.5 86.1 87.6 87.6 87.6 77.3 78.4 76.4 59.8 59.1 60.4 1980 85.4 85.4 85.5 86.9 86.8 87.0 76.6 74.8 78.1 58.6 58.3 58.8 1979 85.6 86.3 84.9 87.0 87.7 86.4 74.8 73.9 75.4 57.0 55.5 58.5 1978 85.3 86.0 84.6 86.3 86.8 85.8 77.3 78.5 76.3 56.6 58.5 54.7 1977 85.4 86.6 84.2 86.8 87.6 86.0 74.4 77.5 72.0 58.1 62.1 54.8 1976 84.7 86.0 83.5 85.9 87.3 84.6 73.8 72.5 74.9 58.1 57.6 58.4 1975 83.1 84.5 81.8 84.4 85.7 83.2 71.0 72.2 70.1 51.7 51.1 52.1 1974 81.9 83.1 80.8 83.4 84.1 82.7 68.2 71.1 66.0 52.5 55.1 49.9 1973 80.2 80.6 79.8 82.0 82.4 81.6 64.2 63.1 64.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1972 79.8 80.5 79.2 81.5 82.3 80.8 64.1 61.8 66.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1971 77.2 78.1 76.4 79.5 80.8 78.3 57.5 54.1 60.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1970 75.4 76.6 74.2 77.8 79.2 76.4 56.2 54.5 57.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1969 74.7 75.6 73.8 77.0 77.5 76.6 55.8 59.8 52.3 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1968 73.2 73.7 72.7 75.3 75.5 75.0 55.8 58.1 53.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1967 72.5 72.1 72.9 74.8 74.3 75.3 53.4 51.7 55.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1966 71.0 70.9 71.2 73.8 73.2 74.4 47.9 48.9 47.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1965 70.3 70.5 70.1 72.8 72.7 72.8 50.3 50.3 50.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1964 69.2 68.8 69.5 72.1 71.8 72.4 45.0 41.6 47.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1962 65.9 65.8 66.1 69.2 69.2 69.3 41.6 38.9 43.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1959 63.9 63.9 64.0 67.2 66.9 67.4 39.5 40.6 38.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1957 60.2 57.9 62.4 63.3 60.7 65.7 31.6 27.4 35.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1952 57.1 55.3 58.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 28.1 27.9 28.3 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1950 52.8 50.6 55.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 23.6 21.3 25.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1947 51.4 49.4 53.3 54.9 52.9 56.8 22.3 19.6 24.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1940 38.1 36.0 40.1 41.2 38.9 43.4 12.3 10.6 13.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) Completed 4 Years of College or More 1998 27.3 25.6 29.0 28.4 26.5 30.4 15.8 14.2 17.0 10.4 9.5 11.3 1997 27.8 26.3 29.3 28.9 27.2 30.7 14.4 12.1 16.4 11.0 9.6 10.1 1996 27.1 26.1 28.2 28.1 27.2 29.1 14.6 12.4 16.4 10.0 10.2 9.8 1995 24.7 24.5 24.9 26.0 25.4 26.6 15.3 17.2 13.6 8.9 7.8 10.1 1994 23.3 22.5 24.0 24.2 23.6 24.8 13.7 11.7 15.4 8.0 6.6 9.8 1993 23.7 23.4 23.9 24.7 24.4 25.1 13.2 12.6 13.8 8.3 7.1 9.8 1992 23.6 23.2 24.0 25.0 24.2 25.7 11.3 12.0 10.6 9.5 8.8 10.3 1991 23.2 23.0 23.4 24.6 24.1 25.0 11.0 11.5 10.6 9.2 8.1 10.4 1990 23.2 23.7 22.8 24.2 24.2 24.3 13.4 15.1 11.9 8.1 7.3 9.1 1989 23.4 23.9 22.9 24.4 24.8 24.0 12.7 12.0 13.3 10.1 9.6 10.6 1988 22.5 23.2 21.9 23.5 24.0 22.9 12.2 12.6 11.9 11.4 12.1 10.6 1987 22.0 22.3 21.7 23.0 23.3 22.8 11.4 11.6 11.1 8.7 9.2 8.2 1986 22.4 22.9 21.9 23.5 24.1 22.9 11.8 10.1 13.3 9.0 8.9 9.1 1985 22.2 23.1 21.3 23.2 24.2 22.2 11.5 10.3 12.6 11.1 10.9 11.2 1984 21.9 23.2 20.7 23.1 24.3 21.9 11.6 12.9 10.5 10.6 9.6 11.6 1983 22.5 23.9 21.1 23.4 25.0 21.8 12.9 13.1 12.8 10.4 9.6 11.1 1982 21.7 23.3 20.2 22.7 24.5 20.9 12.6 11.8 13.2 9.7 10.7 8.7 1981 21.3 23.1 19.6 22.4 24.3 20.5 11.6 12.1 11.1 7.5 8.6 6.5 1980 22.5 24.0 21.0 23.7 25.5 22.0 11.6 10.5 12.5 7.7 8.4 6.9 1979 23.1 25.6 20.5 24.3 27.1 21.5 12.4 13.3 11.7 7.3 7.9 6.8 1978 23.3 26.0 20.6 24.5 27.6 21.4 11.8 10.7 12.6 9.6 9.6 9.7 1977 24.0 27.0 21.1 25.3 28.5 22.1 12.6 12.8 12.4 6.7 7.2 6.4 1976 23.7 27.5 20.1 24.6 28.7 20.6 13.0 12.0 13.6 7.4 10.3 4.8 1975 21.9 25.1 18.7 22.8 26.3 19.4 10.7 11.4 10.1 8.8 10.0 7.3 1974 20.7 23.9 17.6 22.0 25.3 18.8 7.9 8.8 7.2 5.7 7.2 4.6 1973 19.0 21.6 16.4 19.9 22.8 17.0 8.1 7.1 8.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1972 19.0 22.0 16.0 19.9 23.1 16.7 8.3 7.1 9.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1971 16.9 20.1 13.8 17.9 21.3 14.6 6.4 6.4 6.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1970 16.4 20.0 12.9 17.3 21.3 13.3 7.3 6.7 8.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1969 16.0 19.4 12.8 17.0 20.6 13.4 6.7 8.1 5.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1968 14.7 18.0 11.6 15.6 19.1 12.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1967 14.6 17.2 12.1 15.5 18.3 12.7 5.4 4.2 6.3 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1966 14.0 16.8 11.3 14.7 17.9 11.8 5.9 5.4 6.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1965 12.4 15.6 9.5 13.0 16.4 9.8 6.8 7.3 6.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1964 12.8 16.6 9.2 13.6 17.5 9.9 5.5 7.5 3.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1962 13.1 17.2 9.2 14.3 18.7 10.0 4.2 5.7 3.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1959 11.1 14.8 7.6 11.9 15.9 8.1 4.6 5.6 3.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1957 10.4 13.5 7.5 11.1 14.5 7.8 4.1 3.3 5.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1952 10.1 13.8 6.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 4.6 3.2 5.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1950 7.7 9.6 5.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) 2.9 2.4 3.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1947 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.9 6.2 5.7 2.8 2.6 2.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1940 5.9 6.9 4.9 6.4 7.5 5.3 1.6 1.5 1.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Data are for Black and other races.for 1940 to 1962: for 1963 to 1981, data are for Black people only. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Begining 1992, High School Graduate or more. Begining 1992, Bachelor's degree or more. Source: 1947,and 1952 to 1997 March Current Population Survey,(noninstitutional population, excluding members of the Armed Forces living in barracks) 1950 Census of Population and 1940 Census of Population (resident population)). Contact: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Education and Social Stratification Branch, (301) 457-2464.