Higher Education in Brown County, Ohio

In 2000, the Census reported that in Brown County, Ohio, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 45.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Brown have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 8.4 percent (Men) versus 9.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 45.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Brown County, Ohio can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 8.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Brown 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 US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Brown County, Ohio as reported in the 2000 Census, 8.8 percent of the White Alone, 11 percent of Black or African American, 22.4 percent of the Asian alone and 23.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





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