Higher Education in Harrison County, Ohio

Harrison County, Ohio has a less-educated working age population, with 9 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Harrison has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Harrison County, Ohio according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 9.2 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 30 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Harrison County, Ohio, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 51.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Harrison on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 9 percent (Men) versus 9.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 48 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.