Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Jeff Davis County, Texas

Jeff Davis County, Texas has a very highly-educated population of the working age, with 35 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Jeff Davis is reported having a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a higher percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Jeff Davis County, Texas, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 36.8 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Jeff Davis have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 36.8 percent (Men) versus 33.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 33.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Jeff Davis County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 36.6 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 12 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

 

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