Tag Archives: educational attainment
NC in Focus: The Sex Gap in Postsecondary Attainment
Nationally, 46% of women aged 25-64 reported having an associate degree or higher in 2017 compared to 39% of men, a gap of seven percentage points. In North Carolina, this gap was even larger: 48% of women had an associate … Continue reading
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Tagged age, educational attainment, generational change, postsecondary degrees, sex
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Rising Attainment Among North Carolina’s Degree-Earners
Forty-three percent of North Carolina’s adults aged 25-64 held some type of postsecondary degree in 2017—just over 2.3 million residents in the state. This share has risen five percentage points since 2010, and ten since 2000. In total, North Carolina … Continue reading
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Tagged 25-64, degree-holders, degrees, education, educational attainment, Job growth, jobs, postsecondary, postsecondary attainment
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NC in Focus: 2017 Veteran Snapshot
Just over 656,000 veterans lived in North Carolina in 2017 according to the most recent American Community Survey estimates. This is a decrease of 10,000 veterans from 2016, a decline of 1.5 percent. Nationally, the veteran population decreased at a … Continue reading
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Tagged American Community Survey, economic characteristics, educational attainment, veterans
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Obstacles & Opportunities for Educational Attainment in NC
This post initially appeared as part of the Hunt Institute’s My Future NC’s blog series. ************************************************************************ Demographic changes in the composition of North Carolina’s child population will likely introduce new challenges to reaching any goal of increasing statewide educational attainment. In … Continue reading
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NC in Focus: Women in North Carolina
Women’s History Month has its roots in various “Women’s History Week” celebrations dating back to the late 1970s. The commemoration was often anchored to the March 8th observance of International Women’s Day. As support for the celebration grew, Congress ultimately … Continue reading
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Tagged American Community Survey, educational attainment, employment, North Carolina, race/ethnicity, U.S. Census Bureau, women, women's history month
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