Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in Pierce County, North Dakota

In Pierce County, North Dakota as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 14.8 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Pierce County, North Dakota may to understood as having a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 14.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Pierce counted a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of North Dakota's proportion of 22 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Pierce County, North Dakota, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 31.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Pierce on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 15 percent (Men) versus 14.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

 

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