Higher Education in the Mansfield, OH Metro Area

From the year 2000, the Mansfield metro area has decreased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has declined by 27.4 percent to a total of 13.2 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the 2005 State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

Mansfield, OH Metro Area can be considered to have a less-educated 2005 population, with 13.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the American Community Survey of 2005. The Mansfield MSA has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Ohio's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 27.2 percent.

In the Mansfield, OH Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 13.4 percent of the White Alone, 3.6 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.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has decreased by 26.8 percent. As reported in 2005, 15.2 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 decreased by a total of 27.6 percent. By 2005, a total of 11.4 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

According to the 2005 American Community Survey in the Mansfield, OH Metro Area, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in the Mansfield metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 15.2 percent (Men) versus 11.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma category, with 49.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

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

Demographic Profile for Mansfield, OH

The Mansfield metro area had a total estimated population of 127,949 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since its 2000 population of 128,807. The decline shows a decrease of -0.7 percent. Mansfield ranks 5 of 12 MSAs by growth in total population in Ohio and the metro area ranks 320 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

The Mansfield metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made of 87.5 percent White, 9.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Asian, and 1.1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 11.1 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Mansfield has increased the level of diversity when 10.9 percent of the total population were minorities.

From 2000, a low amount of people migrated into the Mansfield metro area, with 300 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Mansfield totals 0.4 percent of all immigration into Ohio. This amount of international migration is low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

In terms of total land area, the Mansfield metro area encompasses a total area of 497 square miles. The land areas has a medium-high population density of 258 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Durham (258 per sq. mile ), Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent (262 per sq. mile ), Lima (263 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Saginaw-Saginaw Township North (258 per sq. mile ), San Antonio (257 per sq. mile ), Vero Beach (256 per sq. mile ).



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