Higher Education in the Midland, TX Metro Area

Since the year 2000, the Midland metro area has decreased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has declined by 3.6 percent to a total of 24.2 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

Midland, TX Metro Area can be considered to have a moderately-educated working age population, with 24.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Midland MSA counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Texas's proportion of 25.2 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Midland, TX Metro Area, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 28.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in the Midland metro area have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 27.8 percent (Men) versus 21 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 31.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In the Midland, TX Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 26.2 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 8.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has decreased by 3.2 percent. In the year 2005, 27.8 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has decreased by a total of 3.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 21 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

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

Demographic Profile for Midland, TX

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated into the Midland metro area, with 967 people migrating in internationally. The migration from outside the US into Midland totals 0.1 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

The Midland metro area had a population that was estimated at 121,371 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 115,540. This growth denotes an increase of 5 percent. Midland ranks 16 of 25 MSAs by growth in total population in Texas and the metro area ranks 223 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, the Midland metro area covers a total land area of 900 square miles. The land areas has a medium-low population density of 135 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar metro areas, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Fond du Lac (137 per sq. mile ), Hot Springs (138 per sq. mile ), Odessa (139 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Bloomington (135 per sq. mile ), Bloomington-Normal (134 per sq. mile ), Cumberland (134 per sq. mile ).

The Midland metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 57.3 percent White, 6.7 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 34.1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very high level of diversity, with 41.7 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Midland has increased the percent of minority population when 37.1 percent of the people were minorities.



Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.