Educational Attainment in Tract 020801, Burke County, North Carolina (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Burke County and Tract 020801
Tract 020801
Burke County
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma228.914002%27.976388%28.914002%28.9%1,04955.512679%51.627657%55.512679%55.5%2,01415.573319%20.395955%15.573319%15.6%565

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Burke County at large.
Scope: population of Burke County and Tract 020801
-20%0%+20%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma23.351447%3.351447%+3.4%28.914%28.9%27.976%28.0%7.525080%7.525080%+7.5%55.513%55.5%51.628%51.6%-23.645063%-23.645063%-23.6%15.573%15.6%20.396%20.4%

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Burke County and Tract 020801
Tract 020801
Burke County
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None1.074972%0.526990%1.074972%1.1%390.192944%1.114118%0.192944%0.2%75.154355%4.119388%5.154355%5.2%18712.624035%11.106363%12.624035%12.6%4589.867696%11.109529%9.867696%9.9%35827.039691%21.593948%27.039691%27.0%98128.472988%30.033708%28.472988%28.5%1,03311.521499%12.150849%11.521499%11.5%4183.059537%5.705107%3.059537%3.1%1110.992282%2.539999%0.992282%1.0%36

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Burke County at large.
Scope: population of Burke County and Tract 020801
-100%0%+100%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None103.983283%103.983283%+104.0%1.075%1.07%0.527%0.53%-82.681926%-82.681926%-82.7%0.193%0.19%1.114%1.11%25.124295%25.124295%+25.1%5.154%5.15%4.119%4.12%13.664885%13.664885%+13.7%12.624%12.6%11.106%11.1%-11.178088%-11.178088%-11.2%9.868%9.87%11.110%11.1%25.218839%25.218839%+25.2%27.040%27.0%21.594%21.6%-5.196563%-5.196563%-5.2%28.473%28.5%30.034%30.0%-5.179470%-5.179470%-5.2%11.521%11.5%12.151%12.2%-46.371961%-46.371961%-46.4%3.060%3.06%5.705%5.71%-60.933755%-60.933755%-60.9%0.992%0.99%2.540%2.54%

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 Burke County and Tract 020801
More Females More Males
Burke County
Tract 020801
40%20%0%20%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-43.220643%-32.689578%-43.220643%43%33.536%33.5%23.416%23.4%18.008664%3.666070%18.008664%18%51.294%51.3%60.531%60.5%5.821659%33.953490%5.821659%6%15.170%15.2%16.053%16.1%

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 Burke County and Tract 020801
More Females More Males
Burke County
Tract 020801
0%500%1,000%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None167.637296%486.595267%167.637296%168%0.609%0.61%1.629%1.63%1,000.000000%59.589657%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%0.422%0.42%-34.276876%-45.768799%-34.276876%34%5.835%5.83%4.345%4.35%-119.108970%-40.269500%-119.108970%119%16.794%16.8%7.664%7.66%-10.103272%-42.699134%-10.103272%10%10.299%10.3%9.354%9.35%1.219640%0.507753%1.219640%1%26.890%26.9%27.218%27.2%36.508004%5.996488%36.508004%37%24.404%24.4%33.313%33.3%5.018839%30.124948%5.018839%5%11.263%11.3%11.829%11.8%34.962397%44.735250%34.962397%35%2.638%2.64%3.561%3.56%-91.065910%-91.065910%91%29.460936%1.268%1.27%0.664%0.66%

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Burke County and Tract 020801
Tract 020801
Burke County
0%5%10%15%20%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-345.947581%9.400973%5.947581%5.9%5999212.369110%11.704234%12.369110%12.4%1891,52821.293375%12.386707%21.293375%21.3%13563415.822785%10.902756%15.822785%15.8%75474

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Burke County at large.
Scope: population of Burke County and Tract 020801
20%0%20%40%60%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-36.734412%-36.734412%36.7%5.948%5.95%9.401%9.40%5.680645%5.680645%5.7%12.369%12.4%11.704%11.7%71.905055%71.905055%71.9%21.293%21.3%12.387%12.4%45.126463%45.126463%45.1%15.823%15.8%10.903%10.9%

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 Burke County and Tract 020801
More Females More Males
Burke County
Tract 020801
400%300%200%100%0%FM65+45-6435-4425-3421.999694%0.634607%21.999694%22.0%5.439%5.44%6.635%6.64%-291.175666%-47.818812%-291.175666%291.2%19.610%19.6%5.013%5.01%-31.261346%-94.028054%-31.261346%31.3%23.907%23.9%18.213%18.2%-440.885417%-40.663161%-440.885417%440.9%23.264%23.3%4.301%4.30%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Burke County and Tract 020801
Tract 020801
Burke County
$0k$20k$40kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$37,396.000000$52,605.000000$37,396.000000$37.4k2336.422%6.42%$40,000.000000$40,435.000000$40,000.000000$40.0k45812.624%12.6%$24,683.000000$28,235.000000$24,683.000000$24.7k1,33936.907%36.9%$25,540.000000$26,293.000000$25,540.000000$25.5k1,03328.473%28.5%$25,388.000000$19,610.000000$25,388.000000$25.4k56515.573%15.6%$26,978.000000$28,172.000000$26,978.000000$27.0k3,628100.000%100%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Burke County and Tract 020801
Female Male
Burke County
Tract 020801
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$50k$0k$50kFMGraduate Degree1Some CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$-36,094.000000$-51,798.000000$-36,094.000000$36.1k$36,094.000000$9,531.000000$51,798.000000$3,405.000000$45,625.000000$45.6k127106$-22,551.000000$-25,496.000000$-22,551.000000$22.6k$22,551.000000$4,123.000000$25,496.000000$5,597.000000$26,674.000000$26.7k733606$-24,181.000000$-23,628.000000$-24,181.000000$24.2k$24,181.000000$2,176.000000$23,628.000000$4,199.000000$26,357.000000$26.4k481552$-25,156.000000$-1,344.000000$-17,174.000000$-26,500.000000$26.5k$25,156.000000$17,174.000000$5,190.000000$25,156.000000$25.2k299266$-26,483.000000$-3,654.000000$-26,230.000000$-30,137.000000$30.1k$26,483.000000$26,230.000000$3,972.000000$26,483.000000$26.5k1,9711,657

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 Burke County and Tract 020801
Tract 020801
Burke County
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma386.524823%80.012563%86.524823%86.5%48877.623762%70.056054%77.623762%77.6%78463.746631%62.586283%63.746631%63.7%47345.625000%41.278341%45.625000%45.6%146

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#13

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Burke County and Tract 020801
Female Male
Burke County
Tract 020801
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50%0%50%MFWhite1BlackAsianHispanic2Other1-11.458916%-14.968597%-11.458916%11.5%11.458916%2.117012%14.968597%6.951630%13.575927%13.6%194205-17.105263%-30.558288%-14.734043%-47.663551%47.7%17.105263%14.734043%4.469705%17.105263%17.1%2651-30.555556%-16.503268%-31.596829%-12.370688%-47.058824%47.1%30.555556%31.596829%30.555556%30.6%1124-79.166667%-49.928161%-10.071839%-79.166667%79.2%79.166667%8.333333%49.928161%87.500000%87.5%3519-54.545455%-55.739130%-6.554258%-54.545455%54.5%54.545455%23.715415%55.739130%78.260870%78.3%186

College Graduates By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Burke County and Tract 020801
Female Male
Burke County
Tract 020801
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30%20%10%0%10%MFWhite1BlackAsianHispanic2Other1-16.305108%-8.289637%-15.743407%-4.867200%-24.594746%24.6%16.305108%15.743407%16.305108%16.3%233440-0.000000%-2.819149%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%2.819149%7.485301%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-35.294118%-8.720272%-4.504786%-35.294118%35.3%0.000000%8.720272%0.000000%0.0%018-0.000000%-6.824713%-0.830790%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%6.824713%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-2.892562%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%2.892562%2.759612%0.000000%0.0%00

Educational Attainment by Tract in Burke County

There are 18 tracts in Burke County. This section compares Tract 020801 to all of the tracts in Burke County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 020801.

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 020801, selected other tracts in Burke County, and entities that contain Tract 020801
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#021400Tract 021400021203Tract 021203021202Tract 021202020100Tract 020100021000Tract 021000021302Tract 021302021301Tract 021301020600Tract 020600021100Tract 021100020301Tract 020301Burke CountyBurkeBurke County SchoolsBurke CountyHickory, Lenoir, and Morganton Metro AreaHickory Area020802Tract 020802020801Tract 020801021201Tract 021201020500Tract 020500020900Tract 020900SouthNorth CarolinaN Carolina020201Tract 020201United States of AmericaUnited States020202Tract 020202South Atlantic020302Tract 02030229.164330%29.164330%29.2%1,040128.766643%28.766643%28.8%821228.369528%28.369528%28.4%823327.243590%27.243590%27.2%850426.495937%26.495937%26.5%1,076525.446809%25.446809%25.4%598624.352201%24.352201%24.4%968723.451440%23.451440%23.5%920823.249638%23.249638%23.2%963922.881844%22.881844%22.9%7941020.395955%20.395955%20.4%12,88812.9k20.395955%20.395955%20.4%12,88812.9k19.170762%19.170762%19.2%48,72048.7k16.484899%16.484899%16.5%3931115.573319%15.573319%15.6%5651215.533981%15.533981%15.5%4481315.117371%15.117371%15.1%3221414.521094%14.521094%14.5%8021514.392758%14.392758%14.4%11,511,24211.5M13.685443%13.685443%13.7%914,827915k13.140727%13.140727%13.1%5641613.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.987013%12.987013%13.0%3901712.827640%12.827640%12.8%5,478,9325.48M11.057596%11.057596%11.1%55118

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 020801, selected other tracts in Burke County, and entities that contain Tract 020801
0%10%20%30%Count#020500Tract 020500South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNorth CarolinaN CarolinaSouth020201Tract 020201020202Tract 020202020900Tract 020900020600Tract 020600020802Tract 020802020801Tract 020801Hickory, Lenoir, and Morganton Metro AreaHickory AreaBurke CountyBurkeBurke County SchoolsBurke County021400Tract 021400020302Tract 020302021202Tract 021202020100Tract 020100021100Tract 021100020301Tract 020301021201Tract 021201021302Tract 021302021000Tract 021000021301Tract 021301021203Tract 02120333.286385%33.286385%33.3%709130.457708%30.457708%30.5%13,009,07313.0M30.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M29.028126%29.028126%29.0%1,940,4351.94M28.191926%28.191926%28.2%22,547,73422.5M26.071761%26.071761%26.1%1,119225.641026%25.641026%25.6%770323.067174%23.067174%23.1%1,274422.712210%22.712210%22.7%891520.176174%20.176174%20.2%481619.046307%19.046307%19.0%691717.790011%17.790011%17.8%45,21145.2k16.866860%16.866860%16.9%10,65810.7k16.866860%16.866860%16.9%10,65810.7k16.769490%16.769490%16.8%598814.589605%14.589605%14.6%727913.340228%13.340228%13.3%3871013.333333%13.333333%13.3%4161112.747465%12.747465%12.7%5281212.219020%12.219020%12.2%4241311.754508%11.754508%11.8%3391411.404255%11.404255%11.4%2681510.613149%10.613149%10.6%431168.955975%8.955975%9.0%356178.724597%8.724597%8.7%24918

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 020801, selected other tracts in Burke County, and entities that contain Tract 020801
0%1%2%3%4%5%6%7%Count#020500Tract 020500020201Tract 020201South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth020600Tract 020600North CarolinaN Carolina020900Tract 020900021400Tract 021400020202Tract 020202020302Tract 020302Burke CountyBurkeBurke County SchoolsBurke CountyHickory, Lenoir, and Morganton Metro AreaHickory Area020801Tract 020801021000Tract 021000021201Tract 021201020802Tract 020802021301Tract 021301021203Tract 021203020100Tract 020100020301Tract 020301021302Tract 021302021202Tract 021202021100Tract 0211007.464789%7.464789%7.5%15914.589935%4.589935%4.6%19723.501306%3.501306%3.5%1,495,4751.50M3.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.064699%3.064699%3.1%2,451,1282.45M3.033393%3.033393%3.0%11932.874397%2.874397%2.9%192,144192k2.263263%2.263263%2.3%12541.710600%1.710600%1.7%6151.698302%1.698302%1.7%5161.665663%1.665663%1.7%8371.641108%1.641108%1.6%1,0371.641108%1.641108%1.6%1,0371.420100%1.420100%1.4%3,6091.267916%1.267916%1.3%4681.058852%1.058852%1.1%4390.970874%0.970874%1.0%28100.964765%0.964765%1.0%23110.830189%0.830189%0.8%33120.630694%0.630694%0.6%18130.480769%0.480769%0.5%15140.403458%0.403458%0.4%14150.382979%0.382979%0.4%9160.310238%0.310238%0.3%9170.096572%0.096572%0.1%418

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 020801, selected other tracts in Burke County, and entities that contain Tract 020801
Female
Male
1x0x1x2xFM#Tract 021201Tract 021302Tract 020302Tract 020201Tract 020600Tract 021400Tract 021000Tract 020100Tract 020301BurkeBurke CountyTract 020900N CarolinaHickory AreaTract 020802Tract 021202South AtlanticTract 021203SouthUnited StatesTract 021100Tract 020801Tract 020202Tract 021301Tract 020500-1.000000x-1.000000x2.283948x2.283948x2.28x9.881%9.88%22.568%22.6%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.963916x1.963916x1.96x17.427%17.4%34.225%34.2%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.844577x1.844577x1.84x7.676%7.68%14.159%14.2%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.814356x1.814356x1.81x9.386%9.39%17.030%17.0%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.483306x1.483306x1.48x19.141%19.1%28.392%28.4%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.437454x1.437454x1.44x24.095%24.1%34.636%34.6%6-1.000000x-1.000000x1.416866x1.416866x1.42x21.968%22.0%31.125%31.1%7-1.000000x-1.000000x1.414554x1.414554x1.41x22.876%22.9%32.359%32.4%8-1.000000x-1.000000x1.404198x1.404198x1.40x19.141%19.1%26.877%26.9%9-1.000000x-1.000000x1.339535x1.339535x1.34x17.540%17.5%23.496%23.5%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.339535x1.339535x1.34x17.540%17.5%23.496%23.5%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.305370x1.305370x1.31x12.861%12.9%16.788%16.8%10-1.000000x-1.000000x1.267161x1.267161x1.27x12.146%12.1%15.391%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.247267x1.247267x1.25x17.121%17.1%21.355%21.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.230744x1.230744x1.23x14.865%14.9%18.295%18.3%11-1.000000x-1.000000x1.201563x1.201563x1.20x25.924%25.9%31.149%31.1%12-1.000000x-1.000000x1.178860x1.178860x1.18x11.819%11.8%13.933%13.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.158919x1.158919x1.16x26.657%26.7%30.894%30.9%13-1.000000x-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-1.000000x1.061303x1.061303x1.06x22.552%22.6%23.935%23.9%14-1.000000x-1.000000x1.058217x1.058217x1.06x15.170%15.2%16.053%16.1%15-1.004785x-1.004785x1.00x1.000000x1.000000x13.013%13.0%12.951%13.0%16-1.045380x-1.045380x1.05x1.000000x1.000000x24.957%25.0%23.874%23.9%17-1.192087x-1.192087x1.19x1.000000x1.000000x16.407%16.4%13.763%13.8%18

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 020801, selected other tracts in Burke County, and entities that contain Tract 020801
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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