Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Jackson County, Oklahoma

In Jackson County, Oklahoma as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 20 percent of the White Alone, 10.6 percent of Black or African American, 36.8 percent of the Asian alone and 5.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Jackson County, Oklahoma has a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 18.4 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Jackson was reported to have a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Oklahoma's proportion of 20.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Jackson County, Oklahoma, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 36.2 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Jackson have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 21.2 percent (Men) versus 16 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 31.4 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





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

 

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