7-2. Educational Attainment for Persons 25 Years and
Over by Race for South Carolina: 1990
TOTAL WHITE BLACK OTHER 1/
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT
Persons 25 Years & Over 2,167,590 100.0 1,581,298 100.0 564,369 100.0 21,923 100.0
Less than High School: 687,260 31.7 417,472 26.4 263,646 46.7 6,142 28.0
Less than 9th Grade 245,167 13.6 169,253 10.7 123,006 21.8 2,908 13.3
9th-12th Grade, No Diploma 392,093 18.1 248,219 15.7 140,640 24.9 3,234 14.8
High School Graduate 2/ 639,358 29.5 469,093 29.7 164,854 29.2 5,411 24.7
Some College, No Degree 342,965 15.8 272,559 17.2 67,095 11.9 3,311 15.1
Associate Degree 137,140 6.3 109,754 6.9 25,822 4.6 1,598 7.3
4 or More Years of College: 360,833 16.6 312,420 19.8 42,952 7.6 5,461 24.9
Bachelors Degree 243,161 11.2 210,311 13.3 29,704 5.3 3,146 14.4
Grad./Prof. Degree 117,672 5.4 102,109 6.5 13,248 2.3 2,351 10.6
1/: Other races includes American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts; Asian or
Pacific Islanders; and all other races.
2/: Includes equivalency.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census, South Carolina Summary
Tape File 3A, Tables P57 and P58.
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