Higher Education in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 5.0 percent. By 2005, 26 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 2.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 20.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania is made up of a highly-educated 2000 population, with 19.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Lackawanna was reported to have a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 38 percent achieving this level. The female population in Lackawanna have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 21.2 percent (Men) versus 18.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
From the year 2000, Lackawanna has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.6 percent to a total of 23.2 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.
In Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania according the 2000 Decennial Census, 19.6 percent of the White Alone, 8.6 percent of Black or African American, 47 percent of the Asian alone and 11 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. 2005 American Community Survey.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania is made up of a highly-educated 2000 population, with 19.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Lackawanna was reported to have a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 38 percent achieving this level. The female population in Lackawanna have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 21.2 percent (Men) versus 18.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
From the year 2000, Lackawanna has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.6 percent to a total of 23.2 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.
In Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania according the 2000 Decennial Census, 19.6 percent of the White Alone, 8.6 percent of Black or African American, 47 percent of the Asian alone and 11 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. 2005 American Community Survey.
