Educational Attainment in Tract 971000, La Plata County, Colorado (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of La Plata County and Tract 971000
Tract 971000
La Plata County
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma261.176471%50.655045%61.176471%61.2%1,40434.684096%44.149498%34.684096%34.7%7964.139434%5.195457%4.139434%4.1%95
Count number of people in category
1Post-Secondary Degree 2H.S. = High School

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than La Plata County at large.
Scope: population of La Plata County and Tract 971000
-20%0%+20%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma220.770736%20.770736%+20.8%61.176%61.2%50.655%50.7%-21.439433%-21.439433%-21.4%34.684%34.7%44.149%44.1%-20.325900%-20.325900%-20.3%4.139%4.14%5.195%5.20%
% percentage with given level in Tract 971000
ref. percentage with given level in La Plata County
1Post-Secondary Degree 2H.S. = High School

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of La Plata County and Tract 971000
Tract 971000
La Plata County
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None4.226580%2.937137%4.226580%4.2%974.444444%2.968833%4.444444%4.4%10214.553377%10.314316%14.553377%14.6%33432.679739%26.777602%32.679739%32.7%7505.272331%7.657158%5.272331%5.3%12122.222222%24.844163%22.222222%22.2%51012.461874%19.305335%12.461874%12.5%2861.132898%3.330692%1.132898%1.1%260.566449%1.212361%0.566449%0.6%132.440087%0.652404%2.440087%2.4%56
Count number of people in category
1Degree 2Diploma or equivialent 3H.S. = High School

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than La Plata County at large.
Scope: population of La Plata County and Tract 971000
-200%0%+200%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None43.901350%43.901350%+43.9%4.227%4.23%2.937%2.94%49.703440%49.703440%+49.7%4.444%4.44%2.969%2.97%41.098809%41.098809%+41.1%14.553%14.6%10.314%10.3%22.041320%22.041320%+22.0%32.680%32.7%26.778%26.8%-31.145065%-31.145065%-31.1%5.272%5.27%7.657%7.66%-10.553547%-10.553547%-10.6%22.222%22.2%24.844%24.8%-35.448552%-35.448552%-35.4%12.462%12.5%19.305%19.3%-65.986120%-65.986120%-66.0%1.133%1.13%3.331%3.33%-53.277230%-53.277230%-53.3%0.566%0.57%1.212%1.21%274.014977%274.014977%+274.0%2.440%2.44%0.652%0.65%
% percentage with given level in Tract 971000
ref. percentage with given level in La Plata County
1Degree 2Diploma or equivialent 3H.S. = High School

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 La Plata County and Tract 971000
More Females More Males
La Plata County
Tract 971000
200%100%0%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-13.210611%-22.213348%-13.210611%13%64.630%64.6%57.088%57.1%41.905368%22.383563%41.905368%42%29.100%29.1%41.294%41.3%-287.639493%-287.639493%288%27.190835%6.270%6.27%1.618%1.62%
F females in category as a percentage of all females
M males in category as a percentage of all males
1Post-Secondary Degree 2H.S. = High School

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 La Plata County and Tract 971000
More Females More Males
La Plata County
Tract 971000
1,000%500%0%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-143.318328%-143.318328%143%27.396887%5.788%5.79%2.379%2.38%171.090513%40.165954%171.090513%171%2.492%2.49%6.755%6.76%-54.651480%-42.772633%-54.651480%55%17.363%17.4%11.227%11.2%-2.429360%-23.169911%-2.429360%2%33.039%33.0%32.255%32.3%-33.019771%-41.503171%-33.019771%33%5.949%5.95%4.472%4.47%-4.495261%-4.495261%4%16.795945%22.669%22.7%21.694%21.7%204.785918%30.013453%204.785918%205%6.431%6.43%19.600%19.6%1.454397%68.819023%1.454397%1%1.125%1.13%1.142%1.14%-35.176849%-10.960013%-35.176849%35%0.643%0.64%0.476%0.48%-1,000.000000%-69.102420%-1,000.000000%> 1000%4.502%4.50%0.000%0%
F females in category as a percentage of all females
M males in category as a percentage of all males
1Degree 2Diploma or equivialent 3H.S. = High School

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of La Plata County and Tract 971000
Tract 971000
La Plata County
0%10%20%30%40%50%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-3420.110193%20.967108%20.110193%20.1%7336326.205451%25.964712%26.205451%26.2%25095454.829545%30.104152%54.829545%54.8%19335237.380192%31.310289%37.380192%37.4%234626
B.X. number of people with a Bachelor's degree
Total number of people in age cohort

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than La Plata County at large.
Scope: population of La Plata County and Tract 971000
0%20%40%60%80%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-4.086949%-4.086949%4.1%20.110%20.1%20.967%21.0%0.927177%0.927177%0.9%26.205%26.2%25.965%26.0%82.132836%82.132836%82.1%54.830%54.8%30.104%30.1%19.386286%19.386286%19.4%37.380%37.4%31.310%31.3%
% percentage in Tract 971000 with a Bachelor's degree
ref percentage in La Plata County with a Bachelor's degree

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 La Plata County and Tract 971000
More Females More Males
La Plata County
Tract 971000
200%100%0%FM65+45-6435-4425-34-19.265293%-20.870181%-19.265293%19.3%21.809%21.8%18.286%18.3%-17.301894%86.154496%86.154496%86.2%19.074%19.1%35.507%35.5%18.361545%1.203072%18.361545%18.4%49.673%49.7%58.794%58.8%-221.820744%-71.517477%-221.820744%221.8%52.617%52.6%16.350%16.3%
F female degree holders as a percentage of all females
M male degree holders as a percentage of all males

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of La Plata County and Tract 971000
Tract 971000
La Plata County
$0k$20k$40kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2Total$42,500.000000$50,127.000000$42,500.000000$42.5k53323.224%23.2%$40,848.000000$40,785.000000$40,848.000000$40.8k75032.680%32.7%$32,109.000000$32,446.000000$32,109.000000$32.1k63127.495%27.5%$30,800.000000$30,585.000000$30,800.000000$30.8k28612.462%12.5%$37,059.000000$36,081.000000$37,059.000000$37.1k2,295100.000%100%
Count number of people with given highest level of educational attainment
% percentage of people with given highest level of educational attainment
1or professional degree 2H.S. = High School

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of La Plata County and Tract 971000
Female Male
La Plata County
Tract 971000
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$0k$50kFMGraduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2Total$-40,417.000000$-47,662.000000$-40,417.000000$40.4k$40,417.000000$4,856.000000$47,662.000000$9,323.000000$45,273.000000$45.3k319214$-31,957.000000$-32,750.000000$-31,957.000000$32.0k$31,957.000000$18,918.000000$32,750.000000$17,765.000000$50,875.000000$50.9k411339$-29,583.000000$-26,946.000000$-29,583.000000$29.6k$29,583.000000$5,088.000000$26,946.000000$13,192.000000$34,671.000000$34.7k356275$-28,935.000000$-3,015.000000$-22,289.000000$-31,950.000000$32.0k$28,935.000000$22,289.000000$12,844.000000$28,935.000000$28.9k80206$-31,324.000000$-30,331.000000$-31,324.000000$31.3k$31,324.000000$10,253.000000$30,331.000000$10,814.000000$41,577.000000$41.6k1,2441,051
F females with given highest level of educational attainment
M males with given highest level of educational attainment
1or professional degree 2H.S. = High School

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 La Plata County and Tract 971000
Tract 971000
La Plata County
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma388.644689%79.414733%88.644689%88.6%96883.914729%76.582986%83.914729%83.9%43361.157025%75.143146%61.157025%61.2%1489.756098%65.965583%9.756098%9.8%8
Count employed people with given educational attainment aged 25 to 64 years old
1or higher 2two or four year institution 3H.S. = High School

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#13

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of La Plata County and Tract 971000
Female Male
La Plata County
Tract 971000
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20%10%0%10%20%MFWhite1BlackHispanic2Other1-1.246106%-4.246318%-2.699253%-5.492424%5.5%1.246106%2.699253%1.115768%1.246106%1.2%1258-0.000000%-0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%6.666667%0.000000%0.0%00-16.129032%-4.325513%-18.857143%-20.454545%20.5%16.129032%18.857143%2.037594%16.129032%16.1%518-0.000000%-4.395604%-10.405324%-4.395604%4.4%0.000000%10.405324%7.370929%0.000000%0.0%04
M number of males in category
F number of females in category
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

College Graduates By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of La Plata County and Tract 971000
Female Male
La Plata County
Tract 971000
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50%0%50%100%MFWhite1BlackHispanic2Other1-50.778816%-8.217396%-42.385643%-6.928376%-58.996212%59.0%50.778816%42.385643%50.778816%50.8%489623-0.000000%-9.523810%-77.432712%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%100.000000%9.523810%100.000000%100.0%20-44.318182%-15.315789%-10.917977%-44.318182%44.3%44.318182%39.552786%15.315789%83.870968%83.9%2639-63.736264%-31.640357%-4.657284%-63.736264%63.7%63.736264%1.718282%31.640357%65.454545%65.5%3658
M number of males in category
F number of females in category
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

Educational Attainment by Tract in La Plata County

There are 10 tracts in La Plata County. This section compares Tract 971000 to all of the tracts in La Plata County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 971000.

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 971000, selected other tracts in La Plata County, and entities that contain Tract 971000
0%5%10%Count#WestUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesMountain940300Tract 940300Colorado940400Tract 940400970703Tract 970703970701Tract 970701Durango Metro AreaDurango AreaLa Plata CountyLa Plata970800Tract 970800Durango School District 9-RDurango 9-R970600Tract 970600ZIP Code 81301ZIP 81301971000Tract 971000970900Tract 970900970704Tract 970704971100Tract 97110014.435746%14.435746%14.4%7,178,2187.18M13.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M11.572881%11.572881%11.6%1,755,2861.76M9.607705%9.607705%9.6%40919.015583%9.015583%9.0%323,691324k6.319703%6.319703%6.3%25525.986809%5.986809%6.0%23635.821623%5.821623%5.8%20345.195457%5.195457%5.2%1,9675.195457%5.195457%5.2%1,9674.919990%4.919990%4.9%20654.717218%4.717218%4.7%1,3174.430472%4.430472%4.4%30364.166069%4.166069%4.2%8724.139434%4.139434%4.1%9573.952569%3.952569%4.0%12082.830810%2.830810%2.8%8691.967930%1.967930%2.0%5410
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 10 by percentage of population 25 years of age and older without a high school diploma (or equivalent).

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 971000, selected other tracts in La Plata County, and entities that contain Tract 971000
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#971100Tract 971100971000Tract 971000970704Tract 970704ZIP Code 81301ZIP 81301970701Tract 970701970900Tract 970900Durango School District 9-RDurango 9-R970800Tract 970800970703Tract 970703Durango Metro AreaDurango AreaLa Plata CountyLa PlataColorado970600Tract 970600940400Tract 940400WestUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesMountain940300Tract 94030056.997085%56.997085%57.0%1,564155.904139%55.904139%55.9%1,283252.830810%52.830810%52.8%1,605351.416559%51.416559%51.4%10,76210.8k50.673932%50.673932%50.7%1,767448.550725%48.550725%48.6%1,474547.426484%47.426484%47.4%13,24113.2k45.951755%45.951755%46.0%1,924643.531202%43.531202%43.5%1,716742.997887%42.997887%43.0%16,27916.3k42.997887%42.997887%43.0%16,27916.3k38.707368%38.707368%38.7%1,389,7301.39M38.558269%38.558269%38.6%2,637834.324659%34.324659%34.3%1,385931.501368%31.501368%31.5%15,664,15015.7M30.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M30.120223%30.120223%30.1%4,568,4054.57M21.705426%21.705426%21.7%92410
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 10 by percentage of population 25 years of age and older with a bachelor's degree or higher..

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 971000, selected other tracts in La Plata County, and entities that contain Tract 971000
0%2%4%6%8%10%Count#970800Tract 970800971100Tract 971100971000Tract 971000970704Tract 970704ZIP Code 81301ZIP 81301970701Tract 970701Durango School District 9-RDurango 9-RDurango Metro AreaDurango AreaLa Plata CountyLa Plata970703Tract 970703970600Tract 970600970900Tract 970900ColoradoWestUnited States of AmericaUnited States940400Tract 940400Mountain940300Tract 94030010.795319%10.795319%10.8%45219.803207%9.803207%9.8%26928.671024%8.671024%8.7%19937.932851%7.932851%7.9%24147.668052%7.668052%7.7%1,6057.284198%7.284198%7.3%25456.737347%6.737347%6.7%1,8815.905969%5.905969%5.9%2,2365.905969%5.905969%5.9%2,2365.073567%5.073567%5.1%20064.386606%4.386606%4.4%30074.051383%4.051383%4.1%12383.857674%3.857674%3.9%138,504139k3.594387%3.594387%3.6%1,787,3201.79M3.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.320942%3.320942%3.3%13493.117008%3.117008%3.1%472,764473k1.503406%1.503406%1.5%6410
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 10 by percentage of population 25 years of age and older with a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD).

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 971000, selected other tracts in La Plata County, and entities that contain Tract 971000
Female
Male
3x2x1x0x1x2x3xFM#Tract 970900Tract 970600Tract 970703Tract 970704Tract 970800Tract 940400Durango 9-RTract 940300Durango AreaLa PlataColoradoUnited StatesMountainWestZIP 81301Tract 970701Tract 971100Tract 971000-1.000000x-1.000000x3.161578x3.161578x3.16x1.858%1.86%5.875%5.87%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.578128x1.578128x1.58x3.407%3.41%5.377%5.38%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.576375x1.576375x1.58x4.651%4.65%7.332%7.33%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.548864x1.548864x1.55x2.189%2.19%3.391%3.39%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.507508x1.507508x1.51x3.915%3.91%5.902%5.90%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.321309x1.321309x1.32x5.452%5.45%7.204%7.20%6-1.000000x-1.000000x1.307914x1.307914x1.31x4.094%4.09%5.355%5.35%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.290092x1.290092x1.29x8.377%8.38%10.807%10.8%7-1.000000x-1.000000x1.271908x1.271908x1.27x4.573%4.57%5.816%5.82%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.271908x1.271908x1.27x4.573%4.57%5.816%5.82%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.145449x1.145449x1.15x8.409%8.41%9.633%9.63%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.109070x1.109070x1.11x12.369%12.4%13.719%13.7%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.089296x1.089296x1.09x11.085%11.1%12.074%12.1%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.053669x1.053669x1.05x14.065%14.1%14.820%14.8%-1.005853x-1.005853x1.01x1.000000x1.000000x4.178%4.18%4.154%4.15%-1.267305x-1.267305x1.27x1.000000x1.000000x6.519%6.52%5.144%5.14%8-3.179159x-3.179159x3.18x1.000000x1.000000x2.762%2.76%0.869%0.87%9-3.876395x-3.876395x3.88x1.000000x1.000000x6.270%6.27%1.618%1.62%10
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 10 by male-to-female sex ratio

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 971000, selected other tracts in La Plata County, and entities that contain Tract 971000
Female
Male
1x0x1x2x3x4xFM#Tract 970704Tract 970703Tract 970701MountainUnited StatesTract 940400WestDurango 9-RColoradoZIP 81301Durango AreaLa PlataTract 970900Tract 940300Tract 971000Tract 970800Tract 971100Tract 970600-1.000000x-1.000000x4.386806x4.386806x4.39x2.825%2.82%12.392%12.4%1-1.000000x-1.000000x3.021385x3.021385x3.02x2.528%2.53%7.637%7.64%2-1.000000x-1.000000x2.000845x2.000845x2.00x4.831%4.83%9.666%9.67%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.667254x1.667254x1.67x2.345%2.35%3.910%3.91%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.526215x1.526215x1.53x2.660%2.66%4.060%4.06%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.508903x1.508903x1.51x2.652%2.65%4.002%4.00%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.478410x1.478410x1.48x2.911%2.91%4.304%4.30%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.428248x1.428248x1.43x5.560%5.56%7.941%7.94%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.406987x1.406987x1.41x3.210%3.21%4.517%4.52%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.364184x1.364184x1.36x6.502%6.50%8.870%8.87%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.336410x1.336410x1.34x5.054%5.05%6.755%6.75%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.336410x1.336410x1.34x5.054%5.05%6.755%6.75%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.253256x1.253256x1.25x3.579%3.58%4.485%4.49%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.104422x1.104422x1.10x1.428%1.43%1.577%1.58%6-1.000000x-1.000000x1.103193x1.103193x1.10x8.280%8.28%9.134%9.13%7-1.000000x-1.000000x1.030149x1.030149x1.03x10.633%10.6%10.954%11.0%8-1.146331x-1.146331x1.15x1.000000x1.000000x10.358%10.4%9.036%9.04%9-1.202381x-1.202381x1.20x1.000000x1.000000x4.807%4.81%3.998%4.00%10
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 10 by male-to-female sex ratio

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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State:
Colorado
County:
La Plata
Metro Area:
Durango Area
City:
Durango
ZIP Code:
81301
Unified School District:
Durango 9-R
Congressional District:
CO-3
State Senate District:
CO-6
State House District:
CO-59
Block Groups:
Block Group 971000-1, Block Group 971000-2
Neighboring Tracts:
Tract 970701, Tract 970800, Tract 970900, Tract 971100