Table 1 Proportion of persons with each educational attainment by gender, and year, and age group
Educational attainment, year, and gender | Age group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15–19 | 20–24 | 25–29 | 30–34 | 35–39 | 40–44 | 45–49 | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Men | |||||||
2000 | |||||||
Less than high school | 5.8 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 15.8 |
High school | 10.5 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 44.4 | 45.9 | 45.1 | 47.3 |
Technical school or junior college | 0.0 | 10.5 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 5.1 |
University or more | 0.0 | 10.8 | 29.1 | 31.5 | 34.1 | 35.4 | 28.2 |
Currently enrolled in school | 83.7 | 30.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Unknown | 0.0 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
2010 | |||||||
Less than high school | 3.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
High school | 8.9 | 30.4 | 30.7 | 33.9 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 40.9 |
Technical school or junior college | 0.0 | 8.6 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 10.1 | 8.2 |
University or more | 0.0 | 12.5 | 31.7 | 31.1 | 28.8 | 29.8 | 32.1 |
Currently enrolled in school | 87.6 | 35.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Unknown | 0.0 | 8.9 | 18.8 | 17.0 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 13.0 |
2020 | |||||||
Less than high school | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
High school | 9.4 | 29.1 | 26.3 | 27.3 | 29.3 | 32.7 | 36.0 |
Technical school or junior college | 0.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 11.8 |
University or more | 0.0 | 14.3 | 37.6 | 38.2 | 35.4 | 32.9 | 29.8 |
Currently enrolled in school | 88.9 | 36.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Unknown | 0.0 | 10.4 | 21.6 | 19.6 | 18.7 | 17.2 | 16.2 |
Women | |||||||
2000 | |||||||
Less than high school | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 14.0 |
High school | 9.1 | 34.9 | 40.3 | 46.9 | 50.7 | 51.7 | 56.3 |
Technical school or junior college | 0.0 | 27.4 | 33.1 | 30.3 | 28.6 | 25.8 | 17.7 |
University or more | 0.0 | 9.0 | 16.1 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 8.9 |
Currently enrolled in school | 87.1 | 21.9 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Unknown | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
2010 | |||||||
Less than high school | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
High school | 7.3 | 28.1 | 28.2 | 30.4 | 35.7 | 41.8 | 45.7 |
Technical school or junior college | 0.0 | 19.2 | 24.8 | 30.0 | 31.1 | 28.5 | 27.2 |
University or more | 0.0 | 12.4 | 25.9 | 21.5 | 15.9 | 13.1 | 12.3 |
Currently enrolled in school | 89.7 | 28.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Unknown | 0.0 | 7.9 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 11.1 |
2020 | |||||||
Less than high school | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
High school | 6.6 | 24.1 | 22.2 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 29.8 | 35.2 |
Technical school or junior college | 0.0 | 15.4 | 19.2 | 21.4 | 24.4 | 29.2 | 30.2 |
University or more | 0.0 | 15.9 | 35.7 | 32.0 | 27.7 | 22.5 | 16.7 |
Currently enrolled in school | 92.1 | 33.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Unknown | 0.0 | 9.4 | 18.6 | 17.2 | 16.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 |