Educational Attainment in Tract 940200, Jackson County, North Carolina (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Jackson County and Tract 940200
Tract 940200
Jackson County
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma232.478833%39.286257%32.478833%32.5%1,38151.081844%47.510642%51.081844%51.1%2,17216.439323%13.203101%16.439323%16.4%699

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Jackson County at large.
Scope: population of Jackson County and Tract 940200
-20%0%+20%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-17.327748%-17.327748%-17.3%32.479%32.5%39.286%39.3%7.516637%7.516637%+7.5%51.082%51.1%47.511%47.5%24.511070%24.511070%+24.5%16.439%16.4%13.203%13.2%

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Jackson County and Tract 940200
Tract 940200
Jackson County
0%5%10%15%20%25%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None0.705550%2.934022%0.705550%0.7%301.128881%1.793858%1.128881%1.1%484.985889%8.152174%4.985889%5.0%21211.641580%16.486774%11.641580%11.6%49514.016933%9.919428%14.016933%14.0%59621.354657%20.716783%21.354657%21.4%90829.727187%26.793858%29.727187%29.7%1,2649.501411%7.859532%9.501411%9.5%4045.644403%4.332624%5.644403%5.6%2401.293509%1.010946%1.293509%1.3%55

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Jackson County at large.
Scope: population of Jackson County and Tract 940200
-50%0%+50%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-75.952798%-75.952798%-76.0%0.706%0.71%2.934%2.93%-37.069694%-37.069694%-37.1%1.129%1.13%1.794%1.79%-38.839762%-38.839762%-38.8%4.986%4.99%8.152%8.15%-29.388367%-29.388367%-29.4%11.642%11.6%16.487%16.5%41.307872%41.307872%+41.3%14.017%14.0%9.919%9.92%3.079018%3.079018%+3.1%21.355%21.4%20.717%20.7%10.947766%10.947766%+10.9%29.727%29.7%26.794%26.8%20.890294%20.890294%+20.9%9.501%9.50%7.860%7.86%30.276774%30.276774%+30.3%5.644%5.64%4.333%4.33%27.950403%27.950403%+28.0%1.294%1.29%1.011%1.01%

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 Jackson County and Tract 940200
More Females More Males
Jackson County
Tract 940200
20%10%0%10%20%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-22.676456%-19.541934%-22.676456%23%35.263%35.3%28.744%28.7%14.667045%8.378916%14.667045%15%48.071%48.1%55.121%55.1%-3.299204%-3.299204%3%26.917619%16.667%16.7%16.134%16.1%

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 Jackson County and Tract 940200
More Females More Males
Jackson County
Tract 940200
400%200%0%200%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-28.765487%-28.765487%29%16.042165%0.780%0.78%0.606%0.61%261.148763%37.442450%261.148763%261%0.534%0.53%1.927%1.93%-483.962781%-56.598262%-483.962781%484%7.718%7.72%1.322%1.32%-33.934486%-10.104767%-33.934486%34%13.054%13.1%9.747%9.75%-33.422412%14.918276%14.918276%15%13.177%13.2%15.143%15.1%-31.196191%-4.415453%-31.196191%31%23.768%23.8%18.117%18.1%52.268127%19.253958%52.268127%52%24.302%24.3%37.004%37.0%4.594500%68.442946%4.594500%5%9.319%9.32%9.747%9.75%-11.056245%0.850510%0.850510%1%5.624%5.62%5.672%5.67%-140.848806%-57.121609%-140.848806%141%1.724%1.72%0.716%0.72%

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Jackson County and Tract 940200
Tract 940200
Jackson County
0%5%10%15%20%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-345.489022%11.982269%5.489022%5.5%551,0029.415584%16.092296%9.415584%9.4%1741,84816.422764%20.944165%16.422764%16.4%10161520.965693%20.199088%20.965693%21.0%165787

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Jackson County at large.
Scope: population of Jackson County and Tract 940200
50%40%30%20%10%0%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-54.190463%-54.190463%54.2%5.489%5.49%11.982%12.0%-41.490110%-41.490110%41.5%9.416%9.42%16.092%16.1%-21.587877%-21.587877%21.6%16.423%16.4%20.944%20.9%3.795246%3.795246%3.8%20.966%21.0%20.199%20.2%

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 Jackson County and Tract 940200
More Females More Males
Jackson County
Tract 940200
100%50%0%FM65+45-6435-4425-34-80.780781%-80.780781%80.8%18.719829%6.456%6.46%3.571%3.57%-126.169732%-11.712460%-126.169732%126.2%12.488%12.5%5.521%5.52%-36.266499%-3.349791%-36.266499%36.3%18.605%18.6%13.653%13.7%-55.962496%0.962610%0.962610%1.0%20.865%20.9%21.066%21.1%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Jackson County and Tract 940200
Tract 940200
Jackson County
$0k$10k$20k$30k$40kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2Total$37,750.000000$42,939.000000$37,750.000000$37.8k2906.820%6.82%$30,032.000000$33,686.000000$30,032.000000$30.0k49511.642%11.6%$25,254.000000$27,082.000000$25,254.000000$25.3k1,50435.372%35.4%$23,529.000000$26,389.000000$23,529.000000$23.5k1,26429.727%29.7%$25,951.000000$28,748.000000$25,951.000000$26.0k4,252100.000%100%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Jackson County and Tract 940200
Female Male
Jackson County
Tract 940200
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
$20k$0k$20k$40kFMBachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2Total$-25,208.000000$-31,275.000000$-25,208.000000$25.2k$25,208.000000$16,367.000000$31,275.000000$9,383.000000$41,575.000000$41.6k318177$-21,507.000000$-23,644.000000$-21,507.000000$21.5k$21,507.000000$10,576.000000$23,644.000000$8,224.000000$32,083.000000$32.1k900604$-21,964.000000$-20,731.000000$-21,964.000000$22.0k$21,964.000000$1,786.000000$20,731.000000$7,961.000000$23,750.000000$23.8k592672$-22,500.000000$-26,561.000000$-22,500.000000$22.5k$22,500.000000$7,134.000000$26,561.000000$4,338.000000$29,634.000000$29.6k2,4361,816

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 Jackson County and Tract 940200
Tract 940200
Jackson County
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma384.684685%79.351505%84.684685%84.7%56473.443983%71.879461%73.443983%73.4%88560.120846%62.954279%60.120846%60.1%59730.569948%43.315508%30.569948%30.6%118

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#13

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Jackson County and Tract 940200
Female Male
Jackson County
Tract 940200
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%MFWhite1BlackAsianHispanic2Other1-11.467890%-10.338836%-11.467890%11.5%11.467890%11.552817%10.338836%2.920010%23.020706%23.0%189125-0.000000%-15.023474%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%15.023474%39.100237%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-4.504505%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%23.214286%4.504505%6.419865%23.214286%23.2%130-31.034483%-20.730223%-25.057471%-51.764706%51.8%31.034483%25.057471%10.200261%31.034483%31.0%944-9.010989%-12.992295%-17.916042%-1.009789%-22.003284%22.0%9.010989%17.916042%9.010989%9.0%82268

College Graduates By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Jackson County and Tract 940200
Female Male
Jackson County
Tract 940200
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
20%0%20%40%60%MFWhite1BlackAsianHispanic2Other1-14.129111%-14.586485%-29.776536%-4.098355%-28.715596%28.7%14.129111%29.776536%14.129111%14.1%116313-0.000000%-21.951220%-13.917526%-9.556653%-21.951220%22.0%0.000000%13.917526%0.000000%0.0%09-0.000000%-0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%76.785714%0.000000%48.739496%76.785714%76.8%430-0.000000%-37.647059%-10.927835%-13.439981%-37.647059%37.6%0.000000%10.927835%0.000000%0.0%032-9.670330%-8.063660%-9.445277%-6.795132%-17.733990%17.7%9.670330%9.445277%9.670330%9.7%88216

Educational Attainment by Tract in Jackson County

There are 9 tracts in Jackson County. This section compares Tract 940200 to all of the tracts in Jackson County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 940200.

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 940200, selected other tracts in Jackson County, and entities that contain Tract 940200
0%5%10%15%Count#950300Tract 950300950500Tract 950500940200Tract 940200Qualla TownshipQualla950800Tract 950800SouthNorth CarolinaN Carolina950200Tract 950200Jackson CountyJacksonCullowhee Metro AreaCullowheeUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth Atlantic950400Tract 950400950700Tract 950700950900Tract 950900950600Tract 95060017.891708%17.891708%17.9%684117.865197%17.865197%17.9%713216.439323%16.439323%16.4%699316.267163%16.267163%16.3%69914.694551%14.694551%14.7%267414.392758%14.392758%14.4%11,511,24211.5M13.685443%13.685443%13.7%914,827915k13.273676%13.273676%13.3%178513.203101%13.203101%13.2%3,47413.203101%13.203101%13.2%3,47413.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.827640%12.827640%12.8%5,478,9325.48M12.582160%12.582160%12.6%40267.646246%7.646246%7.6%16677.124682%7.124682%7.1%14085.988821%5.988821%6.0%2259

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 940200, selected other tracts in Jackson County, and entities that contain Tract 940200
0%10%20%30%40%Count#950600Tract 950600950900Tract 950900950400Tract 950400South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited States950300Tract 950300Jackson CountyJacksonCullowhee Metro AreaCullowheeNorth CarolinaN Carolina950700Tract 950700South950800Tract 950800950200Tract 950200950500Tract 950500Qualla TownshipQualla940200Tract 94020044.370508%44.370508%44.4%1,667136.641221%36.641221%36.6%720233.333333%33.333333%33.3%1,065330.457708%30.457708%30.5%13,009,07313.0M30.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M30.107246%30.107246%30.1%1,151429.366829%29.366829%29.4%7,72729.366829%29.366829%29.4%7,72729.028126%29.028126%29.0%1,940,4351.94M28.972824%28.972824%29.0%629528.191926%28.191926%28.2%22,547,73422.5M26.031921%26.031921%26.0%473626.025354%26.025354%26.0%349722.250063%22.250063%22.3%888818.664184%18.664184%18.7%80218.461900%18.461900%18.5%7859

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 940200, selected other tracts in Jackson County, and entities that contain Tract 940200
0%2%4%6%8%Count#950600Tract 950600950300Tract 950300950900Tract 950900950400Tract 950400950800Tract 950800Jackson CountyJacksonCullowhee Metro AreaCullowhee950200Tract 950200South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouthNorth CarolinaN Carolina950700Tract 950700940200Tract 940200Qualla TownshipQualla950500Tract 9505008.224647%8.224647%8.2%30917.402563%7.402563%7.4%28327.277354%7.277354%7.3%14335.289515%5.289515%5.3%16945.008255%5.008255%5.0%9154.727881%4.727881%4.7%1,2444.727881%4.727881%4.7%1,2443.728561%3.728561%3.7%5063.501306%3.501306%3.5%1,495,4751.50M3.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.064699%3.064699%3.1%2,451,1282.45M2.874397%2.874397%2.9%192,144192k2.487333%2.487333%2.5%5471.834431%1.834431%1.8%7881.815220%1.815220%1.8%781.678777%1.678777%1.7%679

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 940200, selected other tracts in Jackson County, and entities that contain Tract 940200
Female
Male
1x0x1x2x3xFM#Tract 950700Tract 950600Tract 950900Tract 950300Tract 950200Tract 950400Tract 950800JacksonCullowheeN CarolinaSouth AtlanticSouthUnited StatesQuallaTract 940200Tract 950500-1.000000x-1.000000x3.296133x3.296133x3.30x3.475%3.47%11.454%11.5%1-1.000000x-1.000000x2.475477x2.475477x2.48x3.387%3.39%8.384%8.38%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.926595x1.926595x1.93x4.995%5.00%9.624%9.62%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.727293x1.727293x1.73x13.398%13.4%23.142%23.1%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.495265x1.495265x1.50x10.730%10.7%16.044%16.0%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.426738x1.426738x1.43x10.410%10.4%14.853%14.9%6-1.000000x-1.000000x1.349237x1.349237x1.35x12.202%12.2%16.463%16.5%7-1.000000x-1.000000x1.269176x1.269176x1.27x11.686%11.7%14.832%14.8%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.269176x1.269176x1.27x11.686%11.7%14.832%14.8%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.267161x1.267161x1.27x12.146%12.1%15.391%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.178860x1.178860x1.18x11.819%11.8%13.933%13.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.149925x1.149925x1.15x13.427%13.4%15.440%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.109070x1.109070x1.11x12.369%12.4%13.719%13.7%-1.030814x-1.030814x1.03x1.000000x1.000000x16.477%16.5%15.985%16.0%-1.032992x-1.032992x1.03x1.000000x1.000000x16.667%16.7%16.134%16.1%8-1.257831x-1.257831x1.26x1.000000x1.000000x19.739%19.7%15.693%15.7%9

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 940200, selected other tracts in Jackson County, and entities that contain Tract 940200
Female
Male
0x5x10xFM#Tract 950500Tract 950200QuallaTract 940200Tract 950600N CarolinaSouthUnited StatesSouth AtlanticTract 950400JacksonCullowheeTract 950800Tract 950900Tract 950300Tract 950700-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%3.626%3.63%1-1.000000x-1.000000x9.799065x9.799065x9.80x0.715%0.72%7.009%7.01%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.932351x1.932351x1.93x1.299%1.30%2.510%2.51%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.928276x1.928276x1.93x1.314%1.31%2.533%2.53%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.841513x1.841513x1.84x5.719%5.72%10.532%10.5%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.558133x1.558133x1.56x2.273%2.27%3.541%3.54%-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-1.000000x1.520688x1.520688x1.52x2.804%2.80%4.265%4.26%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.279306x1.279306x1.28x4.654%4.65%5.954%5.95%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.237063x1.237063x1.24x4.243%4.24%5.249%5.25%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.237063x1.237063x1.24x4.243%4.24%5.249%5.25%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.134901x1.134901x1.13x4.642%4.64%5.268%5.27%6-1.145347x-1.145347x1.15x1.000000x1.000000x7.729%7.73%6.748%6.75%7-2.171657x-2.171657x2.17x1.000000x1.000000x9.854%9.85%4.538%4.54%8-3.834459x-3.834459x3.83x1.000000x1.000000x4.054%4.05%1.057%1.06%9

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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