Higher Education in the Danville, IL Metro Area

Danville, IL Metro Area is made up of a less-educated population, with 11.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Danville MSA counted a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Illinois's proportion of 29.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has decreased by 19.4 percent. As reported in 2005, 11.6 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 decreased by a total of 14.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 11.8 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

In the Danville, IL Metro Area as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey, 12.6 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Since the year 2000, the Danville metro area has decreased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has declined by 16.8 percent to a total of 11.6 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the 2005 State of Illinois percent of 29.2 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the Danville, IL Metro Area, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 43.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Danville metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 11.6 percent (Men) versus 11.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 43.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

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

Demographic Profile for Danville, IL

The Danville metro area had a population of 82,344 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 83,826. The decline shows a decrease of -1.8 percent. Danville ranks 8 of 9 MSAs when calculating total change in population for Illinois and the metro area ranks 325 of 361 metro areas when calculating the total change in MSA population across the US.

When calculating the total land area, the Danville metro area spans a total area of 899 square miles. The MSA has a medium-low density of 92 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Bakersfield (93 per sq. mile ), Eau Claire (93 per sq. mile ), Williamsport (96 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Charlottesville (90 per sq. mile ), College Station-Bryan (90 per sq. mile ), Texarkana (89 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individuals migrated into the Danville metro area, with 279 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Danville accounts for 0.1 percent of all immigration into Illinois. This amount of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other metro areas across the US.

The Danville metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made of 83.9 percent White, 11 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 3.4 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 14.9 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Danville has increased the level of diversity when 14.2 percent of the people were minorities.



Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.