Number and percent of persons age 25+ by education attainment and race/ethnicity. Race/Ethnicity Education 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 US Total 107546746 116885926 127881685 143524494 156537642 158693977 160827123 162825680 164511653 166438389 168323114 170581250 172210998 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 47575854 43773478 40142883 37445344 35052116 34227908 33110483 32194505 31439031 30512439 30724005 30524247 29557714 % 44.24 37.45 31.39 26.09 22.39 21.57 20.59 19.77 19.11 18.33 18.25 17.89 17.16 Hsgrad 36852917 42351644 47117407 54865508 60119109 61271605 57860264 57589221 56515107 56450390 56559427 57585919 58174087 % 34.27 36.23 36.84 38.23 38.41 38.61 35.98 35.37 34.35 33.92 33.60 33.76 33.78 SomeColl 11106512 14516773 18924028 23405361 28075479 29169287 35519689 37451407 40013808 41249939 41371578 41773752 42505688 % 10.33 12.42 14.80 16.31 17.94 18.38 22.09 23.00 24.32 24.78 24.58 24.49 24.68 Bachelor+ 12011463 16244031 21697368 27808281 33290937 34025178 34336687 35590547 36543707 38225620 39668103 40697332 41973508 % 11.17 13.90 16.97 19.38 21.27 21.44 21.35 21.86 22.21 22.97 23.57 23.86 24.37 NH-white Total - 99307013 107182990 116691736 124324923 125578198 126609899 127601152 127287907 128706881 128810378 129298511 129710270 % - 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS - 33978021 30122004 26302176 23089275 22143396 21062028 20276857 19234626 18190664 18036928 17722386 16725320 % - 34.22 28.10 22.54 18.57 17.63 16.64 15.89 15.11 14.13 14.00 13.71 12.89 Hsgrad - 37701182 40993325 46391700 49456844 50127810 47048716 46508824 45013086 44748909 44747703 45041613 45115794 % - 37.96 38.25 39.76 39.78 39.92 37.16 36.45 35.36 34.77 34.74 34.84 34.78 SomeColl - 12872583 16414589 19749442 23055008 24036571 29145616 30458579 32086518 33094410 32712889 32627628 33319559 % - 12.96 15.31 16.92 18.54 19.14 23.02 23.87 25.21 25.71 25.40 25.23 25.69 Bachelor+ - 14755226 19653071 24248419 28723797 29270422 29353538 30356892 30953677 32672899 33312859 33906884 34549597 % - 14.86 18.34 20.78 23.10 23.31 23.18 23.79 24.32 25.39 25.86 26.22 26.64 Black Total 9851359 11089733 12612735 14819801 16751217 17095710 17444585 17785784 18103299 18456644 18715302 19072162 19376152 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 6489440 6372995 6148929 5964163 5669631 5692185 5641599 5261019 4908247 4841675 4819042 4790443 4641072 % 65.87 57.47 48.75 40.24 33.85 33.30 32.34 29.58 27.11 26.23 25.75 25.12 23.95 Hsgrad 2317871 3001888 3893578 5026753 6239058 6447731 6220338 6451403 6548608 6685680 6575622 6835166 6972146 % 23.53 27.07 30.87 33.92 37.25 37.72 35.66 36.27 36.17 36.22 35.14 35.84 35.98 SomeColl 592457 1001238 1573255 2188328 2951575 2989789 3502375 3909187 4309686 4485670 4769444 4912226 4906221 % 6.01 9.03 12.47 14.77 17.62 17.49 20.08 21.98 23.81 24.30 25.48 25.76 25.32 Bachelor+ 451591 713612 996972 1640558 1890953 1966005 2080273 2164176 2336758 2443619 2551195 2534327 2856713 % 4.58 6.43 7.90 11.07 11.29 11.50 11.93 12.17 12.91 13.24 13.63 13.29 14.74 Hispanic Total - 4873179 5896434 8454545 10832286 11207504 11622506 12100295 13714189 14170769 14540789 15476492 16044299 % - 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS - 2995697 3227741 4402581 5325760 5455391 5510035 5676696 6404049 6607650 6814726 7005971 7143307 % - 61.47 54.74 52.07 49.17 48.68 47.41 46.91 46.70 46.63 46.87 45.27 44.52 Hsgrad - 1131452 1583440 2402266 3161847 3285068 3175768 3241594 3587135 3728102 3779823 4010553 4303162 % - 23.22 26.85 28.41 29.19 29.31 27.32 26.79 26.16 26.31 25.99 25.91 26.82 SomeColl - 422769 617797 932155 1346012 1378631 1853106 2092218 2471766 2523285 2595626 2859532 2829562 % - 8.68 10.48 11.03 12.43 12.30 15.94 17.29 18.02 17.81 17.85 18.48 17.64 Bachelor+ - 323262 467457 717543 998667 1088414 1083597 1089787 1251239 1311731 1350614 1600436 1768269 % - 6.63 7.93 8.49 9.22 9.71 9.32 9.01 9.12 9.26 9.29 10.34 11.02 Asian Total - - - - 3960788 4157869 4409492 4461516 4545464 4200211 5677025 6106645 6380881 % - - - - 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS - - - - 776926 757845 718185 705666 692524 686828 952190 920085 967722 % - - - - 19.62 18.23 16.29 15.82 15.24 16.35 16.77 15.07 15.17 Hsgrad - - - - 1037720 1186173 1171096 1113213 1114603 995379 1233329 1416487 1465732 % - - - - 26.20 28.53 26.56 24.95 24.52 23.70 21.72 23.20 22.97 SomeColl - - - - 567765 590791 783681 768247 866146 912664 1122746 1194416 1263502 % - - - - 14.33 14.21 17.77 17.22 19.06 21.73 19.78 19.56 19.80 Bachelor+ - - - - 1578377 1623059 1736529 1874390 1872191 1605340 2368760 2575658 2683926 % - - - - 39.85 39.04 39.38 42.01 41.19 38.22 41.73 42.18 42.06 Number and percent of persons age 25+ by education attainment and region. Region Education 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 US Total 107546746 116885926 127881685 143524494 156537642 158693977 160827123 162825680 164511653 166438389 168323114 170581250 172210998 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 47575854 43773478 40142883 37445344 35052116 34227908 33110483 32194505 31439031 30512439 30724005 30524247 29557714 % 44.24 37.45 31.39 26.09 22.39 21.57 20.59 19.77 19.11 18.33 18.25 17.89 17.16 Hsgrad 36852917 42351644 47117407 54865508 60119109 61271605 57860264 57589221 56515107 56450390 56559427 57585919 58174087 % 34.27 36.23 36.84 38.23 38.41 38.61 35.98 35.37 34.35 33.92 33.60 33.76 33.78 SomeColl 11106512 14516773 18924028 23405361 28075479 29169287 35519689 37451407 40013808 41249939 41371578 41773752 42505688 % 10.33 12.42 14.80 16.31 17.94 18.38 22.09 23.00 24.32 24.78 24.58 24.49 24.68 Bachelor+ 12011463 16244031 21697368 27808281 33290937 34025178 34336687 35590547 36543707 38225620 39668103 40697332 41973508 % 11.17 13.90 16.97 19.38 21.27 21.44 21.35 21.86 22.21 22.97 23.57 23.86 24.37 Northeast Total 27106343 27819034 29243706 31184263 33195792 33292847 33361364 33609430 33797462 33579742 33889360 34031333 33900237 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 11739708 10346719 9373067 8095989 6864125 6573262 6409728 6205888 5862388 5561864 5785951 5946283 5501648 % 43.31 37.19 32.05 25.96 20.68 19.74 19.21 18.46 17.35 16.56 17.07 17.47 16.23 Hsgrad 9950498 10558607 11275672 12383217 13338831 13513913 12766313 12742302 12766466 12474919 12329898 12195462 12319276 % 36.71 37.95 38.56 39.71 40.18 40.59 38.27 37.91 37.77 37.15 36.38 35.84 36.34 SomeColl 2373548 2809191 3604487 4223925 5070920 5316284 6257234 6504663 6754521 6720600 6822385 6845614 6988442 % 8.76 10.10 12.33 13.55 15.28 15.97 18.76 19.35 19.99 20.01 20.13 20.12 20.61 Bachelor+ 3042589 4104517 4990479 6481132 7921915 7889387 7928089 8156578 8414087 8822359 8951126 9043974 9090870 % 11.22 14.75 17.07 20.78 23.86 23.70 23.76 24.27 24.90 26.27 26.41 26.58 26.82 Midwest Total 30071883 31332261 33417028 35547610 37510682 38229898 38375768 38505796 38426765 38534048 39245022 39504643 39600111 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 13119243 11305810 10060629 8719205 7611549 7381307 7194377 6899215 6662334 6202087 5886203 5864248 5635612 % 43.63 36.08 30.11 24.53 20.29 19.31 18.75 17.92 17.34 16.10 15.00 14.84 14.23 Hsgrad 10997404 12382743 13606358 15026488 16127959 16315438 15431632 15366381 14510337 14435027 14644585 15097827 14751748 % 36.57 39.52 40.72 42.27 43.00 42.68 40.21 39.91 37.76 37.46 37.32 38.22 37.25 SomeColl 2919212 3588900 4708917 5594550 6598922 6902126 8222135 8559854 9273651 9550656 9812288 9648683 10045814 % 9.71 11.45 14.09 15.74 17.59 18.05 21.43 22.23 24.13 24.78 25.00 24.42 25.37 Bachelor+ 3036023 4054808 5041124 6207367 7172253 7631027 7527625 7680346 7980444 8346278 8901946 8893886 9166937 % 10.10 12.94 15.09 17.46 19.12 19.96 19.62 19.95 20.77 21.66 22.68 22.51 23.15 South Total 32338544 36706358 41375145 48648857 53522086 54216847 55054368 55956995 57025267 58379558 59105228 59924125 60908994 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 16473819 16147716 15119278 15064465 14224260 13981811 13301905 13015607 12771693 12618363 12913222 12434136 12121390 % 50.94 43.99 36.54 30.97 26.58 25.79 24.16 23.26 22.40 21.61 21.85 20.75 19.90 Hsgrad 9477913 11698756 14055826 17818613 19633176 20232709 19384826 19192566 19034149 19223545 19518384 20088560 20628601 % 29.31 31.87 33.97 36.63 36.68 37.32 35.21 34.30 33.38 32.93 33.02 33.52 33.87 SomeColl 2976376 4243518 5749599 7248491 9171514 9511196 11804560 12590102 13615047 14171271 14068288 14274836 14377748 % 9.20 11.56 13.90 14.90 17.14 17.54 21.44 22.50 23.88 24.27 23.80 23.82 23.61 Bachelor+ 3410435 4616367 6450442 8517288 10493136 10491130 10563077 11158720 11604377 12366379 12605334 13126593 13781255 % 10.55 12.58 15.59 17.51 19.61 19.35 19.19 19.94 20.35 21.18 21.33 21.91 22.63 West Total 18029977 21028273 23845806 28143765 32309083 32954386 34035623 34753458 35262160 35945041 36083503 37121148 37801656 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 6243084 5973232 5589908 5565685 6352182 6291527 6204473 6073795 6142616 6130125 6138630 6279580 6299064 % 34.63 28.41 23.44 19.78 19.66 19.09 18.23 17.48 17.42 17.05 17.01 16.92 16.66 Hsgrad 6427101 7711538 8179551 9637190 11019144 11209545 10277493 10287973 10204156 10316900 10066560 10204070 10474462 % 35.65 36.67 34.30 34.24 34.11 34.02 30.20 29.60 28.94 28.70 27.90 27.49 27.71 SomeColl 2837376 3875163 4861024 6338396 7234123 7439680 9235761 9796788 10370588 10807413 10668617 11004619 11093684 % 15.74 18.43 20.39 22.52 22.39 22.58 27.14 28.19 29.41 30.07 29.57 29.65 29.35 Bachelor+ 2522415 3468339 5215323 6602494 7703634 8013633 8317896 8594903 8544800 8690604 9209697 9632880 9934446 % 13.99 16.49 21.87 23.46 23.84 24.32 24.44 24.73 24.23 24.18 25.52 25.95 26.28 Number and percent of persons age 25+ by education attainment and age. Age Education 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 US Total 107546746 116885926 127881685 143524494 156537642 158693977 160827123 162825680 164511653 166438389 168323114 170581250 172210998 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 47575854 43773478 40142883 37445344 35052116 34227908 33110483 32194505 31439031 30512439 30724005 30524247 29557714 % 44.24 37.45 31.39 26.09 22.39 21.57 20.59 19.77 19.11 18.33 18.25 17.89 17.16 Hsgrad 36852917 42351644 47117407 54865508 60119109 61271605 57860264 57589221 56515107 56450390 56559427 57585919 58174087 % 34.27 36.23 36.84 38.23 38.41 38.61 35.98 35.37 34.35 33.92 33.60 33.76 33.78 SomeColl 11106512 14516773 18924028 23405361 28075479 29169287 35519689 37451407 40013808 41249939 41371578 41773752 42505688 % 10.33 12.42 14.80 16.31 17.94 18.38 22.09 23.00 24.32 24.78 24.58 24.49 24.68 Bachelor+ 12011463 16244031 21697368 27808281 33290937 34025178 34336687 35590547 36543707 38225620 39668103 40697332 41973508 % 11.17 13.90 16.97 19.38 21.27 21.44 21.35 21.86 22.21 22.97 23.57 23.86 24.37 25-34 Total 24620826 30090462 35263998 40857792 43240281 42904896 42493039 41863701 41945646 41388204 40918599 40256242 39354356 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 6331289 5700626 5100032 5392430 5958050 5966264 5753701 5497319 5720976 5325820 5366433 5129507 4754990 % 25.72 18.94 14.46 13.20 13.78 13.91 13.54 13.13 13.64 12.87 13.11 12.74 12.08 Hsgrad 10872803 12544603 13997978 16748309 17635537 17502912 16020993 15036060 14483152 14061033 13086943 12710036 12569047 % 44.16 41.69 39.69 40.99 40.78 40.79 37.70 35.92 34.53 33.97 31.98 31.57 31.94 SomeColl 3490954 5403405 7651168 8980296 9320781 9282881 10858517 11362334 11913737 11658991 11624912 11524192 11218927 % 14.18 17.96 21.70 21.98 21.56 21.64 25.55 27.14 28.40 28.17 28.41 28.63 28.51 Bachelor+ 3925780 6441829 8514819 9736757 10325912 10152839 9859828 9967988 9827781 10342360 10840310 10892507 10811392 % 15.94 21.41 24.15 23.83 23.88 23.66 23.20 23.81 23.43 24.99 26.49 27.06 27.47 35-44 Total 22803908 22605101 25338580 31299296 37195210 38665111 39570963 40342323 41527543 42334449 43077655 43960109 44461793 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 8090368 6442636 5533596 5020080 4594680 4743254 4683274 4610163 4681769 4929135 5204046 5248094 5327654 % 35.48 28.50 21.84 16.04 12.35 12.27 11.84 11.43 11.27 11.64 12.08 11.94 11.98 Hsgrad 9232391 9530896 10465600 12094400 14137936 14519878 13522330 13715465 13777017 14101966 14583464 15227431 15136560 % 40.49 42.16 41.30 38.64 38.01 37.55 34.17 34.00 33.18 33.31 33.85 34.64 34.04 SomeColl 2523107 2987297 4099106 5993588 8220340 8756470 10746345 11244728 11835858 12030627 11967554 12221494 12293477 % 11.06 13.22 16.18 19.15 22.10 22.65 27.16 27.87 28.50 28.42 27.78 27.80 27.65 Bachelor+ 2958042 3644271 5240278 8191227 10242253 10645509 10619014 10771967 11232899 11272721 11322590 11263089 11704103 % 12.97 16.12 20.68 26.17 27.54 27.53 26.84 26.70 27.05 26.63 26.28 25.62 26.32 45-64 Total 41223288 43065298 43536006 44549385 46535794 47031308 48173125 49749779 50259181 51448591 52668472 54487561 56312488 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 19654259 17943374 15409084 13137876 11309385 10825087 10345781 9819510 9466882 8950892 9028038 9162453 8897466 % 47.68 41.67 35.39 29.49 24.30 23.02 21.48 19.74 18.84 17.40 17.14 16.82 15.80 Hsgrad 13719484 16101397 16958119 18257762 18628955 18935279 17949672 18270880 17746667 17712575 18142329 18715590 19253597 % 33.28 37.39 38.95 40.98 40.03 40.26 37.26 36.73 35.31 34.43 34.45 34.35 34.19 SomeColl 3919001 4466230 5249679 5803556 7302736 7693949 9611098 10501010 11413081 12228324 12405942 12778697 13461451 % 9.51 10.37 12.06 13.03 15.69 16.36 19.95 21.11 22.71 23.77 23.55 23.45 23.90 Bachelor+ 3930544 4554297 5919124 7350191 9294717 9576992 10266573 11158380 11632550 12556800 13092163 13830821 14699973 % 9.53 10.58 13.60 16.50 19.97 20.36 21.31 22.43 23.15 24.41 24.86 25.38 26.10 65+ Total 18898724 21125066 23743102 26818022 29566358 30092662 30589996 30869876 30779283 31267145 31658388 31877338 32082360 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 13499938 13686842 14100171 13894959 13190002 12693303 12327726 12267513 11569404 11306593 11125488 10984194 10577605 % 71.43 64.79 59.39 51.81 44.61 42.18 40.30 39.74 37.59 36.16 35.14 34.46 32.97 Hsgrad 3028238 4174748 5695710 7765037 9716680 10313536 10367268 10566816 10508271 10574817 10746691 10932862 11214882 % 16.02 19.76 23.99 28.95 32.86 34.27 33.89 34.23 34.14 33.82 33.95 34.30 34.96 SomeColl 1173451 1659841 1924073 2627921 3231622 3435987 4303729 4343335 4851131 5331996 5373169 5249369 5531834 % 6.21 7.86 8.10 9.80 10.93 11.42 14.07 14.07 15.76 17.05 16.97 16.47 17.24 Bachelor+ 1197096 1603634 2023147 2530105 3428055 3649837 3591273 3692212 3850478 4053740 4413040 4710914 4758040 % 6.33 7.59 8.52 9.43 11.59 12.13 11.74 11.96 12.51 12.96 13.94 14.78 14.83 Number and percent of persons age 25+ by education attainment and gender. Gender Education 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 US Total 107546746 116885926 127881685 143524494 156537642 158693977 160827123 162825680 164511653 166438389 168323114 170581250 172210998 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 47575854 43773478 40142883 37445344 35052116 34227908 33110483 32194505 31439031 30512439 30724005 30524247 29557714 % 44.24 37.45 31.39 26.09 22.39 21.57 20.59 19.77 19.11 18.33 18.25 17.89 17.16 Hsgrad 36852917 42351644 47117407 54865508 60119109 61271605 57860264 57589221 56515107 56450390 56559427 57585919 58174087 % 34.27 36.23 36.84 38.23 38.41 38.61 35.98 35.37 34.35 33.92 33.60 33.76 33.78 SomeColl 11106512 14516773 18924028 23405361 28075479 29169287 35519689 37451407 40013808 41249939 41371578 41773752 42505688 % 10.33 12.42 14.80 16.31 17.94 18.38 22.09 23.00 24.32 24.78 24.58 24.49 24.68 Bachelor+ 12011463 16244031 21697368 27808281 33290937 34025178 34336687 35590547 36543707 38225620 39668103 40697332 41973508 % 11.17 13.90 16.97 19.38 21.27 21.44 21.35 21.86 22.21 22.97 23.57 23.86 24.37 Male Total 50845701 55031695 60257491 67756391 74421490 75487286 76579384 77644335 78538985 79462891 80339060 81619892 82375865 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 22533348 20310485 18598984 17359071 16560601 16204492 15547032 15122025 14885059 14520029 14534366 14688682 14176832 % 44.32 36.91 30.87 25.62 22.25 21.47 20.30 19.48 18.95 18.27 18.09 18.00 17.21 Hsgrad 15461115 17767384 19742534 23551933 26426236 27188908 25773884 25766427 25404289 25378493 25648860 26225670 26575276 % 30.41 32.29 32.76 34.76 35.51 36.02 33.66 33.19 32.35 31.94 31.93 32.13 32.26 SomeColl 5547916 7274852 9361839 11163829 13270488 13720383 16630788 17521530 18543816 18933107 19300695 19331690 19792075 % 10.91 13.22 15.54 16.48 17.83 18.18 21.72 22.57 23.61 23.83 24.02 23.69 24.03 Bachelor+ 7303322 9678974 12554133 15681558 18164165 18373503 18627679 19234353 19705822 20631263 20855138 21373850 21831682 % 14.36 17.59 20.83 23.14 24.41 24.34 24.32 24.77 25.09 25.96 25.96 26.19 26.50 Female Total 56701046 61854231 67624195 75768103 82116152 83206691 84247739 85181345 85972669 86975498 87984054 88961358 89835133 % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 LTHS 25042506 23462993 21543899 20086273 18491515 18023416 17563451 17072480 16553972 15992411 16189639 15835565 15380882 % 44.17 37.93 31.86 26.51 22.52 21.66 20.85 20.04 19.25 18.39 18.40 17.80 17.12 Hsgrad 21391802 24584260 27374873 31313576 33692873 34082697 32086379 31822795 31110818 31071897 30910566 31360249 31598811 % 37.73 39.75 40.48 41.33 41.03 40.96 38.09 37.36 36.19 35.72 35.13 35.25 35.17 SomeColl 5558596 7241921 9562189 12241532 14804991 15448904 18888901 19929876 21469992 22316832 22070883 22442062 22713613 % 9.80 11.71 14.14 16.16 18.03 18.57 22.42 23.40 24.97 25.66 25.09 25.23 25.28 Bachelor+ 4708141 6565058 9143235 12126723 15126772 15651675 15709008 16356195 16837886 17594358 18812965 19323482 20141826 % 8.30 10.61 13.52 16.01 18.42 18.81 18.65 19.20 19.59 20.23 21.38 21.72 22.42