Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in Greene County, Alabama

In Greene County, Alabama according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 16.2 percent of the White Alone, 8.6 percent of Black or African American, 100 percent of the Asian alone and 30 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Greene County, Alabama, many men in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 39 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Greene have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 10.2 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 34.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Greene County, Alabama is made up of a less-educated working age population, with 10.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Greene counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





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

 

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