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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018 - (Percent)
County
Value
Adams
12.9
Allen
17.8
Ashland
21.1
Ashtabula
14.1
Athens
29.7
Auglaize
18.9
Belmont
16.2
Brown
14.2
Butler
29.8
Carroll
13.6
Champaign
14.9
Clark
18.6
Clermont
28.0
Clinton
18.7
Columbiana
14.8
Coshocton
12.5
Crawford
14.8
Cuyahoga
31.9
Darke
14.7
Defiance
16.7
Delaware
54.4
Erie
22.7
Fairfield
27.2
Fayette
16.1
Franklin
39.3
Fulton
17.2
Gallia
15.3
Geauga
38.1
Greene
39.0
Guernsey
14.2
Hamilton
37.1
Hancock
26.7
Hardin
16.6
Harrison
10.1
Henry
18.0
Highland
12.6
Hocking
14.8
Holmes
8.9
Huron
13.6
Jackson
15.3
Jefferson
15.3
Knox
22.8
Lake
27.9
Lawrence
14.3
Licking
26.2
Logan
16.0
Lorain
24.0
Lucas
26.3
Madison
16.9
Mahoning
24.1
Marion
13.1
Medina
33.3
Meigs
12.8
Mercer
16.7
Miami
22.6
Monroe
11.9
Montgomery
27.4
Morgan
11.3
Morrow
13.5
Muskingum
15.5
Noble
10.3
Ottawa
22.4
Paulding
14.1
Perry
12.3
Pickaway
18.6
Pike
13.8
Portage
28.7
Preble
15.8
Putnam
20.3
Richland
17.8
Ross
16.6
Sandusky
16.0
Scioto
15.0
Seneca
15.2
Shelby
17.4
Stark
22.8
Summit
32.1
Trumbull
18.5
Tuscarawas
15.8
Union
33.0
Van Wert
16.2
Vinton
11.5
Warren
42.3
Washington
19.2
Wayne
21.9
Williams
15.0
Wood
33.1
Wyandot
15.7
Value for Ohio (Percent): 27.8%
Data item: Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), 5-Year Estimates. The PRCS is part of the Census Bureau's ACS, customized for Puerto Rico. Both Surveys are updated every year.
Definition
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. For the complete definition, go to ACS subject definitions "Educational Attainment."
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.
Source and Accuracy
This Fact is based on data collected in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) conducted annually by the U.S. Census Bureau. A sample of over 3.5 million housing unit addresses is interviewed each year over a 12 month period. This Fact (estimate) is based on five years of ACS and PRCS sample data and describes the average value of person, household and housing unit characteristics over this period of collection.
Statistics from all surveys are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. Sampling error is the uncertainty between an estimate based on a sample and the corresponding value that would be obtained if the estimate were based on the entire population (as from a census). Measures of sampling error are provided in the form of margins of error for all estimates included with ACS and PRCS published products. The Census Bureau recommends that data users incorporate this information into their analyses, as sampling error in survey estimates could impact the conclusions drawn from the results. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at Using margins of error. A more detailed explanation of margins of error and a demonstration of how to use them is provided below.
For more information on sampling and estimation methodology, confidentiality, and sampling and nonsampling errors, please see the Multiyear Accuracy (US) and the Multiyear Accuracy (Puerto Rico) documents at "Documentation - Accuracy of the data."
Margin of Error
As mentioned above, ACS estimates are based on a sample and are subject to sampling error. The margin of error measures the degree of uncertainty caused by sampling error. The margin of error is used with an ACS estimate to construct a confidence interval about the estimate. The interval is formed by adding the margin of error to the estimate (the upper bound) and subtracting the margin of error from the estimate (the lower bound). It is expected with 90 percent confidence that the interval will contain the full population value of the estimate. The following example is for demonstrating purposes only. Suppose the ACS reported that the percentage of people in a state who were 25 years and older with a bachelor's degree was 21.3 percent and that the margin of error associated with this estimate was 0.7 percent. By adding and subtracting the margin of error from the estimate, we calculate the 90-percent confidence interval for this estimate:
Therefore, we can be 90 percent confident that the percent of the population 25 years and older having a bachelor's degree in a state falls somewhere between 20.6 percent and 22.0 percent.
