Higher Education in Meigs County, Ohio

Meigs County, Ohio may to understood as having a less-educated population of the working age, with 7.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Meigs 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 Meigs County, Ohio, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 48.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Meigs have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 7 percent (Men) versus 7.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 44.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Meigs County, Ohio according the 2000 Decennial Census, 7.4 percent of the White Alone, 14.8 percent of Black or African American, 26.6 percent of the Asian alone and 0 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.