Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in LaMoure County, North Dakota

LaMoure County, North Dakota is made up of a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 13.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. LaMoure was reported to have 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 LaMoure County, North Dakota according the 2000 Decennial Census, 13.8 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 18.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

In 2000, the Census reported that in LaMoure County, North Dakota, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 34.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in LaMoure have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 13.6 percent (Men) versus 14 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 33.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.





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

 

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