Higher Education in Knox County, Ohio

Knox County, Ohio has a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 16.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Knox counted a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Knox County, Ohio, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Knox have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 18 percent (Men) versus 15.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 42 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Knox County, Ohio as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 16.6 percent of the White Alone, 25.2 percent of Black or African American, 52.4 percent of the Asian alone and 3.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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