Education Attainment by Race and Ethnicity
Educational Attainment
Education
Educational Attainment by Race & Ethnicity , 2017
31.8 % |
27.2 % |
36.6 % |
31.4 % |
15.5 %
7.4 %
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7.3 % 3.1 % 8.8 % |
9.9 % |
9.6 % |
7.2 % |
17.0 % |
26.0 % |
24.2 % |
28.6 % |
31.0 % |
18.5 % |
20.5 % |
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33.4 % |
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21.0 % |
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56.7 % |
23.7 % |
27.1 % |
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23.8 % |
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16.8 % |
17.7 % |
6.0 % |
5.2 % |
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7.3 % |
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White |
Black |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
Mixed / other |
La�no , U . S . -born |
La�no , immigrant |
Less than High School |
High School Graduate |
Some College |
Associate ' s Degree |
Bachelor ' s Degree or Higher |
Source : PolicyLink / USC Equity Research Institute , National Equity Atlas , www . nationalequityatlas . org .
Education Attainment by Race and Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islanders in Arlington are the most likely ethnoracial group to have a bachelor ’ s degree or higher ( 36.6 percent ), followed by White residents ( 31.8 percent ) and Mixed / Other residents ( 31.4 percent ). Those identifying as Latino are the least likely to have a bachelor ’ s degree or higher , and those who are foreign-born are half as likely as U . S . -born Latinos . Immigrant Latino residents represent the highest percentage of people with less than a high school degree , over three times that of the second-highest percentage ( U . S . -born Latinos , 17.7 percent ).
Unity Council Report
Information is power . And , if you ’ re going to empower people , it ’ s also giving them the knowledge with the choices they have when they ’ re ready and willing to make those choices .
– an Arlington resident
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