Higher Education in Kankakee County, Illinois
Kankakee County, Illinois can be considered to have a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 15 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Kankakee was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Illinois's proportion of 26 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
Since the year 2000, Kankakee has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 0.4 percent to a total of 15.4 in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The poporation 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 national percent of 27.2.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Kankakee County, Illinois, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 35.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Kankakee on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 15.2 percent (Men) versus 14.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 36 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, 16.2 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has stayed the same by a total of 0.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 14.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
In Kankakee County, Illinois according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 16.2 percent of the White Alone, 7 percent of Black or African American, 40.4 percent of the Asian alone and 7.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
Since the year 2000, Kankakee has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 0.4 percent to a total of 15.4 in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The poporation 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 national percent of 27.2.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Kankakee County, Illinois, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 35.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Kankakee on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 15.2 percent (Men) versus 14.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 36 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, 16.2 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has stayed the same by a total of 0.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 14.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
In Kankakee County, Illinois according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 16.2 percent of the White Alone, 7 percent of Black or African American, 40.4 percent of the Asian alone and 7.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
