High School and College Graduates, 1990 and
2000
1990 Source: U. S. Census
Bureau, 1990 Census of Population, Summary Tape File 3A, Table P-57.
http://venus.census.gov/cdrom/lookup
http://factfinder.census.gov, 1990
Summary Tape File 3
2000 Source: U.S. Bureau of the
Census, Census 2000; Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000,
Table DP-2.
http://factfinder.census.gov, Summary
File 3, Quick Tables.
Updated every 10 years.
2000 Definition:
High school
graduate or higher-- Includes
people 25 years and over whose highest degree was a high school diploma or its
equivalent, people who attended college but did not receive a degree, and people
who received a college, university, or professional degree. People who reported
completing the 12th grade but not receiving a diploma are not high school
graduates.
College Graduates— Includes people 25
years and over who have received a Bachelor’s, Master’s, professional or
Doctorate degree (does not include people who received an Associate degree).
These data include only persons 25 years old and
over.
Percents are obtained by dividing the
counts of graduates by the total number of persons 25 years old and over.
Definitions for 2000 Census
Terms:
