Higher Education in the Victoria, TX Metro Area

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has decreased by 0.8 percent. In the year 2005, 17.2 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 1.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 14 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Since 2000, the Victoria metro area has decreased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has declined by 0.6 percent to a total of 15.6 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 2005 State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Victoria, TX Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 37.4 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Victoria metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 17.2 percent (Men) versus 14 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma category, with 29.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In the Victoria, TX Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 19.6 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 5.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Victoria, TX Metro Area has a less-educated population of the working age, with 15.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Victoria MSA was reported to have a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Texas's proportion of 25.2 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 27.2 percent.

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

Demographic Profile for Victoria, TX

The Victoria metro area had a population that was estimated at 113,356 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 111,659. This growth represents an increase of 1.5 percent. Victoria ranks 21 of 25 MSAs by growth in total population in Texas and the metro area ranks 290 of 361 metro areas by growth in MSA population in the United States.

Since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated into the Victoria metro area, with 1,094 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Victoria accounts for 0.2 percent of the total international migration into the State of Texas. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

When calculating the total land area, the Victoria metro area spans a total of 2248 square miles. The MSA has a low average area density of 50 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US metro areas with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Pine Bluff (51 per sq. mile ), Yakima (54 per sq. mile ), Wichita Falls (56 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Las Cruces (50 per sq. mile ), St George (49 per sq. mile ), Redding (48 per sq. mile ).

The Victoria metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 51.2 percent White, 5.2 percent African American, 1.4 percent Asian, and 41.4 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 48.0 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Victoria has increased in diversity when 46.2 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated the median age in the Victoria metro area to be 35.7 years of age. The median age in Victoria is greater than the median in Texas of 33.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 34.2 years old. With 32.2 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Victoria can be described as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 61.6 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 13.4 percent of the population. When compared to other metro areas in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

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