Higher Education in Harlan County, Nebraska

Reported by the 2000 Census in Harlan County, Nebraska, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 38.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Harlan on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 16.2 percent (Men) versus 14.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 37.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Harlan County, Nebraska has a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 15.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Harlan 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 Harlan County, Nebraska according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 15.4 percent of the White Alone, 25 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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