Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Muskingum County, Ohio

Reported by the 2000 Census in Muskingum County, Ohio, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 45.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Muskingum have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 13.4 percent (Men) versus 11.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 43.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Since the year 2000, Muskingum has decreased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has declined by 1.6 percent to a total of 11 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 US percent of 27.2.

In Muskingum County, Ohio as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 12.6 percent of the White Alone, 13.4 percent of Black or African American, 30.8 percent of the Asian alone and 28.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Muskingum County, Ohio can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 12.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Muskingum counted a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has decreased by 4.4 percent. By 2005, 8.6 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 13 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

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