Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Ashtabula County, Ohio

Ashtabula County, Ohio may to understood as having a less-educated population of the working age, with 11 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Ashtabula was reported to have a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has decreased by 1.4 percent. By 2005, 10.6 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 4.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 14.8 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Ashtabula County, Ohio, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 45 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Ashtabula have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 11.8 percent (Men) versus 10.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 46.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Since 2000, Ashtabula has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 1.8 percent to a total of 12.8 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

In Ashtabula County, Ohio according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 11.2 percent of the White Alone, 6.6 percent of Black or African American, 27.6 percent of the Asian alone and 4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

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