Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in Swift County, Minnesota

Swift County, Minnesota is made up of a moderately-educated population, with 14 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Swift 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.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Swift County, Minnesota, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 36.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Swift have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 13 percent (Men) versus 15.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 33.4 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Swift County, Minnesota as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 15 percent of the White Alone, 0.6 percent of Black or African American, 22.6 percent of the Asian alone and 2.4 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.

 

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