Which Alabama counties have the most business degrees?

In relation to bachelor’s levels, Alabama is in enterprise.

About 24% of first-time bachelors levels in Alabama are in a enterprise area, in line with knowledge from the U.S. Census Bureau. That makes the enterprise area the second-most widespread area for first-time bachelor’s levels within the state, behind solely science and engineering.

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In 9 Alabama counties, enterprise levels are the most typical kind of bachelor’s for individuals 25 and older with a bachelor’s or larger. These counties are Greene, Dallas, Conecuh, Shelby, Crenshaw, Butler, Russell, Talladega and Pickens.

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No county had the next charge of enterprise levels than Greene County, in Alabama’s Black Belt area. Some 34% of individuals 25 and older there with not less than a bachelor’s diploma earned a level in enterprise – 10 share factors larger than the statewide determine.

Greene is considered one of a number of Black Belt counties to rank extremely on the checklist. One motive for that is the comparatively small inhabitants in these areas – particularly for individuals with school educations. Census knowledge signifies there have been simply 584 individuals in Greene County with not less than a bachelor’s diploma in 2020. Census knowledge reveals 199 of these obtained a level in a enterprise area – however margin of error means these numbers aren’t 100% correct. Nonetheless, traits present enterprise levels are frequent in Greene – and another Black Belt counties, together with Dallas County, residence of Selma.

However these rural areas aren’t the one ones the place enterprise levels are widespread. Shelby County, one of many wealthiest counties in Alabama, additionally ranked extremely on the checklist. Greater than 28% of individuals with not less than a bachelor’s diploma there had a level in enterprise.

On the opposite finish of the spectrum, two neighboring south Alabama counties had the bottom charge for enterprise levels. Simply 14% of bachelor’s levels in Washington and Choctaw County, each simply north of Cellular, have been in enterprise.

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