Higher Education in the Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 1.4 percent. As reported in 2005, 40.4 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 2.8 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 37.6 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area can be considered to have a very highly-educated 2005 population, with 39 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported in American Community Survey of 2005. The Austin-Round Rock MSA was reported to have a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Texas's proportion of 25.2 percent and a higher percent than the national average of 27.2 percent.

Since 2000, the Austin-Round Rock metro area has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 2.4 percent to a total of 39 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the 2005 State of Texas percent of 25.2 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 40.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in the Austin-Round Rock metro area on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 40.4 percent (Men) versus 37.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 37.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In the Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 42.6 percent of the White Alone, 23.8 percent of Black or African American, 65.2 percent of the Asian alone and 17.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Austin-Round Rock, TX

Since 2000, a very high number of individuals migrated into the Austin-Round Rock metro area, with 47,204 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Austin-Round Rock totals 7.1 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This percent of immigration can be considered very high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

The Austin-Round Rock metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 57.9 percent White, 7.3 percent African American, 4.2 percent Asian, and 29 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very high level of diversity, with 40.5 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Austin-Round Rock has increased in diversity when 37.8 percent of the population were minorities.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated the median age in the Austin-Round Rock metro area to be 32.5 years of age. The median age in Austin-Round Rock is less than the median age in the State of Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 30.9 years of age. With 2.5 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Austin-Round Rock can be described as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 61.6 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13.4 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other metro areas throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

The Austin-Round Rock metro area had a population that was estimated at 1,452,529 in 2005. The estimated population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 1,264,508. This growth denotes an increase of 14.9 percent. Austin-Round Rock ranks 3 of 25 MSAs in terms of population growth in Texas and the metro area ranks 15 of 361 metro areas by growth in MSA population in the United States.

By measuring total land area, the Austin-Round Rock metro area spans a total of 4224 square miles. The MSA has a medium-high average population density of 344 persons per square mile. Similar metro areas in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Muskegon-Norton Shores (345 per sq. mile ), Lebanon (347 per sq. mile ), Youngstown-Warren-Boardman (348 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Modesto (338 per sq. mile ), Port St Lucie-Fort Pierce (338 per sq. mile ), Greensboro-High Point (337 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.