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California County Comparison - Fiscal, Economics, and Population - Table
Advanced Degree Recipients
Focus on Santa Cruz County
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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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