California County Comparison - Fiscal, Economics, and Population - Table
Advanced Degree Recipients
Focus on Fresno County
Description
Percent of population 25 years and over who have earned an advanced degree, 2005 to 2009. Click on the county name to see a graph showing the trend of this data over time.| County | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| State Average | 10.6% | 10.4% | 10.5% | 10.8% | 10.7% |
| Alameda County | 16.0% | 15.6% | 15.9% | 16.1% | 16.0% |
| Butte County | 8.5% | 8.0% | 7.3% | 7.5% | 8.0% |
| Contra Costa County | 13.8% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 13.7% | 13.1% |
| El Dorado County | 10.0% | 10.7% | 9.3% | 8.2% | 11.6% |
| Fresno County | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 6.0% | 6.8% |
| Humboldt County | 7.9% | 8.0% | 8.2% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Imperial County | 5.0% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 4.6% |
| Kern County | 5.3% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4.5% |
| Kings County | 2.6% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
| Lake County | 6.1% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 3.8% |
| Los Angeles County | 9.5% | 9.4% | 9.6% | 9.9% | 9.7% |
| Madera County | 3.5% | 2.7% | 5.1% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Marin County | 24.2% | 22.8% | 21.8% | 23.8% | 22.6% |
| Mendocino County | 10.4% | 7.5% | 9.0% | 8.9% | 8.1% |
| Merced County | 4.0% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 5.3% | 3.4% |
| Monterey County | 9.5% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 9.1% | 8.3% |
| Napa County | 10.2% | 10.5% | 8.5% | 10.6% | 11.5% |
| Nevada County | 10.9% | 8.3% | 9.3% | 9.6% | 11.8% |
| Orange County | 12.4% | 12.0% | 12.4% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| Placer County | 9.5% | 10.6% | 10.5% | 9.6% | 10.7% |
| Riverside County | 6.8% | 6.5% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 7.1% |
| Sacramento County | 9.1% | 8.7% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 8.5% |
| San Bernardino County | 6.0% | 5.6% | 6.3% | 6.0% | 6.1% |
| San Diego County | 12.8% | 12.7% | 12.2% | 12.9% | 12.6% |
| San Francisco County | 18.9% | 18.9% | 19.2% | 20.8% | 20.1% |
| San Joaquin County | 4.7% | 5.0% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| San Luis Obispo County | 10.5% | 9.8% | 11.5% | 11.6% | 10.7% |
| San Mateo County | 16.1% | 17.0% | 16.2% | 16.7% | 17.5% |
| Santa Barbara County | 12.1% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 14.2% | 13.2% |
| Santa Clara County | 18.7% | 19.0% | 19.3% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Santa Cruz County | 14.9% | 13.7% | 14.5% | 16.9% | 14.4% |
| Shasta County | 5.6% | 5.1% | 6.5% | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| Solano County | 6.1% | 6.8% | 6.2% | 6.8% | 6.9% |
| Sonoma County | 11.2% | 10.0% | 10.5% | 11.0% | 12.1% |
| Stanislaus County | 4.8% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 4.9% |
| Sutter County | 4.6% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 4.5% | 6.2% |
| Tulare County | 3.6% | 3.7% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Ventura County | 10.9% | 10.4% | 11.4% | 10.5% | 11.6% |
| Yolo County | 19.4% | 17.8% | 20.2% | 19.0% | 16.4% |
| Yuba County | 5.1% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.7% |
| Not all counties are included in the data from the Census Bureau. | |||||
Other Statistics for the County, its Region, and its Legislative Districts
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| Region | County | District | To Any Public |
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District Trend |
Region | County | Median Income |
Poverty Rate |
Unemployment Rate |
Adult Literacy |
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North San Joaquin Valley |
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North San Joaquin Valley |
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