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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

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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