Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area

The American Community Survey reported that in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 32.8 percent reaching this education level. The female population in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 17.6 percent (Men) versus 17.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma category, with 33.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 3.6 percent. By 2005, 17.6 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 4.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 17.6 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

In the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey, 18.6 percent of the White Alone, 6.8 percent of Black or African American, 34.4 percent of the Asian alone and 7.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Since 2000, the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 4.0 percent to a total of 17.6 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the 2005 State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area has a moderately-educated 2005 population, with 17.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton MSA was reported to have a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 25.2 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

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