Coast residents have fewer college degrees

The Associated Press

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BILOXI, Miss. -- Roughly one in five adult residents of South Mississippi's largest cities has a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

This is among new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, which ranks Pascagoula and Gulfport near the bottom of Mississippi's most educated cities. Ridgeland and Starkville have the state's highest percentage of college-educated residents.

The Sun Herald reports Monday the data shows that about 16 percent of Pascagoula residents and about 19 percent of Gulfport residents have a bachelor's or advanced college degree. Those numbers are the second and third lowest, respectively, among Mississippi's 18 largest cities. The data covers residents age 25 and older in Mississippi cities that have a population of 20,000 or greater.