Higher Education in Lowndes County, Alabama

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Lowndes County, Alabama, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 38.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lowndes have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 8.4 percent (Men) versus 13 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Less than High School, with 35 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Lowndes County, Alabama according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 21.4 percent of the White Alone, 6.2 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 20 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Lowndes County, Alabama is made up of a less-educated working age population, with 11 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Lowndes counted a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.





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