Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Brewster County, Texas

In Brewster County, Texas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 30.2 percent of the White Alone, 44 percent of Black or African American, 38 percent of the Asian alone and 12.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Brewster County, Texas may to understood as having a highly-educated working age population, with 27.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Brewster has a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Brewster County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Brewster have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 28 percent (Men) versus 27.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 29.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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

 

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