Higher Education in Madison County, Arkansas

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Madison County, Arkansas, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 37.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Madison on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 9.6 percent (Men) versus 10.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma, with 40.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Madison County, Arkansas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 10.2 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 14.2 percent of the Asian alone and 2.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Madison County, Arkansas has a less-educated population, with 10 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Madison counted a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Arkansas's proportion of 16.6 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.





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