Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in Mississippi County, Arkansas

In 2000, the Census reported that in Mississippi County, Arkansas, many men in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 35.2 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Mississippi have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 11.2 percent (Men) versus 11.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Less than High School, with 35.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Mississippi County, Arkansas as reported in the 2000 Census, 13.4 percent of the White Alone, 5.6 percent of Black or African American, 50.8 percent of the Asian alone and 7 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Mississippi County, Arkansas may to understood as having a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 11.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Mississippi was reported to have a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Arkansas's proportion of 16.6 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





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

 

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