Educational Attainment

Educational Attainment

                   
                  Percent Change
Age Range 1990 Census   2000 Census   2008 Estimate   2013 Projection   1990 to 2000 2008 to 2013
Age 25 and up Population 43,260   58,576   71,459   77,928   35.4% 9.1%
Grade Kindergarten through 8
1,517 3.5% 2,492 4.3% 4,818 6.7% 5,594 7.2% 64.2% 16.1%
Grade 9 through 12 7,205 16.7% 9,258 15.8% 6,630 9.3% 5,107 6.6% 28.5% -23.0%
High School Graduate 14,131 32.7% 18,427 31.5% 23,872 33.4% 26,740 34.3% 30.4% 12.0%
Some College, No Degree 11,575 26.8% 16,064 27.4% 16,714 23.4% 16,181 20.8% 38.8% -3.2%
Associates Degree 3,789 8.8% 4,825 8.2% 7,777 10.9% 9,651 12.4% 27.4% 24.1%
Bachelor's Degree 4,061 9.4% 4,980 8.5% 8,112 11.4% 9,871 12.7% 22.6% 21.7%
Graduate Degree 979 2.3% 1,616 2.8% 3,536 5.0% 4,784 6.1% 65.1% 35.3%
No Schooling Completed     913 1.6%