Educational Attainment in Tract 880300, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
Tract 880300
Cape Girardeau County
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma222.717546%35.464733%22.717546%22.7%63763.480742%54.693274%63.480742%63.5%1,78013.801712%9.841993%13.801712%13.8%387

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Cape Girardeau County at large.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
-40%-20%-0%+20%+40%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-35.943275%-35.943275%-35.9%22.718%22.7%35.465%35.5%16.066816%16.066816%+16.1%63.481%63.5%54.693%54.7%40.232900%40.232900%+40.2%13.802%13.8%9.842%9.84%

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
Tract 880300
Cape Girardeau County
0%10%20%30%40%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None0.320970%1.350353%0.320970%0.3%90.320970%1.687941%0.320970%0.3%94.493581%8.006232%4.493581%4.5%12611.019971%18.811051%11.019971%11.0%3096.562054%5.609157%6.562054%6.6%18422.503566%22.854118%22.503566%22.5%63140.977175%31.839156%40.977175%41.0%1,14910.770328%6.749765%10.770328%10.8%3022.674750%2.425041%2.674750%2.7%750.356633%0.667186%0.356633%0.4%10

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Cape Girardeau County at large.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
-50%0%+50%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-76.230649%-76.230649%-76.2%0.321%0.32%1.350%1.35%-80.984519%-80.984519%-81.0%0.321%0.32%1.688%1.69%-43.873967%-43.873967%-43.9%4.494%4.49%8.006%8.01%-41.417565%-41.417565%-41.4%11.020%11.0%18.811%18.8%16.988246%16.988246%+17.0%6.562%6.56%5.609%5.61%-1.533866%-1.533866%-1.5%22.504%22.5%22.854%22.9%28.700570%28.700570%+28.7%40.977%41.0%31.839%31.8%59.565965%59.565965%+59.6%10.770%10.8%6.750%6.75%10.297099%10.297099%+10.3%2.675%2.67%2.425%2.43%-46.546636%-46.546636%-46.5%0.357%0.36%0.667%0.67%

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 Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
More Females More Males
Cape Girardeau County
Tract 880300
40%20%0%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-47.559703%-47.559703%48%2.764418%27.060%27.1%18.338%18.3%16.226358%1.203464%16.226358%16%58.736%58.7%68.266%68.3%-6.040350%-18.029688%-6.040350%6%14.205%14.2%13.395%13.4%

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 Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
More Females More Males
Cape Girardeau County
Tract 880300
500%0%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-693.181818%-693.181818%693%51.217699%0.568%0.57%0.072%0.07%253.008596%10.188469%253.008596%253%0.142%0.14%0.501%0.50%-55.803571%-57.874728%-55.803571%56%5.469%5.47%3.510%3.51%-19.685471%-19.685471%20%22.479082%12.003%12.0%10.029%10.0%-110.058744%-0.176326%-110.058744%110%8.878%8.88%4.226%4.23%-6.649036%-2.483141%-6.649036%7%23.224%23.2%21.777%21.8%30.915759%3.886060%30.915759%31%35.511%35.5%46.490%46.5%-14.728084%-16.146618%-14.728084%15%11.506%11.5%10.029%10.0%-53.191218%43.155560%43.155560%43%2.202%2.20%3.152%3.15%-131.344697%-131.344697%131%82.067649%0.497%0.50%0.215%0.21%

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
Tract 880300
Cape Girardeau County
0%5%10%15%20%25%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-344.100529%11.638109%4.100529%4.1%317569.640666%19.492135%9.640666%9.6%1101,14111.152416%23.624856%11.152416%11.2%6053829.268293%22.021147%29.268293%29.3%108369

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Cape Girardeau County at large.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
60%40%20%0%20%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-64.766364%-64.766364%64.8%4.101%4.10%11.638%11.6%-50.540739%-50.540739%50.5%9.641%9.64%19.492%19.5%-52.793717%-52.793717%52.8%11.152%11.2%23.625%23.6%32.909939%32.909939%32.9%29.268%29.3%22.021%22.0%

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 Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
More Females More Males
Cape Girardeau County
Tract 880300
600%400%200%0%FM65+45-6435-4425-34-654.704944%-654.704944%654.7%98.458676%6.699%6.70%0.888%0.89%-62.317518%-62.317518%62.3%22.804824%12.044%12.0%7.420%7.42%-235.982814%-5.572054%-235.982814%236.0%17.293%17.3%5.147%5.15%148.418796%3.371866%148.418796%148.4%16.477%16.5%40.933%40.9%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
Tract 880300
Cape Girardeau County
$0k$20k$40kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$44,167.000000$48,799.000000$44,167.000000$44.2k1445.136%5.14%$40,074.000000$43,041.000000$40,074.000000$40.1k30911.020%11.0%$35,750.000000$30,263.000000$35,750.000000$35.8k81529.066%29.1%$31,637.000000$28,535.000000$31,637.000000$31.6k1,14940.977%41.0%$21,750.000000$20,864.000000$21,750.000000$21.8k38713.802%13.8%$35,349.000000$33,600.000000$35,349.000000$35.3k2,804100.000%100%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
Female Male
Cape Girardeau County
Tract 880300
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$0k$50kFMGraduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$-42,500.000000$-45,339.000000$-42,500.000000$42.5k$42,500.000000$48,750.000000$45,339.000000$11,605.000000$91,250.000000$91.3k8757$-39,583.000000$-36,300.000000$-39,583.000000$39.6k$39,583.000000$994.000000$36,300.000000$13,610.000000$40,577.000000$40.6k169140$-33,750.000000$-24,899.000000$-33,750.000000$33.8k$33,750.000000$2,831.000000$24,899.000000$11,948.000000$36,581.000000$36.6k452363$-15,962.000000$-21,080.000000$-15,962.000000$16.0k$15,962.000000$22,163.000000$21,080.000000$14,406.000000$38,125.000000$38.1k500649$-12,212.000000$-16,835.000000$-12,212.000000$12.2k$12,212.000000$19,559.000000$16,835.000000$9,692.000000$31,771.000000$31.8k200187$-27,500.000000$-27,284.000000$-27,500.000000$27.5k$27,500.000000$10,536.000000$27,284.000000$13,422.000000$38,036.000000$38.0k1,4081,396

Composition of the Armed Forces by Educational Attainment#12

Percentage of the armed forces aged 25 to 64 years old with various highest levels of educational attainment.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
Tract 880300
Cape Girardeau County
0%20%40%60%80%100%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma3100.000000%22.018349%100.000000%100.0%100.000000%0.000000%0.0%77.981651%00.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%00.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0

Employment by Educational Attainment#13

Percentage of population that is employed by highest level of educational attainment among the population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
Tract 880300
Cape Girardeau County
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma394.801980%84.028171%94.801980%94.8%38367.144907%71.432305%67.144907%67.1%46882.271468%72.647606%82.271468%82.3%59468.444444%51.998597%68.444444%68.4%154

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
Female Male
Cape Girardeau County
Tract 880300
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20%10%0%10%MFWhite1BlackHispanic2Other1-13.719736%-0.720697%-8.605685%-1.335514%-14.440433%14.4%13.719736%8.605685%13.719736%13.7%187200-0.000000%-10.384895%-8.473348%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%10.384895%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-14.792899%-6.198354%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%14.792899%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-12.541254%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%12.541254%5.413858%0.000000%0.0%00

College Graduates By Race#15

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Cape Girardeau County and Tract 880300
Female Male
Cape Girardeau County
Tract 880300
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40%20%0%20%MFWhite1BlackHispanic2Other1-14.453412%-3.741534%-29.891281%-18.194946%18.2%14.453412%29.891281%0.888276%14.453412%14.5%197252-0.000000%-12.187300%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%12.187300%9.744436%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-17.357002%-16.753785%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%17.357002%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-50.000000%-23.441397%-11.542102%-50.000000%50.0%0.000000%23.441397%0.000000%0.0%04

Educational Attainment by Tract in Cape Girardeau County

There are 16 tracts in Cape Girardeau County. This section compares Tract 880300 to all of the tracts in Cape Girardeau County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 880300.

No H.S. Diploma by Tract#16

Percent of population 25 years of age and older without a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Tract 880300, selected other tracts in Cape Girardeau County, and entities that contain Tract 880300
0%5%10%15%20%Count#881400Tract 881400881600Tract 881600880900Tract 880900880300Tract 880300880200Tract 880200United States of AmericaUnited StatesCape Girardeau Metro AreaCape Girardeau880800Tract 880800880600Tract 880600Missouri880100Tract 880100881500Tract 881500880400Tract 880400MidwestCape Girardeau CountyCape GirardeauWest North Central881300Tract 881300881000Tract 881000881100Tract 881100880500Tract 880500880700Tract 880700881200Tract 88120020.366599%20.366599%20.4%300120.335066%20.335066%20.3%352217.171717%17.171717%17.2%221313.801712%13.801712%13.8%387413.736264%13.736264%13.7%350513.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.528560%12.528560%12.5%7,95111.528384%11.528384%11.5%132611.224976%11.224976%11.2%471711.167196%11.167196%11.2%454,882455k10.651629%10.651629%10.7%425810.398773%10.398773%10.4%339910.285362%10.285362%10.3%5011010.244520%10.244520%10.2%4,641,8354.64M9.841993%9.841993%9.8%4,9279.174633%9.174633%9.2%1,278,0511.28M8.522464%8.522464%8.5%368117.245081%7.245081%7.2%81126.288210%6.288210%6.3%144136.072275%6.072275%6.1%410145.528554%5.528554%5.5%182155.294826%5.294826%5.3%26416

Bachelor's Degrees by Tract#17

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a bachelor's degree or higher..
Scope: population of Tract 880300, selected other tracts in Cape Girardeau County, and entities that contain Tract 880300
0%10%20%30%40%Count#881200Tract 881200880700Tract 880700881000Tract 881000881100Tract 881100881300Tract 881300880800Tract 880800United States of AmericaUnited States880500Tract 880500West North CentralCape Girardeau CountyCape GirardeauMidwest880600Tract 880600Missouri880200Tract 880200880400Tract 880400881500Tract 881500Cape Girardeau Metro AreaCape Girardeau880900Tract 880900880100Tract 880100881600Tract 881600880300Tract 880300881400Tract 88140045.768151%45.768151%45.8%2,282143.134872%43.134872%43.1%1,420240.250447%40.250447%40.3%450337.816594%37.816594%37.8%866432.376100%32.376100%32.4%1,398531.004367%31.004367%31.0%355630.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M30.213270%30.213270%30.2%2,040730.056536%30.056536%30.1%4,186,9564.19M29.855576%29.855576%29.9%14,94614.9k28.952816%28.952816%29.0%13,118,64213.1M28.479504%28.479504%28.5%1,195827.634687%27.634687%27.6%1,125,6651.13M27.315542%27.315542%27.3%696925.867378%25.867378%25.9%1,2601025.766871%25.766871%25.8%8401125.510928%25.510928%25.5%16,19016.2k24.164724%24.164724%24.2%3111223.233083%23.233083%23.2%9271322.357019%22.357019%22.4%3871416.155492%16.155492%16.2%453154.480652%4.480652%4.5%6616

Very Advanced Degrees by Tract#18

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 880300, selected other tracts in Cape Girardeau County, and entities that contain Tract 880300
0%5%10%Count#881000Tract 881000880700Tract 880700881100Tract 881100880600Tract 880600880800Tract 880800881200Tract 881200United States of AmericaUnited States880900Tract 880900Cape Girardeau CountyCape GirardeauWest North CentralMidwestMissouri880400Tract 880400881500Tract 881500Cape Girardeau Metro AreaCape Girardeau881600Tract 881600880100Tract 880100880500Tract 880500881300Tract 881300880200Tract 880200880300Tract 880300881400Tract 88140011.091234%11.091234%11.1%12415.467801%5.467801%5.5%18025.152838%5.152838%5.2%11834.551954%4.551954%4.6%19144.454148%4.454148%4.5%5154.011231%4.011231%4.0%20063.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.185703%3.185703%3.2%4173.038293%3.038293%3.0%1,5212.978981%2.978981%3.0%414,980415k2.893416%2.893416%2.9%1,311,0191.31M2.822400%2.822400%2.8%114,967115k2.730445%2.730445%2.7%13382.484663%2.484663%2.5%8192.473882%2.473882%2.5%1,5702.426343%2.426343%2.4%42102.380952%2.380952%2.4%95111.925355%1.925355%1.9%130121.875868%1.875868%1.9%81131.412873%1.412873%1.4%36140.641940%0.641940%0.6%18150.000000%0.000000%0.0%016

Under-Education Sex Ratio by Tract#19

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 880300, selected other tracts in Cape Girardeau County, and entities that contain Tract 880300
Female
Male
2x0x2xFM#Tract 881100Tract 881000Tract 880700Tract 881300Tract 881500West North CentralMidwestUnited StatesMissouriTract 880400Cape GirardeauTract 880100Tract 880300Cape GirardeauTract 881400Tract 880200Tract 880600Tract 881600Tract 881200Tract 880500Tract 880900Tract 880800-1.000000x-1.000000x2.265577x2.265577x2.27x3.971%3.97%8.996%9.00%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.881944x1.881944x1.88x4.982%4.98%9.375%9.38%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.677753x1.677753x1.68x4.240%4.24%7.114%7.11%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.474611x1.474611x1.47x6.808%6.81%10.039%10.0%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.265983x1.265983x1.27x9.322%9.32%11.802%11.8%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.137506x1.137506x1.14x8.598%8.60%9.780%9.78%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.127915x1.127915x1.13x9.647%9.65%10.881%10.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.109070x1.109070x1.11x12.369%12.4%13.719%13.7%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.087272x1.087272x1.09x10.718%10.7%11.653%11.7%-1.016236x-1.016236x1.02x1.000000x1.000000x10.360%10.4%10.195%10.2%6-1.053044x-1.053044x1.05x1.000000x1.000000x12.840%12.8%12.193%12.2%-1.058852x-1.058852x1.06x1.000000x1.000000x10.955%11.0%10.347%10.3%7-1.060404x-1.060404x1.06x1.000000x1.000000x14.205%14.2%13.395%13.4%8-1.180297x-1.180297x1.18x1.000000x1.000000x10.618%10.6%8.996%9.00%-1.323019x-1.323019x1.32x1.000000x1.000000x22.932%22.9%17.333%17.3%9-1.371178x-1.371178x1.37x1.000000x1.000000x15.834%15.8%11.548%11.5%10-1.390996x-1.390996x1.39x1.000000x1.000000x13.182%13.2%9.477%9.48%11-1.675602x-1.675602x1.68x1.000000x1.000000x24.667%24.7%14.721%14.7%12-1.834834x-1.834834x1.83x1.000000x1.000000x6.735%6.73%3.671%3.67%13-1.862982x-1.862982x1.86x1.000000x1.000000x7.772%7.77%4.172%4.17%14-2.113125x-2.113125x2.11x1.000000x1.000000x22.361%22.4%10.582%10.6%15-3.999335x-3.999335x4.00x1.000000x1.000000x18.339%18.3%4.586%4.59%16

Over-Education Sex Ratio by Tract#20

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 880300, selected other tracts in Cape Girardeau County, and entities that contain Tract 880300
Female
Male
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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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