Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in Osceola County, Iowa

In Osceola County, Iowa according the 2000 Decennial Census, 13.6 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 8.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Osceola County, Iowa can be considered to have a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 13.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Osceola is reported having a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Iowa's proportion of 21.2 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Osceola County, Iowa, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 36.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Osceola have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 12.2 percent (Men) versus 14.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 38.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

 

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