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.

Demographic Profile for Jacksonville, NC

The Jacksonville metro area had a total estimated population of 152,440 in 2005. The total population has increased, since its 2000 population of 150,099. This growth denotes an increase of 1.6 percent. Jacksonville ranks 13 of 14 MSAs when calculating total change in population for North Carolina and the metro area ranks 281 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

In the year 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in the Jacksonville metro area to be 29.1 years old. The median in Jacksonville is less than the median age in the State of North Carolina of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 25.0 years old. With 71.8 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Jacksonville can be understood as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the population, with 62.6 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other metro areas throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

The Jacksonville metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is comprised of 70.6 percent White, 17 percent African American, 1.9 percent Asian, and 6.6 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 25.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of North Carolina percent of 29.6. Since 2000, Jacksonville has decreased the percent of minority population when 27.2 percent of the people were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individuals migrated into the Jacksonville metro area, with 733 people migrating in internationally. The migration from outside the US into Jacksonville totals 0.5 percent of all immigration into North Carolina. This level of international migration can be considered medium-low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

When calculating the total land area, the Jacksonville metro area spans a total area of 767 total square miles. The area has a medium-low average area density of 199 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US metro areas with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Lincoln (199 per sq. mile ), Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach (200 per sq. mile ), Auburn-Opelika (202 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Gainesville (196 per sq. mile ), Battle Creek (196 per sq. mile ), Madison (196 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.