Higher Education in the Springfield, OH Metro Area

Springfield, OH Metro Area can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 17 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Springfield MSA counted a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Ohio's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

Since 2000, the Springfield metro area has decreased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has declined by 5.2 percent to a total of 17 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Springfield, OH Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Springfield metro area have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 18.8 percent (Men) versus 15.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 40.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has decreased by 6.2 percent. In the year 2005, 18.8 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 decreased by a total of 4.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 15.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

In the Springfield, OH Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 17.6 percent of the White Alone, 10 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

Demographic Profile for Springfield, OH

When measuring the total land area, Springfield extends a total area of 400 square miles. This area has a medium-high population density of 356 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar metro areas, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Oshkosh-Neenah (364 per sq. mile ), Springfield (372 per sq. mile ), Boulder (378 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Rochester (354 per sq. mile ), Knoxville (353 per sq. mile ), Erie (350 per sq. mile ).

Springfield, OH had an estimated population of 142,376 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 144,647. The decline shows a decrease of -1.6 percent. Springfield ranks 7 of 12 MSAs when analyzing total population change in Ohio and the metro area ranks 336 of 361 metro areas by growth in MSA population in the United States.

From 2000, a low number of individuals migrated to the Springfield, with 170 people migrating in internationally. The international migration into Springfield totals 0.2 percent of the total international migration into the State of Ohio. This amount of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Springfield, OH has a population that is comprised of 87.1 percent White, 8.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent Asian, and 1.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 11.0 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Springfield has increased the level of diversity when 10.7 percent of the total population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Springfield, OH to be 38.2 years old. The median in Springfield is greater than the median age in Ohio of 37.6. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 36.6 years of age. With a total of 92.1 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Springfield can be described as having a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the 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 percent of the population base.

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