NationStates Jolt Archive

Just the county or city you live in.

After all that posting about Miami being a "Third World" country, I thought it might be interesting to make some comparisons.


The county I live in:

High School Graduates
Age 25 and Older...93.0%

College Graduates with a Bachelor's Degree or More Education
Age 25 and Older ...57.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 American Community Survey.

Yes, but those are most likely florida degrees.

Yes, but those are most likely florida degrees.

Fairfax, Virginia. Not Florida.

In 2003, 85 percent of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 28 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher. Among people 16 to 19 years old, 13 percent were dropouts; they were not enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school.

source : American Community Survey Profile U.S. Census 2003

Fairfax, Virginia. Not Florida.

How do you know the degrees aren't mostly from florida?

How do you know the degrees aren't mostly from florida?

The odds are in my favor...

If you're American, you can check here (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&_lang=en&_ts=182869572788) for information for your county from the 2005 American Community Survey.

For Sacramento county:
- High school graduates (aged 25 years and over): 85.1 % with a +/- 0.7 margin of error
- Bachelor's degree or higher (aged 25 years and over): 28.1 % with a +/-1.0 margin of error

The county I live in (Brooklyn) has 23% of the population with a bachelors degree or higher according to Wiki. On the other hand, if Brooklyn was it's own city, it would be the 4th largest city in the U.S. Im my immediate neighborhood, its split between yuppies (college educated), and inner-city (highschool at best). Towards the park from my house is very upper middle to upper class, and in the other direction is very, very poor.

Edit, with Rameria's link:
25 years or older, in Brooklyn, Less than high school diploma 22.4% +/-0.9, High school graduate (includes equivalency) 30.5% +/-0.9, High school graduate or higher 77.6% +/-0.9, Bachelor's degree or higher 26.7% +/-0.8.

Apparently, the USA has only 15 states now...

http://www.upmystreet.com/local/schools/l/B77+3AE.html

As I can't use rameria's link, since it only covers "cook fucking county", i have to say only this: education in my area isn't as high as it should be, but its not our fault, in fact we recieve little to no funding from the state, as all that money goes to the poor, mistreates, rich white suburban kids of "cook fucking county".

For the Denver-Aurora Metro Area, using the site rameria linked:

1,515,084 Population 25 years and over
12.0% Less than high school diploma
22.5% High school graduate (includes equivalency)
28.7% Some college or associate's degree
24.0% Bachelor's degree
12.8% Graduate or professional degree
88.0% High school graduate or higher
87.7% Male, high school graduate or higher
88.2% Female, high school graduate or higher
36.8% Bachelor's degree or higher
37.4% Male, bachelor's degree or higher
36.1% Female, bachelor's degree or higher

As I can't use rameria's link, since it only covers "cook fucking county", i have to say only this: education in my area isn't as high as it should be, but its not our fault, in fact we recieve little to no funding from the state, as all that money goes to the poor, mistreates, rich white suburban kids of "cook fucking county".
:( Sorry, I didn't realize it didn't include all counties...

The odds are in my favor...

My town in NJ is as follows according to the 2005 census survey.

96.2% high school or higher
65.8% bachelor's degree or higher.

Well, I dunno about the county I'm living in, but as far as I know the county I was raised in had a 50% adult literacy rate.

:( Sorry, I didn't realize it didn't include all counties...

well, you are forgiven this time. Just don't let it happen again:p

:fluffle:

Whats educated? :confused:

:( Sorry, I didn't realize it didn't include all counties...

You might try the "Name Search" tab. On that page, make geographic type "All", restrict to "Nation" and enter a name to search for, like your town or county or state. Play with the options there.

http://www.upmystreet.com/local/schools/l/B77+3AE.html

good thinking - i was having a hard time finding info on wiki :p

Primary school national average aggregate score: 237
Primary school Southampton average aggregate score: 231
(primary school below average)

GCSE results national average: 54% pass
GCSE results Southampton average: 44% pass
(GCSE results well below average)
school i went to average GCSE pass rate: 99%

A-level national average points per student: 269.2
A-level Southampton average points per student: 245.2
(A-level results below average)
sixth-form i went to average points: 379.7



so all in all, people in my city are below national average. however we have one of the county's top schools here (thankfully the one i went to rather than shitty local schools) and that makes up for it... and probably raises the average too :p



edit: http://www.upmystreet.com/local/my-council-reps/performance/education/l/SO15+7PJ.html

well, you are forgiven this time. Just don't let it happen again:p

:fluffle:
I'll try! :fluffle:

You should try Farnhamia's suggestion though; hopefully that will work for you.

You might try the "Name Search" tab. On that page, make geographic type "All", restrict to "Nation" and enter a name to search for, like your town or county or state. Play with the options there.

Still doesn't work for me :(

For King County, Washington...

Population 25 years and over:

Less than high school diploma: 8.4%
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 19.0%
Some college or associate's degree: 29.0%
Bachelor's degree: 28.2%
Graduate or professional degree: 15.4%

High school graduate or higher: 91.6%
Male, high school graduate or higher: 91.4%
Female, high school graduate or higher: 91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 43.6%
Male, bachelor's degree or higher: 46.4%
Female, bachelor's degree or higher: 41.0%

I'd say we're doing pretty well.

Still doesn't work for me :(

I guess you have to move. :(

fairly high...the town next to Boston has one of the highest concentrations of post-grad degrees (I think it is second). My internet is being slow, so I'll let you know whenever these pages load.

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over
1,095,527
+/-713

Less than high school diploma
18.3%
+/-0.7

High school graduate (includes equivalency)
30.8%
+/-1.0

Some college or associate's degree
31.1%
+/-0.8

Bachelor's degree
13.5%
+/-0.6

Graduate or professional degree
6.4%
+/-0.4



High school graduate or higher
81.7%
+/-0.7

Male, high school graduate or higher
81.8%
+/-1.0

Female, high school graduate or higher
81.6%
+/-0.9

Bachelor's degree or higher
19.9%
+/-0.7

Male, bachelor's degree or higher
20.9%
+/-1.1

Female, bachelor's degree or higher
18.8%
+/-0.8


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How sad for us

Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)
with High School diploma or higher 71.8%
with B.A. or higher degree 9.7%

Okay, for the Boston metro area, here is what we have

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
2,928,558

Less than high school diploma
10.5%

High school graduate (includes equivalency)
26.1%

Some college or associate's degree
22.9%

Bachelor's degree
22.8%

Graduate or professional degree
17.8%

High school graduate or higher
89.5%
Male, high school graduate or higher
88.9%
Female, high school graduate or higher
90.1%

Bachelor's degree or higher
40.6%
Male, bachelor's degree or higher
41.7%
Female, bachelor's degree or higher
39.6%
+/-0.6

And for the Hartford metro area (which doesn't technically include my town, but is similar enough for comparison)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over
719,506

Less than high school diploma
12.6%

High school graduate (includes equivalency)
29.1%

Some college or associate's degree
24.8%

Bachelor's degree
19.6%

Graduate or professional degree
13.8%

High school graduate or higher
87.4%
Male, high school graduate or higher
87.4%
Female, high school graduate or higher
87.4%

Bachelor's degree or higher
33.5%
Male, bachelor's degree or higher
34.7%
Female, bachelor's degree or higher
32.4%

Apparently, 87.0% of people 25 and older have high school diplomas and 28.7% have a bachelor's degree or higher in the state of Florida. I don't know about my county specifically, but I do know that I go to the only public high school in the county that's an "A" school.