Higher Education in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area

Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area has a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 18.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the American Community Survey of 2005. The Canton-Massillon MSA is reported having a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Ohio's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

From the year 2000, the Canton-Massillon metro area has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 1.4 percent to a total of 18.8 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. As reported in 2005, 19.6 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 2.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 18 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 43.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Canton-Massillon metro area have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 19.6 percent (Men) versus 18 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 43.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In the Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 19 percent of the White Alone, 9 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . 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. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Canton-Massillon, OH

The Canton-Massillon metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 89.9 percent White, 6.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent Asian, and 1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 8.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Canton-Massillon has increased the percent of minority population when 8.1 percent of the total population were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a low amount of people migrated into the Canton-Massillon metro area, with 655 people migrating in from another country. The international migration into Canton-Massillon totals 0.9 percent of the total migration into the State of Ohio. This percent of international migration is low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

When measuring the total land area, the Canton-Massillon metro area spans a total of 971 square miles. The MSA has a medium-high average population density of 422 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar metro areas, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Indianapolis (425 per sq. mile ), Rockford (427 per sq. mile ), Columbus (429 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Elkhart-Goshen (421 per sq. mile ), Gainesville (421 per sq. mile ), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner (418 per sq. mile ).

The Canton-Massillon metro area had a population of 409,996 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 407,020. This growth represents an increase of 0.7 percent. Canton-Massillon ranks 4 of 12 MSAs when calculating total change in population for Ohio and the metro area ranks 271 of 361 metro areas when analyzing total MSA population change across the nation.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in the Canton-Massillon metro area to be 39.5 years of age. The median age in Canton-Massillon is greater than the median age in the State of Ohio of 37.6. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.3 years of age. With 32 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Canton-Massillon can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 61.1 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 16.8 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other metro areas in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.