Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Hocking County, Ohio

Hocking County, Ohio has a less-educated working age population, with 9.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Hocking was reported to have a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Hocking County, Ohio, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 46 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Hocking have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 9.2 percent (Men) versus 10.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 46.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Hocking County, Ohio according the 2000 Decennial Census, 9.8 percent of the White Alone, 3.8 percent of Black or African American, 55 percent of the Asian alone and 29.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

 

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