Marshall County, Iowa can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 17 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Marshall has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Iowa's proportion of 21.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Marshall County, Iowa as reported in the 2000 Census, 18 percent of the White Alone, 8.2 percent of Black or African American, 15.4 percent of the Asian alone and 1.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Marshall County, Iowa, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 38 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Marshall have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 17.6 percent (Men) versus 16.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 36.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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