Monday, December 18, 2006

Higher Education in Worth County, Iowa

Worth County, Iowa may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 12.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Worth is reported having 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 national average of 24.4 percent.

In Worth County, Iowa according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 13 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Worth County, Iowa, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 41 percent achieving this level. The female population in Worth on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 14.6 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 38.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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

 

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