Table 7. Years of School Completed by People 25 Years and Over, by
Age, Race, Household Relationship, and Poverty Status: 1999
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below Below Below
poverty level poverty level poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total Toal Number of total Total Number of total
ALL EDUCATION LEVELS
Both Sexes
Total.......................... 175,230 15,546 8.9 147,067 11,229 7.6 20,036 3,436 17.2 17,150 2,992 17.4
25 to 34 years.......................... 37,786 3,968 10.5 30,320 2,792 9.2 5,163 893 17.3 5,660 1,121 19.8
35 to 54 years.......................... 81,436 6,199 7.6 67,705 4,363 6.4 9,802 1,482 15.1 7,993 1,233 15.4
55 to 64 years.......................... 23,387 2,212 9.5 20,163 1,666 8.3 2,316 435 18.8 1,745 281 16.1
65 years and over....................... 32,621 3,167 9.7 28,880 2,409 8.3 2,754 626 22.7 1,752 358 20.4
65 to 74 years........................ 17,796 1,577 8.9 15,528 1,127 7.3 1,624 360 22.2 1,132 221 19.5
75 years and over..................... 14,825 1,591 10.7 13,352 1,283 9.6 1,130 266 23.5 621 137 22.0
Male
Total.......................... 83,611 5,896 7.1 70,900 4,461 6.3 8,879 1,069 12.0 8,365 1,158 13.8
25 to 34 years.......................... 18,563 1,422 7.7 15,144 1,111 7.3 2,305 206 8.9 2,855 443 15.5
35 to 54 years.......................... 40,025 2,587 6.5 33,698 1,924 5.7 4,498 519 11.5 3,969 520 13.1
55 to 64 years.......................... 11,137 927 8.3 9,724 719 7.4 981 155 15.8 820 99 12.1
65 years and over....................... 13,886 960 6.9 12,335 707 5.7 1,095 189 17.2 720 96 13.3
65 to 74 years........................ 8,049 574 7.1 7,093 404 5.7 661 125 18.8 469 60 12.8
75 years and over..................... 5,837 386 6.6 5,242 303 5.8 434 64 14.7 251 36 14.2
Female
Total.......................... 91,620 9,650 10.5 76,167 6,769 8.9 11,157 2,368 21.2 8,785 1,834 20.9
25 to 34 years.......................... 19,223 2,545 13.2 15,176 1,681 11.1 2,858 687 24.0 2,805 678 24.2
35 to 54 years.......................... 41,411 3,612 8.7 34,007 2,439 7.2 5,304 963 18.2 4,023 713 17.7
55 to 64 years.......................... 12,250 1,285 10.5 10,439 947 9.1 1,335 280 21.0 925 182 19.6
65 years and over....................... 18,735 2,207 11.8 16,545 1,703 10.3 1,659 438 26.4 1,032 262 25.4
65 to 74 years........................ 9,747 1,003 10.3 8,435 723 8.6 963 235 24.4 662 161 24.3
75 years and over..................... 8,988 1,204 13.4 8,109 980 12.1 697 202 29.0 370 101 27.4
Nativity
Native.................................. 152,836 12,409 8.1 131,886 8,883 6.7 18,283 3,168 17.3 7,579 1,073 14.2
Foreign Born............................ 22,394 3,137 14.0 15,182 2,347 15.5 1,753 269 15.3 9,571 1,919 20.0
Naturalized citizen..................... 9,788 847 8.7 6,219 578 9.3 792 94 11.9 3,029 425 14.0
Not a citizen........................... 12,606 2,290 18.2 8,963 1,769 19.7 961 175 18.2 6,542 1,494 22.8
Table 7. Years of School Completed by People 25 Years and Over, by
Age, Race, Household Relationship, and Poverty Status: 1999
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below Below Below
poverty level poverty level poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total Toal Number of total Total Number of total
Household Relationship
In families............................. 137,151 9,267 6.8 115,453 6,469 5.6 14,956 2,155 14.4 14,582 2,288 15.7
Householder....................... 68,678 5,696 8.3 57,786 3,819 6.6 7,955 1,524 19.2 6,890 1,304 18.9
In families with related children....
under 18 years..................... 65,579 6,333 9.7 53,426 4,293 8.0 8,276 1,619 19.6 9,785 1,928 19.7
Householder....................... 35,047 4,257 12.1 28,265 2,747 9.7 5,017 1,261 25.1 4,807 1,129 23.5
In married couple families............ 113,639 5,206 4.6 99,285 4,166 4.2 8,795 593 6.7 10,982 1,426 13.0
Householder....................... 53,865 2,478 4.6 47,496 1,990 4.2 4,050 279 6.9 4,818 639 13.3
Husband........................... 54,147 2,531 4.7 47,696 2,031 4.3 4,142 287 6.9 4,930 668 13.6
Wife.............................. 53,136 2,390 4.5 46,710 1,923 4.1 3,880 258 6.6 4,826 627 13.0
In married couple families with
related children under 18 years..... 53,379 3,165 5.9 45,367 2,510 5.5 4,745 379 8.0 7,606 1,182 15.5
Householder....................... 25,525 1,501 5.9 21,897 1,193 5.4 2,250 184 8.2 3,357 527 15.7
Husband........................... 25,711 1,553 6.0 22,057 1,235 5.6 2,316 193 8.3 3,466 557 16.1
Wife.............................. 25,088 1,426 5.7 21,470 1,128 5.3 2,121 164 7.7 3,309 513 15.5
In families with female householder,
no spouse present................... 17,282 3,492 20.2 11,546 1,918 16.6 5,039 1,435 28.5 2,471 736 29.8
Householder........................ 11,345 2,839 25.0 7,610 1,560 20.5 3,312 1,156 34.9 1,557 582 37.4
In families with female householder,
no spouse present, with related
children under 18 years............. 9,571 2,790 29.1 6,099 1,539 25.2 3,045 1,138 37.4 1,676 649 38.7
Householder........................ 7,595 2,454 32.3 4,867 1,346 27.6 2,427 999 41.2 1,167 531 45.5
In unrelated subfamilies................ 495 154 31.1 372 111 29.7 89 36 40.9 84 31 37.2
Unrelated individuals................... 37,585 6,125 16.3 31,242 4,650 14.9 4,991 1,246 25.0 2,485 673 27.1
Male.................................. 17,821 2,421 13.6 14,608 1,809 12.4 2,493 517 20.7 1,444 255 17.7
Householder......................... 13,354 1,639 12.3 11,107 1,232 11.1 1,774 345 19.5 855 108 12.7
Female................................ 19,764 3,704 18.7 16,635 2,841 17.1 2,497 729 29.2 1,041 418 40.1
Householder......................... 16,818 2,894 17.2 14,242 2,203 15.5 2,119 606 28.6 703 260 37.0