Higher Education in Dixon County, Nebraska

In Dixon County, Nebraska as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 14.4 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 2.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Dixon County, Nebraska has a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 14.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Dixon was reported to have a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Dixon County, Nebraska, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 42 percent achieving this level. The female population in Dixon have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 12 percent (Men) versus 16 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 37.2 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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