Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in Seneca County, New York

Seneca County, New York has a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 17.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Seneca has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of New York's proportion of 27.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In Seneca County, New York according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 17.6 percent of the White Alone, 7.6 percent of Black or African American, 33.4 percent of the Asian alone and 6.8 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 Seneca County, New York, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 35.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Seneca have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 17.4 percent (Men) versus 17.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 36 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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