Below are some interesting facts and figures on women in different aspects of U.S. society.

EDUCATION

32%
Percent of women 25 to 29 who had attained a bachelor's degree or higher in 2005, which exceeded that of men in this age range (25 percent).

26.1 Million
Number of women 25 or older with a bachelor's degree or more education in 2005, more than double the number 20 years earlier.

870,000
The projected number of bachelor's degrees that will be awarded to women in the 2006-07 school year. Women also are projected to earn 369,000 master's degrees during this period. Women would, therefore, earn 58 percent of the bachelor's and 61 percent of the master's degrees awarded during this school year.

BUSINESS

More than $939 Billion
Revenue for women-owned businesses in 2002, up 15 percent from 1997. There were 116,985 women-owned firms with receipts of $1 million or more.

Nearly 6.5 Million
The number of women-owned businesses in 2002, up 20 percent from 1997.

More than 7.1 Million
Number of people employed by women-owned businesses.

VOTING

65 Percent
Percentage of women citizens who reported voting in the 2004 presidential election, higher than the 62 percent of their male counterparts who cast a ballot.

JOBS

59.5%
Percent of women 16 or older who participated in the labor force in 2005. This amounted to 69.3 million women.

37%
Percent of women 16 or older who work in management, professional and related occupations, compared with 31 percent of men.

MILITARY

203,000
Total number of active duty women in the military, as of Sept. 30, 2005. Of that total, 35,000 women were officers, and 168,000 were enlisted.

1.7 Million
The number of military veterans who are women.

SPORTS AND RECREATION

2.9 Million
Number of girls who participated in high school athletic programs in the 2004-05 school year. In the 1973-74 school year, only 1.3 million girls were members of a high school athletic team.

166,728
Number of women who participated in an NCAA sport in 2004-05.