Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Higher Education in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area

Since the year 2000, the Cincinnati-Middletown metro area has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 1.4 percent to a total of 26.4 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

In the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 27 percent of the White Alone, 14.8 percent of Black or African American, 65.2 percent of the Asian alone and 25 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has stayed the same by 0.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 28 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 2.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 24.8 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area may to understood as having a moderately-educated population, with 26.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Cincinnati-Middletown MSA has a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Ohio's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in the Cincinnati-Middletown metro area have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 28 percent (Men) versus 24.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 36 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

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

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