Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Lincoln County, Oregon

Lincoln County, Oregon may to understood as having a highly-educated population, with 20.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Lincoln counted a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Oregon's proportion of 25 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Lincoln County, Oregon, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 33 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lincoln have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 22.6 percent (Men) versus 19.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 37 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Lincoln County, Oregon according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 21.2 percent of the White Alone, 3.6 percent of Black or African American, 50 percent of the Asian alone and 6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

 

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