Higher Education in Wheeler County, Georgia
In Wheeler County, Georgia as reported in the 2000 Census, 9 percent of the White Alone, 3.2 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 2.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Wheeler County, Georgia can be considered to have a less-educated working age population, with 7.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Wheeler is reported having a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Georgia's proportion of 24.2 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Wheeler County, Georgia, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 43.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Wheeler have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 4.4 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma, with 39.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
Wheeler County, Georgia can be considered to have a less-educated working age population, with 7.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Wheeler is reported having a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Georgia's proportion of 24.2 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Wheeler County, Georgia, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 43.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Wheeler have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 4.4 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma, with 39.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
