Higher Education in Montgomery County, Alabama
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Montgomery County, Alabama, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 29.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Montgomery have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 29.6 percent (Men) versus 27.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree, with 27.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
In Montgomery County, Alabama as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 36.4 percent of the White Alone, 18.2 percent of Black or African American, 32.8 percent of the Asian alone and 25.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Montgomery County, Alabama may to understood as having a highly-educated working age population, with 28.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Montgomery has a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
Since 2000, Montgomery has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 2.8 percent to a total of 31.4 in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proporation of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the 2005 State of Alabama percent of 21.4 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 2.8 percent. In the year 2005, 32.8 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 30 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
In Montgomery County, Alabama as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 36.4 percent of the White Alone, 18.2 percent of Black or African American, 32.8 percent of the Asian alone and 25.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Montgomery County, Alabama may to understood as having a highly-educated working age population, with 28.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Montgomery has a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
Since 2000, Montgomery has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 2.8 percent to a total of 31.4 in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proporation of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the 2005 State of Alabama percent of 21.4 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 2.8 percent. In the year 2005, 32.8 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 30 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
