Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in Dooly County, Georgia

In Dooly County, Georgia as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 13.4 percent of the White Alone, 5.2 percent of Black or African American, 51.2 percent of the Asian alone and 1.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Dooly County, Georgia, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 38.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Dooly have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 8.6 percent (Men) versus 10.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma, with 37.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

Dooly County, Georgia can be considered to have a less-educated population, with 9.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Dooly has 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 average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





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

 

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