Higher Education in Orange County, Texas
In Orange County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 11.2 percent of the White Alone, 7.4 percent of Black or African American, 19.6 percent of the Asian alone and 6.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
From the year 2000, Orange has decreased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has declined by 0.4 percent to a total of 10.6 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has stayed the same by 0.0 percent. In the year 2005, 11 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 decreased by a total of 0.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 10.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Orange County, Texas, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 40.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Orange have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 11.2 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 37.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
Orange County, Texas may to understood as having a less-educated working age population, with 11 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Orange 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 the national average of 24.4 percent.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
From the year 2000, Orange has decreased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has declined by 0.4 percent to a total of 10.6 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.
From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has stayed the same by 0.0 percent. In the year 2005, 11 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 decreased by a total of 0.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 10.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Orange County, Texas, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 40.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Orange have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 11.2 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 37.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.
Orange County, Texas may to understood as having a less-educated working age population, with 11 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Orange 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 the national average of 24.4 percent.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
