Educational Attainment in Tract 970500, Meade County, Kentucky (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Meade County and Tract 970500
Tract 970500
Meade County
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma219.952153%25.282368%19.952153%20.0%41762.488038%61.221502%62.488038%62.5%1,30617.559809%13.496131%17.559809%17.6%367
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 Meade County at large.
Scope: population of Meade County and Tract 970500
-20%0%+20%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-21.082735%-21.082735%-21.1%19.952%20.0%25.282%25.3%2.068777%2.068777%+2.1%62.488%62.5%61.222%61.2%30.109950%30.109950%+30.1%17.560%17.6%13.496%13.5%
% percentage with given level in Tract 970500
ref. percentage with given level in Meade 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 Meade County and Tract 970500
Tract 970500
Meade County
0%10%20%30%40%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.115039%00.765550%0.444468%0.765550%0.8%163.636364%5.448651%3.636364%3.6%766.459330%9.318134%6.459330%6.5%1359.090909%9.956076%9.090909%9.1%19019.569378%23.860071%19.569378%19.6%40942.918660%37.361431%42.918660%42.9%8978.325359%8.732483%8.325359%8.3%1748.038278%4.157080%8.038278%8.0%1681.196172%0.606568%1.196172%1.2%25
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 Meade County at large.
Scope: population of Meade County and Tract 970500
-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%0.115%0.12%72.239797%72.239797%+72.2%0.766%0.77%0.444%0.44%-33.261211%-33.261211%-33.3%3.636%3.64%5.449%5.45%-30.680006%-30.680006%-30.7%6.459%6.46%9.318%9.32%-8.689840%-8.689840%-8.7%9.091%9.09%9.956%9.96%-17.982734%-17.982734%-18.0%19.569%19.6%23.860%23.9%14.874242%14.874242%+14.9%42.919%42.9%37.361%37.4%-4.662178%-4.662178%-4.7%8.325%8.33%8.732%8.73%93.363546%93.363546%+93.4%8.038%8.04%4.157%4.16%97.203432%97.203432%+97.2%1.196%1.20%0.607%0.61%
% percentage with given level in Tract 970500
ref. percentage with given level in Meade 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 Meade County and Tract 970500
More Females More Males
Meade County
Tract 970500
20%0%20%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-21.720583%-15.659212%-21.720583%22%22.062%22.1%18.125%18.1%-0.263181%12.178320%12.178320%12%58.660%58.7%65.804%65.8%-19.954181%-19.954181%20%33.116324%19.278%19.3%16.071%16.1%
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 Meade County and Tract 970500
More Females More Males
Meade County
Tract 970500
0%500%1,000%FMProfessional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None1,000.000000%23.064886%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%1.429%1.43%-67.608913%-54.300610%-67.608913%68%4.639%4.64%2.768%2.77%-31.958763%-2.324374%-31.958763%32%7.423%7.42%5.625%5.63%-20.430108%-14.023867%-20.430108%20%10.000%10.0%8.304%8.30%-21.846345%-18.292709%-21.846345%22%21.649%21.6%17.768%17.8%29.790092%10.832766%29.790092%30%37.010%37.0%48.036%48.0%-52.412371%-52.412371%52%42.017853%10.206%10.2%6.696%6.70%-0.068729%-0.068729%0%13.140299%8.041%8.04%8.036%8.04%29.910714%62.816987%29.910714%30%1.031%1.03%1.339%1.34%
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 Meade County and Tract 970500
Tract 970500
Meade County
0%2%4%6%8%10%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-342.183406%11.420534%2.183406%2.2%104586.603774%6.636771%6.603774%6.6%639549.119497%10.493827%9.119497%9.1%293189.166667%11.609907%9.166667%9.2%33360
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 Meade County at large.
Scope: population of Meade County and Tract 970500
80%60%40%20%0%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-80.881752%-80.881752%80.9%2.183%2.18%11.421%11.4%-0.497195%-0.497195%0.5%6.604%6.60%6.637%6.64%-13.096559%-13.096559%13.1%9.119%9.12%10.494%10.5%-21.044444%-21.044444%21.0%9.167%9.17%11.610%11.6%
% percentage in Tract 970500 with a Bachelor's degree
ref percentage in Meade 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 Meade County and Tract 970500
More Females More Males
Meade County
Tract 970500
0%500%1,000%FM65+45-6435-4425-341,000.000000%48.606667%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%4.016%4.02%-99.764982%-99.764982%99.8%19.373252%9.009%9.01%4.510%4.51%-128.529412%-52.017431%-128.529412%128.5%12.353%12.4%5.405%5.41%-26.129674%38.028169%38.028169%38.0%7.483%7.48%10.329%10.3%
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 Meade County and Tract 970500
Tract 970500
Meade County
$0k$20k$40k$60kCount%Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$65,119.000000$49,350.000000$65,119.000000$65.1k1356.459%6.46%$37,460.000000$35,163.000000$37,460.000000$37.5k59928.660%28.7%$40,034.000000$30,051.000000$40,034.000000$40.0k89742.919%42.9%$21,932.000000$20,048.000000$21,932.000000$21.9k36717.560%17.6%$39,415.000000$35,175.000000$39,415.000000$39.4k2,090100.000%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 Meade County and Tract 970500
Female Male
Meade County
Tract 970500
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
$50k$0k$50kFMGraduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$-39,531.000000$-51,893.000000$-39,531.000000$39.5k$39,531.000000$58,386.000000$51,893.000000$29,431.000000$97,917.000000$97.9k4547$-43,750.000000$-42,174.000000$-43,750.000000$43.8k$43,750.000000$47,708.000000$42,174.000000$10,406.000000$91,458.000000$91.5k7263$-20,625.000000$-22,924.000000$-20,625.000000$20.6k$20,625.000000$31,080.000000$22,924.000000$18,536.000000$51,705.000000$51.7k307292$-22,708.000000$-18,234.000000$-22,708.000000$22.7k$22,708.000000$22,813.000000$18,234.000000$20,690.000000$45,521.000000$45.5k359538$-11,667.000000$-9,808.000000$-11,667.000000$11.7k$11,667.000000$22,310.000000$9,808.000000$13,786.000000$33,977.000000$34.0k187180$-24,115.000000$-24,480.000000$-24,115.000000$24.1k$24,115.000000$25,416.000000$24,480.000000$15,987.000000$49,531.000000$49.5k9701,120
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 Meade County and Tract 970500
Tract 970500
Meade County
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma383.505155%83.146067%83.505155%83.5%16272.392638%70.483505%72.392638%72.4%35471.610169%62.867899%71.610169%71.6%50718.672199%34.613213%18.672199%18.7%45
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 Meade County and Tract 970500
Female Male
Meade County
Tract 970500
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
20%15%10%5%0%5%10%15%MFWhite1Hispanic2-16.498625%-3.501375%-11.894223%-20.000000%20.0%16.498625%11.894223%4.538135%16.498625%16.5%180187-0.000000%-4.779412%-4.163678%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%4.779412%0.000000%0.0%00
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 Meade County and Tract 970500
Female Male
Meade County
Tract 970500
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%MFWhite1Hispanic2-10.082493%-0.184887%-13.632173%-2.711034%-10.267380%10.3%10.082493%13.632173%10.082493%10.1%11096-0.000000%-60.000000%-21.544715%-60.000000%60.0%0.000000%21.544715%12.646461%0.000000%0.0%021
M number of males in category
F number of females in category
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

Educational Attainment by Tract in Meade County

There are 8 tracts in Meade County. This section compares Tract 970500 to all of the tracts in Meade County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 970500.

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 970500, selected other tracts in Meade County, and entities that contain Tract 970500
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#970100Tract 970100970401Tract 970401970500Tract 970500970301Tract 970301KentuckyEast South CentralSouthMeade County School DistrictMeade CountyMeade CountyMeadeUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesElizabethtown and Fort Knox Metro AreaElizabethtown970302Tract 970302970402Tract 970402970200Tract 970200980100Tract 98010026.768377%26.768377%26.8%193118.914004%18.914004%18.9%728217.559809%17.559809%17.6%367315.684316%15.684316%15.7%314415.359218%15.359218%15.4%456,180456k15.109088%15.109088%15.1%1,905,0301.91M14.392758%14.392758%14.4%11,511,24211.5M13.670916%13.670916%13.7%2,33813.496131%13.496131%13.5%2,58113.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M11.544655%11.544655%11.5%11,40011.4k10.777385%10.777385%10.8%42759.672447%9.672447%9.7%50263.843198%3.843198%3.8%5070.000000%0.000000%0.0%08
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 8 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 970500, selected other tracts in Meade County, and entities that contain Tract 970500
0%10%20%30%Count#United States of AmericaUnited StatesSouthEast South CentralKentucky970402Tract 970402Elizabethtown and Fort Knox Metro AreaElizabethtown970200Tract 970200Meade CountyMeadeMeade County School DistrictMeade County970302Tract 970302970301Tract 970301970401Tract 970401970100Tract 970100970500Tract 970500980100Tract 98010030.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M28.191926%28.191926%28.2%22,547,73422.5M23.710569%23.710569%23.7%2,989,5482.99M22.698600%22.698600%22.7%674,165674k21.888247%21.888247%21.9%1,136120.721642%20.721642%20.7%20,46220.5k17.755573%17.755573%17.8%231215.326292%15.326292%15.3%2,93115.308151%15.308151%15.3%2,61813.553761%13.553761%13.6%537312.287712%12.287712%12.3%246412.262925%12.262925%12.3%472511.373093%11.373093%11.4%82610.861244%10.861244%10.9%22770.000000%0.000000%0.0%08
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 8 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 970500, selected other tracts in Meade County, and entities that contain Tract 970500
0%1%2%3%Count#United States of AmericaUnited StatesSouthKentuckyEast South Central970100Tract 970100Elizabethtown and Fort Knox Metro AreaElizabethtown970402Tract 970402970500Tract 970500Meade CountyMeadeMeade County School DistrictMeade County970401Tract 970401970301Tract 970301970302Tract 970302970200Tract 970200980100Tract 9801003.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.064699%3.064699%3.1%2,451,1282.45M2.618117%2.618117%2.6%77,76077.8k2.593020%2.593020%2.6%326,941327k1.803051%1.803051%1.8%1311.490678%1.490678%1.5%1,4720.944123%0.944123%0.9%4920.765550%0.765550%0.8%1630.559506%0.559506%0.6%1070.549643%0.549643%0.5%940.519615%0.519615%0.5%2040.449550%0.449550%0.4%950.000000%0.000000%0.0%060.000000%0.000000%0.0%070.000000%0.000000%0.0%08
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 8 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 970500, selected other tracts in Meade County, and entities that contain Tract 970500
Female
Male
1x0x1x2xFM#Tract 970301Tract 970302Tract 970401Meade CountyMeadeTract 970402Tract 970200East South CentralKentuckySouthUnited StatesTract 970100ElizabethtownTract 970500-1.000000x-1.000000x2.254500x2.254500x2.25x9.375%9.38%21.136%21.1%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.463695x1.463695x1.46x8.658%8.66%12.673%12.7%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.452431x1.452431x1.45x15.596%15.6%22.652%22.7%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.364495x1.364495x1.36x11.547%11.5%15.755%15.8%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.331163x1.331163x1.33x11.575%11.6%15.408%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.306856x1.306856x1.31x8.415%8.41%10.997%11.0%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.277549x1.277549x1.28x3.392%3.39%4.334%4.33%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.173351x1.173351x1.17x13.956%14.0%16.375%16.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.173310x1.173310x1.17x14.174%14.2%16.631%16.6%-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%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.029537x1.029537x1.03x26.410%26.4%27.190%27.2%6-1.052517x-1.052517x1.05x1.000000x1.000000x11.832%11.8%11.241%11.2%-1.199542x-1.199542x1.20x1.000000x1.000000x19.278%19.3%16.071%16.1%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 970500, selected other tracts in Meade County, and entities that contain Tract 970500
Female
Male
10x5x0x5x10xFM#Tract 970301Tract 970500Tract 970402ElizabethtownEast South CentralSouthUnited StatesMeade CountyKentuckyMeadeTract 970100Tract 970401-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%0.838%0.84%1-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%1.429%1.43%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.813511x1.813511x1.81x0.676%0.68%1.226%1.23%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.563149x1.563149x1.56x1.170%1.17%1.829%1.83%-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-1.000000x1.446027x1.446027x1.45x0.449%0.45%0.649%0.65%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.432443x1.432443x1.43x2.166%2.17%3.103%3.10%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.370879x1.370879x1.37x0.472%0.47%0.647%0.65%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.009927x1.009927x1.01x1.795%1.79%1.813%1.81%4-10.000000x-10.000000x> 10.0x1.000000x1.000000x0.981%0.98%0.000%0%5
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 5 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:
Kentucky
County:
Meade
Metro Area:
Elizabethtown Area
ZIP Codes:
40104, 40108, 40142, 40157, 40161, 40176
Unified School District:
Meade County
Congressional District:
KY-2
State Senate District:
KY-5
State House District:
KY-27
Block Groups:
Block Group 970500-1, Block Group 970500-2, Block Group 970500-3
Neighboring Tracts:
Tract 060300, Tract 060600, Tract 952100, Tract 952200, Tract 960100, Tract 970401, Tract 970402