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USDA: Educational Attainment Rates Still Low for Rural Minorities
USAgNet - 01/19/2017

Higher educational attainment is closely tied to economic well-being-through higher earnings, lower unemployment, and lower poverty. The USDA says while educational attainment in rural America has improved over time, rural areas still lag urban areas in educational attainment.

Moreover, within rural areas, educational attainment varies across racial and ethnic categories.

In general, minority populations within rural areas have relatively less education.

About a quarter of adults age 25 and over in the rural Black population, 20 percent of Native Americans/Alaska Natives, and almost 40 percent of rural Hispanics had not completed high school or the equivalent in 2015. These shares are considerably higher than for rural Whites, with 13 percent lacking a high school diploma.

Lower attainment levels for minorities may both reflect and contribute to high rates of poverty. Childhood poverty is highly correlated with lower academic success and graduation rates, while lower educational attainment is strongly associated with lower earnings in adulthood.


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