Higher Education in Benton County, Minnesota
In 2000, the Census reported that in Benton County, Minnesota, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 36 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Benton have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 17.4 percent (Men) versus 17 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.
In Benton County, Minnesota according the 2000 Decennial Census, 17.2 percent of the White Alone, 27.2 percent of Black or African American, 14 percent of the Asian alone and 11 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Benton County, Minnesota may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 17.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Benton has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 27.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
In Benton County, Minnesota according the 2000 Decennial Census, 17.2 percent of the White Alone, 27.2 percent of Black or African American, 14 percent of the Asian alone and 11 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Benton County, Minnesota may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 17.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Benton has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 27.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
