Educational Attainment in Tract 968300, Otero County, Colorado (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Otero County and Tract 968300
Tract 968300
Otero County
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma241.936743%29.931973%41.936743%41.9%1,07449.590004%55.863298%49.590004%49.6%1,2708.473253%14.204730%8.473253%8.5%217
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 Otero County at large.
Scope: population of Otero County and Tract 968300
-40%-20%-0%+20%+40%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma240.106847%40.106847%+40.1%41.937%41.9%29.932%29.9%-11.229723%-11.229723%-11.2%49.590%49.6%55.863%55.9%-40.349074%-40.349074%-40.3%8.473%8.47%14.205%14.2%
% percentage with given level in Tract 968300
ref. percentage with given level in Otero 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 Otero County and Tract 968300
Tract 968300
Otero County
0%5%10%15%20%25%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.194363%01.991410%1.060901%1.991410%2.0%519.137056%4.316489%9.137056%9.1%23410.933229%11.540330%10.933229%10.9%28019.875049%12.819890%19.875049%19.9%50924.912144%27.429543%24.912144%24.9%63824.677860%28.433754%24.677860%24.7%6324.099961%7.539683%4.099961%4.1%1053.240922%5.685131%3.240922%3.2%831.132370%0.979916%1.132370%1.1%29
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 Otero County at large.
Scope: population of Otero County and Tract 968300
-100%0%+100%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-100.000000%-100.000000%-100.0%0.000%0%0.194%0.19%87.709357%87.709357%+87.7%1.991%1.99%1.061%1.06%111.677984%111.677984%+111.7%9.137%9.14%4.316%4.32%-5.260692%-5.260692%-5.3%10.933%10.9%11.540%11.5%55.032914%55.032914%+55.0%19.875%19.9%12.820%12.8%-9.177694%-9.177694%-9.2%24.912%24.9%27.430%27.4%-13.209280%-13.209280%-13.2%24.678%24.7%28.434%28.4%-45.621571%-45.621571%-45.6%4.100%4.10%7.540%7.54%-42.993022%-42.993022%-43.0%3.241%3.24%5.685%5.69%15.557908%15.557908%+15.6%1.132%1.13%0.980%0.98%
% percentage with given level in Tract 968300
ref. percentage with given level in Otero 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 Otero County and Tract 968300
More Females More Males
Otero County
Tract 968300
40%20%0%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-10.879526%5.694888%5.694888%6%40.925%40.9%43.255%43.3%2.121645%1.791340%2.121645%2%49.137%49.1%50.180%50.2%-51.382626%-51.382626%51%15.812202%9.938%9.94%6.565%6.56%
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 Otero County and Tract 968300
More Females More Males
Otero County
Tract 968300
300%200%100%0%FMProfessional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-258.132045%-131.183295%-258.132045%258%2.899%2.90%0.809%0.81%7.909454%26.288225%7.909454%8%8.834%8.83%9.532%9.53%-29.872060%-20.884173%-29.872060%30%12.146%12.1%9.353%9.35%-11.035037%38.219060%38.219060%38%17.046%17.0%23.561%23.6%-16.782189%-25.441324%-16.782189%17%26.570%26.6%22.752%22.8%21.539007%28.570632%21.539007%22%22.567%22.6%27.428%27.4%-360.455487%-21.330240%-360.455487%360%6.211%6.21%1.349%1.35%62.001750%72.688861%62.001750%62%2.553%2.55%4.137%4.14%-8.718657%-8.718657%9%61.475299%1.173%1.17%1.079%1.08%
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 Otero County and Tract 968300
Tract 968300
Otero County
0%5%10%15%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-345.934343%8.319185%5.934343%5.9%477928.719053%13.597318%8.719053%8.7%8192919.467213%14.155031%19.467213%19.5%9548816.193182%9.572301%16.193182%16.2%57352
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 Otero County at large.
Scope: population of Otero County and Tract 968300
20%0%20%40%60%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-28.666770%-28.666770%28.7%5.934%5.93%8.319%8.32%-35.876674%-35.876674%35.9%8.719%8.72%13.597%13.6%37.528577%37.528577%37.5%19.467%19.5%14.155%14.2%69.167070%69.167070%69.2%16.193%16.2%9.572%9.57%
% percentage in Tract 968300 with a Bachelor's degree
ref percentage in Otero 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 Otero County and Tract 968300
More Females More Males
Otero County
Tract 968300
400%200%0%200%FM65+45-6435-4425-34-21.384298%245.861148%245.861148%245.9%2.972%2.97%10.280%10.3%-4.280199%-4.250235%-4.280199%4.3%8.880%8.88%8.516%8.52%-449.761526%-24.711557%-449.761526%449.8%35.135%35.1%6.391%6.39%-136.526992%4.385965%4.385965%4.4%15.966%16.0%16.667%16.7%
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 Otero County and Tract 968300
Tract 968300
Otero County
$0k$20k$40kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2Total$44,392.000000$47,202.000000$44,392.000000$44.4k28511.128%11.1%$38,000.000000$34,188.000000$38,000.000000$38.0k28010.933%10.9%$28,702.000000$24,424.000000$28,702.000000$28.7k1,14744.787%44.8%$20,586.000000$25,821.000000$20,586.000000$20.6k63224.678%24.7%$30,855.000000$27,437.000000$30,855.000000$30.9k2,561100.000%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 Otero County and Tract 968300
Female Male
Otero County
Tract 968300
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
$0k$50kFMGraduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2Total$-43,438.000000$-44,207.000000$-43,438.000000$43.4k$43,438.000000$16,423.000000$44,207.000000$16,876.000000$59,861.000000$59.9k170115$-32,422.000000$-30,308.000000$-32,422.000000$32.4k$32,422.000000$7,370.000000$30,308.000000$9,000.000000$39,792.000000$39.8k176104$-21,071.000000$-21,394.000000$-21,071.000000$21.1k$21,071.000000$19,043.000000$21,394.000000$14,648.000000$40,114.000000$40.1k632515$-6,962.000000$-18,452.000000$-6,962.000000$7.0k$6,962.000000$30,317.000000$18,452.000000$12,048.000000$37,279.000000$37.3k327305$-21,854.000000$-22,460.000000$-21,854.000000$21.9k$21,854.000000$19,055.000000$22,460.000000$9,889.000000$40,909.000000$40.9k1,4491,112
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 Otero County and Tract 968300
Tract 968300
Otero County
0%20%40%60%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma378.301887%76.537730%78.301887%78.3%33276.031215%72.911907%76.031215%76.0%68246.760563%56.960409%46.760563%46.8%16639.784946%43.414120%39.784946%39.8%37
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 Otero County and Tract 968300
Female Male
Otero County
Tract 968300
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20%10%0%10%20%30%MFWhite1Hispanic2Other1-4.038462%-5.475917%-1.080205%-4.038462%4.0%4.038462%1.020362%5.475917%5.058824%5.1%4342-11.450382%-13.357802%-24.955908%-24.808184%24.8%11.450382%24.955908%8.002893%11.450382%11.5%3097-0.000000%-17.894737%-13.586957%-17.894737%17.9%0.000000%13.586957%12.818495%0.000000%0.0%017
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 Otero County and Tract 968300
Female Male
Otero County
Tract 968300
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20%10%0%10%20%MFWhite1Hispanic2Other1-24.705882%-2.601810%-23.163265%-27.307692%27.3%24.705882%23.163265%0.489258%24.705882%24.7%210284-3.435115%-12.421663%-2.574906%-6.772536%-15.856777%15.9%3.435115%2.574906%3.435115%3.4%962-0.000000%-23.157895%-5.792164%-5.077402%-23.157895%23.2%0.000000%5.792164%0.000000%0.0%022
M number of males in category
F number of females in category
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

Educational Attainment by Tract in Otero County

There are 7 tracts in Otero County. This section compares Tract 968300 to all of the tracts in Otero County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 968300.

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 968300, selected other tracts in Otero County, and entities that contain Tract 968300
0%5%10%15%20%Count#968100Tract 968100968400Tract 968400968600Tract 968600West968200Tract 968200Otero CountyOteroUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesMountain968000Tract 968000Colorado968300Tract 968300968500Tract 96850021.270718%21.270718%21.3%385120.703654%20.703654%20.7%153217.282780%17.282780%17.3%547314.435746%14.435746%14.4%7,178,2187.18M14.369345%14.369345%14.4%270414.204730%14.204730%14.2%1,75413.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M11.572881%11.572881%11.6%1,755,2861.76M9.210526%9.210526%9.2%9859.015583%9.015583%9.0%323,691324k8.473253%8.473253%8.5%21767.433628%7.433628%7.4%847
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 7 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 968300, selected other tracts in Otero County, and entities that contain Tract 968300
0%10%20%30%Count#ColoradoWestUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesMountain968300Tract 968300968500Tract 968500968000Tract 968000Otero CountyOtero968600Tract 968600968200Tract 968200968100Tract 968100968400Tract 96840038.707368%38.707368%38.7%1,389,7301.39M31.501368%31.501368%31.5%15,664,15015.7M30.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M30.120223%30.120223%30.1%4,568,4054.57M22.061695%22.061695%22.1%565119.911504%19.911504%19.9%225217.951128%17.951128%18.0%191317.112083%17.112083%17.1%2,11316.366509%16.366509%16.4%518415.859500%15.859500%15.9%298512.486188%12.486188%12.5%226612.178620%12.178620%12.2%907
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 7 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 968300, selected other tracts in Otero County, and entities that contain Tract 968300
0%1%2%3%Count#ColoradoWestUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesMountain968000Tract 968000968300Tract 968300968600Tract 968600968500Tract 968500Otero CountyOtero968400Tract 968400968200Tract 968200968100Tract 9681003.857674%3.857674%3.9%138,504139k3.594387%3.594387%3.6%1,787,3201.79M3.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.117008%3.117008%3.1%472,764473k2.161654%2.161654%2.2%2311.991410%1.991410%2.0%5121.548183%1.548183%1.5%4931.327434%1.327434%1.3%1541.255264%1.255264%1.3%1551.217862%1.217862%1.2%950.425758%0.425758%0.4%860.000000%0.000000%0.0%07
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 7 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 968300, selected other tracts in Otero County, and entities that contain Tract 968300
Female
Male
1x0x1x2x3xFM#Tract 968500Tract 968100Tract 968600OteroColoradoUnited StatesMountainWestTract 968400Tract 968000Tract 968200Tract 968300-1.000000x-1.000000x3.002461x3.002461x3.00x3.833%3.83%11.509%11.5%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.592908x1.592908x1.59x16.911%16.9%26.938%26.9%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.339266x1.339266x1.34x14.714%14.7%19.705%19.7%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.158122x1.158122x1.16x13.210%13.2%15.298%15.3%-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%-1.073512x-1.073512x1.07x1.000000x1.000000x21.410%21.4%19.944%19.9%4-1.079365x-1.079365x1.08x1.000000x1.000000x9.524%9.52%8.824%8.82%5-1.400959x-1.400959x1.40x1.000000x1.000000x16.930%16.9%12.085%12.1%6-1.513826x-1.513826x1.51x1.000000x1.000000x9.938%9.94%6.565%6.56%7
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 7 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 968300, selected other tracts in Otero County, and entities that contain Tract 968300
Female
Male
0x5x10xFM#Tract 968200Tract 968000Tract 968400MountainUnited StatesWestColoradoTract 968500OteroTract 968600Tract 968300-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%0.806%0.81%1-1.000000x-1.000000x2.316176x2.316176x2.32x1.361%1.36%3.151%3.15%2-1.000000x-1.000000x2.151685x2.151685x2.15x0.783%0.78%1.685%1.69%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-1.000000x1.478410x1.478410x1.48x2.911%2.91%4.304%4.30%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.406987x1.406987x1.41x3.210%3.21%4.517%4.52%-1.325000x-1.325000x1.33x1.000000x1.000000x1.500%1.50%1.132%1.13%4-1.608709x-1.608709x1.61x1.000000x1.000000x1.531%1.53%0.952%0.95%-3.270020x-3.270020x3.27x1.000000x1.000000x2.409%2.41%0.737%0.74%5-3.581320x-3.581320x3.58x1.000000x1.000000x2.899%2.90%0.809%0.81%6
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 6 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:
Otero
City:
La Junta
Town:
Swink
ZIP Codes:
81050, 81077
Unified School Districts:
East Otero R-1, Swink 33
Congressional District:
CO-4
State Senate District:
CO-35
State House District:
CO-47
Block Groups:
Block Group 968300-1, Block Group 968300-2, Block Group 968300-3, Block Group 968300-4
Neighboring Tracts:
Tract 968200, Tract 968400, Tract 968500, Tract 968600