Duval County’s high-school graduation rate is higher than the state’s rate, but its percentage of residents with a bachelor’s degree or higher is lower.
Duval economic profile
However, the percentages are not far apart. Just under 9 of 10 residents countywide and statewide were high-school graduates, while 1 in 4 held a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to numbers gathered from the U.S. Census Bureau.
State numbers also found that Duval County’s unemployment rate was lower than the state’s rate in 1990 and in 2000, but rose slightly higher in 2010 and 2011.
The rates were single-digits in the county and state in 1990 and 2000 but posted double-digits in 2010 and 2011 in the aftermath of the recession.
Poverty rates are about even for the county and state for all ages — 16.6 percent and 16.5 percent — and for residents under age 18 — 23.5 percent and 23.6 percent.
However, the Duval County rate of children ages 5-17 living in families in poverty is higher than the state, 22.7 percent vs. 21.9 percent.
The Office of Economic & Demographic Research recently updated profiles of the state’s 67 counties. The office is a research arm of the Legislature principally concerned with forecasting economic and social trends that affect policymaking, revenues and appropriations.
Duval is the seventh most populous county in
Florida with 4.6 percent of the state’s population.
The Daily Record continues to provide information about Duval County’s profile.
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Education, people age 25 and older
| Level | Duval County | Florida |
| High school graduate or higher | 87.2% | 85.3% |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 24.9% | 25.9% |
Unemployment rate
| Year | Duval County | Florida |
| 1990 | 5.4% | 6.3% |
| 2000 | 3.3% | 3.8% |
| 2010 | 11.5% | 11.3% |
| 2011 | 10.6% | 10.5% |
Poverty, 2010
Percentage in poverty
| Age group | Duval County | Florida |
| All ages | 16.6% | 16.5% |
| Under age 18 | 23.5% | 23.6% |
| Ages 5-17 in families in poverty | 22.7% | 21.9% |