Higher Education in Poweshiek County, Iowa
In 2000, the Census reported that in Poweshiek County, Iowa, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 43.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Poweshiek have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 20 percent (Men) versus 17.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 41.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
Poweshiek County, Iowa can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 18.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Poweshiek was reported to have a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Iowa's proportion of 21.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.
In Poweshiek County, Iowa as reported in the 2000 Census, 18.2 percent of the White Alone, 46.2 percent of Black or African American, 34.4 percent of the Asian alone and 17.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
Poweshiek County, Iowa can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 18.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Poweshiek was reported to have a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Iowa's proportion of 21.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.
In Poweshiek County, Iowa as reported in the 2000 Census, 18.2 percent of the White Alone, 46.2 percent of Black or African American, 34.4 percent of the Asian alone and 17.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
