Educational Attainment in Tract 950501, Lafayette County, Mississippi (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
Tract 950501
Lafayette County
0%10%20%30%40%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma239.926385%46.603390%39.926385%39.9%2,06147.830298%42.786441%47.830298%47.8%2,46912.243317%10.610169%12.243317%12.2%632

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Lafayette County at large.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
-10%0%+10%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-14.327294%-14.327294%-14.3%39.926%39.9%46.603%46.6%11.788449%11.788449%+11.8%47.830%47.8%42.786%42.8%15.392281%15.392281%+15.4%12.243%12.2%10.610%10.6%

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
Tract 950501
Lafayette County
0%5%10%15%20%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None2.673382%4.918644%2.673382%2.7%1383.080201%2.644068%3.080201%3.1%1599.337466%9.298305%9.337466%9.3%48219.740411%22.888136%19.740411%19.7%1,0195.094924%6.854237%5.094924%5.1%26323.711740%21.915254%23.711740%23.7%1,22424.118559%20.871186%24.118559%24.1%1,2458.543200%7.406780%8.543200%8.5%4412.770244%2.474576%2.770244%2.8%1430.929872%0.728814%0.929872%0.9%48

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Lafayette County at large.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
0%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-45.647980%-45.647980%-45.6%2.673%2.67%4.919%4.92%16.494799%16.494799%+16.5%3.080%3.08%2.644%2.64%0.421163%0.421163%+0.4%9.337%9.34%9.298%9.30%-13.752649%-13.752649%-13.8%19.740%19.7%22.888%22.9%-25.667522%-25.667522%-25.7%5.095%5.09%6.854%6.85%8.197420%8.197420%+8.2%23.712%23.7%21.915%21.9%15.559117%15.559117%+15.6%24.119%24.1%20.871%20.9%15.342979%15.342979%+15.3%8.543%8.54%7.407%7.41%11.948220%11.948220%+11.9%2.770%2.77%2.475%2.47%27.587108%27.587108%+27.6%0.930%0.93%0.729%0.73%

Educational Attainment Sex Ratio#5

Percentage more likely men or women are to have various highest levels of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
More Females More Males
Lafayette County
Tract 950501
0%50%100%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-7.350030%0.597285%0.597285%1%39.810%39.8%40.047%40.0%-19.496377%-19.496377%19%4.778997%52.000%52.0%43.516%43.5%100.681083%13.044437%100.681083%101%8.190%8.19%16.437%16.4%

Detailed Educational Attainment Sex Ratio#6

Percentage more likely men or women are to have various highest levels of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
More Females More Males
Lafayette County
Tract 950501
0%200%400%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None30.607985%35.272994%30.607985%31%2.324%2.32%3.035%3.04%139.271285%45.927309%139.271285%139%1.829%1.83%4.375%4.38%-63.599042%-59.178860%-63.599042%64%11.543%11.5%7.056%7.06%26.236278%3.774857%26.236278%26%17.486%17.5%22.073%22.1%-88.951525%-42.899113%-88.951525%89%6.629%6.63%3.508%3.51%-30.846007%-30.846007%31%1.530414%26.819%26.8%20.497%20.5%-9.390541%-9.390541%9%8.301134%25.181%25.2%23.019%23.0%50.029562%9.516609%50.029562%50%6.857%6.86%10.288%10.3%575.269174%12.449841%575.269174%575%0.724%0.72%4.888%4.89%106.937328%59.678774%106.937328%107%0.610%0.61%1.261%1.26%

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
Tract 950501
Lafayette County
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-346.098457%14.026685%6.098457%6.1%831,36117.073171%20.910591%17.073171%17.1%3081,80431.061453%27.775880%31.061453%31.1%27889531.760436%28.697160%31.760436%31.8%3501,102

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Lafayette County at large.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
50%40%30%20%10%0%10%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-56.522464%-56.522464%56.5%6.098%6.10%14.027%14.0%-18.351564%-18.351564%18.4%17.073%17.1%20.911%20.9%11.828870%11.828870%11.8%31.061%31.1%27.776%27.8%10.674492%10.674492%10.7%31.760%31.8%28.697%28.7%

Bachelor's Degrees Sex Ratio By Age#9

Percentage more likely men or women are to have their highest degree be a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
More Females More Males
Lafayette County
Tract 950501
0%100%200%300%FM65+45-6435-4425-34308.379888%138.216099%308.379888%308.4%2.326%2.33%9.497%9.50%5.443787%7.003411%5.443787%5.4%16.713%16.7%17.622%17.6%-34.934645%-58.331638%-34.934645%34.9%36.058%36.1%26.722%26.7%-2.045788%60.984848%60.984848%61.0%23.579%23.6%37.959%38.0%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
Tract 950501
Lafayette County
$0k$20k$40kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$52,593.000000$55,423.000000$52,593.000000$52.6k77915.091%15.1%$43,625.000000$33,405.000000$43,625.000000$43.6k1,01919.740%19.7%$30,334.000000$28,654.000000$30,334.000000$30.3k1,48728.807%28.8%$33,730.000000$27,262.000000$33,730.000000$33.7k1,24524.119%24.1%$23,858.000000$21,722.000000$23,858.000000$23.9k63212.243%12.2%$36,827.000000$31,576.000000$36,827.000000$36.8k5,162100.000%100%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
Female Male
Lafayette County
Tract 950501
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$0k$50kFMGraduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2Total$-44,852.000000$-49,359.000000$-44,852.000000$44.9k$44,852.000000$25,273.000000$49,359.000000$20,502.000000$70,125.000000$70.1k412367$-29,778.000000$-28,896.000000$-29,778.000000$29.8k$29,778.000000$20,783.000000$28,896.000000$15,354.000000$50,561.000000$50.6k459560$-30,260.000000$-23,484.000000$-30,260.000000$30.3k$30,260.000000$221.000000$23,484.000000$8,112.000000$30,481.000000$30.5k878609$-24,519.000000$-22,231.000000$-24,519.000000$24.5k$24,519.000000$20,781.000000$22,231.000000$8,290.000000$45,300.000000$45.3k661584$-31,792.000000$-28,096.000000$-31,792.000000$31.8k$31,792.000000$10,347.000000$28,096.000000$9,120.000000$42,139.000000$42.1k2,6252,537

Employment by Educational Attainment#12

Percentage of population that is employed by highest level of educational attainment among the population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
Tract 950501
Lafayette County
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma379.836683%81.412527%79.836683%79.8%1,27171.077184%76.790263%71.077184%71.1%83867.638889%68.555060%67.638889%67.6%48738.709677%47.038153%38.709677%38.7%120

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#13

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
Female Male
Lafayette County
Tract 950501
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20%10%0%10%20%MFWhite1Black-7.517182%-6.101218%-7.517182%7.5%7.517182%9.434948%6.101218%3.071859%16.952130%17.0%386175-17.777778%-15.977444%-4.334657%-17.777778%17.8%17.777778%6.440972%15.977444%24.218750%24.2%3140

College Graduates By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Lafayette County and Tract 950501
Female Male
Lafayette County
Tract 950501
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40%20%0%20%40%MFWhite1Black-31.615120%-45.313964%-31.615120%31.6%31.615120%5.275525%45.313964%2.695651%36.890646%36.9%840736-32.444444%-11.278195%-12.359564%-32.444444%32.4%32.444444%12.086806%11.278195%44.531250%44.5%5773

Educational Attainment by Tract in Lafayette County

There are 10 tracts in Lafayette County. This section compares Tract 950501 to all of the tracts in Lafayette County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 950501.

No H.S. Diploma by Tract#15

Percent of population 25 years of age and older without a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Tract 950501, selected other tracts in Lafayette County, and entities that contain Tract 950501
0%5%10%15%20%Count#950301Tract 950301950402Tract 950402MississippiEast South CentralSouth950502Tract 950502United States of AmericaUnited States950501Tract 950501950100Tract 950100950202Tract 950202Lafayette CountyLafayetteOxford Metro AreaOxford Area950401Tract 950401950201Tract 950201950503Tract 950503950302Tract 95030224.344023%24.344023%24.3%167122.187254%22.187254%22.2%564217.042052%17.042052%17.0%332,266332k15.109088%15.109088%15.1%1,905,0301.91M14.392758%14.392758%14.4%11,511,24211.5M14.363307%14.363307%14.4%238313.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.243317%12.243317%12.2%632411.982011%11.982011%12.0%373511.181883%11.181883%11.2%316610.610169%10.610169%10.6%3,13010.610169%10.610169%10.6%3,1308.467826%8.467826%8.5%40477.651822%7.651822%7.7%18985.135340%5.135340%5.1%20391.896552%1.896552%1.9%4410

Bachelor's Degrees by Tract#16

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a bachelor's degree or higher..
Scope: population of Tract 950501, selected other tracts in Lafayette County, and entities that contain Tract 950501
0%20%40%Count#950201Tract 950201950302Tract 950302950401Tract 950401950503Tract 950503950202Tract 950202Lafayette CountyLafayetteOxford Metro AreaOxford Area950501Tract 950501950301Tract 950301United States of AmericaUnited States950502Tract 950502950100Tract 950100SouthEast South CentralMississippi950402Tract 95040255.060729%55.060729%55.1%1,360153.232759%53.232759%53.2%1,235247.201844%47.201844%47.2%2,252346.875791%46.875791%46.9%1,853444.019816%44.019816%44.0%1,244539.749153%39.749153%39.7%11,72611.7k39.749153%39.749153%39.7%11,72611.7k34.831461%34.831461%34.8%1,798633.673469%33.673469%33.7%231730.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M28.968014%28.968014%29.0%480828.846772%28.846772%28.8%898928.191926%28.191926%28.2%22,547,73422.5M23.710569%23.710569%23.7%2,989,5482.99M21.023469%21.023469%21.0%409,891410k14.752164%14.752164%14.8%37510

Very Advanced Degrees by Tract#17

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD).
Scope: population of Tract 950501, selected other tracts in Lafayette County, and entities that contain Tract 950501
0%5%10%Count#950201Tract 950201950202Tract 950202950302Tract 950302950401Tract 950401950301Tract 950301950503Tract 950503Lafayette CountyLafayetteOxford Metro AreaOxford Area950501Tract 950501United States of AmericaUnited States950502Tract 950502SouthEast South CentralMississippi950402Tract 950402950100Tract 95010011.902834%11.902834%11.9%294111.748054%11.748054%11.7%332210.043103%10.043103%10.0%23339.935024%9.935024%9.9%47449.329446%9.329446%9.3%6459.157602%9.157602%9.2%36267.562712%7.562712%7.6%2,2317.562712%7.562712%7.6%2,2315.753584%5.753584%5.8%29773.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.198552%3.198552%3.2%5383.064699%3.064699%3.1%2,451,1282.45M2.593020%2.593020%2.6%326,941327k2.245391%2.245391%2.2%43,77843.8k2.242329%2.242329%2.2%5792.088018%2.088018%2.1%6510

Under-Education Sex Ratio by Tract#18

Percentage more likely men are than women to not have a high school diploma (or equivalent) among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Tract 950501, selected other tracts in Lafayette County, and entities that contain Tract 950501
Female
Male
2x0x2xFM#Tract 950302Tract 950501Tract 950202MississippiEast South CentralSouthLafayetteOxford AreaTract 950401United StatesTract 950402Tract 950502Tract 950201Tract 950503Tract 950100Tract 950301-1.000000x-1.000000x3.822412x3.822412x3.82x0.783%0.78%2.991%2.99%1-1.000000x-1.000000x2.006811x2.006811x2.01x8.190%8.19%16.437%16.4%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.958918x1.958918x1.96x7.579%7.58%14.847%14.8%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.246480x1.246480x1.25x15.263%15.3%19.025%19.0%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.173351x1.173351x1.17x13.956%14.0%16.375%16.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.149925x1.149925x1.15x13.427%13.4%15.440%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.130444x1.130444x1.13x9.980%9.98%11.281%11.3%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.130444x1.130444x1.13x9.980%9.98%11.281%11.3%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.117583x1.117583x1.12x8.031%8.03%8.976%8.98%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.109070x1.109070x1.11x12.369%12.4%13.719%13.7%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.054456x1.054456x1.05x21.580%21.6%22.755%22.8%5-1.091750x-1.091750x1.09x1.000000x1.000000x14.934%14.9%13.679%13.7%6-1.134088x-1.134088x1.13x1.000000x1.000000x8.151%8.15%7.187%7.19%7-1.356304x-1.356304x1.36x1.000000x1.000000x5.838%5.84%4.305%4.30%8-1.451950x-1.451950x1.45x1.000000x1.000000x14.116%14.1%9.722%9.72%9-3.001346x-3.001346x3.00x1.000000x1.000000x34.555%34.6%11.513%11.5%10

Over-Education Sex Ratio by Tract#19

Percentage more likely men are than women to have a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD) among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Tract 950501, selected other tracts in Lafayette County, and entities that contain Tract 950501
Female
Male
0x5x10xFM#Tract 950301Tract 950503Tract 950302Tract 950501East South CentralSouthUnited StatesMississippiTract 950201LafayetteOxford AreaTract 950402Tract 950100Tract 950401Tract 950202Tract 950502-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%21.053%21.1%1-1.000000x-1.000000x2.671832x2.671832x2.67x5.184%5.18%13.852%13.9%2-1.000000x-1.000000x2.336182x2.336182x2.34x6.000%6.00%14.017%14.0%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.784597x1.784597x1.78x4.152%4.15%7.410%7.41%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.558753x1.558753x1.56x2.048%2.05%3.192%3.19%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.555780x1.555780x1.56x2.420%2.42%3.764%3.76%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.526215x1.526215x1.53x2.660%2.66%4.060%4.06%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.503521x1.503521x1.50x1.814%1.81%2.727%2.73%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.426589x1.426589x1.43x9.748%9.75%13.906%13.9%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.388941x1.388941x1.39x6.364%6.36%8.839%8.84%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.388941x1.388941x1.39x6.364%6.36%8.839%8.84%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.285008x1.285008x1.29x1.954%1.95%2.511%2.51%6-1.000000x-1.000000x1.091952x1.091952x1.09x1.999%2.00%2.183%2.18%7-1.000000x-1.000000x1.024317x1.024317x1.02x9.825%9.82%10.063%10.1%8-1.806658x-1.806658x1.81x1.000000x1.000000x15.088%15.1%8.351%8.35%9-2.562968x-2.562968x2.56x1.000000x1.000000x4.425%4.42%1.726%1.73%10

Definitions

Educational attainment is reported in terms of the highest level of education obtained by persons aged 25 years and older. On this page, we report on both detailed and coarse categorizations of the levels of education in the population. The detailed levels of educational attainment are as follows:

  • None: no formal education at all
  • Less than High School: some education, but stopped short of high school
  • Some High School: some high school education, but no high school diploma (or equivalent)
  • Some College: high school diploma (or equivalent), and some college, but no post-secondary degree
  • Associate's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is an associate's degree (including occupational or academic degrees)
  • Bachelor's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a bachelor's degree (e.g., BA, BS, AB)
  • Master's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a master's degree (e.g., MA, MS, MENG, MSW)
  • Professional Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a professional degree (e.g., MD, DDC, JD)
  • Doctorate Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a doctorate degree (e.g., PhD, EdD)

The coarse levels of educational attainment are as follows:

  • No High School Diploma: does not have a high school diploma or equivalent
  • High School Diploma: has a high school diploma or equivalent and possibly some college, but no post-secondary degrees
  • Higher Degree: has some post-secondary degree (associate's, bachelor's, master's, professional, doctorate)

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