Cherry County, Nebraska is made up of a highly-educated population of the working age, with 19.4 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Cherry is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In Cherry County, Nebraska as reported in the 2000 Census, 19.8 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 22.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Cherry County, Nebraska, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 36 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Cherry have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 17 percent (Men) versus 21.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 37.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.