Faribault County, Minnesota is made up of a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 13.8 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Faribault is reported having a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 27.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Faribault County, Minnesota, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Faribault have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 14.2 percent (Men) versus 13.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 39.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Faribault County, Minnesota as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 14 percent of the White Alone, 66.6 percent of Black or African American, 3.6 percent of the Asian alone and 4.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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