Higher Education in Lancaster County, Nebraska
Lancaster County, Nebraska can be considered to have a very highly-educated population of the working age, with 32.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Lancaster is reported having a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.
Since the year 2000, Lancaster has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 1.8 percent to a total of 34.4 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the State of Nebraska percent of 27.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Lancaster County, Nebraska, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 33.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lancaster have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 33.6 percent (Men) versus 31.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
In Lancaster County, Nebraska according the 2000 Decennial Census, 33.4 percent of the White Alone, 17.6 percent of Black or African American, 36 percent of the Asian alone and 19.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, 35.2 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 2.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 33.8 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
Since the year 2000, Lancaster has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 1.8 percent to a total of 34.4 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the State of Nebraska percent of 27.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.
According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Lancaster County, Nebraska, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 33.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lancaster have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 33.6 percent (Men) versus 31.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.
In Lancaster County, Nebraska according the 2000 Decennial Census, 33.4 percent of the White Alone, 17.6 percent of Black or African American, 36 percent of the Asian alone and 19.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.
Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, 35.2 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 2.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 33.8 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
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