Educational Attainment in Tract 978000, Hughes County, South Dakota (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Hughes County and Tract 978000
Tract 978000
Hughes County
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma242.830099%42.457732%42.830099%42.8%90552.247989%48.783505%52.247989%52.2%1,1044.921912%8.758763%4.921912%4.9%104
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 Hughes County at large.
Scope: population of Hughes County and Tract 978000
0%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma20.877031%0.877031%+0.9%42.830%42.8%42.458%42.5%7.101752%7.101752%+7.1%52.248%52.2%48.784%48.8%-43.805854%-43.805854%-43.8%4.922%4.92%8.759%8.76%
% percentage with given level in Tract 978000
ref. percentage with given level in Hughes 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 Hughes County and Tract 978000
Tract 978000
Hughes County
0%5%10%15%20%25%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None0.804543%1.278351%0.804543%0.8%171.561761%2.045361%1.561761%1.6%338.471368%7.463918%8.471368%8.5%17918.977757%22.218557%18.977757%19.0%40113.014671%9.451546%13.014671%13.0%27523.047799%20.931959%23.047799%23.0%48729.200189%27.851546%29.200189%29.2%6172.886891%5.245361%2.886891%2.9%612.035021%2.977320%2.035021%2.0%430.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.536082%0
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 Hughes County at large.
Scope: population of Hughes County and Tract 978000
-100%0%+100%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-37.063951%-37.063951%-37.1%0.805%0.80%1.278%1.28%-23.643764%-23.643764%-23.6%1.562%1.56%2.045%2.05%13.497606%13.497606%+13.5%8.471%8.47%7.464%7.46%-14.586006%-14.586006%-14.6%18.978%19.0%22.219%22.2%37.698854%37.698854%+37.7%13.015%13.0%9.452%9.45%10.108182%10.108182%+10.1%23.048%23.0%20.932%20.9%4.842255%4.842255%+4.8%29.200%29.2%27.852%27.9%-44.962973%-44.962973%-45.0%2.887%2.89%5.245%5.25%-31.649215%-31.649215%-31.6%2.035%2.04%2.977%2.98%-100.000000%-100.000000%-100.0%0.000%0%0.536%0.54%
% percentage with given level in Tract 978000
ref. percentage with given level in Hughes 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 Hughes County and Tract 978000
More Females More Males
Hughes County
Tract 978000
0%50%100%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-19.726468%-19.726468%20%10.731078%46.928%46.9%39.196%39.2%-2.094277%7.888339%7.888339%8%50.151%50.2%54.107%54.1%-47.228903%129.294951%129.294951%129%2.920%2.92%6.696%6.70%
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 Hughes County and Tract 978000
More Females More Males
Hughes County
Tract 978000
600%400%200%0%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3-745.921450%-745.921450%746%6.626901%1.511%1.51%0.179%0.18%-73.522349%-73.522349%74%110.879919%2.014%2.01%1.161%1.16%7.268519%31.573034%7.268519%7%8.157%8.16%8.750%8.75%-5.706126%-5.706126%6%11.930456%19.537%19.5%18.482%18.5%-47.858539%-20.897590%-47.858539%48%15.710%15.7%10.625%10.6%-27.072917%-14.626066%-27.072917%27%25.982%26.0%20.446%20.4%39.271205%6.803055%39.271205%39%24.169%24.2%33.661%33.7%-72.654023%149.358259%149.358259%149%1.611%1.61%4.018%4.02%104.601648%3.902526%104.601648%105%1.309%1.31%2.679%2.68%
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 Hughes County and Tract 978000
Tract 978000
Hughes County
0%5%10%15%20%25%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-3410.817942%13.138963%10.817942%10.8%4137923.178227%26.627339%23.178227%23.2%2641,13915.659341%17.574865%15.659341%15.7%5736416.883117%26.866851%16.883117%16.9%39231
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 Hughes County at large.
Scope: population of Hughes County and Tract 978000
30%20%10%0%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-17.665174%-17.665174%17.7%10.818%10.8%13.139%13.1%-12.953276%-12.953276%13.0%23.178%23.2%26.627%26.6%-10.899226%-10.899226%10.9%15.659%15.7%17.575%17.6%-37.160046%-37.160046%37.2%16.883%16.9%26.867%26.9%
% percentage in Tract 978000 with a Bachelor's degree
ref percentage in Hughes 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 Hughes County and Tract 978000
More Females More Males
Hughes County
Tract 978000
200%100%0%100%200%FM65+45-6435-4425-3436.472149%201.764716%36.472149%36.5%8.844%8.84%12.069%12.1%-0.528169%-0.528169%0.5%3.189739%23.239%23.2%23.117%23.1%-43.151287%55.272999%55.272999%55.3%12.139%12.1%18.848%18.8%-205.454545%-205.454545%205.5%3.354167%26.667%26.7%8.730%8.73%
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 Hughes County and Tract 978000
Tract 978000
Hughes County
$0k$20k$40kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$54,833.000000$51,753.000000$54,833.000000$54.8k22910.838%10.8%$48,672.000000$48,726.000000$48,672.000000$48.7k40118.978%19.0%$42,127.000000$37,011.000000$42,127.000000$42.1k76236.062%36.1%$34,668.000000$27,210.000000$34,668.000000$34.7k61729.200%29.2%$29,524.000000$9,028.000000$29,524.000000$29.5k1044.922%4.92%$42,441.000000$39,628.000000$42,441.000000$42.4k2,113100.000%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 Hughes County and Tract 978000
Female Male
Hughes County
Tract 978000
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
$50k$0k$50kFMGraduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$-52,778.000000$-9,722.000000$-44,116.000000$-62,500.000000$62.5k$52,778.000000$44,116.000000$13,764.000000$52,778.000000$52.8k116113$-46,958.000000$-43,134.000000$-46,958.000000$47.0k$46,958.000000$23,087.000000$43,134.000000$9,459.000000$70,045.000000$70.0k194207$-36,250.000000$-34,180.000000$-36,250.000000$36.3k$36,250.000000$17,083.000000$34,180.000000$6,091.000000$53,333.000000$53.3k414348$-26,563.000000$-25,320.000000$-26,563.000000$26.6k$26,563.000000$12,849.000000$25,320.000000$7,728.000000$39,412.000000$39.4k240377$-2,499.000000$-4,423.000000$-2,499.000000$2.5k$2,499.000000$27,918.000000$4,423.000000$15,934.000000$30,417.000000$30.4k2975$-41,365.000000$-33,960.000000$-41,365.000000$41.4k$41,365.000000$4,046.000000$33,960.000000$10,251.000000$45,411.000000$45.4k9931,120
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 Hughes County and Tract 978000
Tract 978000
Hughes County
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma380.500894%89.479905%80.500894%80.5%45085.830619%83.394834%85.830619%85.8%52779.587629%79.663797%79.587629%79.6%38667.105263%47.794118%67.105263%67.1%51
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 Hughes County and Tract 978000
Female Male
Hughes County
Tract 978000
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
100%80%60%40%20%0%20%MFWhite1Hispanic2Other1-2.860286%-4.972376%-2.210149%-2.860286%2.9%2.860286%2.505568%4.972376%5.365854%5.4%5526-18.181818%-81.818182%-28.099174%-5.521516%-100.000000%100.0%18.181818%28.099174%18.181818%18.2%43-0.000000%-14.507772%-15.153245%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%20.000000%14.507772%20.000000%20.0%160
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 Hughes County and Tract 978000
Female Male
Hughes County
Tract 978000
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
30%20%10%0%10%20%30%MFWhite1Hispanic2Other1-28.682927%-4.100351%-32.432432%-32.783278%32.8%28.682927%32.432432%6.498112%28.682927%28.7%294298-0.000000%-9.482759%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%22.727273%9.482759%23.575093%22.727273%22.7%50-14.814815%-17.070218%-14.814815%14.8%14.814815%11.435185%17.070218%0.200939%26.250000%26.3%2112
M number of males in category
F number of females in category
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

Educational Attainment by Tract in Hughes County

There are 4 tracts in Hughes County. This section compares Tract 978000 to all of the tracts in Hughes County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 978000.

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 978000, selected other tracts in Hughes County, and entities that contain Tract 978000
0%5%10%Count#United States of AmericaUnited States977900Tract 977900Midwest977700Tract 977700West North CentralSouth DakotaPierre Metro AreaPierre AreaHughes CountyHughes977800Tract 977800978000Tract 97800013.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M11.632101%11.632101%11.6%258110.244520%10.244520%10.2%4,641,8354.64M9.709256%9.709256%9.7%36429.174633%9.174633%9.2%1,278,0511.28M8.813537%8.813537%8.8%49,05549.1k8.785393%8.785393%8.8%1,3288.758763%8.758763%8.8%1,0628.306551%8.306551%8.3%33634.921912%4.921912%4.9%1044
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 4 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 978000, selected other tracts in Hughes County, and entities that contain Tract 978000
0%10%20%30%40%Count#977700Tract 977700Hughes CountyHughesPierre Metro AreaPierre Area977800Tract 977800United States of AmericaUnited StatesWest North Central978000Tract 978000MidwestSouth Dakota977900Tract 97790043.558282%43.558282%43.6%1,633133.006186%33.006186%33.0%4,00231.708124%31.708124%31.7%4,79330.630408%30.630408%30.6%1,239230.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M30.056536%30.056536%30.1%4,186,9564.19M29.815428%29.815428%29.8%630328.952816%28.952816%29.0%13,118,64213.1M27.450336%27.450336%27.5%152,785153k22.542831%22.542831%22.5%5004
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 4 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 978000, selected other tracts in Hughes County, and entities that contain Tract 978000
0%1%2%3%4%5%Count#977700Tract 977700United States of AmericaUnited StatesHughes CountyHughesPierre Metro AreaPierre AreaWest North CentralMidwest977800Tract 977800South Dakota978000Tract 978000977900Tract 9779005.734863%5.734863%5.7%21513.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.323711%3.323711%3.3%4033.261445%3.261445%3.3%4932.978981%2.978981%3.0%414,980415k2.893416%2.893416%2.9%1,311,0191.31M2.694685%2.694685%2.7%10922.514252%2.514252%2.5%13,99414.0k2.366304%2.366304%2.4%5031.307484%1.307484%1.3%294
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 4 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 978000, selected other tracts in Hughes County, and entities that contain Tract 978000
Female
Male
4x2x0x2xFM#Tract 978000South DakotaWest North CentralMidwestUnited StatesTract 977900Tract 977700Pierre AreaHughesTract 977800-1.000000x-1.000000x2.292950x2.292950x2.29x2.920%2.92%6.696%6.70%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.244888x1.244888x1.24x7.858%7.86%9.783%9.78%-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-1.000000x1.061331x1.061331x1.06x11.283%11.3%11.975%12.0%2-1.310351x-1.310351x1.31x1.000000x1.000000x11.050%11.1%8.433%8.43%3-1.318519x-1.318519x1.32x1.000000x1.000000x9.961%9.96%7.555%7.55%-1.472289x-1.472289x1.47x1.000000x1.000000x10.356%10.4%7.034%7.03%-5.349359x-5.349359x5.35x1.000000x1.000000x12.500%12.5%2.337%2.34%4
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 4 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 978000, selected other tracts in Hughes County, and entities that contain Tract 978000
Female
Male
2x1x0x1x2xFM#Tract 977700Pierre AreaSouth DakotaTract 977800HughesMidwestWest North CentralUnited StatesTract 977900Tract 978000-1.000000x-1.000000x2.402369x2.402369x2.40x3.337%3.34%8.017%8.02%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.697900x1.697900x1.70x2.432%2.43%4.129%4.13%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.656908x1.656908x1.66x1.896%1.90%3.141%3.14%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.619004x1.619004x1.62x2.146%2.15%3.475%3.48%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.606840x1.606840x1.61x2.573%2.57%4.134%4.13%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.589934x1.589934x1.59x2.251%2.25%3.579%3.58%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.572017x1.572017x1.57x2.329%2.33%3.662%3.66%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.526215x1.526215x1.53x2.660%2.66%4.060%4.06%-1.090927x-1.090927x1.09x1.000000x1.000000x1.365%1.36%1.251%1.25%3-2.631756x-2.631756x2.63x1.000000x1.000000x3.525%3.52%1.339%1.34%4
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 4 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:
South Dakota
County:
Hughes
Metro Area:
Pierre Area
City:
Blunt
Town:
Harrold
Township:
Raber
Unorganized Territories:
Crow Creek, North Hughes, West Hughes
ZIP Codes:
57501, 57522, 57536
Unified School Districts:
Agar-Blunt-Onida 58-3, Highmore-Harrold 34-2, Pierre 32-2
Congressional District:
SD-At Large
State Senate District:
SD-24
State House District:
SD-24
Block Groups:
Block Group 978000-1, Block Group 978000-2
Neighboring Tracts:
Tract 940100, Tract 960100, Tract 976700, Tract 977700, Tract 977800, Tract 977900, Tract 979100