Educated Young Adult Population in Portland’s Urban Areas Grows by 36 Percent
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Monday, December 22, 2014
Annie Law, GoLocalPDX Reporter
The number of young, well-educated adults in the Portland Metro area is growing, according to
data released by the City Observatory.
According to the report, Portland ranked high among cities attracting the most educated young adults between the years 2000 to 2012.
The number of degree holders aged 25-34 living within three miles of the central Portland, Vancouver and Beaverton grew 36 percent between 2000 and 2012.
In 2012, 37 percent of 25-34 year olds living in the area had obtained college degrees, up from 30 percent in 2000.
In 2000, 4.8 percent of all adults in the Portland Metro area were 25-34 year olds with four-year college degrees. In 2012 , that number jumped to 5.6 percent.
Nationwide, college attainment rates for young adults living in central urban areas, as well as outside the urban core, grew in the country's largest cities.
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