Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in Johnson County, Iowa

Since the year 2000, Johnson has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 4.0 percent to a total of 51.6 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the 2005 State of Iowa percent of 23.8 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 3.6 percent. In the year 2005, 51.6 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 4.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 51.6 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

In Johnson County, Iowa according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 46.8 percent of the White Alone, 34.8 percent of Black or African American, 76.4 percent of the Asian alone and 34.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Johnson County, Iowa, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 47.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Johnson have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 47.6 percent (Men) versus 47.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 47.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Johnson County, Iowa can be considered to have a very highly-educated population of the working age, with 47.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Johnson counted a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Iowa's proportion of 21.2 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

 

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