| Table S5. Educational Attainment for Persons 25 Years Old and Over by Race and Sex | ||||||
| New Jersey, 2000-2007 | ||||||
| Persons 25 years old and over by educational attainment | ||||||
| Two-year | Less than | High School | Some college/ | Bachelor's | Postgraduate or | |
| moving average | Total | High School | Diploma | Associate Degree | Degree | Professional Degree |
| All Persons | ||||||
| 2000-01 | 5,383,000 | 13.0% | 34.8% | 22.4% | 20.5% | 9.2% |
| 2001-02 | 5,639,200 | 13.8% | 34.6% | 21.2% | 20.6% | 9.9% |
| 2002-03 | 5,816,600 | 14.0% | 33.8% | 19.9% | 21.8% | 10.6% |
| 2003-04 | 5,697,600 | 13.1% | 33.6% | 19.2% | 22.9% | 11.1% |
| 2004-05 | 5,707,600 | 12.7% | 32.8% | 18.9% | 23.1% | 12.3% |
| 2005-06 | 5,773,700 | 13.2% | 31.8% | 19.1% | 22.5% | 13.4% |
| 2006-07 | 5,787,300 | 12.8% | 31.5% | 19.1% | 22.9% | 13.8% |
| by Sex: | ||||||
| Male | ||||||
| 2000-01 | 2,520,000 | 12.2% | 31.6% | 22.5% | 22.4% | 11.2% |
| 2001-02 | 2,669,900 | 14.0% | 31.7% | 20.5% | 22.1% | 11.7% |
| 2002-03 | 2,769,300 | 14.2% | 31.5% | 19.7% | 22.6% | 12.0% |
| 2003-04 | 2,708,900 | 13.0% | 31.4% | 19.0% | 23.9% | 12.8% |
| 2004-05 | 2,722,500 | 12.9% | 30.9% | 18.2% | 23.6% | 14.4% |
| 2005-06 | 2,772,900 | 13.6% | 30.4% | 18.4% | 22.5% | 15.0% |
| 2006-07 | 2,784,000 | 12.9% | 30.7% | 17.5% | 23.5% | 15.4% |
| Female | ||||||
| 2000-01 | 2,863,000 | 13.7% | 37.6% | 22.4% | 18.9% | 7.4% |
| 2001-02 | 2,969,300 | 13.5% | 37.3% | 21.8% | 19.2% | 8.2% |
| 2002-03 | 3,047,300 | 13.8% | 35.9% | 20.0% | 21.1% | 9.2% |
| 2003-04 | 2,988,700 | 13.3% | 35.7% | 19.5% | 22.1% | 9.5% |
| 2004-05 | 2,985,000 | 12.6% | 34.6% | 19.6% | 22.7% | 10.5% |
| 2005-06 | 3,000,800 | 12.7% | 33.1% | 19.7% | 22.5% | 12.0% |
| 2006-07 | 3,003,300 | 12.6% | 32.2% | 20.5% | 22.5% | 12.3% |
| by Race: | ||||||
| White | ||||||
| 2000-01 | 4,312,000 | 11.9% | 34.9% | 23.0% | 21.0% | 9.2% |
| 2001-02 | 4,506,600 | 12.9% | 34.8% | 21.8% | 20.7% | 9.8% |
| 2002-03 | 4,676,300 | 13.3% | 34.7% | 20.1% | 21.7% | 10.2% |
| 2003-04 | 4,578,000 | 12.7% | 34.5% | 19.2% | 22.9% | 10.6% |
| 2004-05 | 4,577,900 | 12.3% | 33.5% | 19.0% | 22.8% | 12.4% |
| 2005-06 | 4,626,800 | 12.5% | 32.4% | 19.1% | 22.5% | 13.6% |
| 2006-07 | 4,564,000 | 12.5% | 32.4% | 18.9% | 22.6% | 13.6% |
| Continued… | ||||||
| Table S5. Educational Attainment for Persons 25 Years Old and Over by Race and Sex | ||||||
| New Jersey, 2000-2007 (cont.) | ||||||
| Persons 25 years old and over by educational attainment | ||||||
| Two-year | Less than | High School | Some college/ | Bachelor's | Postgraduate or | |
| moving average | Total | High School | Diploma | Associate Degree | Degree | Professional Degree |
| Black | ||||||
| 2000-01 | 759,000 | 18.7% | 40.0% | 21.3% | 14.3% | 5.7% |
| 2001-02 | 748,100 | 19.6% | 41.5% | 21.4% | 13.0% | 4.6% |
| 2002-03 | 724,800 | 19.7% | 38.3% | 23.1% | 13.5% | 5.3% |
| 2003-04 | 710,500 | 18.3% | 38.1% | 22.7% | 15.4% | 5.5% |
| 2004-05 | 720,300 | 18.4% | 38.6% | 21.4% | 17.1% | 4.5% |
| 2005-06 | 725,000 | 19.5% | 38.7% | 22.3% | 14.5% | 5.1% |
| 2006-07 | 719,400 | 18.0% | 37.5% | 25.1% | 13.4% | 5.9% |
| Other Races | ||||||
| 2000-01 | 312,000 | 15.6% | 21.0% | 16.8% | 28.9% | 17.6% |
| 2001-02 | 384,500 | 12.9% | 19.5% | 13.1% | 34.1% | 20.5% |
| 2002-03 | 401,600 | 11.2% | 15.3% | 10.4% | 38.5% | 24.6% |
| 2003-04 | 378,600 | 7.7% | 14.8% | 11.7% | 38.4% | 27.3% |
| 2004-05 | 375,800 | 6.8% | 13.9% | 12.6% | 38.6% | 28.1% |
| 2005-06 | 384,100 | 10.1% | 13.1% | 11.4% | 37.5% | 27.9% |
| 2006-07 | 466,000 | 7.4% | 14.3% | 10.4% | 40.7% | 27.1% |
| by Hispanic origin: | ||||||
| Hispanic | ||||||
| 2000-01 | 540,000 | 33.3% | 40.5% | 15.6% | 7.4% | 3.3% |
| 2001-02 | 568,100 | 34.4% | 36.0% | 17.3% | 9.5% | 2.8% |
| 2002-03 | 638,000 | 35.3% | 30.8% | 17.6% | 12.4% | 3.9% |
| 2003-04 | 660,500 | 35.5% | 31.4% | 16.2% | 13.5% | 3.4% |
| 2004-05 | 712,800 | 36.3% | 31.3% | 16.7% | 12.9% | 2.9% |
| 2005-06 | 828,400 | 34.9% | 32.7% | 17.4% | 11.7% | 3.4% |
| 2006-07 | 857,500 | 34.2% | 34.1% | 17.4% | 11.0% | 3.3% |
| Non-Hispanic | ||||||
| 2000-01 | 4,725,000 | 10.8% | 34.3% | 23.1% | 22.1% | 9.8% |
| 2001-02 | 4,949,000 | 11.5% | 34.4% | 21.7% | 21.8% | 10.6% |
| 2002-03 | 5,125,400 | 11.3% | 34.1% | 20.2% | 22.9% | 11.4% |
| 2003-04 | 5,037,100 | 10.2% | 33.9% | 19.6% | 24.2% | 12.1% |
| 2004-05 | 4,994,800 | 9.4% | 33.1% | 19.3% | 24.6% | 13.7% |
| 2005-06 | 4,945,300 | 9.5% | 31.7% | 19.3% | 24.3% | 15.1% |
| 2006-07 | 4,929,800 | 9.0% | 31.0% | 19.3% | 25.0% | 15.6% |
| Note: Other races include Asian, American Indian, Alaska Native, Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander. | ||||||
| Source: Current Population Survey: March 2000 through 2007. | ||||||
| Prepared by: NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Dev., Div. of Labor Market & Demographic Research, 11/07. | ||||||