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7-10. Race by Years of School Completed for Persons 25
Years and Over for the United States: 1980, 1990, and Percent
Change
TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
PCT PCT PCT
UNITED STATES 1980 1990 CHANGE 1980 1990 CHANGE 1980 1990 CHANGE
Persons 25 Yrs. & Over: 132,835,687 158,868,436 19.6 114,290,384 132,023,308 15.5 18,545,483 26,845,128 44.8
Less than 9th Grade 24,257,683 16,502,211 -32.0 19,020,406 11,806,669 -37.9 5,237,277 4,695,542 -10.3
High School 66,224,549 70,484,270 6.4 57,447,997 58,246,355 1.4 8,776,552 12,237,915 39.4
No Diploma 20,277,514 22,841,507 12.6 16,663,849 17,355,153 4.1 3,613,665 5,486,354 51.8
Graduate 45,947,035 47,642,763 3.7 40,784,148 40,891,202 0.3 5,162,887 6,751,561 30.8
College: 42,353,455 71,881,955 69.7 37,821,981 61,970,284 63.8 4,531,474 9,911,671 118.7
1-3 Years 20,794,975 39,571,702 90.3 18,263,953 33,524,828 83.6 2,531,022 6,046,874 138.9
4 or More Years 21,558,480 32,310,253 50.0 19,558,028 28,445,456 45.4 2,000,452 3,864,797 93.2
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1980 Census of Population, General
Social & Economic Characteristics: U.S. Summary, PC80-1-C1, Table 83, and
1990 Census.
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