Higher Education in Colfax County, Nebraska

In Colfax County, Nebraska as reported in the 2000 Census, 12.8 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 3.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Colfax County, Nebraska, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 38.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Colfax on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 10.8 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 35.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Colfax County, Nebraska can be considered to have a moderately-educated population, with 11.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Colfax is reported having a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.





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