Educational attainment - persons 25 years and over - percent bachelor's degree or higher, 2006-2010 - (Percent)
County
Value
Acadia Parish
10.9
Allen Parish
9.1
Ascension Parish
21.9
Assumption Parish
8.5
Avoyelles Parish
10.2
Beauregard Parish
14.8
Bienville Parish
12.8
Bossier Parish
21.6
Caddo Parish
22.0
Calcasieu Parish
19.2
Caldwell Parish
11.7
Cameron Parish
11.7
Catahoula Parish
10.5
Claiborne Parish
11.3
Concordia Parish
11.0
De Soto Parish
13.6
East Baton Rouge Parish
32.9
East Carroll Parish
8.3
East Feliciana Parish
12.4
Evangeline Parish
10.7
Franklin Parish
11.3
Grant Parish
11.8
Iberia Parish
13.4
Iberville Parish
11.0
Jackson Parish
13.5
Jefferson Davis Parish
11.6
Jefferson Parish
23.2
La Salle Parish
13.1
Lafayette Parish
27.6
Lafourche Parish
14.3
Lincoln Parish
31.8
Livingston Parish
16.4
Madison Parish
10.9
Morehouse Parish
11.1
Natchitoches Parish
21.2
Orleans Parish
31.6
Ouachita Parish
23.5
Plaquemines Parish
17.4
Pointe Coupee Parish
15.3
Rapides Parish
19.4
Red River Parish
12.5
Richland Parish
12.2
Sabine Parish
11.6
St. Bernard Parish
9.9
St. Charles Parish
19.7
St. Helena Parish
11.1
St. James Parish
12.4
St. John the Baptist Parish
15.8
St. Landry Parish
12.5
St. Martin Parish
11.6
St. Mary Parish
10.4
St. Tammany Parish
30.1
Tangipahoa Parish
19.7
Tensas Parish
12.9
Terrebonne Parish
13.8
Union Parish
13.8
Vermilion Parish
11.7
Vernon Parish
15.6
Washington Parish
11.8
Webster Parish
13.5
West Baton Rouge Parish
16.5
West Carroll Parish
9.8
West Feliciana Parish
12.8
Winn Parish
11.2
Value for Louisiana (Percent): 20.9%
Data item: Educational attainment - persons 25 years and over - percent bachelor's degree or higher, 2006-2010
Source: U. S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Updated every year. http://factfinder2.census.gov
Definitions:
High School Graduates include people whose highest degree was a high school diploma or its equivalent, people who attended college but did not receive a degree, and people who received an associate�s, bachelor�s, master�s, or professional or doctorate degree. People who reported completing the 12th grade but not receiving a diploma are not included.
Persons with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher are those who have received a bachelor's degree from a college or university, or a master's, professional, or doctorate degree.
These data include only persons 25 years old and over. The percentages are obtained by dividing the counts of graduates by the total number of persons 25 years old and over.
Scope and Methodology:
These data are collected in the American Community Survey (ACS). The data are estimates and are subject to sampling variability. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at factfinder2.census.gov. The data are period estimates, that is, they represent the characteristics of the population over a specific 60-month data collection period.
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