Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in Foster County, North Dakota

Foster County, North Dakota may to understood as having a highly-educated population of the working age, with 19.8 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Foster was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of North Dakota's proportion of 22 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Foster County, North Dakota, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 28.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Foster have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 20.8 percent (Men) versus 18.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 31.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Foster County, North Dakota according the 2000 Decennial Census, 19.8 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 60 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

 

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