Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Johnston County, Oklahoma

In Johnston County, Oklahoma according the 2000 Decennial Census, 13.8 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 36.8 percent of the Asian alone and 15.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Johnston County, Oklahoma has a moderately-educated working age population, with 13.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Johnston has 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 US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Johnston County, Oklahoma, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Johnston on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 12.2 percent (Men) versus 14.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Less than High School category, with 30.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

 

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