Higher Education in Portage County, Ohio
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Portage County, Ohio, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 39.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Portage have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 22 percent (Men) versus 20.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 40.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
In Portage County, Ohio as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 20.6 percent of the White Alone, 16.2 percent of Black or African American, 76.6 percent of the Asian alone and 20 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
From the year 2000, Portage has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 3.0 percent to a total of 24 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the 2005 State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the US percent of 27.2.
Portage County, Ohio can be considered to have a highly-educated working age population, with 21 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Portage has 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 national average 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 0.4 percent. In the year 2005, 21.6 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 6.0 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 26.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
In Portage County, Ohio as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 20.6 percent of the White Alone, 16.2 percent of Black or African American, 76.6 percent of the Asian alone and 20 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
From the year 2000, Portage has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 3.0 percent to a total of 24 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the 2005 State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the US percent of 27.2.
Portage County, Ohio can be considered to have a highly-educated working age population, with 21 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Portage has 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 national average 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 0.4 percent. In the year 2005, 21.6 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 6.0 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 26.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
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