Higher Education in Josephine County, Oregon
Josephine County, Oregon is made up of a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 14 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Josephine has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Oregon's proportion of 25 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.
In Josephine County, Oregon as reported in the 2000 Census, 14.4 percent of the White Alone, 32 percent of Black or African American, 20.8 percent of the Asian alone and 4.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, 18.4 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 1.8 percent. By 2005, a total of 14 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Josephine County, Oregon, many men in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Josephine have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 16.2 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 38 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.
From the year 2000, Josephine has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 2.2 percent to a total of 16.2 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the State of Oregon percent of 27.8 and less than the national percent of 27.2.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
In Josephine County, Oregon as reported in the 2000 Census, 14.4 percent of the White Alone, 32 percent of Black or African American, 20.8 percent of the Asian alone and 4.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, 18.4 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 1.8 percent. By 2005, a total of 14 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Josephine County, Oregon, many men in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Josephine have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 16.2 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 38 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.
From the year 2000, Josephine has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 2.2 percent to a total of 16.2 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the State of Oregon percent of 27.8 and less than the national percent of 27.2.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
