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2012 | Ellis, Texas | Some college

Summary Information

Range in Texas
(Min-Max):
24-79%
Overall in Texas: 56%
National Benchmark: 68% (90th percentile)

Ranking Methodology

Summary Measure: Health Factors - Social & Economic Factors (Education)
Weight in Health Factors: 5%
Years of Data Used: 2006-2010
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What It Is:

This measure represents the percent of the population age 25-44 with some post-secondary education, such as enrollment at vocational/technical schools, junior colleges, or four-year colleges. It includes individuals who pursued education following high school but did not receive a degree.

Where It Comes From:

Estimates of the population age 25-44 with some post-secondary education were calculated using the most recent 5-year estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS).

Reason for Ranking:

The relationship between higher education and improved health outcomes is well known, with years of formal education correlating strongly with improved work and economic opportunities, reduced psychosocial stress, and healthier lifestyles.

More Information

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# Some College Adults age 25-44 with some post-secondary education
Population Adults age 25-44
% Some College Percent adults age 25-44 with some post-secondary education
Error Margin 95% confidence interval supplied by Census Bureau
Z-Score (Measure - Average of TX counties)/(Standard Deviation)
Place# Some CollegePopulation% Some CollegeError MarginZ-Score
Anderson6,70718,19236.9%33.2-40.60.97
Andrews1,6593,52247.1%37.1-57.1-0.05
Angelina11,11721,98950.6%46.4-54.7-0.39
Aransas2,4074,47253.8%45.4-62.2-0.72
Archer9911,96150.5%41.9-59.1-0.39
Armstrong30745168.1%8.7-100.0NR
Atascosa4,53710,70142.4%36.9-47.90.42
Austin2,9136,16347.3%40.8-53.7-0.07
Bailey5831,23747.1%15.7-78.5-0.05
Bandera2,1883,93855.6%44.5-66.6-0.89
Bastrop9,30819,33548.1%44.1-52.2-0.15
Baylor46970766.3%25.7-100.0-1.97
Bee4,16110,46239.8%34.8-44.80.68
Bell55,25187,15463.4%61.1-65.7-1.68
Bexar278,930469,81459.4%58.5-60.3-1.27
Blanco1,0492,10050.0%37.7-62.2-0.33
Borden4813535.6%0.0-100.0NR
Bosque1,7223,80645.2%39.0-51.40.14
Bowie12,61524,28451.9%48.4-55.5-0.53
Brazoria54,80088,66661.8%59.8-63.9-1.52
Brazos29,34645,26064.8%61.9-67.7-1.82
Brewster1,1372,04255.7%43.3-68.1-0.91
Briscoe18634653.8%0.0-100.0NR
Brooks5271,43136.8%10.0-63.70.98
Brown3,9298,70145.2%40.3-50.00.14
Burleson1,4034,19733.4%27.0-39.81.32
Burnet4,4919,53847.1%41.0-53.2-0.05
Caldwell3,2089,79032.8%28.0-37.51.38
Calhoun2,3385,07946.0%38.6-53.50.06
Callahan1,6923,08554.8%43.7-65.9-0.82
Cameron43,230101,02542.8%41.1-44.50.38
Camp1,1533,02138.2%29.4-46.90.84
Carson7861,35258.1%46.4-69.9-1.15
Cass3,4936,79051.4%45.3-57.5-0.48
Castro6091,76134.6%22.4-46.71.20
Chambers5,2619,05858.1%52.1-64.0-1.15
Cherokee4,13111,85034.9%30.5-39.21.17
Childress8512,36336.0%23.2-48.81.06
Clay1,3892,37058.6%50.6-66.6-1.20
Cochran29779637.3%3.3-71.40.93
Coke33662453.8%3.3-100.0NR
Coleman7671,64846.5%32.5-60.60.01
Collin191,915241,47979.5%78.1-80.8-3.28
Collingsworth31860452.6%7.4-97.9-0.60
Colorado1,6144,30937.5%30.8-44.20.91
Comal15,95124,20865.9%61.9-69.9-1.93
Comanche1,3772,95546.6%37.0-56.20.00
Concho4431,62827.2%7.6-46.8NR
Cooke4,3168,76349.3%44.1-54.4-0.26
Coryell13,87523,87058.1%53.9-62.4-1.15
Cottle17427363.7%0.0-100.0NR
Crane43391947.1%16.4-77.9-0.05
Crockett4051,10736.6%0.0-78.61.00
Crosby5071,32638.2%24.8-51.70.84
Culberson10854919.7%0.0-100.0NR
Dallam7101,47748.1%33.3-62.8-0.15
Dallas373,895724,31751.6%50.9-52.3-0.50
Dawson1,2954,05032.0%25.3-38.71.46
Deaf Smith1,5144,74031.9%24.7-39.21.46
Delta5311,14646.3%28.5-64.20.03
Denton151,100204,00274.1%72.6-75.5-2.74
DeWitt1,8624,72939.4%33.2-45.60.72
Dickens22863336.0%0.0-95.5NR
Dimmit8322,16138.5%22.1-54.90.81
Donley41469359.7%27.1-92.4-1.31
Duval9322,75033.9%22.5-45.31.27
Eastland1,7293,94743.8%35.9-51.80.28
Ector15,81034,68845.6%42.7-48.50.10
Edwards18540445.8%0.0-100.00.08
El Paso113,761205,13255.5%54.1-56.8-0.88
Ellis20,74738,31054.2%51.4-56.9-0.75
Erath4,8358,60456.2%50.5-61.9-0.96
Falls1,7744,25841.7%34.5-48.80.49
Fannin3,6148,47742.6%37.7-47.50.40
Fayette2,4205,02248.2%41.6-54.8-0.16
Fisher41783250.1%40.9-59.3NR
Floyd7671,61847.4%37.6-57.2-0.08
Foard15234444.2%0.0-100.0NR
Fort Bend109,069154,84370.4%68.8-72.1-2.38
Franklin1,0172,17946.7%31.7-61.7-0.01
Freestone2,2884,92546.5%39.2-53.70.02
Frio1,3154,97526.4%18.5-34.42.01
Gaines1,5054,23335.6%26.9-44.21.10
Galveston47,98677,37562.0%59.8-64.2-1.54
Garza6092,20827.6%13.3-41.91.90
Gillespie2,4114,35155.4%47.8-63.1-0.88
Glasscock15525062.0%0.0-100.0NR
Goliad8661,73150.0%33.6-66.5-0.34
Gonzales1,6094,72234.1%28.3-39.91.25
Gray2,7305,71147.8%41.9-53.7-0.12
Grayson15,94928,87255.2%51.9-58.6-0.86
Gregg17,02430,73055.4%52.0-58.8-0.88
Grimes2,3807,17433.2%28.0-38.41.34
Guadalupe19,71732,86560.0%56.8-63.2-1.34
Hale3,5949,40938.2%33.3-43.10.84
Hall31071143.6%5.0-82.20.30
Hamilton1,0011,71858.3%41.7-74.9-1.16
Hansford6061,32745.7%31.4-60.00.09
Hardeman29586234.2%0.0-75.61.24
Hardin7,20313,44153.6%48.6-58.5-0.70
Harris648,0041,217,33253.2%52.7-53.8-0.66
Harrison7,59515,85747.9%43.4-52.4-0.13
Hartley8502,11140.3%32.1-48.40.63
Haskell5331,33140.0%14.3-65.80.66
Hays25,14938,52665.3%62.2-68.3-1.86
Hemphill44490449.1%13.3-84.9NR
Henderson8,29217,69546.9%43.2-50.6-0.03
Hidalgo82,735201,07641.1%39.9-42.40.55
Hill3,9137,84849.9%44.5-55.2-0.32
Hockley2,9525,31555.5%49.0-62.1-0.89
Hood5,80510,45455.5%50.5-60.6-0.89
Hopkins4,0828,33049.0%43.7-54.3-0.24
Houston2,0095,19338.7%31.7-45.60.79
Howard4,02710,15139.7%35.2-44.10.69
Hudspeth18461330.0%0.0-91.61.66
Hunt9,86021,33146.2%42.8-49.60.04
Hutchinson2,5455,17049.2%42.5-56.0-0.26
Irion14042532.9%0.0-100.0NR
Jack8002,27335.2%25.2-45.21.14
Jackson1,7303,23553.5%44.9-62.1-0.69
Jasper3,6718,56342.9%37.6-48.10.37
Jeff Davis21035259.7%0.0-100.0-1.30
Jefferson33,51166,69250.2%48.1-52.4-0.36
Jim Hogg3561,20329.6%0.0-60.41.70
Jim Wells4,1699,78142.6%36.4-48.80.40
Johnson18,39339,63546.4%43.8-49.00.02
Jones1,9966,64230.1%25.5-34.61.65
Karnes1,9036,27030.4%23.0-37.71.62
Kaufman14,98727,43354.6%51.3-58.0-0.80
Kendall4,3876,85964.0%57.5-70.4-1.73
Kenedy3535100.0%0.0-100.0NR
Kent7515747.8%0.0-100.0NR
Kerr4,3419,19647.2%41.3-53.1-0.06
Kimble30267045.1%0.0-100.00.15
King447757.1%0.0-100.0NR
Kinney26771637.3%0.0-95.0NR
Kleberg4,7137,66161.5%54.3-68.7-1.49
Knox49296750.9%31.3-70.5-0.43
La Salle6632,00633.1%15.4-50.71.35
Lamar6,10311,77751.8%47.1-56.5-0.52
Lamb1,4003,14044.6%37.4-51.70.20
Lampasas2,5624,78153.6%45.5-61.6-0.70
Lavaca1,9834,03949.1%42.6-55.6-0.25
Lee1,6093,77842.6%35.0-50.20.40
Leon1,4513,47141.8%32.4-51.20.48
Liberty8,26020,54040.2%36.7-43.70.64
Limestone2,2776,06837.5%31.3-43.80.91
Lipscomb34872348.1%17.1-79.1NR
Live Oak1,3472,92646.0%0.06
Llano1,5132,86152.9%42.4-63.3-0.63
Loving42218.2%0.0-100.0NR
Lubbock42,22768,44161.7%59.4-64.0-1.51
Lynn5931,36743.4%34.7-52.00.32
Madison1,3774,15533.1%25.3-41.01.34
Marion9482,23642.4%31.4-53.40.42
Martin4851,13542.7%24.9-60.50.39
Mason31576941.0%0.0-87.6NR
Matagorda3,5318,42041.9%35.4-48.50.47
Maverick5,75313,03044.2%39.1-49.20.25
McCulloch7111,80539.4%23.3-55.50.72
McLennan30,55255,63254.9%52.5-57.4-0.83
McMullen15631050.3%0.0-100.0NR
Medina5,40710,89249.6%44.4-54.9-0.30
Menard14736140.7%0.0-100.0NR
Midland19,47134,10057.1%53.9-60.3-1.05
Milam2,3305,55741.9%35.9-47.90.47
Mills44496246.2%21.4-70.9NR
Mitchell1,2923,25439.7%29.2-50.20.69
Montague2,1124,47947.2%38.8-55.5-0.05
Montgomery72,350118,43861.1%59.2-62.9-1.45
Moore2,1775,64338.6%32.3-44.80.80
Morris1,5622,72257.4%48.1-66.7-1.08
Motley13223955.2%0.0-100.0NR
Nacogdoches7,30714,31951.0%46.5-55.6-0.44
Navarro4,78411,59641.3%37.2-45.30.53
Newton1,3413,46638.7%28.3-49.10.79
Nolan1,8463,44753.6%45.8-61.3-0.69
Nueces46,46887,08753.4%51.3-55.4-0.67
Ochiltree8862,60734.0%21.0-47.01.26
Oldham31447566.1%51.0-81.2NR
Orange9,65120,56846.9%43.2-50.6-0.03
Palo Pinto2,7596,43342.9%37.3-48.50.37
Panola2,6075,24149.7%42.5-57.0-0.31
Parker16,12728,34656.9%53.7-60.0-1.03
Parmer9402,52437.2%0.94
Pecos1,3554,37831.0%1.56
Polk3,75210,62735.3%31.3-39.31.13
Potter15,53733,88945.8%43.0-48.70.08
Presidio6001,53739.0%16.3-61.80.76
Rains9202,25440.8%28.4-53.20.58
Randall20,81030,01969.3%65.8-72.8-2.27
Reagan30186035.0%0.0-79.51.16
Real21247744.4%0.0-100.00.22
Red River1,1362,91439.0%30.6-47.40.76
Reeves9773,27629.8%16.0-43.71.68
Refugio7241,71242.3%22.7-61.90.43
Roberts11217464.4%0.0-100.0NR
Robertson1,6443,85542.6%34.1-51.20.40
Rockwall14,72121,10769.7%65.5-74.0-2.31
Runnels9752,33341.8%30.1-53.50.48
Rusk6,03213,65144.2%39.8-48.50.24
Sabine6911,84737.4%26.0-48.80.92
San Augustine3891,59424.4%0.0-51.22.22
San Jacinto1,9905,56335.8%27.9-43.61.08
San Patricio8,55816,40452.2%47.8-56.6-0.56
San Saba6981,40049.9%24.1-75.6-0.32
Schleicher27677735.5%0.3-70.8NR
Scurry1,6053,99140.2%33.6-46.80.64
Shackelford34858959.1%20.9-97.3NR
Shelby2,6366,39341.2%34.1-48.40.54
Sherman34975146.5%37.7-55.2NR
Smith29,35950,92357.7%55.0-60.3-1.10
Somervell1,1731,90061.7%42.8-80.7-1.51
Starr5,48615,50135.4%1.12
Stephens8922,34538.0%24.1-52.00.86
Sterling11920857.2%0.0-100.0NR
Stonewall17826267.9%0.0-100.0NR
Sutton40987946.5%18.2-74.90.01
Swisher6901,84137.5%26.3-48.70.91
Tarrant311,250521,81159.6%58.8-60.5-1.30
Taylor19,32332,04660.3%57.2-63.4-1.37
Terrell9319348.2%0.0-100.0NR
Terry9843,17331.0%21.9-40.11.56
Throckmorton14832545.5%0.0-100.0NR
Titus3,1268,43637.1%32.5-41.60.95
Tom Green14,36826,43054.4%50.9-57.8-0.77
Travis235,333338,55769.5%68.4-70.6-2.29
Trinity8712,69432.3%24.7-40.01.43
Tyler2,4265,52243.9%37.1-50.80.27
Upshur4,6749,15351.1%45.7-56.5-0.45
Upton42593645.4%10.0-80.80.12
Uvalde2,9146,28446.4%39.5-53.30.02
Val Verde6,04912,61348.0%42.7-53.2-0.13
Van Zandt5,23111,95443.8%39.5-48.10.28
Victoria11,77121,50954.7%51.0-58.4-0.81
Walker7,87518,94441.6%37.6-45.50.50
Waller3,6639,33539.2%34.0-44.50.74
Ward1,0972,58642.4%30.5-54.30.42
Washington3,5556,72352.9%47.0-58.8-0.63
Webb32,38866,97348.4%46.0-50.7-0.18
Wharton4,5959,89146.5%40.4-52.50.02
Wheeler5391,16946.1%38.7-53.50.05
Wichita18,19834,13053.3%50.4-56.3-0.67
Wilbarger8802,71732.4%21.2-43.51.42
Willacy1,8835,88732.0%25.9-38.01.46
Williamson92,348126,18573.2%71.2-75.1-2.65
Wilson5,54910,17354.5%49.4-59.7-0.79
Winkler6491,61140.3%24.2-56.40.63
Wise7,24214,90648.6%44.4-52.8-0.20
Wood3,2817,83941.9%36.2-47.60.47
Yoakum9952,15246.2%32.1-60.40.04
Young1,9264,13646.6%37.7-55.40.00
Zapata1,0213,41229.9%18.4-41.41.67
Zavala1,3352,49753.5%38.8-68.2-0.68

NR in Z-Score column indicates county "not ranked"