Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Clarendon County, South Carolina

In Clarendon County, South Carolina as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 17.6 percent of the White Alone, 5 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 5.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Clarendon County, South Carolina may to understood as having a moderately-educated population, with 11.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Clarendon is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of South Carolina's proportion of 20.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Clarendon County, South Carolina, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Less than High School category, with 36.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Clarendon have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 11.2 percent (Men) versus 11.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 34.4 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





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

 

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