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Good Workers
Good employees help make businesses succeed. Shawnee has them by
being a part of Johnson County where the adult population is one
of the most highly educated in America. According to a report released
by the U.S. Census Bureau, Johnson County ranks first among all U.S. counties with populations exceeding 500,000 in the
percentage of adults with at least a high school education, fourth
in percentage with at least a bachelor’s degree and fourteenth
in the population with a graduate of professional degree.
For Shawnee,
the Census shows 94.7% of adults with at least a
high school education, and 41.6% of those same adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
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Continuing
Education Possibilities
This region’s numerous colleges and universities
provide Shawnee residents with diverse opportunities for
advanced education and training. Residents can access numerous
programs through Johnson
County Community College (JCCC) including
both the main campus and a nearby satellite. Each year,
JCCC has served more than 150,000 people through the Continuing
Education program. The
University of Kansas Edwards Campus is
located in Johnson County. At the Edwards Campus, students
can go back to finish a degree or complete a new one. All
courses offered at Edwards count towards degree credit
at the nationally renowned University
of Kansas,
the State of Kansas’ largest
university. KU is only 40 minutes away in Lawrence, Kansas.
The University of Kansas Medical
Center,
a nationally recognized biomedical center and world class
research center and hospital, is located in Kansas City,
Kansas. There, continuing education in the medical industry
is the focus as well as training for the nation’s top
doctors and medical research analysts. For more information
on education K-12, click
here.
2010 Annual Labor Force Statistics
According to CERI (County
Economic Research Institute, Inc.), the Johnson County laborshed
has been defined as the area within approximately a one-hour
commute from Johnson County. The region includes 20 counties:
Bates, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Platee and
Ray in Missouri; and Anderson, Atchinson, Douglas, Franklin,
Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Osage, Shawnee
and Wyandotte in Kansas. The chart below highlights the counties
within the Kansas City metropolitan area:
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| Missouri |
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| Clay
County |
117,697
- 9.4% |
107,728
- 9.4% |
9,969
- 9.7% |
8.5% |
| Jackson
County |
336,424
- 27.0% |
301,975
- 26.4% |
34,449
- 33.5% |
10.2% |
| Platte
County |
48,777
- 3.9% |
44,996
- 3.9% |
3,781
- 3.7% |
7.8% |
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| Kansas |
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| Johnson
County |
302,922
- 24.3% |
283,891
- 24.8% |
19,031
- 18.5% |
6.2% |
| Wyandotte
County |
71,940
- 5.8% |
64,543
- 5.6% |
7,397
- 7.2% |
10.3% |
| Shawnee
County |
93,479
- 7.5% |
87,437
- 7.6% |
6,042
- 5.9% |
6.5% |
| Douglas
County |
62,822
- 5.0% |
59,339
- 5.2% |
3,483
- 3.4% |
5.5% |
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| Shawnee |
32,685 |
30,970 |
1,715 |
5.2% |
| Metropolitan Kansas City |
1,047,754 |
957,822 |
89,932 |
8.6% |
Source: CERI Johnson County Laborshed 2010
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