Higher Education in Erie County, Ohio
In Erie County, Ohio according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 17.4 percent of the White Alone, 6.4 percent of Black or African American, 41.2 percent of the Asian alone and 8 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 the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. In the year 2005, 18.6 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 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 17.8 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Erie County, Ohio, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 39.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Erie on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 18 percent (Men) versus 15.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 42.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.
Erie County, Ohio is made up of a moderately-educated working age population, with 16.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Erie was reported to have 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.
Since 2000, Erie has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.6 percent to a total of 18.2 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the 2005 State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the national percent of 27.2.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. In the year 2005, 18.6 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 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 17.8 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Erie County, Ohio, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 39.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Erie on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 18 percent (Men) versus 15.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 42.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.
Erie County, Ohio is made up of a moderately-educated working age population, with 16.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Erie was reported to have 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.
Since 2000, Erie has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.6 percent to a total of 18.2 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the 2005 State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the national percent of 27.2.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
