Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in Tioga County, New York

Tioga County, New York can be considered to have a highly-educated 2000 population, with 19.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Tioga counted 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 Tioga County, New York as reported in the 2000 Census, 19.6 percent of the White Alone, 26.6 percent of Black or African American, 41.8 percent of the Asian alone and 21.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Tioga County, New York, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 35.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Tioga have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 21.8 percent (Men) versus 17.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 39.2 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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