Higher Education in Phillips County, Arkansas

In Phillips County, Arkansas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 16.6 percent of the White Alone, 8 percent of Black or African American, 40.6 percent of the Asian alone and 5 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Phillips County, Arkansas has a moderately-educated working age population, with 12.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Phillips is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Arkansas's proportion of 16.6 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Phillips County, Arkansas, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 39.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Phillips on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 12.6 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is Less than High School, with 36.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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