Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has decreased by 0.8 percent. By 2005, 14.2 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has decreased by a total of 0.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 14.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From the year 2000, the Jacksonville metro area has decreased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has declined by 0.4 percent to a total of 14.4 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

Jacksonville, NC Metro Area can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 14.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Jacksonville MSA counted 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 the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 36 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Jacksonville metro area on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 14.2 percent (Men) versus 14.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 37.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 16.6 percent of the White Alone, 6 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

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