Higher Education in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area

Charlottesville, VA Metro Area may to understood as having a very highly-educated 2005 population, with 39.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Charlottesville MSA counted a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Virginia's proportion of 33.2 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

Since 2000, the Charlottesville metro area has decreased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has declined by 0.8 percent to a total of 39.2 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Virginia percent of 33.2 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 40.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Charlottesville metro area on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 40.8 percent (Men) versus 37.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 37.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has decreased by 1.2 percent. By 2005, 40.8 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has decreased by a total of 0.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 37.8 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

In the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 43 percent of the White Alone, 12.6 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

Demographic Profile for Charlottesville, VA

From 2000, a high amount of people have migrated to Charlottesville, with 2,183 people migrating in from another country. The international migration into Charlottesville accounts for 1.6 percent of the total international migration into the State of Virginia. This percent of immigration can be considered high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Charlottesville, VA to be 38.0 years old. The median in Charlottesville is greater than the median age in the State of Virginia of 37.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 34.3 years of age. With 14.9 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Charlottesville can be described as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 64.1 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 11.7 percent of the total population base. Compared to other metro areas throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Charlottesville, VA has a population that is made up of 82 percent White, 10.9 percent African American, 2.9 percent Asian, and 3 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 16.8 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Virginia percent of 30. Since 2000, Charlottesville has increased the percent of minority makeup when 15.8 percent of the total population were minorities.

Charlottesville, VA had a total estimated population of 147,987 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 134,701. This growth signifies an increase of 9.9 percent. Charlottesville ranks 3 of 9 MSAs when calculating total change in population for Virginia and the metro area ranks 150 of 361 metro areas when calculating the total change in MSA population across the US.

By measuring total land area, Charlottesville spans a total area of 1639 square miles. This area has a medium-low average area density of 90 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US metro areas with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- College Station-Bryan (90 per sq. mile ), Danville (92 per sq. mile ), Bakersfield (93 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Texarkana (89 per sq. mile ), Bellingham (87 per sq. mile ), Winchester (86 per sq. mile ).

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