Housatonic Valley News

40.5 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Danbury city in 2020, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

This was 7.3 percent lower than the state average of 47.8 percent. In 2020 the total municipality population reached 84,650.

84.4 percent of the population had at least a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Degree	Number of people	Percentage of population
No degree	9,116	15.6
Regular high school diploma	14,094	24.1
GED or alternative credential	1,620	2.8
Some college, less than 1 year	3,734	6.4
Some college, 1 or more years, no degree	6,249	10.7
Associate's degree	4,058	6.9
Bachelor's degree	11,214	19.2
Master's degree	6,245	10.7
Professional school degree	1,521	2.6
Doctorate degree	628	1.1

*All data is for residents who were at least 25 years old in 2020.