Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in Cherokee County, Alabama

In Cherokee County, Alabama according the 2000 Decennial Census, 9.8 percent of the White Alone, 7.2 percent of Black or African American, 46.8 percent of the Asian alone and 5 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Cherokee County, Alabama, many men in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 36.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Cherokee have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 10 percent (Men) versus 9.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Less than High School, with 36.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Cherokee County, Alabama can be considered to have a less-educated 2000 population, with 9.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Cherokee counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.





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

 

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