In Athens County, Ohio according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 24.4 percent of the White Alone, 31.6 percent of Black or African American, 76.6 percent of the Asian alone and 49.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Athens County, Ohio, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 34.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Athens have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 27 percent (Men) versus 24.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 33.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Athens County, Ohio has a highly-educated population of the working age, with 25.8 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Athens was reported to have a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.





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