Higher Education in Nemaha County, Nebraska

In Nemaha County, Nebraska as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 23 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 43.6 percent of the Asian alone and 8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Nemaha County, Nebraska can be considered to have a highly-educated working age population, with 23 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Nemaha has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Nemaha County, Nebraska, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 33.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Nemaha have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 23.4 percent (Men) versus 22.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 32.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.





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