Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in Calhoun County, Florida

Reported by the 2000 Census in Calhoun County, Florida, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 42.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Calhoun have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 5.6 percent (Men) versus 10.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 34 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Calhoun County, Florida according the 2000 Decennial Census, 8.4 percent of the White Alone, 3.2 percent of Black or African American, 37.2 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Calhoun County, Florida may to understood as having a less-educated population of the working age, with 7.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Calhoun counted a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Florida's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.





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

 

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