Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Hamilton County, Ohio

From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 0.4 percent. In the year 2005, 33.4 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 28.6 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Hamilton County, Ohio may to understood as having a highly-educated population of the working age, with 29.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Hamilton has a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

From the year 2000, Hamilton has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.8 percent to a total of 31 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the 2005 State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and greater than the average US percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Hamilton County, Ohio, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 32.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Hamilton have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 32.6 percent (Men) versus 26.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 29.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Hamilton County, Ohio as reported in the 2000 Census, 33 percent of the White Alone, 12.4 percent of Black or African American, 67.4 percent of the Asian alone and 36.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

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