Educational Attainment in Tract 961200, Wilkes County, North Carolina (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Wilkes County and Tract 961200
Tract 961200
Wilkes County
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma224.876190%23.379094%24.876190%24.9%1,30655.123810%53.489371%55.123810%55.1%2,89420.000000%23.131534%20.000000%20.0%1,050

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Wilkes County at large.
Scope: population of Wilkes County and Tract 961200
-10%0%+10%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma26.403567%6.403567%+6.4%24.876%24.9%23.379%23.4%3.055632%3.055632%+3.1%55.124%55.1%53.489%53.5%-13.537944%-13.537944%-13.5%20.000%20.0%23.132%23.1%

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Wilkes County and Tract 961200
Tract 961200
Wilkes County
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None0.342857%0.405099%0.342857%0.3%180.647619%0.525810%0.647619%0.6%343.980952%3.118031%3.980952%4.0%2098.628571%9.712135%8.628571%8.6%45311.276190%9.618021%11.276190%11.3%59225.200000%20.557727%25.200000%25.2%1,32329.923810%32.931645%29.923810%29.9%1,5719.695238%14.362584%9.695238%9.7%5098.552381%7.119913%8.552381%8.6%4491.752381%1.649037%1.752381%1.8%92

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Wilkes County at large.
Scope: population of Wilkes County and Tract 961200
-20%0%+20%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-15.364502%-15.364502%-15.4%0.343%0.34%0.405%0.41%23.166055%23.166055%+23.2%0.648%0.65%0.526%0.53%27.675203%27.675203%+27.7%3.981%3.98%3.118%3.12%-11.156797%-11.156797%-11.2%8.629%8.63%9.712%9.71%17.240239%17.240239%+17.2%11.276%11.3%9.618%9.62%22.581648%22.581648%+22.6%25.200%25.2%20.558%20.6%-9.133571%-9.133571%-9.1%29.924%29.9%32.932%32.9%-32.496559%-32.496559%-32.5%9.695%9.70%14.363%14.4%20.119174%20.119174%+20.1%8.552%8.55%7.120%7.12%6.266903%6.266903%+6.3%1.752%1.75%1.649%1.65%

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 Wilkes County and Tract 961200
More Females More Males
Wilkes County
Tract 961200
20%10%0%10%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-9.312231%-28.340902%-9.312231%9%25.971%26.0%23.758%23.8%7.369131%3.077690%7.369131%7%53.185%53.2%57.104%57.1%-8.918949%-8.918949%9%19.700919%20.844%20.8%19.137%19.1%

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 Wilkes County and Tract 961200
More Females More Males
Wilkes County
Tract 961200
0%500%1,000%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None1,000.000000%319.616667%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%0.693%0.69%-23.992964%-104.537063%-23.992964%24%0.716%0.72%0.578%0.58%-15.223725%-60.679088%-15.223725%15%4.259%4.26%3.697%3.70%-93.846341%-36.321282%-93.846341%94%11.346%11.3%5.853%5.85%-17.194902%34.080189%34.080189%34%9.649%9.65%12.938%12.9%-14.204297%6.412848%6.412848%6%24.425%24.4%25.992%26.0%8.181282%14.088942%8.181282%8%28.760%28.8%31.113%31.1%-16.876308%-16.876308%17%25.655095%10.441%10.4%8.933%8.93%30.677138%19.600306%30.677138%31%7.426%7.43%9.704%9.70%-494.865029%-27.066550%-494.865029%495%2.978%2.98%0.501%0.50%

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Wilkes County and Tract 961200
Tract 961200
Wilkes County
0%5%10%15%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-345.837387%7.694558%5.837387%5.8%841,4398.449438%9.066760%8.449438%8.4%1882,2256.763285%12.432113%6.763285%6.8%5682816.490765%12.280702%16.490765%16.5%125758

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Wilkes County at large.
Scope: population of Wilkes County and Tract 961200
40%20%0%20%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-24.136163%-24.136163%24.1%5.837%5.84%7.695%7.69%-6.808629%-6.808629%6.8%8.449%8.45%9.067%9.07%-45.598268%-45.598268%45.6%6.763%6.76%12.432%12.4%34.281945%34.281945%34.3%16.491%16.5%12.281%12.3%

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 Wilkes County and Tract 961200
More Females More Males
Wilkes County
Tract 961200
1,000%500%0%FM65+45-6435-4425-34312.939942%14.338108%312.939942%312.9%2.414%2.41%9.969%9.97%-110.653143%-49.112297%-110.653143%110.7%11.632%11.6%5.522%5.52%-1,000.000000%-141.169296%-1,000.000000%> 1000%14.396%14.4%0.000%0%-274.420819%-8.727475%-274.420819%274.4%24.818%24.8%6.628%6.63%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Wilkes County and Tract 961200
Tract 961200
Wilkes County
$0k$10k$20k$30k$40kCount%Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$39,722.000000$40,617.000000$39,722.000000$39.7k4538.629%8.63%$33,625.000000$29,890.000000$33,625.000000$33.6k1,91536.476%36.5%$26,193.000000$25,519.000000$26,193.000000$26.2k1,57129.924%29.9%$21,010.000000$19,600.000000$21,010.000000$21.0k1,05020.000%20.0%$27,555.000000$27,650.000000$27,555.000000$27.6k5,250100.000%100%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Wilkes County and Tract 961200
Female Male
Wilkes County
Tract 961200
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
$0k$50kFMBachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2Total$-27,609.000000$-36,346.000000$-27,609.000000$27.6k$27,609.000000$59,699.000000$36,346.000000$9,850.000000$87,308.000000$87.3k301152$-20,818.000000$-25,154.000000$-20,818.000000$20.8k$20,818.000000$24,633.000000$25,154.000000$9,846.000000$45,451.000000$45.5k9041,011$-16,389.000000$-20,685.000000$-16,389.000000$16.4k$16,389.000000$13,329.000000$20,685.000000$6,628.000000$29,718.000000$29.7k763808$-19,817.000000$-24,574.000000$-19,817.000000$19.8k$19,817.000000$16,498.000000$24,574.000000$6,314.000000$36,315.000000$36.3k2,6532,597

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 Wilkes County and Tract 961200
Tract 961200
Wilkes County
0%20%40%60%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma377.927063%78.646035%77.927063%77.9%40672.791519%70.639238%72.791519%72.8%1,23658.870968%64.350212%58.870968%58.9%65751.050420%45.003584%51.050420%51.1%243

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#13

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Wilkes County and Tract 961200
Female Male
Wilkes County
Tract 961200
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
100%50%0%50%MFWhite1BlackAsianHispanic2-18.638149%-0.440266%-19.266609%-19.078416%19.1%18.638149%19.266609%4.488520%18.638149%18.6%427472-0.000000%-40.000000%-17.658349%-17.075257%-40.000000%40.0%0.000000%17.658349%0.000000%0.0%048-0.000000%-100.000000%-0.000000%-26.612903%-100.000000%100.0%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%033-0.000000%-58.500000%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%44.871795%58.500000%6.596154%44.871795%44.9%700

College Graduates By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Wilkes County and Tract 961200
Female Male
Wilkes County
Tract 961200
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
30%20%10%0%10%MFWhite1BlackAsianHispanic2-11.217809%-4.788658%-12.047743%-3.944491%-16.006467%16.0%11.217809%12.047743%11.217809%11.2%257396-16.129032%-14.704301%-10.940499%-6.170157%-30.833333%30.8%16.129032%10.940499%16.129032%16.1%1537-0.000000%-5.645161%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%5.645161%11.854839%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-2.596154%-9.528846%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%2.596154%0.000000%0.0%00

Educational Attainment by Tract in Wilkes County

There are 14 tracts in Wilkes County. This section compares Tract 961200 to all of the tracts in Wilkes County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 961200.

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 961200, selected other tracts in Wilkes County, and entities that contain Tract 961200
0%10%20%30%Count#960700Tract 960700961100Tract 961100960900Tract 960900960600Tract 960600960500Tract 960500960300Tract 960300960400Tract 960400Wilkes CountyWilkesNorth Wilkesboro Metro AreaNorth WilkesboroWilkes County SchoolsWilkes County961001Tract 961001960200Tract 960200960801Tract 960801961200Tract 961200960100Tract 960100960802Tract 960802SouthNorth CarolinaN Carolina961002Tract 961002United States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth Atlantic36.969440%36.969440%37.0%871131.816650%31.816650%31.8%944229.987797%29.987797%30.0%983326.843467%26.843467%26.8%415425.635682%25.635682%25.6%615525.379507%25.379507%25.4%1,070624.079955%24.079955%24.1%1,289723.131534%23.131534%23.1%11,30611.3k23.131534%23.131534%23.1%11,30611.3k23.131534%23.131534%23.1%11,30611.3k22.576059%22.576059%22.6%794821.309037%21.309037%21.3%573921.160985%21.160985%21.2%6271020.000000%20.000000%20.0%1,0501118.857482%18.857482%18.9%9541217.570826%17.570826%17.6%5831314.392758%14.392758%14.4%11,511,24211.5M13.685443%13.685443%13.7%914,827915k13.565305%13.565305%13.6%5381413.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.827640%12.827640%12.8%5,478,9325.48M

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 961200, selected other tracts in Wilkes County, and entities that contain Tract 961200
0%10%20%30%Count#South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNorth CarolinaN CarolinaSouth961002Tract 961002960500Tract 960500960600Tract 960600961100Tract 961100960100Tract 960100Wilkes CountyWilkesNorth Wilkesboro Metro AreaNorth WilkesboroWilkes County SchoolsWilkes County961200Tract 961200961001Tract 961001960900Tract 960900960802Tract 960802960700Tract 960700960400Tract 960400960300Tract 960300960801Tract 960801960200Tract 96020030.457708%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%22,547,73422.5M25.340393%25.340393%25.3%1,005117.965819%17.965819%18.0%431217.011643%17.011643%17.0%263316.885743%16.885743%16.9%501416.781973%16.781973%16.8%849513.761074%13.761074%13.8%6,72613.761074%13.761074%13.8%6,72613.761074%13.761074%13.8%6,72613.600000%13.600000%13.6%714613.420529%13.420529%13.4%472712.782184%12.782184%12.8%419812.537673%12.537673%12.5%416911.035654%11.035654%11.0%260109.490006%9.490006%9.5%508119.487666%9.487666%9.5%400128.977388%8.977388%9.0%266138.255857%8.255857%8.3%22214

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 961200, selected other tracts in Wilkes County, and entities that contain Tract 961200
0%1%2%3%Count#South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth961002Tract 961002North CarolinaN Carolina960500Tract 960500960600Tract 960600960802Tract 960802961200Tract 961200961001Tract 961001Wilkes CountyWilkesNorth Wilkesboro Metro AreaNorth WilkesboroWilkes County SchoolsWilkes County961100Tract 961100960200Tract 960200960100Tract 960100960700Tract 960700960400Tract 960400960801Tract 960801960300Tract 960300960900Tract 9609003.501306%3.501306%3.5%1,495,4751.50M3.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.064699%3.064699%3.1%2,451,1282.45M2.950076%2.950076%3.0%11712.874397%2.874397%2.9%192,144192k2.584410%2.584410%2.6%6221.423027%1.423027%1.4%2231.265823%1.265823%1.3%4240.990476%0.990476%1.0%5250.938300%0.938300%0.9%3360.930908%0.930908%0.9%4550.930908%0.930908%0.9%4550.930908%0.930908%0.9%4550.910010%0.910010%0.9%2770.780959%0.780959%0.8%2180.573236%0.573236%0.6%2990.551783%0.551783%0.6%13100.523071%0.523071%0.5%28110.303746%0.303746%0.3%9120.000000%0.000000%0.0%0130.000000%0.000000%0.0%014

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 961200, selected other tracts in Wilkes County, and entities that contain Tract 961200
Female
Male
1x0x1x2xFM#Tract 960802Tract 960100Tract 960400Tract 960600Tract 960801Tract 961001Tract 960500N CarolinaWilkesNorth WilkesboroWilkes CountySouth AtlanticSouthUnited StatesTract 960300Tract 960700Tract 961100Tract 960200Tract 961200Tract 960900Tract 961002-1.000000x-1.000000x2.547602x2.547602x2.55x10.193%10.2%25.966%26.0%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.737913x1.737913x1.74x13.536%13.5%23.525%23.5%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.692006x1.692006x1.69x17.853%17.9%30.208%30.2%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.597590x1.597590x1.60x21.133%21.1%33.763%33.8%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.424440x1.424440x1.42x17.551%17.6%25.000%25.0%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.358429x1.358429x1.36x19.365%19.4%26.306%26.3%6-1.000000x-1.000000x1.357597x1.357597x1.36x21.793%21.8%29.586%29.6%7-1.000000x-1.000000x1.267161x1.267161x1.27x12.146%12.1%15.391%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.197009x1.197009x1.20x21.115%21.1%25.274%25.3%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.197009x1.197009x1.20x21.115%21.1%25.274%25.3%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.197009x1.197009x1.20x21.115%21.1%25.274%25.3%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.178860x1.178860x1.18x11.819%11.8%13.933%13.9%-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-1.000000x1.101018x1.101018x1.10x24.226%24.2%26.673%26.7%8-1.000000x-1.000000x1.001683x1.001683x1.00x36.944%36.9%37.006%37.0%9-1.076732x-1.076732x1.08x1.000000x1.000000x32.944%32.9%30.596%30.6%10-1.085778x-1.085778x1.09x1.000000x1.000000x22.129%22.1%20.381%20.4%11-1.089189x-1.089189x1.09x1.000000x1.000000x20.844%20.8%19.137%19.1%12-1.090649x-1.090649x1.09x1.000000x1.000000x31.276%31.3%28.677%28.7%13-1.370453x-1.370453x1.37x1.000000x1.000000x15.648%15.6%11.418%11.4%14

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 961200, selected other tracts in Wilkes County, and entities that contain Tract 961200
Female
Male
10x5x0x5x10xFM#Tract 961001Tract 960801Tract 961100Tract 960100Tract 960600Tract 961200Tract 960802N CarolinaSouthUnited StatesTract 960400South AtlanticTract 960200WilkesNorth WilkesboroWilkes CountyTract 961002Tract 960500Tract 960700-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%2.028%2.03%1-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%0.627%0.63%2-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%1.895%1.89%3-1.000000x-1.000000x2.756851x2.756851x2.76x0.296%0.30%0.816%0.82%4-1.000000x-1.000000x2.596567x2.596567x2.60x0.826%0.83%2.146%2.15%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.774294x1.774294x1.77x0.716%0.72%1.271%1.27%6-1.000000x-1.000000x1.673363x1.673363x1.67x0.963%0.96%1.611%1.61%7-1.000000x-1.000000x1.558133x1.558133x1.56x2.273%2.27%3.541%3.54%-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-1.000000x1.520824x1.520824x1.52x0.414%0.41%0.630%0.63%8-1.000000x-1.000000x1.520688x1.520688x1.52x2.804%2.80%4.265%4.26%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.245678x1.245678x1.25x0.700%0.70%0.872%0.87%9-1.000000x-1.000000x1.175438x1.175438x1.18x0.858%0.86%1.008%1.01%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.175438x1.175438x1.18x0.858%0.86%1.008%1.01%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.175438x1.175438x1.18x0.858%0.86%1.008%1.01%-1.867623x-1.867623x1.87x1.000000x1.000000x3.825%3.83%2.048%2.05%10-7.643914x-7.643914x7.64x1.000000x1.000000x4.523%4.52%0.592%0.59%11-10.000000x-10.000000x> 10.0x1.000000x1.000000x0.933%0.93%0.000%0%12

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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