Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Coryell County, Texas

Coryell County, Texas has a moderately-educated working age population, with 12.4 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Coryell is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 5.6 percent. By 2005, 19.6 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 3.8 percent. By 2005, a total of 15.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

From the year 2000, Coryell has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 5.0 percent to a total of 17.4 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the 2005 State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

In Coryell County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 14.4 percent of the White Alone, 7.4 percent of Black or African American, 16.4 percent of the Asian alone and 6.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Coryell County, Texas, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 39.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Coryell on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 13.6 percent (Men) versus 11.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 33.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

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

 

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