Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Duval County, Texas

Duval County, Texas has a less-educated working age population, with 9 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Duval counted a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Duval County, Texas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 10.2 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 8.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Duval County, Texas, many men in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 39.4 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Duval have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 9 percent (Men) versus 9 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Less than High School category, with 41.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

 

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