Higher Education in Gage County, Nebraska

In Gage County, Nebraska as reported in the 2000 Census, 15.4 percent of the White Alone, 11.2 percent of Black or African American, 81.2 percent of the Asian alone and 10.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Gage County, Nebraska, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 41 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Gage have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 15.8 percent (Men) versus 15.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 37 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Gage County, Nebraska has a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 15.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Gage has 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 United States proportion of 24.4 percent.





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