General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

2.3 Economic Trends and Conditions
Educational Attainment
• As shown in Table 2.3-5 and Figure 2.3-4, the City’s population age 25 years and
older has achieved markedly lower levels of higher education than those for the
South Bay Cities and Los Angeles County.
• In 2000, about 20.4 percent of the population age 25 years and older in Inglewood
had received an Associate Arts or higher college degree, compared to 31.9 percent
in the South Bay and 31.1 percent in the County.
• About 36.3 percent of the adult population in Inglewood had not achieved a high
school diploma, compared to 31.2 percent in the South Bay and 30.0 percent in the
County.
• Nearly 80 percent of the population of Inglewood 25 years and older have not
received a college degree, compared to 68.1 percent in the South Bay and
68.8 percent in the County. This has strong implications for the future skills and
training requirements of the labor force of Inglewood.
Table 2.3-5
Educational Attainment of Population 25 Years and Older:
2000
Highesst Level of Education Attained Inglewood % of Total
South Bay
Cities % of Total
Los Angeles
County % of Total
Less than 9 th grade 12,073 18.7% 45,803 7.8% 955,932 16.2%
Less than 12 th grade, no
diploma
11,346 17.6% 13,181 23.4% 814,592 13.8%
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)
12,979 20.1% 120,950 20.5% 1,108,314 18.8%
Some college, no degree 15,021 23.3% 96,826 16.4% 1,174,477 20.0%
Associate’s degree 4,562 7.1% 23,040 3.9% 367,244 6.2%
Bachelor’s degree 5,536 8.6% 147,777 25.0% 945,634 16.1%
Post-graduate degree 3,072 4.8% 17,547 3.0% 516,755 8.8%
Total 64,589 100.0% 590,124 100.0% 5,882,948 100.0%
Associate degree or higher 13,170 20.4% 188,364 31.9% 1,829,633 31.1%
SOURCE: Stanley R. Hoffman Associates, Inc
U.S. Census Bureau, 2000, P37
City of Inglewood General Plan Update Technical Background Report
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