Table 8.Percentage of persons age 25 and over and 25 to 29, by race/ethnicity, years of school completed, and sex: Selected years, 1910 through 2005
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	|	Total								|	White, non-Hispanic\1\								|	Black, non-Hispanic\1\								|	Hispanic
	|	_	__________	_	__________	__________	_	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	_	__________	__________	_	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	_	__________	__________	_	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	_	__________	__________	_	__________	__________
	|		Less than	|		High school	|			|		Less than	|		High school	|			|		Less than	|		High school	|			|		Less than	|		High school	|
	|		5 years of	|		comple-	|		Bachelor's	|		5 years of	|		comple-	|		Bachelor's	|		5 years of	|		comple-	|		Bachelor's	|		5 years of	|		comple-	|		Bachelor's
	|		elementary	|		tion or	|		or higher	|		elementary	|		tion or	|		or higher	|		elementary	|		tion or	|		or higher	|		elementary	|		tion or	|		or higher
Age and year	|		school	|		higher\2\	|		degree\3\	|		school	|		higher\2\	|		degree\3\	|		school	|		higher\2\	|		degree\3\	|		school	|		higher\2\	|		degree\3\
_	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________
1	|		2	|		3	|		4	|		5	|		6	|		7	|		8	|		9	|		10	|		11	|		12	|		13
_	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	_	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________	|	__________	__________
Males and females,	|	Males and females		|	Males and females		|			|			|			|			|			|			|			|			|			|
25 and over	|			|			|			|			|			|			|			|			|			|			|			|
1910\4\ .............	|	23.8	(---)	|	13.5	(---)	|	2.7	(---)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)
1920\4\ ..............	|	22.0	(---)	|	16.4	(---)	|	3.3	(---)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)
1930\4\ ...................	|	17.5	(---)	|	19.1	(---)	|	3.9	(---)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)
April 1940 ...............	|	13.7	(---)	|	24.5	(---)	|	4.6	(---)	|	10.9	(---)	|	26.1	(---)	|	4.9	(---)	|	41.8	(---)	|	7.7	(---)	|	1.3	(---)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)
April 1950 ...............	|	11.1	(---)	|	34.3	(---)	|	6.2	(---)	|	8.9	(---)	|	36.4	(---)	|	6.6	(---)	|	32.6	(---)	|	13.7	(---)	|	2.2	(---)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)
April 1960 ...............	|	8.3	(---)	|	41.1	(---)	|	7.7	(---)	|	6.7	(---)	|	43.2	(---)	|	8.1	(---)	|	23.5	(---)	|	21.7	(---)	|	3.5	(---)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)
March 1970 ..............	|	5.3	(---)	|	55.2	(---)	|	11.0	(---)	|	4.2	(---)	|	57.4	(---)	|	11.6	(---)	|	14.7	(---)	|	36.1	(---)	|	6.1	(---)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)	|	---	(†)
March 1975 ..............	|	4.2	(---)	|	62.5	(---)	|	13.9	(---)	|	2.6	(---)	|	65.8	(---)	|	14.9	(---)	|	12.3	(---)	|	42.6	(---)	|	6.4	(---)	|	18.2	(---)	|	38.5	(---)	|	6.6	(---)
March 1980 ..............	|	3.4	(0.08)	|	68.6	(0.20)	|	17.0	(0.16)	|	1.9	(0.07)	|	71.9	(0.21)	|	18.4	(0.18)	|	9.1	(0.40)	|	51.4	(0.69)	|	7.9	(0.38)	|	15.8	(0.74)	|	44.5	(1.01)	|	7.6	(0.54)
March 1990 ..............	|	2.4	(0.06)	|	77.6	(0.17)	|	21.3	(0.16)	|	1.1	(0.05)	|	81.4	(0.17)	|	23.1	(0.19)	|	5.1	(0.27)	|	66.2	(0.58)	|	11.3	(0.39)	|	12.3	(0.50)	|	50.8	(0.75)	|	9.2	(0.44)
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March 1991 ..............	|	2.4	(0.06)	|	78.4	(0.16)	|	21.4	(0.16)	|	1.1	(0.05)	|	82.4	(0.17)	|	23.3	(0.19)	|	4.7	(0.26)	|	66.8	(0.57)	|	11.5	(0.39)	|	12.5	(0.49)	|	51.3	(0.74)	|	9.7	(0.44)
March 1992 ..............	|	2.1	(0.06)	|	79.4	(0.16)	|	21.4	(0.16)	|	0.9	(0.04)	|	83.4	(0.16)	|	23.2	(0.19)	|	3.9	(0.23)	|	67.7	(0.56)	|	11.9	(0.39)	|	11.8	(0.47)	|	52.6	(0.73)	|	9.3	(0.42)
March 1993 ..............	|	2.1	(0.06)	|	80.2	(0.16)	|	21.9	(0.16)	|	0.8	(0.04)	|	84.1	(0.16)	|	23.8	(0.19)	|	3.7	(0.22)	|	70.5	(0.54)	|	12.2	(0.39)	|	11.8	(0.46)	|	53.1	(0.71)	|	9.0	(0.41)
March 1994 ..............	|	1.9	(0.05)	|	80.9	(0.15)	|	22.2	(0.16)	|	0.8	(0.04)	|	84.9	(0.16)	|	24.3	(0.19)	|	2.7	(0.19)	|	73.0	(0.52)	|	12.9	(0.39)	|	10.8	(0.42)	|	53.3	(0.67)	|	9.1	(0.39)
March 1995 ..............	|	1.8	(0.05)	|	81.7	(0.15)	|	23.0	(0.16)	|	0.7	(0.04)	|	85.9	(0.16)	|	25.4	(0.19)	|	2.5	(0.18)	|	73.8	(0.52)	|	13.3	(0.40)	|	10.6	(0.41)	|	53.4	(0.67)	|	9.3	(0.39)
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March 1996 ..............	|	1.8	(0.05)	|	81.7	(0.16)	|	23.6	(0.17)	|	0.6	(0.04)	|	86.0	(0.16)	|	25.9	(0.20)	|	2.2	(0.18)	|	74.6	(0.53)	|	13.8	(0.42)	|	10.3	(0.42)	|	53.1	(0.69)	|	9.3	(0.40)
March 1997 ...............	|	1.7	(0.05)	|	82.1	(0.14)	|	23.9	(0.16)	|	0.6	(0.03)	|	86.3	(0.15)	|	26.2	(0.19)	|	2.0	(0.16)	|	75.3	(0.49)	|	13.3	(0.38)	|	9.4	(0.36)	|	54.7	(0.62)	|	10.3	(0.38)
March 1998 ...............	|	1.6	(0.05)	|	82.8	(0.14)	|	24.4	(0.16)	|	0.6	(0.03)	|	87.1	(0.14)	|	26.6	(0.19)	|	1.7	(0.14)	|	76.4	(0.47)	|	14.8	(0.40)	|	9.3	(0.35)	|	55.5	(0.60)	|	11.0	(0.38)
March 1999 ...............	|	1.6	(0.05)	|	83.4	(0.14)	|	25.2	(0.16)	|	0.6	(0.03)	|	87.7	(0.14)	|	27.7	(0.19)	|	1.7	(0.15)	|	77.4	(0.46)	|	15.5	(0.40)	|	9.0	(0.34)	|	56.1	(0.60)	|	10.9	(0.37)
March 2000 ...............	|	1.6	(0.05)	|	84.1	(0.13)	|	25.6	(0.16)	|	0.5	(0.03)	|	88.4	(0.14)	|	28.1	(0.19)	|	1.6	(0.14)	|	78.9	(0.45)	|	16.6	(0.41)	|	8.7	(0.33)	|	57.0	(0.58)	|	10.6	(0.36)
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March 2001 ...............	|	1.6	(0.05)	|	84.3	(0.13)	|	26.1	(0.16)	|	0.5	(0.03)	|	88.7	(0.13)	|	28.6	(0.19)	|	1.3	(0.12)	|	79.5	(0.44)	|	16.1	(0.40)	|	9.3	(0.34)	|	56.5	(0.57)	|	11.2	(0.37)
March 2002 ...............	|	1.6	(0.03)	|	84.1	(0.09)	|	26.7	(0.11)	|	0.5	(0.02)	|	88.7	(0.10)	|	29.4	(0.14)	|	1.6	(0.10)	|	79.2	(0.32)	|	17.2	(0.30)	|	8.7	(0.22)	|	57.0	(0.39)	|	11.1	(0.25)
March 2003 ...............	|	1.6	(0.03)	|	84.6	(0.09)	|	27.2	(0.11)	|	0.5	(0.02)	|	89.4	(0.09)	|	30.0	(0.14)	|	1.5	(0.10)	|	80.3	(0.33)	|	17.4	(0.31)	|	8.2	(0.18)	|	57.0	(0.33)	|	11.4	(0.21)
March 2004 ...............	|	1.5	(0.03)	|	85.2	(0.09)	|	27.7	(0.11)	|	0.4	(0.02)	|	90.0	(0.09)	|	30.6	(0.14)	|	1.3	(0.09)	|	81.1	(0.32)	|	17.7	(0.31)	|	8.1	(0.18)	|	58.4	(0.32)	|	12.1	(0.21)
March 2005 ...............	|	1.6	(0.03)	|	85.2	(0.09)	|	27.6	(0.11)