Higher Education in Custer County, Nebraska

In Custer County, Nebraska as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 16.2 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 8.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Custer County, Nebraska, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 41.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Custer have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 14.6 percent (Men) versus 17.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 36 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Custer County, Nebraska can be considered to have a moderately-educated population, with 16 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Custer was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.





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