A Comparative Study of Education and Race by Region in North Carolina

A comparative display of educational attainment by race for counties in Eastern Northern, as compared with Western North Carolina and Piedmont area counties.

Joy R. Brown

Jolisa Phelps

Tamicka Perry

Our Project GoalOur goal is to provide statistics that show the educational attainment in

Eastern, Western and the Piedmont counties. It is our goal to show if there is a correlation between educational attainment

based upon race and the region.Our group chose to compare and contrast the following:◦ Race based upon Blacks and Whites◦ Region based upon Eastern NC, Western NC and the piedmont areas◦ Educational attainment based upon High School and College graduates, which

includes but not limited to those who have Bachelor, Masters or Doctoral degrees.

Pitt County, N.C.Population of Pitt County Black Non-Hispanics make up 33% White Non-Hispanics make up 59.5%

Educational Attainment

Edgecombe County, N.C.Population of Edgecombe County Black Non-Hispanics make up 57.3% White Non-Hispanics make up 40.7%

Educational Attainment

Beaufort County, N.C.Population of Beaufort County Black Non-Hispanics make up 27.4% White Non-Hispanics make up 67.5%

Educational Attainment

Graham County, N.C.Population of Graham County Black Non-Hispanic makes up 0.4% White Non-Hispanic makes up 90.9%

Educational Attainment

Burke County, N.C.Population of Burke County Black Non-Hispanics make up 7% White Non-Hispanics make up 86.5%

Educational Attainment

Macon County, N.C.Population of Macon County Black Non-Hispanics make up 1.7% White Non-Hispanics make up 95.9%

Educational Attainment

Alamance County N.C.Population of Alamance CountyFocusing only on the % of Blacks and White Black Non-Hispanics make up 17.9% White Non-Hispanics make up 68.4%

Educational Attainment

Forsyth County, N.C.Population of Forsyth County Black Non-Hispanics make of 25% White Non-Hispanics make up 62.1%

Educational Attainment

Guilford County, N.C.Population of Guilford County Black Non-Hispanics make up 30.6% White Non-Hispanic make up 58.1%

Education AttainmentGuilford County

25 years and over

Project FindingsAcross all counties of focus, blacks are less likely than whites to

have a high school diploma.Blacks are more likely to just have a high school diploma or

equivalency.Whites are more likely to attain bachelor degrees or higher

when compared to blacksBlacks who are able to earn a high school diploma are very

successful in comparison with whites up until the point of bachelor degrees or higher, blacks hold more degrees in these areas because whites have achieved higher educational levels beyond associates degrees.

Sources• http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/error.html

• http://fairplan.u31.infinology.net/SF3/contrast_charts/NorthCarolina/Black/

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