Higher Education in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area

Since the year 2000, the Cincinnati-Middletown metro area has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 1.4 percent to a total of 26.4 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

In the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 27 percent of the White Alone, 14.8 percent of Black or African American, 65.2 percent of the Asian alone and 25 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has stayed the same by 0.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 28 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 24.8 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area may to understood as having a moderately-educated population, with 26.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Cincinnati-Middletown MSA has a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Ohio's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in the Cincinnati-Middletown metro area have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 28 percent (Men) versus 24.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 36 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

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

Demographic Profile for Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN

The Cincinnati-Middletown metro area had a total estimated population of 2,070,441 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 2,014,487. This growth shows an increase of 2.8 percent. Cincinnati-Middletown ranks 2 of 12 MSAs in terms of population growth in Ohio and the metro area ranks 47 of 361 metro areas when calculating the total change in MSA population across the US.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated the median age in the Cincinnati-Middletown metro area to be 36.4 years of age. The median in Cincinnati-Middletown is less than the median age in the State of Ohio of 37.6. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 35.0 years of age. With 6.3 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Cincinnati-Middletown can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 61.1 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 16.8 percent of the total population base. Compared to other metro areas throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

When measuring the total land area, the Cincinnati-Middletown metro area spans a total area of 4398 total square miles. The area has a medium-high average area density of 471 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US metro areas with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Stockton (475 per sq. mile ), Ann Arbor (482 per sq. mile ), Atlantic City (483 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Reading (461 per sq. mile ), Manchester-Nashua (458 per sq. mile ), York-Hanover (452 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a medium-high number of individuals migrated into the Cincinnati-Middletown metro area, with 13,977 people migrating in from another country. The international migration into Cincinnati-Middletown totals 18.6 percent of the total migration into the State of Ohio. This amount of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

The Cincinnati-Middletown metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population base that is comprised of 84 percent White, 11.7 percent African American, 1.5 percent Asian, and 1.5 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 14.7 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Cincinnati-Middletown has increased the percent of minority makeup when 13.8 percent of the people were minorities.

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