Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Butler County, Ohio

In Butler County, Ohio as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 23.2 percent of the White Alone, 18.2 percent of Black or African American, 56.6 percent of the Asian alone and 22.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Butler County, Ohio, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 31.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Butler have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 26.6 percent (Men) versus 20.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 35.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has decreased by 2.4 percent. In the year 2005, 24.6 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 1.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 22.2 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Butler County, Ohio has a highly-educated population of the working age, with 23.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Butler is reported having a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Since 2000, Butler has not changed in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has not changed by 0.0 percent to a total of 23.4 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is the same the 2005 State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

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

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