Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Coleman County, Texas

In Coleman County, Texas according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 12.2 percent of the White Alone, 2.2 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Coleman County, Texas can be considered to have a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 11.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Coleman counted 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 average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Coleman County, Texas, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 37.4 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Coleman on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 13.6 percent (Men) versus 10 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 38.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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

 

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