BAKERSFIELD ... WE'RE #1, FOR THE WRONG REASON (again)

According to the National Journal Bakersfield is #1 again ... when it comes to large cities in the U.S. with the lowest percentage of Latinos with a bachelors degree.

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Towns with worst Latino achievement in bachelors degrees

• 5%	Bakersfield, CA Total population 839,631 Percent of population that is Latino 49% Percent of Latino population that has bachelors degree 5%

• 6%	Visalia, CA Total population 442,179 Percent of population that is Latino 61% Percent of Latino population that has bachelors degree 6%

• 7%	Salinas, CA Total population 415,057 Percent of population that is Latino 55% Percent of Latino population that has bachelors degree 7%

• 7%	Stockton, CA Total population 685,306 Percent of population that is Latino 39% Percent of Latino population that has bachelors degree 7%

• 7%	Modesto, CA Total population 514,453 Percent of population that is Latino 42% Percent of Latino population that has bachelors degree 7%

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As a point of comparison, the cities with the highest percentage of Latinos with Bachelors degrees include Miami and Washington, DC. 

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Towns with best Latino achievement in bachelors degrees

• 26%	Miami, FL Total population 5,564,635 Percent of population that is Latino 42% Percent of Latino population that has bachelors degree 26%

• 23%	Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV Total population 5,582,170 Percent of population that is Latino 14% Percent of Latino population that has bachelors degree 23%

• 20%	Orlando, FL Total population 2,134,411 Percent of population that is Latino 25% Percent of Latino population that has bachelors degree 20%

• 20%	Boston, MA-NH Total population 4,552,402 Percent of population that is Latino 9% Percent of Latino population that has bachelors degree 20%

• 18%	San Francisco, CA Total population 4,335,391 Percent of population that is Latino 22% Percent of Latino population that has bachelors degree 18%

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The study cited by the National Journal evaluated educational attainment among Latinos in the top 150 metropolitan areas that are also home to at least 200,000 Latinos (37 in total).  You can read the National Journal's synopsis of the report, which includes high school graduates, here.

- Mark