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Demographics
of South Texas
Education
The Texas-Mexico Border
population is less
educated than the
population in other
parts of Texas. Nearly
half of the border
population has not
graduated from high
school. The South
Central region parallels
Texas overall, which
slightly trails the
United States.
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6. Highest
Educational
Attainment, 2000 |
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|
Population |
Population 25+ |
No High School
Diploma
(%) |
High School
Grad. (%) |
Assoc. or
Bachelor Degree
(%) |
Graduate Degree
(%) |
|
LRGV |
978,369 |
530,782 |
48.7 |
35.4 |
11.4 |
4.5 |
|
MRG |
239,814 |
128,956 |
46.5 |
36.1 |
12.7 |
4.8 |
|
WGB |
138,267 |
79,303 |
46.9 |
37.2 |
11.6 |
4.3 |
|
South Central |
1,807,868 |
1,119,736 |
23.1 |
49.3 |
19.8 |
7.8 |
|
South Coastal |
505,567 |
307,378 |
27.7 |
50.3 |
16.0 |
6.0 |
|
South Texas |
3,669,885 |
2,166,155 |
32.3 |
44.8 |
16.5 |
6.5 |
|
Texas |
20,851,820 |
12,790,893 |
24.3 |
47.2 |
20.8 |
7.6 |
|
United States |
281,422,000 |
182,211,639 |
19.6 |
49.7 |
21.9 |
8.9 |
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Source: |
US Census Bureau
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