Higher Education in Sacramento County, California
In Sacramento County, California according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 27.2 percent of the White Alone, 15.4 percent of Black or African American, 30.6 percent of the Asian alone and 12 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Sacramento County, California is made up of a highly-educated 2000 population, with 24.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Sacramento has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of California's proportion of 26.6 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 4.0 percent. By the year 2005, 31 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 25.4 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Sacramento County, California, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Sacramento have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 26.8 percent (Men) versus 23 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is Some College or Associates Degree, with 36.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
Since the year 2000, Sacramento has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 3.4 percent to a total of 28.2 in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of California percent of 29.6 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
Sacramento County, California is made up of a highly-educated 2000 population, with 24.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Sacramento has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of California's proportion of 26.6 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 4.0 percent. By the year 2005, 31 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 25.4 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Sacramento County, California, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Sacramento have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 26.8 percent (Men) versus 23 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is Some College or Associates Degree, with 36.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
Since the year 2000, Sacramento has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 3.4 percent to a total of 28.2 in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of California percent of 29.6 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
