Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in Jackson County, Arkansas

Jackson County, Arkansas is made up of a less-educated population, with 10.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Jackson counted a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Arkansas's proportion of 16.6 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Jackson County, Arkansas, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 38.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Jackson have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 11 percent (Men) versus 9.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma, with 38.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Jackson County, Arkansas according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 10.8 percent of the White Alone, 6.4 percent of Black or African American, 47.8 percent of the Asian alone and 5.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

 

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