Higher Education in Wilcox County, Alabama

Wilcox County, Alabama can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 10.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Wilcox counted a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Wilcox County, Alabama, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 42 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Wilcox have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 10.4 percent (Men) versus 10 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Less than High School, with 39.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Wilcox County, Alabama according the 2000 Decennial Census, 17.8 percent of the White Alone, 6.2 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.