Higher Education in Castro County, Texas
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Castro County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 36.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Castro on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 12.2 percent (Men) versus 17 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Less than High School category, with 33 percent of the female population achieving this education level.
In Castro County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 17.8 percent of the White Alone, 7.6 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 2.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Castro County, Texas may to understood as having a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 14.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Castro has 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.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
In Castro County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 17.8 percent of the White Alone, 7.6 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 2.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
Castro County, Texas may to understood as having a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 14.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Castro has 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.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
