Higher Education in Benson County, North Dakota
Benson County, North Dakota can be considered to have a less-educated working age population, with 11 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Benson is reported having a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of North Dakota's proportion of 22 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.
In Benson County, North Dakota as reported in the 2000 Census, 14 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Benson County, North Dakota, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Benson have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 9.8 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
In Benson County, North Dakota as reported in the 2000 Census, 14 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Benson County, North Dakota, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Benson have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 9.8 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
