Higher Education in Cameron County, Texas
Since the year 2000, Cameron has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 0.2 percent to a total of 13.6 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Cameron County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 42.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Cameron have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 14.6 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Less than High School category, with 46.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. As reported in 2005, 15.6 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has decreased by a total of 0.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 12 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Cameron County, Texas is made up of a moderately-educated working age population, with 13.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Cameron was reported to have a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.
In Cameron County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 14.4 percent of the White Alone, 28 percent of Black or African American, 58.4 percent of the Asian alone and 9 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. 2005 American Community Survey.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Cameron County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 42.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Cameron have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 14.6 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Less than High School category, with 46.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. As reported in 2005, 15.6 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has decreased by a total of 0.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 12 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Cameron County, Texas is made up of a moderately-educated working age population, with 13.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Cameron was reported to have a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.
In Cameron County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 14.4 percent of the White Alone, 28 percent of Black or African American, 58.4 percent of the Asian alone and 9 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. 2005 American Community Survey.
