Higher Education in Madison County, North Carolina

In 2000, the Census reported that in Madison County, North Carolina, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 33.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Madison have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 15.6 percent (Men) versus 16.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 32 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Madison County, North Carolina has a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 16.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Madison has a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In Madison County, North Carolina according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 16.2 percent of the White Alone, 5 percent of Black or African American, 10.4 percent of the Asian alone and 19 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.