Louisa County


What does this indicator measure

Bachelors Degree Attainment Population measures the percentage of Louisa County adults over age 25 with a Bachelors degree or higher (equivalency also counted). In 2017, there were 5843 (+/- 517) adults over age 25 with a Bachelors degree, 23.2% of all adults over 25.

Summary Table

Adults age 25 and over that have obtained a Bachelors degree or higher in Louisa County

Total Adults White Adults Black Adults Hispanic Adults Black-White Disparity Hispanic-White Disparity
Adults with a Bachelors degree or higher 5843 5253 374 100
Adult population 25136 19982 3955 528
Bachelors Degree Attainment rate 23.2% 26.3% 9.5% 18.9% 0.4 0.7

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2013-2017, Derived from tables B15002, C15002H, C15002I, and C15002B.

Data Explanation: Local population and educational attainment estimates are from the American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2013-2017. Sent to approximately 3.5 million addresses per year, the 5-year survey estimates provide up-to-date estimates for localities that may be changing between censuses. As these are estimates derived from surveys, and thus subject to variability due to sampling error, margins of error are included in the tables below.

Disparity Ratio

The disparity ratio is the percentage of black or hispanic adults (over 25) who have attained a Bachelors degree or higher divided by the percentage of white adults (over 25) who have attained a Bachelors degree or higher. A disparity ratio of 1 reflects racial equality; values lower than 1 suggest lower educational attainment rates among black or hispanic adults (over 25) compared to whites. Ratios greater than 1 suggest higher educational attainment rates among black or hispanic adults (over 25).

  • In Louisa County, black residents have a notably lower rate of Bachelor degree attainment than do white residents. The disparity ratio shows that black residents are only 0.4 as likely to have a 4-year college degree.
  • In Louisa County, Hispanic residents have a lower rate of Bachelor degree attainment than do wite residents. The disparity ratio shows that Hispanic residents are only 0.7 times as likely to have a 4-year college degree.

Bachelors Degree Attainment by Census Tract

Within each map, clicking on a tract will show the estimated adult (over 25) population, the estimated number of adults with a Bachelors degree or higher, and the estimated degree attainment rate. For educational attainment, lighter colors show lower educational attainment rates and darker colors show higher educational attainment rates.

Bachelors Degree Attainment among Black Adults over 25

Within Louisa County, the estimated degree attainment among black residents across the Census tracts varies from 0 to 22%.

  • Tract 9502.02, containing the Town of Mineral and surrounding region, has the highest estimated degree attainment rate among black adults, at 22%, with an estimated population of 474 black adults.
  • Both Tract 9501, stretching from Lake Anna in the north of the county and down to the southern edge, and tract 9505, in the southeast corner of the county, have an estimated degree attainment rate among black adults of 0%, with estimated populations of 843 and 549 black adults.

Bachelors Degree Attainment among Hispanic Adults over 25

The estimated degree attainment rate within Census tracts for Hispanics residents in Louisa county varies from 0% to 50%, but only a few of these tracts have more than 100 estimated Hispanic adults in residence.

  • Tract 9502.02, containing the Town of Mineral and surrounding region, with an estimated population of 129 Hispanic adults and an estimated degree attainment rate of 39%.
  • Tract 9501, stretching from Lake Anna in the north of the county and down to the southern edge, with an estimated population of 135 Hispanic adults and an estimated degree attainment rate of 17%.
  • Tract 9503, in the western reginon of the county, with an estimated population of 104 Hispanic adults and an estimated degree attainment rate of 0%.

Bachelors Degree Attainment among White Adults over 25

The estimated degree attainment rate within Census tracts for White residents in Louisa county is fairly uniform, ranging between 18% and 36%.

  • Tract 9504, in the central southern region of the county, has the highest estimated degree attainment rate among white adults, at 36%, with an estimated population of 1,586 white adults.
  • Tract 9505, in the southeast corner of the county, has the lowest estimated degree attainment rate amogn white adults, at 18%, with an estimated population of 3,428 white adults.

Data Tables

The following tables show the population estimates and Bachelors degree attainment rates for each census tract. The tables also provide the margains of error associated with each estimate. ACS data is based on a sample and so estimates contain a degree of uncertainty. Larger margins mean the estimate is less accurate. Typically the larger the sample size, the smaller the margin of error. This means in cases where the population of interest is very small (very few adults (over 25) live in a census tract), estimates can be very unreliable.

Missing values

In the Bachelors degree attainment rate table, NaN’s exist when there is division by zero, that is, when the population of interest in that census tract is estimated to be zero. Bachelors degree attainment rate estimates of zero occur when the number of Bachelors degrees or higher earned in that census tract is zero.

Population Estimates Table

Tract Adults (Over 25) White Black Hispanic
Census Tract 9501 5367 ( +/- 438 ) 4337 ( +/- 372 ) 843 ( +/- 250 ) 135 ( +/- 92 )
Census Tract 9502.01 3520 ( +/- 241 ) 2563 ( +/- 190 ) 745 ( +/- 158 ) 96 ( +/- 67 )
Census Tract 9502.02 2948 ( +/- 277 ) 2193 ( +/- 253 ) 474 ( +/- 143 ) 129 ( +/- 102 )
Census Tract 9503 6813 ( +/- 461 ) 5875 ( +/- 396 ) 668 ( +/- 166 ) 104 ( +/- 84 )
Census Tract 9504 2299 ( +/- 228 ) 1586 ( +/- 234 ) 676 ( +/- 183 ) 16 ( +/- 28 )
Census Tract 9505 4189 ( +/- 280 ) 3428 ( +/- 279 ) 549 ( +/- 224 ) 48 ( +/- 44 )
Louisa County 25136 ( +/- 101 ) 19982 ( +/- 105 ) 3955 ( +/- 151 ) 528 ( +/- 63 )
Note:
Margins of error are shown in parentheses and indicate that the population could be more or less than the estimate by the value of the margin of error.

Bachelors Degree Attainment Rate Estimates Table

Tract Degree Rate Degree Rate-White Degree Rate-Black Degree Rate-Hispanic
Census Tract 9501 22.5 ( +/- 4.1 ) 26.4 ( +/- 4.9 ) 0 ( +/- 2 ) 17 ( +/- 27.1 )
Census Tract 9502.01 22.2 ( +/- 3.8 ) 24.9 ( +/- 4.3 ) 15.8 ( +/- 8.9 ) 7.3 ( +/- 16.2 )
Census Tract 9502.02 24.1 ( +/- 4.7 ) 25.1 ( +/- 5.7 ) 21.9 ( +/- 9.6 ) 38.8 ( +/- 39.9 )
Census Tract 9503 26.3 ( +/- 4.2 ) 29.3 ( +/- 4.2 ) 9.9 ( +/- 7.9 ) 0 ( +/- 16.3 )
Census Tract 9504 29.4 ( +/- 6 ) 35.7 ( +/- 6 ) 12.7 ( +/- 10.2 ) 50 ( +/- 75 )
Census Tract 9505 16.2 ( +/- 4.4 ) 18.5 ( +/- 5 ) 0 ( +/- 3.1 ) 25 ( +/- 49.7 )
Louisa County 23.2 ( +/- 2.1 ) 26.3 ( +/- 2.2 ) 9.5 ( +/- 2.9 ) 18.9 ( +/- 8.1 )
Note:
Margins of error are shown in parentheses and indicate that the poverty rates could be more or less than the estimate by the value of the margin of error.