Higher Education in Johnson County, Nebraska

In 2000, the Census reported that in Johnson County, Nebraska, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 48 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Johnson on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 14 percent (Men) versus 15.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 39.4 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Johnson County, Nebraska according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 15 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 19.6 percent of the Asian alone and 3.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Johnson County, Nebraska may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 14.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Johnson counted a lower percent of individuals with higher educations 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.