Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Lucas County, Ohio

In Lucas County, Ohio as reported in the 2000 Census, 23 percent of the White Alone, 10.2 percent of Black or African American, 61.2 percent of the Asian alone and 10.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 1.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 24 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 22.2 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Lucas County, Ohio may to understood as having a highly-educated population, with 21.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Lucas counted a higher 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.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Lucas County, Ohio, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 31.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lucas have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 23 percent (Men) versus 19.8 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 33.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From the year 2000, Lucas has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 2.0 percent to a total of 23.2 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the 2005 State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

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

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