Higher Education in Lewis County, Tennessee
Lewis County, Tennessee can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 8.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Lewis has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Tennessee's proportion of 19.6 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Lewis County, Tennessee, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 42.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lewis have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 8.2 percent (Men) versus 8.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 38.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
In Lewis County, Tennessee according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 8.2 percent of the White Alone, 7.6 percent of Black or African American, 50 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Lewis County, Tennessee, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 42.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lewis have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 8.2 percent (Men) versus 8.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 38.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
In Lewis County, Tennessee according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 8.2 percent of the White Alone, 7.6 percent of Black or African American, 50 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
