Educational Attainment in Tract 002000, Mercer County, West Virginia (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Mercer County and Tract 002000
Tract 002000
Mercer County
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma218.429662%25.360882%18.429662%18.4%33860.032715%57.685745%60.032715%60.0%1,10121.537623%16.953374%21.537623%21.5%395

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Mercer County at large.
Scope: population of Mercer County and Tract 002000
-20%0%+20%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-27.330358%-27.330358%-27.3%18.430%18.4%25.361%25.4%4.068546%4.068546%+4.1%60.033%60.0%57.686%57.7%27.040335%27.040335%+27.0%21.538%21.5%16.953%17.0%

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Mercer County and Tract 002000
Tract 002000
Mercer County
0%10%20%30%40%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None1.145038%0.652585%1.145038%1.1%210.000000%0.000000%0.0%1.309782%02.562704%4.542729%2.562704%2.6%4712.704471%12.959461%12.704471%12.7%2332.017448%5.896324%2.017448%2.0%3717.284624%18.973389%17.284624%17.3%31742.748092%38.712355%42.748092%42.7%78416.793893%10.980953%16.793893%16.8%3083.162486%4.890928%3.162486%3.2%581.581243%1.081492%1.581243%1.6%29

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Mercer County at large.
Scope: population of Mercer County and Tract 002000
-100%0%+100%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None75.461926%75.461926%+75.5%1.145%1.15%0.653%0.65%-100.000000%-100.000000%-100.0%0.000%0%1.310%1.31%-43.586679%-43.586679%-43.6%2.563%2.56%4.543%4.54%-1.967599%-1.967599%-2.0%12.704%12.7%12.959%13.0%-65.784647%-65.784647%-65.8%2.017%2.02%5.896%5.90%-8.900706%-8.900706%-8.9%17.285%17.3%18.973%19.0%10.424931%10.424931%+10.4%42.748%42.7%38.712%38.7%52.936575%52.936575%+52.9%16.794%16.8%10.981%11.0%-35.339753%-35.339753%-35.3%3.162%3.16%4.891%4.89%46.209364%46.209364%+46.2%1.581%1.58%1.081%1.08%

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 Mercer County and Tract 002000
More Females More Males
Mercer County
Tract 002000
20%0%20%40%60%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-4.804068%-24.011514%-4.804068%5%18.804%18.8%17.942%17.9%-20.390314%-20.390314%20%6.583915%64.802%64.8%53.827%53.8%72.208281%10.597989%72.208281%72%16.393%16.4%28.231%28.2%

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 Mercer County and Tract 002000
More Females More Males
Mercer County
Tract 002000
1k%0k%1k%FMDoctorate1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-1,000.000000%-1,000.000000%> 1000%72.564181%2.025%2.03%0.000%0%-66.131751%24.691552%24.691552%0k%2.314%2.31%2.886%2.89%-38.896957%-7.787547%-38.896957%0k%14.465%14.5%10.414%10.4%-94.997607%1,000.000000%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%4.642%4.64%56.316221%4.577177%56.316221%0k%13.886%13.9%21.706%21.7%-58.516152%-58.516152%0k%7.580915%50.916%50.9%32.120%32.1%87.940889%14.031955%87.940889%0k%12.150%12.2%22.836%22.8%-141.548423%-4.634800%-141.548423%0k%4.243%4.24%1.757%1.76%1,000.000000%56.994442%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%3.639%3.64%

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Mercer County and Tract 002000
Tract 002000
Mercer County
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-347.407407%9.569418%7.407407%7.4%3040513.707572%11.218853%13.707572%13.7%10576633.852140%15.032589%33.852140%33.9%872572.709360%20.723500%2.709360%2.7%11406

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Mercer County at large.
Scope: population of Mercer County and Tract 002000
50%0%50%100%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-22.592915%-22.592915%22.6%7.407%7.41%9.569%9.57%22.183364%22.183364%22.2%13.708%13.7%11.219%11.2%125.191681%125.191681%125.2%33.852%33.9%15.033%15.0%-86.926148%-86.926148%86.9%2.709%2.71%20.723%20.7%

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 Mercer County and Tract 002000
More Females More Males
Mercer County
Tract 002000
1,000%500%0%500%1,000%FM65+45-6435-4425-341,000.000000%38.467216%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%19.868%19.9%-19.214763%-37.268841%-19.214763%19.2%14.861%14.9%12.466%12.5%-435.510204%-7.773274%-435.510204%435.5%45.714%45.7%8.537%8.54%-1,000.000000%-15.277365%-1,000.000000%> 1000%5.213%5.21%0.000%0%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Mercer County and Tract 002000
Tract 002000
Mercer County
$0k$20k$40kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$42,798.000000$51,380.000000$42,798.000000$42.8k683.708%3.71%$16,985.000000$35,549.000000$16,985.000000$17.0k23312.704%12.7%$15,208.000000$26,873.000000$15,208.000000$15.2k35419.302%19.3%$24,457.000000$25,655.000000$24,457.000000$24.5k78442.748%42.7%$20,500.000000$19,167.000000$20,500.000000$20.5k39521.538%21.5%$23,250.000000$29,811.000000$23,250.000000$23.3k1,834100.000%100%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Mercer County and Tract 002000
Female Male
Mercer County
Tract 002000
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
$20k$0k$20kFMH.S. Diploma2Total$-23,785.000000$-20,521.000000$-23,785.000000$23.8k$23,785.000000$7,657.000000$20,521.000000$10,317.000000$31,442.000000$31.4k528256$-22,750.000000$-24,843.000000$-22,750.000000$22.8k$22,750.000000$4,125.000000$24,843.000000$10,968.000000$26,875.000000$26.9k1,037797

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 Mercer County and Tract 002000
Tract 002000
Mercer County
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma375.862069%82.501907%75.862069%75.9%19862.541806%68.899632%62.541806%62.5%18750.736498%54.668346%50.736498%50.7%31041.860465%28.554446%41.860465%41.9%108

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#13

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Mercer County and Tract 002000
Female Male
Mercer County
Tract 002000
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20%10%0%10%20%30%40%MFWhite1BlackHispanic2Other1-22.370370%-16.708837%-22.370370%22.4%22.370370%12.802043%16.708837%1.805118%35.172414%35.2%204151-2.857143%-7.351460%-5.015452%-2.857143%2.9%2.857143%8.433180%7.351460%11.290323%11.3%219-0.000000%-27.027027%-14.965986%-27.027027%27.0%0.000000%14.965986%29.034014%0.000000%0.0%010-0.000000%-2.931596%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%2.931596%13.113180%0.000000%0.0%00

College Graduates By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Mercer County and Tract 002000
Female Male
Mercer County
Tract 002000
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
0%50%100%MFWhite1BlackHispanic2Other1-11.034483%-2.595147%-18.074677%-1.656370%-13.629630%13.6%11.034483%18.074677%11.034483%11.0%6492-17.741935%-11.464414%-16.314199%-2.850420%-29.206349%29.2%17.741935%16.314199%17.741935%17.7%3392-29.729730%-7.200000%-0.282993%-29.729730%29.7%29.729730%70.270270%7.200000%100.000000%100.0%911-0.000000%-14.179104%-26.537508%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%14.179104%0.000000%0.0%00

Educational Attainment by Tract in Mercer County

There are 16 tracts in Mercer County. This section compares Tract 002000 to all of the tracts in Mercer County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 002000.

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 002000, selected other tracts in Mercer County, and entities that contain Tract 002000
0%10%20%30%Count#001600Tract 001600001700Tract 001700000900Tract 000900001900Tract 001900001300Tract 001300002000Tract 002000001800Tract 001800001000Tract 001000ZIP Code 24701ZIP 24701Bluefield Metro AreaBluefieldDistrict IMercer CountyMercerMercer County School DistrictMercer County002300Tract 002300West VirginiaSouth001400Tract 001400002400Tract 002400United States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth Atlantic001100Tract 001100001200Tract 001200002200Tract 002200001500Tract 001500002100Tract 00210033.510638%33.510638%33.5%315130.889236%30.889236%30.9%990226.315789%26.315789%26.3%520323.964758%23.964758%24.0%272422.688791%22.688791%22.7%670521.537623%21.537623%21.5%395619.816474%19.816474%19.8%907719.254120%19.254120%19.3%666819.052856%19.052856%19.1%2,77218.749833%18.749833%18.7%14,00814.0k18.297189%18.297189%18.3%2,27816.953374%16.953374%17.0%7,35216.953374%16.953374%17.0%7,35216.400102%16.400102%16.4%646914.659268%14.659268%14.7%190,148190k14.392758%14.392758%14.4%11,511,24211.5M13.536499%13.536499%13.5%1911013.186813%13.186813%13.2%2761113.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.827640%12.827640%12.8%5,478,9325.48M10.623160%10.623160%10.6%433129.928797%9.928797%9.9%251139.858713%9.858713%9.9%314148.489818%8.489818%8.5%321158.135444%8.135444%8.1%18516

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 002000, selected other tracts in Mercer County, and entities that contain Tract 002000
0%10%20%30%Count#002200Tract 002200001500Tract 001500South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited States002100Tract 002100001100Tract 001100South001200Tract 001200001400Tract 001400District IWest VirginiaMercer CountyMercerMercer County School DistrictMercer County002300Tract 002300ZIP Code 24701ZIP 24701Bluefield Metro AreaBluefield002000Tract 002000001700Tract 001700001000Tract 001000002400Tract 002400001600Tract 001600000900Tract 000900001900Tract 001900001800Tract 001800001300Tract 00130031.742543%31.742543%31.7%1,011131.023539%31.023539%31.0%1,173230.457708%30.457708%30.5%13,009,07313.0M30.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M29.859279%29.859279%29.9%679328.557409%28.557409%28.6%1,164428.191926%28.191926%28.2%22,547,73422.5M24.169304%24.169304%24.2%611523.033310%23.033310%23.0%325621.662651%21.662651%21.7%2,69719.559207%19.559207%19.6%253,706254k19.464557%19.464557%19.5%8,44119.464557%19.464557%19.5%8,44119.268850%19.268850%19.3%759719.217816%19.217816%19.2%2,79617.407308%17.407308%17.4%13,00513.0k16.412214%16.412214%16.4%301814.414977%14.414977%14.4%462914.368315%14.368315%14.4%4971012.900143%12.900143%12.9%2701111.702128%11.702128%11.7%1101211.082996%11.082996%11.1%2191310.220264%10.220264%10.2%1161410.115796%10.115796%10.1%463159.515747%9.515747%9.5%28116

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 002000, selected other tracts in Mercer County, and entities that contain Tract 002000
0%1%2%3%4%Count#002300Tract 002300001000Tract 001000South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth001200Tract 001200001400Tract 001400001500Tract 001500002200Tract 002200West Virginia001100Tract 001100Mercer CountyMercerMercer County School DistrictMercer CountyBluefield Metro AreaBluefield001800Tract 001800002100Tract 002100002000Tract 002000ZIP Code 24701ZIP 24701District I002400Tract 002400001600Tract 001600001300Tract 001300001700Tract 001700000900Tract 000900001900Tract 0019004.620462%4.620462%4.6%18213.902862%3.902862%3.9%13523.501306%3.501306%3.5%1,495,4751.50M3.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.064699%3.064699%3.1%2,451,1282.45M3.006329%3.006329%3.0%7632.834869%2.834869%2.8%4042.433219%2.433219%2.4%9252.166405%2.166405%2.2%6962.118620%2.118620%2.1%27,48127.5k1.987242%1.987242%2.0%8171.962367%1.962367%2.0%8511.962367%1.962367%2.0%8511.916745%1.916745%1.9%1,4321.878960%1.878960%1.9%8681.583113%1.583113%1.6%3691.145038%1.145038%1.1%21101.140972%1.140972%1.1%1661.052209%1.052209%1.1%1310.764453%0.764453%0.8%16110.531915%0.531915%0.5%5120.406366%0.406366%0.4%12130.000000%0.000000%0.0%0140.000000%0.000000%0.0%0150.000000%0.000000%0.0%016

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 002000, selected other tracts in Mercer County, and entities that contain Tract 002000
Female
Male
2x1x0x1xFM#Tract 001500Tract 002000Tract 001900Tract 001000Tract 001400Tract 002300Tract 001200Tract 000900Tract 001800South AtlanticWest VirginiaSouthBluefieldUnited StatesMercerMercer CountyTract 001100ZIP 24701Tract 001300District ITract 001700Tract 001600Tract 002400Tract 002200Tract 002100-1.000000x-1.000000x1.794567x1.794567x1.79x6.417%6.42%11.516%11.5%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.722083x1.722083x1.72x16.393%16.4%28.231%28.2%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.657879x1.657879x1.66x18.021%18.0%29.877%29.9%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.597088x1.597088x1.60x14.628%14.6%23.362%23.4%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.548736x1.548736x1.55x10.900%10.9%16.881%16.9%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.490071x1.490071x1.49x13.227%13.2%19.710%19.7%6-1.000000x-1.000000x1.377331x1.377331x1.38x8.542%8.54%11.765%11.8%7-1.000000x-1.000000x1.326137x1.326137x1.33x22.607%22.6%29.980%30.0%8-1.000000x-1.000000x1.220012x1.220012x1.22x17.917%17.9%21.859%21.9%9-1.000000x-1.000000x1.178860x1.178860x1.18x11.819%11.8%13.933%13.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.172392x1.172392x1.17x13.525%13.5%15.857%15.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.149925x1.149925x1.15x13.427%13.4%15.440%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.140228x1.140228x1.14x17.580%17.6%20.045%20.0%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.109070x1.109070x1.11x12.369%12.4%13.719%13.7%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.105980x1.105980x1.11x16.156%16.2%17.868%17.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.105980x1.105980x1.11x16.156%16.2%17.868%17.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.020837x1.020837x1.02x10.522%10.5%10.741%10.7%10-1.029894x-1.029894x1.03x1.000000x1.000000x19.311%19.3%18.750%18.8%-1.104496x-1.104496x1.10x1.000000x1.000000x23.726%23.7%21.481%21.5%11-1.190357x-1.190357x1.19x1.000000x1.000000x19.719%19.7%16.566%16.6%-1.355865x-1.355865x1.36x1.000000x1.000000x34.809%34.8%25.673%25.7%12-1.610401x-1.610401x1.61x1.000000x1.000000x40.719%40.7%25.285%25.3%13-1.719936x-1.719936x1.72x1.000000x1.000000x16.764%16.8%9.747%9.75%14-1.748621x-1.748621x1.75x1.000000x1.000000x12.162%12.2%6.955%6.96%15-2.202057x-2.202057x2.20x1.000000x1.000000x10.990%11.0%4.991%4.99%16

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 002000, selected other tracts in Mercer County, and entities that contain Tract 002000
Female
Male
10x5x0x5x10xFM#Tract 001800Tract 001300Tract 001200Tract 002200Tract 001500Tract 002300ZIP 24701MercerMercer CountyBluefieldWest VirginiaSouthTract 001400United StatesSouth AtlanticTract 001100District ITract 001000Tract 002100Tract 001600Tract 002400Tract 002000-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%3.900%3.90%1-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%0.880%0.88%2-1.000000x-1.000000x3.970588x3.970588x3.97x1.319%1.32%5.239%5.24%3-1.000000x-1.000000x3.855550x3.855550x3.86x0.957%0.96%3.691%3.69%4-1.000000x-1.000000x2.737476x2.737476x2.74x1.426%1.43%3.904%3.90%5-1.000000x-1.000000x2.346862x2.346862x2.35x2.785%2.78%6.535%6.54%6-1.000000x-1.000000x2.308799x2.308799x2.31x0.712%0.71%1.645%1.64%-1.000000x-1.000000x2.195883x2.195883x2.20x1.260%1.26%2.768%2.77%-1.000000x-1.000000x2.195883x2.195883x2.20x1.260%1.26%2.768%2.77%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.971422x1.971422x1.97x1.312%1.31%2.586%2.59%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.768492x1.768492x1.77x1.542%1.54%2.727%2.73%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.555780x1.555780x1.56x2.420%2.42%3.764%3.76%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.550375x1.550375x1.55x2.281%2.28%3.537%3.54%7-1.000000x-1.000000x1.526215x1.526215x1.53x2.660%2.66%4.060%4.06%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.520688x1.520688x1.52x2.804%2.80%4.265%4.26%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.520121x1.520121x1.52x1.601%1.60%2.434%2.43%8-1.000000x-1.000000x1.485970x1.485970x1.49x0.863%0.86%1.283%1.28%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.215295x1.215295x1.22x3.503%3.50%4.258%4.26%9-1.000000x-1.000000x1.101664x1.101664x1.10x1.510%1.51%1.664%1.66%10-1.314371x-1.314371x1.31x1.000000x1.000000x0.599%0.60%0.456%0.46%11-10.000000x-10.000000x> 10.0x1.000000x1.000000x1.559%1.56%0.000%0%12-10.000000x-10.000000x> 10.0x1.000000x1.000000x2.025%2.03%0.000%0%13

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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