Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in Pine County, Minnesota

In Pine County, Minnesota according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 10.6 percent of the White Alone, 2.2 percent of Black or African American, 23.8 percent of the Asian alone and 3.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Pine County, Minnesota is made up of a less-educated working age population, with 10.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Pine 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 US proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Pine County, Minnesota, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 42.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Pine have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 9.6 percent (Men) versus 11 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 39.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

 

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