County-Level Education Data for NE

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		Persons 25 and over
			Measures of rurality		Percent completing less than high school4
	FIPS1	Name	2003 Rural-urban Continuum Code2	2003 Urban influence Code3	1970	1980	1990	2000
1	31000	Nebraska			40.7	26.6	18.2	13.4
2	31001	Adams County	5	8	39.1	24.5	18.8	13.7
3	31003	Antelope County	9	10	50.0	30.1	22.5	14.5
4	31005	Arthur County	9	10	38.1	23.3	16.3	10.5
5	31007	Banner County	9	8	39.8	22.3	12.3	5.8
6	31009	Blaine County	9	12	34.6	27.7	14.7	6.6
7	31011	Boone County	9	10	49.3	34.1	23.9	15.6
8	31013	Box Butte County	7	11	40.6	23.9	16.0	11.9
9	31015	Boyd County	9	12	54.4	40.2	27.9	17.0
10	31017	Brown County	9	12	45.8	33.5	20.2	16.7
11	31019	Buffalo County	5	8	40.0	23.1	16.7	10.8
12	31021	Burt County	8	7	44.8	33.9	22.4	15.9
13	31023	Butler County	6	6	54.4	38.7	27.5	16.6
14	31025	Cass County	2	2	40.4	27.3	17.9	10.6
15	31027	Cedar County	9	10	53.2	38.5	24.8	16.5
16	31029	Chase County	9	12	46.6	27.8	21.0	13.6
17	31031	Cherry County	7	11	46.0	26.2	24.8	14.8
18	31033	Cheyenne County	7	11	39.0	26.7	19.7	13.3
19	31035	Clay County	9	8	46.7	31.2	23.1	13.3
20	31037	Colfax County	7	9	57.8	41.6	29.6	28.0
21	31039	Cuming County	7	9	53.7	38.7	28.5	21.3
22	31041	Custer County	7	9	44.6	30.4	19.5	12.5
23	31043	Dakota County	3	2	46.5	32.2	25.1	26.5
24	31045	Dawes County	7	11	41.9	23.6	20.0	13.1
25	31047	Dawson County	7	8	43.3	29.4	21.2	26.4
26	31049	Deuel County	9	12	46.8	29.0	20.8	14.7
27	31051	Dixon County	3	2	47.5	34.0	23.9	17.9
28	31053	Dodge County	4	5	42.3	31.5	21.7	16.5
29	31055	Douglas County	2	2	36.9	23.2	15.5	12.7
30	31057	Dundy County	9	12	47.4	39.4	28.7	17.6
31	31059	Fillmore County	9	12	42.2	30.9	18.6	11.8
32	31061	Franklin County	9	10	53.4	39.1	28.9	14.3
33	31063	Frontier County	9	10	45.7	29.4	19.0	11.7
34	31065	Furnas County	9	12	49.4	31.7	24.7	15.8
35	31067	Gage County	6	5	47.5	38.2	26.3	18.0
36	31069	Garden County	9	12	43.5	30.0	23.6	14.8
37	31071	Garfield County	9	12	51.8	38.6	26.2	18.9
38	31073	Gosper County	9	8	47.5	32.1	20.9	11.1
39	31075	Grant County	9	12	29.8	20.1	10.5	9.7
40	31077	Greeley County	9	10	46.0	29.3	21.1	16.8
41	31079	Hall County	5	8	40.0	25.2	20.7	17.8
42	31081	Hamilton County	7	9	40.4	25.7	20.1	10.4
43	31083	Harlan County	9	10	42.2	26.7	19.1	14.2
44	31085	Hayes County	9	10	42.4	22.2	19.4	10.9
45	31087	Hitchcock County	9	12	46.2	30.6	19.6	14.4
46	31089	Holt County	7	11	48.3	32.1	23.9	15.5
47	31091	Hooker County	9	12	41.3	29.5	20.5	10.3
48	31093	Howard County	9	8	48.1	31.4	24.8	12.8
49	31095	Jefferson County	7	9	51.5	35.9	24.9	15.8
50	31097	Johnson County	8	7	52.4	38.7	26.4	19.6
51	31099	Kearney County	7	8	39.1	26.7	19.7	11.5
52	31101	Keith County	7	9	41.3	27.1	18.5	13.4
53	31103	Keya Paha County	9	12	41.1	32.2	23.2	17.8
54	31105	Kimball County	6	6	36.2	31.2	26.2	15.4
55	31107	Knox County	9	10	53.3	38.6	28.9	18.0
56	31109	Lancaster County	2	2	28.1	18.5	11.9	9.5
57	31111	Lincoln County	5	8	39.6	24.4	18.6	13.7
58	31113	Logan County	9	8	52.2	25.6	17.1	9.2
59	31115	Loup County	9	12	52.2	28.4	21.7	8.2
60	31117	McPherson County	9	8	50.0	38.1	22.0	11.4
61	31119	Madison County	5	8	45.8	31.1	21.7	17.4
62	31121	Merrick County	7	8	45.6	31.1	23.0	14.7
63	31123	Morrill County	9	10	51.4	37.3	25.9	20.6
64	31125	Nance County	9	10	55.0	35.6	29.0	19.4
65	31127	Nemaha County	7	11	40.5	32.3	22.8	14.5
66	31129	Nuckolls County	9	10	47.6	32.0	25.8	15.5
67	31131	Otoe County	6	6	47.1	34.2	22.6	14.4
68	31133	Pawnee County	9	10	46.2	34.6	25.0	16.3
69	31135	Perkins County	9	10	45.5	30.3	21.0	12.9
70	31137	Phelps County	7	9	38.9	26.0	15.0	10.9
71	31139	Pierce County	9	8	52.7	35.8	26.2	15.4
72	31141	Platte County	5	8	44.1	27.3	20.5	15.3
73	31143	Polk County	9	10	43.2	28.0	19.0	13.4
74	31145	Red Willow County	7	11	41.0	24.6	17.8	12.1
75	31147	Richardson County	7	11	49.1	36.7	26.7	18.2
76	31149	Rock County	9	12	51.0	31.3	20.6	12.6
77	31151	Saline County	6	6	47.7	33.3	24.0	18.8
78	31153	Sarpy County	2	2	26.3	14.2	9.0	6.7
79	31155	Saunders County	2	2	47.7	32.5	20.9	13.2
80	31157	Scotts Bluff County	5	8	44.3	33.6	25.7	20.4
81	31159	Seward County	2	2	46.7	31.6	19.5	12.5
82	31161	Sheridan County	9	12	46.5	33.2	25.6	13.9
83	31163	Sherman County	9	10	57.8	39.1	27.8	18.0
84	31165	Sioux County	9	10	47.0	23.1	22.9	13.6
85	31167	Stanton County	9	8	55.1	33.6	20.6	13.8
86	31169	Thayer County	9	12	49.6	37.7	27.3	19.1
87	31171	Thomas County	9	10	46.4	23.4	21.2	16.3
88	31173	Thurston County	8	7	54.9	40.5	29.4	19.6
89	31175	Valley County	9	12	51.8	33.1	24.3	15.3
90	31177	Washington County	2	2	42.3	27.8	17.3	10.3
91	31179	Wayne County	6	6	45.6	27.7	19.6	13.0
92	31181	Webster County	9	10	49.7	32.2	26.0	16.4
93	31183	Wheeler County	9	12	52.4	30.1	21.0	9.2
94	31185	York County	7	11	41.0	26.2	18.2	12.8

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¹See the Census Bureau web site for a description of FIPS codes.

²The 2003 Rural-urban continuum codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 3) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 4 through 9) by degree of urbanization and proximity to metro areas. See the Rural-urban continuum codes for precise definitions of each code.

³The 2003 Urban influence codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 2) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 3 through 12) by the size of the largest city or town and proximity to metro and micro areas. See the Urban influence codes for precise definitions of each code.

⁴For 1970 and 1980, the share of adults with less than high school includes those who had not completed the 12th grade. In 1990 and 2000, the share includes those who did not receive a high school diploma or its equivalent (such as a GED).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population.