Educational Attainment in Tract 050500, Jefferson County, Illinois (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Jefferson County and Tract 050500
Tract 050500
Jefferson County
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma231.495189%27.797053%31.495189%31.5%85155.588453%58.056333%55.588453%55.6%1,50212.916358%14.146614%12.916358%12.9%349

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Jefferson County at large.
Scope: population of Jefferson County and Tract 050500
-10%0%+10%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma213.304058%13.304058%+13.3%31.495%31.5%27.797%27.8%-4.250836%-4.250836%-4.3%55.588%55.6%58.056%58.1%-8.696471%-8.696471%-8.7%12.916%12.9%14.147%14.1%

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Jefferson County and Tract 050500
Tract 050500
Jefferson County
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None0.925241%0.660325%0.925241%0.9%251.739452%1.301996%1.739452%1.7%476.994819%4.327551%6.994819%7.0%18910.991858%10.139899%10.991858%11.0%29710.843819%11.367282%10.843819%10.8%29325.351591%26.032457%25.351591%25.4%68530.236862%32.023876%30.236862%30.2%8177.957069%9.143816%7.957069%8.0%2153.849001%4.364857%3.849001%3.8%1041.110289%0.637941%1.110289%1.1%30

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Jefferson County at large.
Scope: population of Jefferson County and Tract 050500
-50%0%+50%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None40.119058%40.119058%+40.1%0.925%0.93%0.660%0.66%33.598905%33.598905%+33.6%1.739%1.74%1.302%1.30%61.634581%61.634581%+61.6%6.995%6.99%4.328%4.33%8.402042%8.402042%+8.4%10.992%11.0%10.140%10.1%-4.604995%-4.604995%-4.6%10.844%10.8%11.367%11.4%-2.615447%-2.615447%-2.6%25.352%25.4%26.032%26.0%-5.580257%-5.580257%-5.6%30.237%30.2%32.024%32.0%-12.978690%-12.978690%-13.0%7.957%7.96%9.144%9.14%-11.818406%-11.818406%-11.8%3.849%3.85%4.365%4.36%74.042620%74.042620%+74.0%1.110%1.11%0.638%0.64%

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 Jefferson County and Tract 050500
More Females More Males
Jefferson County
Tract 050500
40%20%0%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-12.128837%-8.783314%-12.128837%12%33.089%33.1%29.510%29.5%-0.166346%18.140554%18.140554%18%51.434%51.4%60.765%60.8%-59.135150%-59.135150%59%18.882386%15.477%15.5%9.726%9.73%

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 Jefferson County and Tract 050500
More Females More Males
Jefferson County
Tract 050500
200%0%200%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None294.582987%28.247659%294.582987%295%0.400%0.40%1.579%1.58%-18.268319%-18.268319%18%115.345079%1.868%1.87%1.579%1.58%-56.745122%-73.982213%-56.745122%57%8.339%8.34%5.320%5.32%-3.015310%5.256527%5.256527%5%10.740%10.7%11.305%11.3%-20.723217%-7.292220%-20.723217%21%11.741%11.7%9.726%9.73%-2.383206%-20.867296%-2.383206%2%25.617%25.6%25.021%25.0%38.450171%16.339405%38.450171%38%25.817%25.8%35.744%35.7%-18.074118%-18.074118%18%34.032207%8.539%8.54%7.232%7.23%-217.192414%-217.192414%217%5.480230%5.537%5.54%1.746%1.75%-87.258172%-107.247037%-87.258172%87%1.401%1.40%0.748%0.75%

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Jefferson County and Tract 050500
Tract 050500
Jefferson County
0%5%10%15%20%25%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-346.927711%6.594531%6.927711%6.9%699967.535642%10.281610%7.535642%7.5%7498229.051988%13.820795%29.051988%29.1%9532714.861461%11.285469%14.861461%14.9%59397

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Jefferson County at large.
Scope: population of Jefferson County and Tract 050500
0%50%100%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-345.052360%5.052360%5.1%6.928%6.93%6.595%6.59%-26.707575%-26.707575%26.7%7.536%7.54%10.282%10.3%110.204902%110.204902%110.2%29.052%29.1%13.821%13.8%31.686698%31.686698%31.7%14.861%14.9%11.285%11.3%

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 Jefferson County and Tract 050500
More Females More Males
Jefferson County
Tract 050500
50%0%50%FM65+45-6435-4425-3479.883946%75.820720%79.883946%79.9%5.323%5.32%9.574%9.57%-15.342769%15.458422%15.458422%15.5%7.018%7.02%8.102%8.10%-66.196654%-1.313656%-66.196654%66.2%34.518%34.5%20.769%20.8%-67.706177%8.095760%8.095760%8.1%14.201%14.2%15.351%15.4%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Jefferson County and Tract 050500
Tract 050500
Jefferson County
$0k$20k$40k$60kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2Total$62,422.000000$56,563.000000$62,422.000000$62.4k2619.660%9.66%$33,533.000000$41,009.000000$33,533.000000$33.5k29710.992%11.0%$28,875.000000$32,413.000000$28,875.000000$28.9k97836.195%36.2%$25,208.000000$25,595.000000$25,208.000000$25.2k81730.237%30.2%$34,103.000000$31,373.000000$34,103.000000$34.1k2,702100.000%100%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Jefferson County and Tract 050500
Female Male
Jefferson County
Tract 050500
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
$50k$0k$50kFMGraduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeTotal$-60,625.000000$-52,219.000000$-60,625.000000$60.6k$60,625.000000$9,792.000000$52,219.000000$15,594.000000$70,417.000000$70.4k159102$-32,717.000000$-35,000.000000$-32,717.000000$32.7k$32,717.000000$15,339.000000$35,000.000000$17,361.000000$48,056.000000$48.1k161136$-22,543.000000$-23,700.000000$-22,543.000000$22.5k$22,543.000000$16,732.000000$23,700.000000$19,321.000000$39,275.000000$39.3k560418$-26,553.000000$-24,011.000000$-26,553.000000$26.6k$26,553.000000$16,090.000000$24,011.000000$16,525.000000$42,643.000000$42.6k1,4991,203

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 Jefferson County and Tract 050500
Tract 050500
Jefferson County
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma387.469287%82.969060%87.469287%87.5%35678.102190%72.967655%78.102190%78.1%53545.824411%58.537832%45.824411%45.8%21436.054422%34.860884%36.054422%36.1%53

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#13

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Jefferson County and Tract 050500
Female Male
Jefferson County
Tract 050500
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
10%0%10%20%30%MFWhite1BlackAsian-9.763033%-7.172451%-12.575997%-16.935484%16.9%9.763033%12.575997%0.073792%9.763033%9.8%103231-0.000000%-17.979198%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%7.017544%17.979198%19.098571%7.017544%7.0%80-3.703704%-10.144928%-1.105072%-3.703704%3.7%3.703704%22.383253%10.144928%26.086957%26.1%61

College Graduates By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Jefferson County and Tract 050500
Female Male
Jefferson County
Tract 050500
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%MFWhite1BlackAsian-18.475073%-16.101266%-0.414100%-18.475073%18.5%18.475073%1.998860%16.101266%20.473934%20.5%216252-16.666667%-46.296296%-7.462687%-17.054401%-62.962963%63.0%16.666667%7.462687%16.666667%16.7%1968-0.000000%-55.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%13.043478%55.000000%23.985507%13.043478%13.0%30

Educational Attainment by Tract in Jefferson County

There are 11 tracts in Jefferson County. This section compares Tract 050500 to all of the tracts in Jefferson County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 050500.

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 050500, selected other tracts in Jefferson County, and entities that contain Tract 050500
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#050400Tract 050400051000Tract 051000051100Tract 051100050900Tract 050900050800Tract 050800Mount Vernon Metro AreaMount VernonJefferson CountyJefferson050200Tract 050200United States of AmericaUnited States050500Tract 050500IllinoisEast North CentralMidwest050100Tract 050100050700Tract 050700050300Tract 050300050600Tract 05060026.115957%26.115957%26.1%1,018123.492462%23.492462%23.5%187220.995423%20.995423%21.0%367317.912371%17.912371%17.9%278414.626447%14.626447%14.6%417514.146614%14.146614%14.1%3,79214.146614%14.146614%14.1%3,79213.154173%13.154173%13.2%279613.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.916358%12.916358%12.9%349711.703119%11.703119%11.7%1,008,6081.01M10.719464%10.719464%10.7%3,363,7843.36M10.244520%10.244520%10.2%4,641,8354.64M9.814879%9.814879%9.8%28188.803201%8.803201%8.8%24298.325449%8.325449%8.3%264104.672897%4.672897%4.7%11011

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 050500, selected other tracts in Jefferson County, and entities that contain Tract 050500
0%10%20%30%Count#Illinois050600Tract 050600United States of AmericaUnited StatesMidwestEast North Central050700Tract 050700050500Tract 050500050800Tract 050800Mount Vernon Metro AreaMount VernonJefferson CountyJefferson050100Tract 050100050300Tract 050300050200Tract 050200050400Tract 050400051000Tract 051000051100Tract 051100050900Tract 05090032.893660%32.893660%32.9%2,834,8692.83M32.582838%32.582838%32.6%767130.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M28.952816%28.952816%29.0%13,118,64213.1M28.462853%28.462853%28.5%8,931,6868.93M25.354674%25.354674%25.4%697220.651369%20.651369%20.7%558317.818309%17.818309%17.8%508416.429771%16.429771%16.4%4,40416.429771%16.429771%16.4%4,40416.416346%16.416346%16.4%470515.767897%15.767897%15.8%500611.268270%11.268270%11.3%23979.671626%9.671626%9.7%37788.668342%8.668342%8.7%6996.750572%6.750572%6.8%118106.507732%6.507732%6.5%10111

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 050500, selected other tracts in Jefferson County, and entities that contain Tract 050500
0%2%4%6%Count#050600Tract 050600IllinoisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesMidwestEast North Central050500Tract 050500050100Tract 050100050700Tract 050700Mount Vernon Metro AreaMount VernonJefferson CountyJefferson051100Tract 051100050300Tract 050300050900Tract 050900050800Tract 050800050400Tract 050400050200Tract 050200051000Tract 0510007.519116%7.519116%7.5%17713.366505%3.366505%3.4%290,135290k3.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M2.893416%2.893416%2.9%1,311,0191.31M2.855432%2.855432%2.9%896,039896k2.664693%2.664693%2.7%7222.375131%2.375131%2.4%6832.255366%2.255366%2.3%6241.962320%1.962320%2.0%5261.962320%1.962320%2.0%5261.487414%1.487414%1.5%2651.482182%1.482182%1.5%4761.417526%1.417526%1.4%2271.017187%1.017187%1.0%2980.538738%0.538738%0.5%2190.094295%0.094295%0.1%2100.000000%0.000000%0.0%011

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 050500, selected other tracts in Jefferson County, and entities that contain Tract 050500
Female
Male
1x0x1x2xFM#Tract 050400Tract 050200Tract 051100Mount VernonJeffersonMidwestEast North CentralIllinoisUnited StatesTract 050300Tract 050700Tract 050800Tract 050600Tract 051000Tract 050100Tract 050500Tract 050900-1.000000x-1.000000x2.617116x2.617116x2.62x12.182%12.2%31.882%31.9%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.322600x1.322600x1.32x11.303%11.3%14.949%14.9%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.283981x1.283981x1.28x18.490%18.5%23.741%23.7%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.188824x1.188824x1.19x12.906%12.9%15.343%15.3%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.188824x1.188824x1.19x12.906%12.9%15.343%15.3%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.127915x1.127915x1.13x9.647%9.65%10.881%10.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.125371x1.125371x1.13x10.108%10.1%11.375%11.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.113796x1.113796x1.11x11.095%11.1%12.358%12.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.109070x1.109070x1.11x12.369%12.4%13.719%13.7%-1.007008x-1.007008x1.01x1.000000x1.000000x8.354%8.35%8.296%8.30%4-1.108705x-1.108705x1.11x1.000000x1.000000x9.246%9.25%8.340%8.34%5-1.162643x-1.162643x1.16x1.000000x1.000000x15.648%15.6%13.459%13.5%6-1.173402x-1.173402x1.17x1.000000x1.000000x5.012%5.01%4.271%4.27%7-1.216157x-1.216157x1.22x1.000000x1.000000x25.203%25.2%20.724%20.7%8-1.474540x-1.474540x1.47x1.000000x1.000000x11.671%11.7%7.915%7.92%9-1.591351x-1.591351x1.59x1.000000x1.000000x15.477%15.5%9.726%9.73%10-1.727073x-1.727073x1.73x1.000000x1.000000x22.457%22.5%13.003%13.0%11

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 050500, selected other tracts in Jefferson County, and entities that contain Tract 050500
Female
Male
5x0x5x10xFM#Tract 050400Tract 050200Tract 050900Tract 050700Tract 050600Mount VernonJeffersonTract 050100Tract 050800East North CentralMidwestUnited StatesIllinoisTract 050500Tract 050300Tract 051100-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%0.762%0.76%1-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%0.186%0.19%2-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%2.949%2.95%3-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.284%0.28%4.319%4.32%4-1.000000x-1.000000x2.145554x2.145554x2.15x4.933%4.93%10.585%10.6%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.793701x1.793701x1.79x1.398%1.40%2.507%2.51%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.793701x1.793701x1.79x1.398%1.40%2.507%2.51%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.760113x1.760113x1.76x1.727%1.73%3.039%3.04%6-1.000000x-1.000000x1.620113x1.620113x1.62x0.789%0.79%1.278%1.28%7-1.000000x-1.000000x1.597848x1.597848x1.60x2.216%2.22%3.541%3.54%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.589934x1.589934x1.59x2.251%2.25%3.579%3.58%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.526215x1.526215x1.53x2.660%2.66%4.060%4.06%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.497824x1.497824x1.50x2.715%2.72%4.067%4.07%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.392646x1.392646x1.39x2.268%2.27%3.159%3.16%8-1.004090x-1.004090x1.00x1.000000x1.000000x1.485%1.49%1.479%1.48%9-5.018600x-5.018600x5.02x1.000000x1.000000x2.407%2.41%0.480%0.48%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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