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Levels of education for Nebraska residents, ages 25-34

bargraph of education attainment rates for Nebraska

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

Nebraska education attainment by county, ages 25-34

A focus on "some college, no degree" can improve state college attainment rates. More: Nebraska PDF

County	Percent w/college degree	Number w/college degree	Total population (ages 25-34)	< 9th grade	9th-12th grade, no diploma	High school grad/GED	Some college, no degree	Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree
TOTAL	40.1%	88,921	221,838	7,921	15,089	49,592	60,315	23,069	52,905	12,947
McPherson	73.3%	44	60	0	0	5	11	10	30	4
Grant	62.7%	37	59	0	6	8	8	6	30	1
Frontier	54.9%	135	246	1	12	38	60	66	55	14
Arthur	52.6%	20	38	0	3	7	8	4	16	0
Wayne	49.8%	373	749	12	28	158	178	91	201	81
Thomas	48.6%	34	70	0	0	16	20	17	15	2
Boyd	47.5%	76	160	2	4	28	50	31	39	6
Lancaster	47.3%	17,791	37,648	675	2,362	6,757	10,063	4,133	10,707	2,951
Buffalo	47.1%	2,603	5,526	55	348	1,024	1,496	512	1,668	423
Seward	46.2%	745	1,612	11	43	340	473	319	360	66
Gosper	45.9%	73	159	0	7	45	34	20	45	8
Sioux	45.5%	56	123	0	9	33	25	14	40	2
Nuckolls	45.2%	183	405	4	17	109	92	96	74	13
Cedar	44.3%	409	924	0	11	273	231	197	190	22
Sarpy	44.1%	8,557	19,392	179	510	3,486	6,660	2,135	5,082	1,340
Douglas	43.7%	30,704	70,184	2,990	4,908	13,081	18,501	5,088	20,345	5,271
Antelope	42.9%	263	613	3	37	137	173	90	139	34
Dawes	42.6%	355	834	31	32	174	242	82	223	50
Stanton	42.6%	317	745	8	48	214	158	166	123	28
Knox	42.1%	330	784	12	40	227	175	186	119	25
Saunders	41.8%	898	2,146	5	101	592	550	323	466	109
Red Willow	41.6%	431	1,035	4	101	237	262	168	223	40
Thayer	41.4%	217	524	2	20	155	130	79	118	20
Custer	41.0%	438	1,069	11	44	288	288	160	222	56
Keya Paha	40.8%	40	98	3	2	27	26	18	22	0
Nemaha	40.4%	262	648	19	28	178	161	86	137	39
Loup	40.4%	23	57	0	3	15	16	11	9	3
Pawnee	40.3%	100	248	3	7	86	52	32	60	8
Dundy	39.5%	85	215	0	28	40	62	31	50	4
Pierce	39.4%	305	775	7	24	214	225	135	129	41
Johnson	39.2%	147	375	13	44	110	61	49	91	7
Otoe	39.1%	638	1,630	25	121	514	332	215	312	111
Phelps	39.1%	409	1,046	7	66	300	264	133	246	30
Brown	38.9%	126	324	4	11	100	83	33	74	19
Hooker	38.8%	19	49	0	0	16	14	6	13	0
Hamilton	38.6%	392	1,016	1	82	229	312	131	191	70
Washington	38.5%	752	1,952	10	62	510	618	238	423	91
Cherry	38.1%	259	679	10	28	174	208	78	163	18
Fillmore	38.1%	251	659	16	29	172	191	105	120	26
Perkins	38.0%	113	297	12	18	66	88	41	65	7
Kearney	38.0%	287	755	4	40	173	251	80	170	37
Logan	37.9%	25	66	0	6	19	16	15	10	0
Clay	37.8%	246	651	26	32	157	190	87	116	43
Blaine	37.7%	23	61	0	0	17	21	6	15	2
Butler	37.4%	334	892	8	71	273	206	157	144	33
York	37.4%	563	1,507	6	120	408	410	229	295	39
Furnas	37.3%	184	493	9	30	138	132	70	91	23
Holt	37.2%	375	1,009	15	32	344	243	138	203	34
Greeley	37.1%	82	221	4	11	68	56	30	47	5
Wheeler	36.9%	24	65	0	0	16	25	7	17	0
Burt	36.8%	236	642	4	39	197	166	107	111	18
Polk	36.6%	203	555	9	20	162	161	98	95	10
Chase	36.5%	135	370	6	36	115	78	64	59	12
Rock	36.4%	56	154	2	8	44	44	26	28	2
Jefferson	36.2%	287	792	0	81	253	171	184	93	10
Harlan	36.2%	106	293	6	22	82	77	44	57	5
Boone	36.0%	195	541	8	29	189	120	100	85	10
Gage	35.8%	901	2,519	77	191	844	506	345	452	104
Valley	35.6%	149	418	0	19	139	111	59	71	19
Garden	35.5%	59	166	2	13	49	43	18	39	2
Garfield	35.3%	49	139	0	7	25	58	23	24	2
Madison	35.2%	1,425	4,049	249	354	1,182	839	623	669	133
Adams	35.0%	1,277	3,646	138	305	928	998	360	734	183
Sheridan	35.0%	201	574	7	26	123	217	74	99	28
Cass	34.5%	1,010	2,928	30	150	824	914	345	575	90
Lincoln	33.5%	1,379	4,122	45	312	1,064	1,322	599	666	114
Dixon	33.4%	223	667	25	70	169	180	96	109	18
Franklin	33.4%	116	347	17	19	80	115	44	71	1
Banner	32.8%	20	61	0	2	16	23	5	10	5
Platte	32.6%	1,228	3,768	206	320	990	1,024	450	657	121
Saline	32.3%	473	1,463	158	123	428	281	249	170	54
Cuming	31.5%	348	1,105	82	88	324	263	170	160	18
Cheyenne	31.4%	335	1,067	21	55	340	316	152	163	20
Webster	31.0%	103	332	7	7	113	102	43	51	9
Keith	29.5%	251	850	16	57	250	276	100	127	24
Deuel	29.4%	57	194	7	18	57	55	21	34	2
Nance	29.2%	95	325	0	33	88	109	46	41	8
Scotts Bluff	28.8%	1,189	4,133	144	399	1,158	1,243	448	641	100
Hitchcock	28.2%	66	234	0	25	70	73	20	43	3
Morrill	27.8%	142	511	16	46	176	131	46	91	5
Merrick	26.3%	215	816	8	59	290	244	103	103	9
Howard	26.3%	198	752	17	11	316	210	61	109	28
Dodge	25.5%	1,053	4,136	170	318	1,360	1,235	404	575	74
Kimball	25.2%	91	361	0	39	141	90	39	37	15
Hall	24.7%	1,729	7,001	695	722	2,015	1,840	591	927	211
Thurston	24.5%	202	826	18	103	276	227	85	87	30
Box Butte	23.7%	311	1,314	35	104	414	450	145	143	23
Sherman	23.6%	79	335	4	16	141	95	28	48	3
Richardson	21.0%	176	838	13	54	304	291	74	95	7
Hayes	20.3%	14	69	0	1	30	24	6	7	1
Dakota	20.1%	584	2,909	392	566	791	576	194	324	66
Dawson	18.2%	590	3,239	675	419	926	629	158	384	48
Colfax	15.3%	212	1,384	405	217	313	237	68	98	46

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