Higher Education in Mercer County, Ohio

Reported by the 2000 Census in Mercer County, Ohio, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 52.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Mercer on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 12.2 percent (Men) versus 13 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 47.2 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Mercer County, Ohio as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 12.6 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 62 percent of the Asian alone and 21.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Mercer County, Ohio can be considered to have a moderately-educated population, with 12.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Mercer was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.





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