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Figure 2.1 Median Years of Schooling Completed and Number of Years Completed by the Least-Educated and MostEducated 20 Percent of Adults, by Year of Twenty-First Birthday

Americans' Schooling Almost Doubled over the Century 20

Top 20%

16

Median

12

Bottom 20%

Years of Schooling Completed

8

4

0

1900

1920

1940

1960

1980

2000

Year of Twenty-First Birthday

Source: IPUMS.

Figure 2.2 High School Graduation Rates for All and by Gender, Region, and Racial Ancestry, by Year Person Turned Twenty-One

High School Graduation Rate

Americans of All Social Backgrounds Shared in the Dramatic Expansion of Secondary Education

All

Gender

Men

Women

100%

100%

75%

75%

50%

50%

25%

25%

0%

0%

1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000

Region 100%

Northeast Midwest

Ancestry South West

100%

Europe Americas

Africa Asia

High School Graduation Rate

75%

75%

50%

50%

25%

25%

0%

0%

1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000

Year of Twenty-First Birthday

Source: IPUMS. Note:The data for the 1900 and 1910 cohorts contain too few Asian Americans to yield a reliable estimate.

Figure 2.3 College Graduation Rates for All, and by Gender, Region, and Ancestry by Year of Twenty-First Birthday

Americans of All Social Backgrounds Shared in the Expansion of College Education

All and High School Graduates

Gender

High School Graduates All

45%

45%

Men Women

College Graduation Rate

30%

30%

15%

15%

0%

0%

1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000

Region Northeast South

45%

Midwest West

Ancestry 45%

Europe Americas

Africa Asia

College Graduation Rate

30%

30%

15%

15%

0%

0%

1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000

Year of Twenty-First Birthday

Source: IPUMS. Note:The data for the 1900 and 1910 cohorts contain too few Asian Americans to yield a reliable estimate.

Figure 3.1 Distribution of the Population, by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2000

Non-Hispanic Whites Were 69 Percent of Americans in 2000

75 75

Non-Hispanic

Hispanic

Percentage of Population

50

25 0

White

12

13

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