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
NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
Both Sexes
Total.......................... 27,853 6,245 22.4 22,188 4,428 20.0 4,316 1,485 34.4 7,367 1,916 26.0
25 to 34 years.......................... 4,474 1,440 32.2 3,590 1,071 29.8 653 285 43.6 2,175 690 31.7
35 to 54 years.......................... 9,154 2,105 23.0 7,204 1,486 20.6 1,442 504 35.0 3,172 771 24.3
55 to 64 years.......................... 4,280 895 20.9 3,302 598 18.1 745 242 32.5 923 196 21.2
65 years and over....................... 9,945 1,805 18.1 8,091 1,273 15.7 1,475 454 30.8 1,097 260 23.7
65 to 74 years........................ 4,696 866 18.4 3,695 569 15.4 776 249 32.1 674 153 22.7
75 years and over..................... 5,250 939 17.9 4,396 704 16.0 699 205 29.3 423 107 25.2
Male
Total.......................... 13,215 2,393 18.1 10,745 1,803 16.8 1,894 453 23.9 3,633 757 20.8
25 to 34 years.......................... 2,386 585 24.5 1,989 475 23.9 278 75 26.8 1,173 275 23.4
35 to 54 years.......................... 4,610 853 18.5 3,741 683 18.3 655 130 19.9 1,613 351 21.7
55 to 64 years.......................... 1,996 362 18.1 1,554 240 15.4 356 102 28.7 421 65 15.3
65 years and over....................... 4,223 593 14.0 3,461 406 11.7 605 146 24.1 425 67 15.9
65 to 74 years........................ 2,174 349 16.1 1,763 227 12.9 323 94 29.1 256 37 14.6
75 years and over..................... 2,049 244 11.9 1,698 179 10.5 282 52 18.4 169 30 17.7
Female
Total.......................... 14,638 3,852 26.3 11,443 2,625 22.9 2,422 1,032 42.6 3,734 1,159 31.0
25 to 34 years.......................... 2,087 855 40.9 1,602 596 37.2 375 211 56.1 1,002 415 41.4
35 to 54 years.......................... 4,544 1,253 27.6 3,463 803 23.2 788 374 47.5 1,558 420 27.0
55 to 64 years.......................... 2,284 533 23.3 1,748 358 20.5 389 140 35.9 501 131 26.1
65 years and over....................... 5,722 1,212 21.2 4,630 867 18.7 870 308 35.4 672 192 28.6
65 to 74 years........................ 2,522 517 20.5 1,932 342 17.7 452 155 34.2 419 116 27.7
75 years and over..................... 3,200 695 21.7 2,698 525 19.5 417 153 36.7 254 77 30.2
Nativity
Native.................................. 20,456 4,525 22.1 16,123 3,009 18.7 3,893 1,366 35.1 2,134 613 28.7
Foreign Born............................ 7,397 1,720 23.3 6,065 1,419 23.4 423 119 28.2 5,233 1,303 24.9
Naturalized citizen..................... 2,331 407 17.5 1,864 306 16.4 139 44 31.6 1,292 244 18.9
Not a citizen........................... 5,066 1,313 25.9 4,201 1,114 26.5 284 75 26.5 3,942 1,059 26.9
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............................. 21,053 3,733 17.7 16,826 2,618 15.6 3,056 859 28.1 6,323 1,475 23.3
Householder....................... 10,374 2,247 21.7 8,209 1,531 18.6 1,734 586 33.8 2,949 832 28.2
In families with related children....
under 18 years..................... 9,525 2,609 27.4 7,357 1,837 25.0 1,461 599 41.0 4,338 1,240 28.6
Householder....................... 4,937 1,687 34.2 3,717 1,135 30.5 951 460 48.4 2,084 713 34.2
In married couple families............ 15,605 2,102 13.5 13,229 1,684 12.7 1,521 245 16.1 4,682 960 20.5
Householder....................... 7,084 986 13.9 6,087 796 13.1 718 120 16.7 2,017 434 21.5
Husband........................... 7,731 1,045 13.5 6,639 852 12.8 810 122 15.1 2,130 448 21.0
Wife.............................. 6,335 915 14.4 5,398 715 13.2 566 112 19.8 1,951 416 21.3
In married couple families with
related children under 18 years..... 6,749 1,340 19.9 5,605 1,114 19.9 610 129 21.1 3,322 793 23.9
Householder....................... 2,942 625 21.3 2,501 523 20.9 281 66 23.3 1,423 354 24.8
Husband........................... 3,202 657 20.5 2,724 553 20.3 327 66 20.2 1,523 370 24.3
Wife.............................. 2,660 576 21.7 2,221 469 21.1 216 57 26.3 1,337 339 25.3
In families with female householder,
no spouse present................... 4,006 1,373 34.3 2,533 766 30.2 1,301 553 42.5 1,098 429 39.1
Householder........................ 2,576 1,090 42.3 1,600 616 38.5 869 424 48.8 694 344 49.5
In families with female householder,
no spouse present, with related
children under 18 years............. 2,168 1,077 49.7 1,319 608 46.1 744 419 56.4 774 385 49.7
Householder........................ 1,595 919 57.6 933 517 55.4 583 356 61.1 529 314 59.4
In unrelated subfamilies................ 106 56 52.9 90 40 44.7 15 15 (B) 48 20 (B)
Unrelated individuals................... 6,695 2,457 36.7 5,272 1,770 33.6 1,245 611 49.1 996 421 42.3
Male.................................. 2,822 941 33.3 2,187 682 31.2 552 223 40.4 578 165 28.5
Householder......................... 2,001 612 30.6 1,583 429 27.1 379 161 42.4 315 70 22.3
Female................................ 3,873 1,516 39.1 3,085 1,087 35.2 693 388 56.0 418 256 61.2
Householder......................... 3,399 1,255 36.9 2,728 892 32.7 609 338 55.5 298 179 60.2