Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in Barrow County, Georgia

In Barrow County, Georgia as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 11.4 percent of the White Alone, 5.8 percent of Black or African American, 16.8 percent of the Asian alone and 2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Barrow County, Georgia, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 34.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Barrow have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 10.8 percent (Men) versus 11 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 37.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Barrow County, Georgia can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 11 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Barrow was reported to have a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Georgia's proportion of 24.2 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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