Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in Pennington County, Minnesota

In Pennington County, Minnesota as reported in the 2000 Census, 14.8 percent of the White Alone, 33.4 percent of Black or African American, 35.8 percent of the Asian alone and 9.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Pennington County, Minnesota may to understood as having a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 14.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Pennington was reported to have a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 27.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Pennington County, Minnesota, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.2 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Pennington have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 16 percent (Men) versus 13.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 38.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.





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

 

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