Higher Education in Nash County, North Carolina
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 2.2 percent. By the year 2005, 20.2 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has stayed the same by a total of 0.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 16.2 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.
Nash County, North Carolina is made up of a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 17.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Nash has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.
From the year 2000, Nash has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 0.8 percent to a total of 18 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Nash County, North Carolina, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Nash have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 18.4 percent (Men) versus 16.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 35.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
In Nash County, North Carolina as reported in the 2000 Census, 21.6 percent of the White Alone, 8.4 percent of Black or African American, 42 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.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
Nash County, North Carolina is made up of a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 17.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Nash has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.
From the year 2000, Nash has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 0.8 percent to a total of 18 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Nash County, North Carolina, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Nash have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 18.4 percent (Men) versus 16.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 35.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
In Nash County, North Carolina as reported in the 2000 Census, 21.6 percent of the White Alone, 8.4 percent of Black or African American, 42 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.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
