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Legislature’s Planning Committee: 2017 Associated Reports

The Nebraska Legislature's Planning Committee was created in 2009 with the passage of LB

653 in order to help establish a process of long-term state planning with the Nebraska

Legislature. The committee was created to assist state government in identifying emerging

trends, assets and challenges of the state and the long-term implications of the decisions made

by the Nebraska Legislature.

Efforts during the first two years of the committee focused on the development of a database.

The goals and benchmarks included in the database were developed and approved by the

Legislature's Planning Committee to present a common-sense and data-driven assessment of

key areas important to Nebraskans' quality of life. This database was a joint initiative with the

Nebraska Legislature's Planning Committee and the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s College

of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS). The database was presented in a report that

consisted of the data and summaries of the data for each of the nine categories of benchmarks

established by the Planning Committee. Each year, the Planning Committee is in charge of

updating the data for all benchmarks in each category. It is hoped that this will be of

instrumental assistance to Legislators and staff as they craft and debate legislation each

Session.

In addition to the statewide database, CPACS has prepared a series of Associated Reports for

the Planning Committee that provides data for Legislative Districts, counties, and census tracts.

These reports address the benchmarks established by the Planning Committee. These reports

include:

Nebraska Legislative District Quick Facts from the 2012-2016 American Community

Survey

Selected Characteristics for Nebraska Legislative Districts from the 2012-2016 American

Community Survey

Selected Characteristics for Nebraska Counties from the 2012-2016 American

Community Survey

Selected Characteristics for Census Tracts in Douglas, Sarpy, Lancaster, and Hall

Counties, Nebraska, from the 2012-2016 American Community Survey

Own Children with All Parents in the Labor Force for the State of Nebraska and

Legislative Districts and Counties from the 2012-2016 American Community Survey

Ratio of Income to Poverty Level for Children under 18 Years as a Percentage of the

Population for Whom Poverty Is Determined for Nebraska Legislative Districts from the

2012-2016 American Community Survey

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identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation in its programs, activities, or

employment.

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Contents

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 1

Table 1. Population by Age for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 .......................................................................... 2

Table 2. Population by Race and Hispanic Origin for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ........................................ 4

Table 3. Population by Race and Hispanic Origin as a Percentage of Total Population for

Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ............................................................................................................... 6

Table 4. Place of Birth and Citizenship Status for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016.............................................. 8

Table 5. Educational Attainment for the Population Aged 25 Years or Older

for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ....................................................................................................... 10

Table 6. Ratio of Income to Poverty for the Population for Whom Poverty is Determined

and Median Household Income in the Past 12 Months for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ............... 12

Table 7. Population below Poverty by Age as a Percentage of the Population for

Whom Poverty is Determined (Poverty Rate) for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 .............................. 14

Table 8. Employment Status for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older


Table 9. Own Children Aged under 18 Years with All Parents in the Labor Force


Table 10. Occupancy Status, Housing Tenure, and Median Value for Owner Occupied

Housing Units for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ................................................................................ 20

Table 11. School Enrollment for Children Aged 3 and 4 Years for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 .................. 22

Table 12. Health Insurance Status for the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population by Age


Table 13. Ranking of Population Aged under 18 Years as a Percentage of Total Population


Table 14. Ranking of Population Aged 65 Years or Older as a Percentage of Total Population


Table 15. Ranking of Minority (Non-White or Hispanic/Latino) Population as a Percentage of

Total Population for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ........................................................................... 28

Table 16. Ranking of Foreign Born Population as a Percentage of Total Population


Table 17. Ranking of Persons with a High School Diploma or GED as a Percentage of the

Population Aged 25 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 .............................................. 30

Table 18. Ranking of Persons with at least a Bachelor’s Degree as a Percentage of the

Population Aged 25 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 .............................................. 31

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Table 19. Ranking for Persons below Poverty as a Percentage of the Population

for Whom Poverty is Determined for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ................................................. 32

Table 20. Ranking of Children Aged under 18 Years below Poverty as a Percentage of the

Population for Whom Poverty is Determined for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 .............................. 33

Table 21. Ranking of Median Household Income for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ...................................... 34

Table 22. Ranking of the Labor Force Participation Rate for the Population Aged 16 Years

or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ........................................................................................ 35

Table 23. Ranking of the Unemployment Rate for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older


Table 24. Ranking of the Percentage of Own Children Aged under 6 Years with

All Parents in Labor Force for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ............................................................. 37

Table 25. Ranking of Owner Occupied Housing Units as a Percentage of Total Occupied

Housing Units for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ................................................................................ 38

Table 26. Ranking of the Median Value of Owner Occupied Housing Units


Table 27. Ranking of the Percentage of Children Aged 3 and 4 Years Enrolled in School


Table 28. Ranking of the Percentage of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population with

No Health Insurance for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ..................................................................... 41

Table 29. Ranking of the Percentage of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population with

Medicaid/Means-tested Public Coverage for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 .................................... 42

Map 1. Population Aged under 18 Years as a Percentage of Total Population


Map 2. Population Aged 65 Years or Older as Percentage of Total Population


Map 3. Minority (Non-White or Hispanic/Latino) Population as a Percentage of

Total Population for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ........................................................................... 44

Map 4. Foreign Born Population as a Percentage of Total Population for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ..... 44

Map 5. Persons with a High School Diploma or GED as a Percentage of the Population

Aged 25 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ................................................................. 45

Map 6. Persons with at least a Bachelor’s Degree as a Percentage of the Population

Aged 25 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ................................................................. 45

Map 7. Persons below Poverty as a Percentage of the Population for Whom Poverty is

Determined for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ................................................................................... 46

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Map 8. Children Aged under 18 Years below Poverty as a Percentage of the

Population for Whom Poverty is Determined for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 .............................. 46

Map 9. Median Household Income (2012 Dollars) for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 .................................... 47

Map 10. Labor Force Participation Rate for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older


Map 11. Unemployment Rate for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older


Map 12. Own Children Aged under 6 Years with All Parents in Labor Force


Map 13. Owner Occupied Housing Units as a Percentage of Total Occupied Housing Units


Map 14. Median Value of Owner Occupied Housing Units for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ....................... 49

Map 15. Children Aged 3 and 4 Years Enrolled in School


Map 16. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population with No Health Insurance


Map 17. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population with Medicaid/Means-tested

Public Coverage for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016 ............................................................................ 51

Map 18. Nebraska Legislative Districts: 2012-2016 ........................................................................................... 52

Definitions .......................................................................................................................................................... 53

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Introduction

On December 7, 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau released five‐year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates

for the combined years of 2012 through 2016, making available social, economic, housing and demographic

statistics for Nebraska’s counties. Also available are estimates for every community and legislative district in

Nebraska and the nation.

The data are based on a rolling national sample survey mailed to about 3 million addresses each year, resulting

in nearly 2 million final interviews each year from 2012 through 2016. By pooling several years of survey

responses, the ACS can generate detailed statistical portraits of smaller geographies such as counties. The

Census Bureau issues new sets of these five-year estimates every year, permitting users to track trends in even

the smallest of areas over time. This is the seventh set of five-year estimates. Data also are available for the

2006-2010, 2007-2011, 2008-2012, 2009-2013, 2010-2014, and 2011-2015 periods.

The new 2012‐2016 ACS estimates are not related to the 2010 Census population counts that were released in

2011. The ACS complements the decennial count and provides estimates of population characteristics that are

far more detailed than the basic demographic information that has been released from the 2010 Census.

The main function of the decennial census is to provide counts of people for the purpose of congressional

apportionment and legislative redistricting. As a complete count of the population, the 2010 Census data are

critical for knowing how many people live in the United States, where they live and their basic demographic

information such as race, sex and Hispanic origin. The ACS estimates, on the other hand, are based on a sample

survey of the nation and are intended to describe the social and economic characteristics of the U.S. population,

not to provide population counts.

As a result, the ACS does not provide official counts of the population in between censuses. Instead, the Census

Bureau’s Population Estimates Program will continue to be the official source for annual population totals, by

age, race, Hispanic origin, and sex.

For areas with populations of 65,000 or more (including the state of Nebraska; Douglas, Lancaster, and Sarpy

Counties; and the cities of Lincoln and Omaha) the Census Bureau has produced 1‐year ACS estimates every year

since 2005. These areas require only one year of survey responses to produce reliable estimates.

Because it is a survey based on a sample of the population rather than the entire population, the ACS produces

estimates, not actual counts. Since it is based on a sample, the ACS also is subject to sampling error. To aid data

users, the Census Bureau calculates and publishes a margin of error for every ACS estimate it produces. These

margins of error are not included in the following tables.

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Table 1. Population by Age for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Total

population

Aged Under 5

years

Aged Under 18

years

Aged 18 to 64

years

Aged 65 years or

older

Aged 85 years or

older

Aged Under

5 years

Aged Under

18 years

Aged 18 to

64 years

Aged 65

years or

older

Aged 85

years or

older

(Persons) (Persons) (Percent of total population)

United States 318,558,162 198,86,960 73,612,438 198,765,092 46,180,632 6,056,891 6.2 23.1 62.4 14.5 1.9

Nebraska 1,881,259 130,580 467,601 1,142,160 271,498 40,894 6.9 24.9 60.7 14.4 2.2

Adams 31,536 2,046 7,479 18,852 5,205 884 6.5 23.7 59.8 16.5 2.8

Antelope 6,421 401 1,485 3,511 1,425 292 6.2 23.1 54.7 22.2 4.5

Arthur 437 15 138 209 90 5 3.4 31.6 47.8 20.6 1.1

Banner 793 56 185 480 128 11 7.1 23.3 60.5 16.1 1.4

Blaine 580 36 144 328 108 5 6.2 24.8 56.6 18.6 0.9

Boone 5,353 341 1,238 2,973 1,142 270 6.4 23.1 55.5 21.3 5.0

Box Butte 11,279 716 2,868 6,630 1,781 281 6.3 25.4 58.8 15.8 2.5

Boyd 2,006 134 477 1,009 520 83 6.7 23.8 50.3 25.9 4.1

Brown 3,022 136 625 1,645 752 142 4.5 20.7 54.4 24.9 4.7

Buffalo 48,402 3,372 11,299 30,859 6,244 965 7.0 23.3 63.8 12.9 2.0

Burt 6,594 350 1,466 3,554 1,574 288 5.3 22.2 53.9 23.9 4.4

Butler 8,205 496 1,952 4,581 1,672 288 6.0 23.8 55.8 20.4 3.5

Cass 25,463 1,478 6,223 15,167 4,073 462 5.8 24.4 59.6 16.0 1.8

Cedar 8,657 537 2,143 4,678 1,836 346 6.2 24.8 54.0 21.2 4.0

Chase 4,061 239 1,025 2,187 849 159 5.9 25.2 53.9 20.9 3.9

Cherry 5,781 399 1,212 3,344 1,225 150 6.9 21.0 57.8 21.2 2.6

Cheyenne 10,090 676 2,413 5,956 1,721 302 6.7 23.9 59.0 17.1 3.0

Clay 6,313 389 1,527 3,572 1,214 190 6.2 24.2 56.6 19.2 3.0

Colfax 10,499 938 3,138 5,987 1,374 227 8.9 29.9 57.0 13.1 2.2

Cuming 9,055 545 2,215 4,915 1,925 358 6.0 24.5 54.3 21.3 4.0

Custer 10,784 634 2,521 5,999 2,264 355 5.9 23.4 55.6 21.0 3.3

Dakota 20,697 1,729 6,028 11,987 2,682 310 8.4 29.1 57.9 13.0 1.5

Dawes 9,082 486 1,656 5,802 1,624 271 5.4 18.2 63.9 17.9 3.0

Dawson 23,924 1,832 6,638 13,767 3,519 463 7.7 27.7 57.5 14.7 1.9

Deuel 1,932 91 374 1,074 484 79 4.7 19.4 55.6 25.1 4.1

Dixon 5,809 373 1,461 3,229 1,119 249 6.4 25.2 55.6 19.3 4.3

Dodge 36,679 2,345 8,582 21,236 6,861 1,106 6.4 23.4 57.9 18.7 3.0

Douglas 543,253 41,474 140,588 339,970 62,695 8,847 7.6 25.9 62.6 11.5 1.6

Dundy 1,823 93 367 1,024 432 104 5.1 20.1 56.2 23.7 5.7

Fillmore 5,676 249 1,181 3,169 1,326 249 4.4 20.8 55.8 23.4 4.4

Franklin 3,076 145 592 1,686 798 115 4.7 19.2 54.8 25.9 3.7

Frontier 2,599 142 535 1,480 584 62 5.5 20.6 56.9 22.5 2.4

Furnas 4,850 229 1,112 2,601 1,137 223 4.7 22.9 53.6 23.4 4.6

Gage 21,778 1,251 4,849 12,439 4,490 768 5.7 22.3 57.1 20.6 3.5

Garden 1,930 100 376 1,093 461 62 5.2 19.5 56.6 23.9 3.2

Garfield 1,968 97 404 1,035 529 71 4.9 20.5 52.6 26.9 3.6

Gosper 1,977 102 427 1,154 396 40 5.2 21.6 58.4 20.0 2.0

Grant 647 41 129 341 177 35 6.3 19.9 52.7 27.4 5.4

Greeley 2,447 140 588 1,276 583 80 5.7 24.0 52.1 23.8 3.3

Hall 61,105 4,614 16,571 35,913 8,621 1,521 7.6 27.1 58.8 14.1 2.5

Hamilton 9,118 501 2,226 5,264 1,628 226 5.5 24.4 57.7 17.9 2.5

Harlan 3,465 217 781 1,807 877 120 6.3 22.5 52.2 25.3 3.5

Hayes 1,013 39 196 607 210 28 3.8 19.3 59.9 20.7 2.8

Hitchcock 2,866 170 622 1,561 683 87 5.9 21.7 54.5 23.8 3.0

Holt 10,360 663 2,480 5,704 2,176 410 6.4 23.9 55.1 21.0 4.0

Hooker 669 15 100 319 250 58 2.2 14.9 47.7 37.4 8.7

Howard 6,365 369 1,506 3,539 1,320 203 5.8 23.7 55.6 20.7 3.2

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Table 1. Population by Age for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Total

population

Aged Under 5

years

Aged Under 18

years

Aged 18 to 64

years

Aged 65 years or

older

Aged 85 years or

older

Aged Under

5 years

Aged Under

18 years

Aged 18 to

64 years

Aged 65

years or

older

Aged 85

years or

older


Jefferson 7,354 412 1,594 4,057 1,703 280 5.6 21.7 55.2 23.2 3.8

Johnson 5,167 251 986 3,281 900 173 4.9 19.1 63.5 17.4 3.3

Kearney 6,548 378 1,587 3,742 1,219 284 5.8 24.2 57.1 18.6 4.3

Keith 8,103 373 1,679 4,492 1,932 178 4.6 20.7 55.4 23.8 2.2

Keya Paha 736 33 148 406 182 31 4.5 20.1 55.2 24.7 4.2

Kimball 3,713 244 847 1,912 954 81 6.6 22.8 51.5 25.7 2.2

Knox 8,551 546 2,089 4,436 2,026 406 6.4 24.4 51.9 23.7 4.7

Lancaster 301,707 20,308 69,614 195,360 36,733 5,163 6.7 23.1 64.8 12.2 1.7

Lincoln 35,777 2,205 8,685 20,955 6,137 988 6.2 24.3 58.6 17.2 2.8

Logan 830 58 220 447 163 26 7.0 26.5 53.9 19.6 3.1

Loup 542 36 105 304 133 10 6.6 19.4 56.1 24.5 1.8

McPherson 425 31 93 251 81 23 7.3 21.9 59.1 19.1 5.4

Madison 35,125 2,549 8,805 20,909 5,411 1,017 7.3 25.1 59.5 15.4 2.9

Merrick 7,793 459 1,776 4,493 1,524 205 5.9 22.8 57.7 19.6 2.6

Morrill 4,843 258 1,175 2,778 890 105 5.3 24.3 57.4 18.4 2.2

Nance 3,607 196 817 2,050 740 165 5.4 22.7 56.8 20.5 4.6

Nemaha 7,101 388 1,478 4,336 1,287 224 5.5 20.8 61.1 18.1 3.2

Nuckolls 4,352 218 880 2,332 1,140 175 5.0 20.2 53.6 26.2 4.0

Otoe 15,890 1,025 3,786 9,012 3,092 553 6.5 23.8 56.7 19.5 3.5

Pawnee 2,695 136 562 1,428 705 141 5.0 20.9 53.0 26.2 5.2

Perkins 2,911 177 681 1,599 631 133 6.1 23.4 54.9 21.7 4.6

Phelps 9,236 595 2,266 5,143 1,827 252 6.4 24.5 55.7 19.8 2.7

Pierce 7,179 439 1,776 4,072 1,331 174 6.1 24.7 56.7 18.5 2.4

Platte 32,703 2,401 8,559 19,003 5,141 778 7.3 26.2 58.1 15.7 2.4

Polk 5,242 243 1,216 2,958 1,068 195 4.6 23.2 56.4 20.4 3.7

Red Willow 10,884 630 2,529 6,311 2,044 362 5.8 23.2 58.0 18.8 3.3

Richardson 8,149 420 1,713 4,547 1,889 396 5.2 21.0 55.8 23.2 4.9

Rock 1,407 47 227 816 364 82 3.3 16.1 58.0 25.9 5.8

Saline 14,356 944 3,440 8,847 2,069 382 6.6 24.0 61.6 14.4 2.7

Sarpy 172,460 13,425 48,525 106,316 17,619 1,609 7.8 28.1 61.6 10.2 0.9

Saunders 20,946 1,371 5,265 12,084 3,597 491 6.5 25.1 57.7 17.2 2.3

Scotts Bluff 36,599 2,429 9,068 21,017 6,514 1,155 6.6 24.8 57.4 17.8 3.2

Seward 17,113 1,057 4,015 10,230 2,868 410 6.2 23.5 59.8 16.8 2.4

Sheridan 5,259 241 1,215 2,757 1,287 269 4.6 23.1 52.4 24.5 5.1

Sherman 3,090 153 667 1,616 807 86 5.0 21.6 52.3 26.1 2.8

Sioux 1,274 84 260 725 289 32 6.6 20.4 56.9 22.7 2.5

Stanton 6,022 385 1,573 3,533 916 146 6.4 26.1 58.7 15.2 2.4

Thayer 5,163 292 1,088 2,766 1,309 220 5.7 21.1 53.6 25.4 4.3

Thomas 675 27 158 388 129 8 4.0 23.4 57.5 19.1 1.2

Thurston 6,989 672 2,491 3,651 847 158 9.6 35.6 52.2 12.1 2.3

Valley 4,240 272 944 2,273 1,023 196 6.4 22.3 53.6 24.1 4.6

Washington 20,338 1,150 4,906 12,184 3,248 497 5.7 24.1 59.9 16.0 2.4

Wayne 9,414 492 1,826 6,298 1,290 211 5.2 19.4 66.9 13.7 2.2

Webster 3,665 189 824 1,984 857 113 5.2 22.5 54.1 23.4 3.1

Wheeler 805 31 146 469 190 18 3.9 18.1 58.3 23.6 2.2

York 13,842 869 3,155 8,079 2,608 443 6.3 22.8 58.4 18.8 3.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey Prepared by: Center for Public Affairs Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha, December 2017

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Table 2. Population by Race and Hispanic Origin for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Total

population

Not Hispanic/Latino

Hispanic/ Latino Minority

White alone

Black Afr. Am.

Am. Ind.,

Alaska Native Asian

Nat. Haw., Pac.

Isl. Other

race

2 or more races

(Persons) (Persons) (Persons) (Persons)

United States 318,558,162 197,365,672 39,098,319 2,084,326 16,425,317 508,924 676,003 7,203,494 55,199,107 121,195,490

Nebraska 1,881,259 1,511,352 85,911 12,981 39,508 1,173 2,123 36,409 191,802 369,907

Adams 31,536 27,543 259 55 421 13 0 436 2,809 3,993

Antelope 6,421 6,127 17 22 18 0 0 35 202 294

Arthur 437 426 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 11

Banner 793 689 10 0 2 0 0 15 77 104

Blaine 580 572 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 8

Boone 5,353 5,188 29 0 1 6 0 35 94 165

Box Butte 11,279 9,308 30 362 37 8 0 201 1,333 1,971

Boyd 2,006 1,925 16 14 5 0 0 31 15 81

Brown 3,022 2,926 1 5 14 0 0 45 31 96

Buffalo 48,402 42,446 407 108 620 0 54 682 4,085 5,956

Burt 6,594 6,190 48 96 32 0 0 56 172 404

Butler 8,205 7,819 53 22 31 0 2 39 239 386

Cass 25,463 24,048 202 44 153 7 6 257 746 1,415

Cedar 8,657 8,405 5 64 4 2 0 31 146 252

Chase 4,061 3,444 1 0 0 0 0 65 551 617

Cherry 5,781 5,144 1 218 25 8 0 227 158 637

Cheyenne 10,090 9,076 7 22 124 0 1 197 663 1,014

Clay 6,313 5,637 25 13 19 0 6 59 554 676

Colfax 10,499 5,515 281 5 9 18 0 68 4,603 4,984

Cuming 9,055 8,042 7 40 14 0 0 82 870 1,013

Custer 10,784 10,280 66 13 91 0 0 49 285 504

Dakota 20,697 10,496 850 427 647 0 83 370 7,824 10,201

Dawes 9,082 7,798 63 251 94 199 17 244 416 1,284

Dawson 23,924 14,595 1,221 117 6 7 16 140 7,822 9,329

Deuel 1,932 1,770 0 14 3 0 0 25 120 162

Dixon 5,809 4,999 20 4 2 7 0 75 702 810

Dodge 36,679 31,433 172 77 227 82 6 501 4,181 5,246

Douglas 543,253 383,597 59,928 1,970 17,601 192 1,266 13,496 65,203 159,656

Dundy 1,823 1,694 3 1 0 0 0 20 105 129

Fillmore 5,676 5,338 43 16 11 0 0 57 211 338

Franklin 3,076 2,969 7 4 4 0 0 35 57 107

Frontier 2,599 2,517 1 12 2 0 0 39 28 82

Furnas 4,850 4,587 9 14 7 0 2 63 168 263

Gage 21,778 20,727 98 75 119 20 0 275 464 1,051

Garden 1,930 1,793 3 5 25 0 0 20 84 137

Garfield 1,968 1,907 3 0 0 0 0 17 41 61

Gosper 1,977 1,941 0 10 8 0 0 7 11 36

Grant 647 627 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20

Greeley 2,447 2,356 13 0 9 0 2 19 48 91

Hall 61,105 42,095 1,268 184 634 86 183 689 15,966 19,010

Hamilton 9,118 8,705 76 17 36 0 0 14 270 413

Harlan 3,465 3,235 19 5 6 1 0 49 150 230

Hayes 1,013 953 0 0 0 0 0 2 58 60

Hitchcock 2,866 2,830 4 5 0 0 0 3 24 36

Holt 10,360 9,767 5 90 46 1 1 25 425 593

Hooker 669 631 6 3 0 0 0 0 29 38

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Table 2. Population by Race and Hispanic Origin for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Total

population

Not Hispanic/Latino

Hispanic/ Latino Minority

White alone

Black Afr. Am.

Am. Ind.,

Alaska Native Asian

Nat. Haw., Pac.

Isl. Other

race

2 or more races

(Persons) (Persons) (Persons) (Persons)

Howard 6,365 6,098 7 0 14 17 0 76 153 267

Jefferson 7,354 6,952 0 47 0 0 0 106 249 402

Johnson 5,167 4,186 308 44 62 0 2 55 510 981

Kearney 6,548 6,110 10 7 23 0 0 49 349 438

Keith 8,103 7,378 42 32 51 31 0 53 516 725

Keya Paha 736 719 1 0 3 0 0 5 8 17

Kimball 3,713 3,313 1 6 23 0 0 75 295 400

Knox 8,551 7,399 16 756 46 14 0 98 222 1,152

Lancaster 301,707 249,390 11,415 1,286 12,280 223 221 7,185 19,707 52,317

Lincoln 35,777 31,735 297 75 218 7 11 546 2,888 4,042

Logan 830 802 2 2 0 0 0 8 16 28

Loup 542 531 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 11

McPherson 425 413 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 12

Madison 35,125 28,539 406 436 311 0 29 410 4,994 6,586

Merrick 7,793 7,254 70 8 3 0 0 147 311 539

Morrill 4,843 3,992 36 23 10 0 0 49 733 851

Nance 3,607 3,513 3 0 1 2 0 0 88 94

Nemaha 7,101 6,703 111 44 6 2 9 48 178 398

Nuckolls 4,352 4,157 4 0 27 0 0 47 117 195

Otoe 15,890 14,310 21 59 52 0 2 309 1,137 1,580

Pawnee 2,695 2,575 0 6 0 0 0 64 50 120

Perkins 2,911 2,784 5 0 0 0 1 12 109 127

Phelps 9,236 8,586 12 11 18 0 0 124 485 650

Pierce 7,179 6,956 16 23 12 4 0 54 114 223

Platte 32,703 26,409 93 37 202 0 16 419 5,527 6,294

Polk 5,242 4,908 10 33 15 0 32 17 227 334

Red Willow 10,884 10,057 175 35 36 0 0 59 522 827

Richardson 8,149 7,546 25 150 24 0 0 257 147 603

Rock 1,407 1,347 4 0 3 0 8 35 10 60

Saline 14,356 10,328 114 9 429 0 0 128 3,348 4,028

Sarpy 172,460 141,965 6,394 542 3,882 208 118 4,844 14,507 30,495

Saunders 20,946 20,070 40 46 50 0 0 320 420 876

Scotts Bluff 36,599 26,887 235 366 242 0 5 515 8,349 9,712

Seward 17,113 16,315 75 17 103 0 0 213 390 798

Sheridan 5,259 4,341 26 405 36 3 0 220 228 918

Sherman 3,090 2,995 23 2 9 0 0 2 59 95

Sioux 1,274 1,177 4 0 3 0 0 59 31 97

Stanton 6,022 5,556 44 0 15 0 0 89 318 466

Thayer 5,163 4,940 7 13 0 0 2 87 114 223

Thomas 675 648 0 1 14 0 0 8 4 27

Thurston 6,989 2,607 10 3,915 36 0 0 94 327 4,382

Valley 4,240 4,072 12 8 0 0 0 36 112 168

Washington 20,338 19,307 135 33 34 0 5 274 550 1,031

Wayne 9,414 8,501 309 29 36 0 10 17 512 913

Webster 3,665 3,387 4 0 43 0 6 66 159 278

Wheeler 805 802 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3

York 13,842 12,682 112 68 25 0 0 307 648 1,160


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Table 3. Population by Race and Hispanic Origin as a Percentage of Total Population for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Total

population

Not Hispanic/Latino

Hispanic/ Latino Minority White

Black, Afr. Am.

Am. Ind., Alaska Native Asian

Nat. Haw.,

Pac. Isl. Other

race

2 or more races

(Persons) (Percent of total population) (Persons) (Persons)

United States 318,558,162 62.0 12.3 0.7 5.2 0.2 0.2 2.3 17.3 38.0

Nebraska 1,881,259 80.3 4.6 0.7 2.1 0.1 0.1 1.9 10.2 19.7

Adams 31,536 87.3 0.8 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.4 8.9 12.7

Antelope 6,421 95.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 3.1 4.6

Arthur 437 97.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.3 0.0 2.5

Banner 793 86.9 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.9 9.7 13.1

Blaine 580 98.6 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4

Boone 5,353 96.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.7 1.8 3.1

Box Butte 11,279 82.5 0.3 3.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.8 11.8 17.5

Boyd 2,006 96.0 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.7 4.0

Brown 3,022 96.8 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.0 3.2

Buffalo 48,402 87.7 0.8 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.1 1.4 8.4 12.3

Burt 6,594 93.9 0.7 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.6 6.1

Butler 8,205 95.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.9 4.7

Cass 25,463 94.4 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.9 5.6

Cedar 8,657 97.1 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.7 2.9

Chase 4,061 84.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 13.6 15.2

Cherry 5,781 89.0 0.0 3.8 0.4 0.1 0.0 3.9 2.7 11.0

Cheyenne 10,090 90.0 0.1 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 2.0 6.6 10.0

Clay 6,313 89.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.9 8.8 10.7

Colfax 10,499 52.5 2.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.6 43.8 47.5

Cuming 9,055 88.8 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.9 9.6 11.2

Custer 10,784 95.3 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.6 4.7

Dakota 20,697 50.7 4.1 2.1 3.1 0.0 0.4 1.8 37.8 49.3

Dawes 9,082 85.9 0.7 2.8 1.0 2.2 0.2 2.7 4.6 14.1

Dawson 23,924 61.0 5.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 32.7 39.0

Deuel 1,932 91.6 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 6.2 8.4

Dixon 5,809 86.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.3 12.1 13.9

Dodge 36,679 85.7 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.4 11.4 14.3

Douglas 543,253 70.6 11.0 0.4 3.2 0.0 0.2 2.5 12.0 29.4

Dundy 1,823 92.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 5.8 7.1

Fillmore 5,676 94.0 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.7 6.0

Franklin 3,076 96.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.9 3.5

Frontier 2,599 96.8 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.1 3.2

Furnas 4,850 94.6 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.5 5.4

Gage 21,778 95.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 1.3 2.1 4.8

Garden 1,930 92.9 0.2 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.4 7.1

Garfield 1,968 96.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.1 3.1

Gosper 1,977 98.2 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 1.8

Grant 647 96.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 3.1

Greeley 2,447 96.3 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.8 2.0 3.7

Hall 61,105 68.9 2.1 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.3 1.1 26.1 31.1

Hamilton 9,118 95.5 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.0 4.5

Harlan 3,465 93.4 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.4 4.3 6.6

Hayes 1,013 94.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 5.7 5.9

Hitchcock 2,866 98.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.3

Holt 10,360 94.3 0.0 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 4.1 5.7

Hooker 669 94.3 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.7

Howard 6,365 95.8 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 1.2 2.4 4.2

Jefferson 7,354 94.5 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 3.4 5.5

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Table 3. Population by Race and Hispanic Origin as a Percentage of Total Population for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Total

population

Not Hispanic/Latino

Hispanic/ Latino Minority White

Black, Afr. Am.

Am. Ind., Alaska Native Asian

Nat. Haw.,

Pac. Isl. Other

race

2 or more races

(Persons) (Percent of total population) (Persons) (Persons)

Johnson 5,167 81.0 6.0 0.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.1 9.9 19.0

Kearney 6,548 93.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 5.3 6.7

Keith 8,103 91.1 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.7 6.4 8.9

Keya Paha 736 97.7 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 2.3

Kimball 3,713 89.2 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.0 7.9 10.8

Knox 8,551 86.5 0.2 8.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 1.1 2.6 13.5

Lancaster 301,707 82.7 3.8 0.4 4.1 0.1 0.1 2.4 6.5 17.3

Lincoln 35,777 88.7 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.5 8.1 11.3

Logan 830 96.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.9 3.4

Loup 542 98.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 2.0

McPherson 425 97.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.9 2.8

Madison 35,125 81.2 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.0 0.1 1.2 14.2 18.8

Merrick 7,793 93.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 4.0 6.9

Morrill 4,843 82.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 15.1 17.6

Nance 3,607 97.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.6

Nemaha 7,101 94.4 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.7 2.5 5.6

Nuckolls 4,352 95.5 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.7 4.5

Otoe 15,890 90.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.9 7.2 9.9

Pawnee 2,695 95.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 1.9 4.5

Perkins 2,911 95.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.7 4.4

Phelps 9,236 93.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 5.3 7.0

Pierce 7,179 96.9 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.8 1.6 3.1

Platte 32,703 80.8 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.3 16.9 19.2

Polk 5,242 93.6 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.3 4.3 6.4

Red Willow 10,884 92.4 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 4.8 7.6

Richardson 8,149 92.6 0.3 1.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 3.2 1.8 7.4

Rock 1,407 95.7 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 2.5 0.7 4.3

Saline 14,356 71.9 0.8 0.1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 23.3 28.1

Sarpy 172,460 82.3 3.7 0.3 2.3 0.1 0.1 2.8 8.4 17.7

Saunders 20,946 95.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.0 4.2

Scotts Bluff 36,599 73.5 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.4 22.8 26.5

Seward 17,113 95.3 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.3 4.7

Sheridan 5,259 82.5 0.5 7.7 0.7 0.1 0.0 4.2 4.3 17.5

Sherman 3,090 96.9 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.9 3.1

Sioux 1,274 92.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 4.6 2.4 7.6

Stanton 6,022 92.3 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.5 5.3 7.7

Thayer 5,163 95.7 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.2 4.3

Thomas 675 96.0 0.0 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.6 4.0

Thurston 6,989 37.3 0.1 56.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.3 4.7 62.7

Valley 4,240 96.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.6 4.0

Washington 20,338 94.9 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.7 5.1

Wayne 9,414 90.3 3.3 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 5.4 9.7

Webster 3,665 92.4 0.1 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.2 1.8 4.3 7.6

Wheeler 805 99.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4

York 13,842 91.6 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.2 4.7 8.4


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Table 4. Place of Birth and Citizenship Status for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Total

population Native

Born Foreign

born Naturalized U.S. citizen

Not a U.S. citizen

Native Born

Foreign born

Naturalized U.S. citizen

Not a U.S.

citizen


United States 318,558,162 276,363,808 42,194,354 19,979,407 22,214,947 86.8 13.2 6.3 7.0

Nebraska 1,881,259 1,754,726 126,533 44,584 81,949 93.3 6.7 2.4 4.4

Adams 31,536 29,733 1,803 662 1,141 94.3 5.7 2.1 3.6

Antelope 6,421 6,288 133 51 82 97.9 2.1 0.8 1.3

Arthur 437 436 1 0 1 99.8 0.2 0.0 0.2

Banner 793 778 15 3 12 98.1 1.9 0.4 1.5

Blaine 580 572 8 8 0 98.6 1.4 1.4 0.0

Boone 5,353 5,306 47 17 30 99.1 0.9 0.3 0.6

Box Butte 11,279 11,047 232 63 169 97.9 2.1 0.6 1.5

Boyd 2,006 1,995 11 4 7 99.5 0.5 0.2 0.3

Brown 3,022 3,017 5 4 1 99.8 0.2 0.1 0.0

Buffalo 48,402 46,430 1,972 544 1,428 95.9 4.1 1.1 3.0

Burt 6,594 6,503 91 35 56 98.6 1.4 0.5 0.8

Butler 8,205 8,052 153 59 94 98.1 1.9 0.7 1.1

Cass 25,463 25,148 315 174 141 98.8 1.2 0.7 0.6

Cedar 8,657 8,628 29 25 4 99.7 0.3 0.3 0.0

Chase 4,061 3,685 376 10 366 90.7 9.3 0.2 9.0

Cherry 5,781 5,616 165 68 97 97.1 2.9 1.2 1.7

Cheyenne 10,090 9,888 202 69 133 98.0 2.0 0.7 1.3

Clay 6,313 6,041 272 80 192 95.7 4.3 1.3 3.0

Colfax 10,499 7,681 2,818 766 2,052 73.2 26.8 7.3 19.5

Cuming 9,055 8,644 411 68 343 95.5 4.5 0.8 3.8

Custer 10,784 10,539 245 108 137 97.7 2.3 1.0 1.3

Dakota 20,697 16,042 4,655 2,019 2,636 77.5 22.5 9.8 12.7

Dawes 9,082 8,771 311 60 251 96.6 3.4 0.7 2.8

Dawson 23,924 19,808 4,116 1,771 2,345 82.8 17.2 7.4 9.8

Deuel 1,932 1,898 34 13 21 98.2 1.8 0.7 1.1

Dixon 5,809 5,470 339 141 198 94.2 5.8 2.4 3.4

Dodge 36,679 34,430 2,249 448 1,801 93.9 6.1 1.2 4.9

Douglas 543,253 493,296 49,957 15,408 34,549 90.8 9.2 2.8 6.4

Dundy 1,823 1,775 48 2 46 97.4 2.6 0.1 2.5

Fillmore 5,676 5,599 77 70 7 98.6 1.4 1.2 0.1

Franklin 3,076 3,043 33 16 17 98.9 1.1 0.5 0.6

Frontier 2,599 2,571 28 13 15 98.9 1.1 0.5 0.6

Furnas 4,850 4,800 50 28 22 99.0 1.0 0.6 0.5

Gage 21,778 21,525 253 197 56 98.8 1.2 0.9 0.3

Garden 1,930 1,861 69 11 58 96.4 3.6 0.6 3.0

Garfield 1,968 1,964 4 4 0 99.8 0.2 0.2 0.0

Gosper 1,977 1,958 19 19 0 99.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

Grant 647 643 4 4 0 99.4 0.6 0.6 0.0

Greeley 2,447 2,423 24 17 7 99.0 1.0 0.7 0.3

Hall 61,105 52,280 8,825 2,375 6,450 85.6 14.4 3.9 10.6

Hamilton 9,118 9,005 113 91 22 98.8 1.2 1.0 0.2

Harlan 3,465 3,434 31 11 20 99.1 0.9 0.3 0.6

Hayes 1,013 967 46 14 32 95.5 4.5 1.4 3.2

Hitchcock 2,866 2,858 8 0 8 99.7 0.3 0.0 0.3

Holt 10,360 10,138 222 122 100 97.9 2.1 1.2 1.0

Hooker 669 663 6 6 0 99.1 0.9 0.9 0.0

Howard 6,365 6,293 72 24 48 98.9 1.1 0.4 0.8

Jefferson 7,354 7,303 51 14 37 99.3 0.7 0.2 0.5

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Table 4. Place of Birth and Citizenship Status for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Total

population Native

Born Foreign

born Naturalized U.S. citizen

Not a U.S. citizen

Native Born

Foreign born

Naturalized U.S. citizen

Not a U.S.

citizen


Johnson 5,167 4,944 223 71 152 95.7 4.3 1.4 2.9

Kearney 6,548 6,404 144 27 117 97.8 2.2 0.4 1.8

Keith 8,103 7,922 181 111 70 97.8 2.2 1.4 0.9

Keya Paha 736 728 8 6 2 98.9 1.1 0.8 0.3

Kimball 3,713 3,647 66 30 36 98.2 1.8 0.8 1.0

Knox 8,551 8,451 100 69 31 98.8 1.2 0.8 0.4

Lancaster 301,707 279,007 22,700 9,935 12,765 92.5 7.5 3.3 4.2

Lincoln 35,777 35,162 615 246 369 98.3 1.7 0.7 1.0

Logan 830 826 4 4 0 99.5 0.5 0.5 0.0

Loup 542 542 0 0 0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

McPherson 425 425 0 0 0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Madison 35,125 32,742 2,383 700 1,683 93.2 6.8 2.0 4.8

Merrick 7,793 7,659 134 9 125 98.3 1.7 0.1 1.6

Morrill 4,843 4,656 187 38 149 96.1 3.9 0.8 3.1

Nance 3,607 3,579 28 9 19 99.2 0.8 0.2 0.5

Nemaha 7,101 7,038 63 30 33 99.1 0.9 0.4 0.5

Nuckolls 4,352 4,291 61 23 38 98.6 1.4 0.5 0.9

Otoe 15,890 15,274 616 185 431 96.1 3.9 1.2 2.7

Pawnee 2,695 2,671 24 11 13 99.1 0.9 0.4 0.5

Perkins 2,911 2,823 88 49 39 97.0 3.0 1.7 1.3

Phelps 9,236 9,000 236 21 215 97.4 2.6 0.2 2.3

Pierce 7,179 7,123 56 36 20 99.2 0.8 0.5 0.3

Platte 32,703 29,830 2,873 767 2,106 91.2 8.8 2.3 6.4

Polk 5,242 5,094 148 28 120 97.2 2.8 0.5 2.3

Red Willow 10,884 10,661 223 74 149 98.0 2.0 0.7 1.4

Richardson 8,149 8,129 20 19 1 99.8 0.2 0.2 0.0

Rock 1,407 1,398 9 6 3 99.4 0.6 0.4 0.2

Saline 14,356 12,439 1,917 616 1,301 86.6 13.4 4.3 9.1

Sarpy 172,460 163,485 8,975 4,205 4,770 94.8 5.2 2.4 2.8

Saunders 20,946 20,721 225 110 115 98.9 1.1 0.5 0.5

Scotts Bluff 36,599 34,889 1,710 669 1,041 95.3 4.7 1.8 2.8

Seward 17,113 16,795 318 182 136 98.1 1.9 1.1 0.8

Sheridan 5,259 5,206 53 37 16 99.0 1.0 0.7 0.3

Sherman 3,090 3,071 19 10 9 99.4 0.6 0.3 0.3

Sioux 1,274 1,248 26 18 8 98.0 2.0 1.4 0.6

Stanton 6,022 5,870 152 109 43 97.5 2.5 1.8 0.7

Thayer 5,163 5,117 46 27 19 99.1 0.9 0.5 0.4

Thomas 675 653 22 12 10 96.7 3.3 1.8 1.5

Thurston 6,989 6,876 113 20 93 98.4 1.6 0.3 1.3

Valley 4,240 4,172 68 46 22 98.4 1.6 1.1 0.5

Washington 20,338 20,125 213 79 134 99.0 1.0 0.4 0.7

Wayne 9,414 9,171 243 82 161 97.4 2.6 0.9 1.7

Webster 3,665 3,608 57 51 6 98.4 1.6 1.4 0.2

Wheeler 805 805 0 0 0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

York 13,842 13,604 238 91 147 98.3 1.7 0.7 1.1


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Table 5. Educational Attainment for the Population Aged 25 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Total 25 years &

over

High school graduate/

GED Bachelor's

degree Advanced

degree

Associate's degree

only


GED Bachelor's

degree Advanced

degree

Associate's degree

only

(Persons) (Persons 25 years and over) (Percent of population 25 years and over)

United States 213,649,147 185,830,767 64,767,787 24,557,867 17,469,724 87.0 30.3 11.5 8.2

Nebraska 1,223,228 1,109,284 366,783 121,495 123,619 90.7 30.0 9.9 10.1

Adams 20,312 18,466 4,583 1,639 2,366 90.9 22.6 8.1 11.6

Antelope 4,492 4,086 834 235 594 91.0 18.6 5.2 13.2

Arthur 280 266 75 14 33 95.0 26.8 5.0 11.8

Banner 569 546 97 32 79 96.0 17.0 5.6 13.9

Blaine 391 386 98 34 51 98.7 25.1 8.7 13.0

Boone 3,705 3,466 654 205 515 93.5 17.7 5.5 13.9

Box Butte 7,528 6,891 1,183 347 1,031 91.5 15.7 4.6 13.7

Boyd 1,464 1,388 287 61 157 94.8 19.6 4.2 10.7

Brown 2,288 2,116 428 160 226 92.5 18.7 7.0 9.9

Buffalo 29,339 27,469 9,821 3,052 2,846 93.6 33.5 10.4 9.7

Burt 4,712 4,238 840 219 542 89.9 17.8 4.6 11.5

Butler 5,663 5,158 988 266 680 91.1 17.4 4.7 12.0

Cass 17,377 16,458 4,333 1,376 2,168 94.7 24.9 7.9 12.5

Cedar 5,882 5,457 1,035 291 878 92.8 17.6 4.9 14.9

Chase 2,796 2,486 517 104 330 88.9 18.5 3.7 11.8

Cherry 4,205 3,837 802 224 468 91.2 19.1 5.3 11.1

Cheyenne 7,005 6,564 1,712 424 825 93.7 24.4 6.1 11.8

Clay 4,333 3,884 808 204 565 89.6 18.6 4.7 13.0

Colfax 6,461 4,617 899 321 534 71.5 13.9 5.0 8.3

Cuming 6,095 5,346 1,216 307 723 87.7 20.0 5.0 11.9

Custer 7,519 6,942 1,612 526 822 92.3 21.4 7.0 10.9

Dakota 12,661 9,402 1,644 514 755 74.3 13.0 4.1 6.0

Dawes 5,468 5,161 1,896 778 387 94.4 34.7 14.2 7.1

Dawson 15,259 11,588 2,322 781 1,429 75.9 15.2 5.1 9.4

Deuel 1,408 1,280 251 83 157 90.9 17.8 5.9 11.2

Dixon 3,918 3,466 743 242 362 88.5 19.0 6.2 9.2

Dodge 24,724 21,663 4,676 1,409 2,171 87.6 18.9 5.7 8.8

Douglas 351,559 314,389 132,208 45,374 25,668 89.4 37.6 12.9 7.3

Dundy 1,326 1,196 259 83 159 90.2 19.5 6.3 12.0

Fillmore 4,097 3,758 799 227 566 91.7 19.5 5.5 13.8

Franklin 2,276 2,076 427 100 196 91.2 18.8 4.4 8.6

Frontier 1,745 1,665 327 129 275 95.4 18.7 7.4 15.8

Furnas 3,420 3,018 573 112 456 88.2 16.8 3.3 13.3

Gage 15,422 13,778 3,103 783 1,855 89.3 20.1 5.1 12.0

Garden 1,492 1,408 327 81 173 94.4 21.9 5.4 11.6

Garfield 1,411 1,330 261 85 144 94.3 18.5 6.0 10.2

Gosper 1,392 1,296 291 69 170 93.1 20.9 5.0 12.2

Grant 460 448 101 24 47 97.4 22.0 5.2 10.2

Greeley 1,705 1,589 283 86 219 93.2 16.6 5.0 12.8

Hall 39,111 32,538 7,422 2,283 3,733 83.2 19.0 5.8 9.5

Hamilton 6,201 5,800 1,567 474 655 93.5 25.3 7.6 10.6

Harlan 2,507 2,292 413 101 376 91.4 16.5 4.0 15.0

Hayes 758 688 156 34 105 90.8 20.6 4.5 13.9

Hitchcock 2,078 1,907 306 109 302 91.8 14.7 5.2 14.5

Holt 7,209 6,648 1,526 434 1,037 92.2 21.2 6.0 14.4

Hooker 541 509 128 33 64 94.1 23.7 6.1 11.8

Howard 4,457 4,119 905 190 389 92.4 20.3 4.3 8.7

Jefferson 5,276 4,712 784 204 569 89.3 14.9 3.9 10.8

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Table 5. Educational Attainment for the Population Aged 25 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Total 25 years &

over


GED Bachelor's

degree Advanced

degree

Associate's degree

only


GED Bachelor's

degree Advanced

degree

Associate's degree

only

(Persons) (Persons 25 years and over) (Percent of population 25 years and over)

Johnson 3,737 3,304 599 162 436 88.4 16.0 4.3 11.7

Kearney 4,513 4,214 1,077 323 447 93.4 23.9 7.2 9.9

Keith 5,923 5,436 1,282 361 747 91.8 21.6 6.1 12.6

Keya Paha 549 512 103 33 65 93.3 18.8 6.0 11.8

Kimball 2,672 2,363 417 120 285 88.4 15.6 4.5 10.7

Knox 5,922 5,424 1,195 322 716 91.6 20.2 5.4 12.1

Lancaster 186,219 173,861 69,464 24,736 21,259 93.4 37.3 13.3 11.4

Lincoln 24,326 22,359 5,274 1,604 3,075 91.9 21.7 6.6 12.6

Logan 549 497 114 13 64 90.5 20.8 2.4 11.7

Loup 402 391 88 20 39 97.3 21.9 5.0 9.7

McPherson 322 301 79 20 38 93.5 24.5 6.2 11.8

Madison 22,768 20,109 4,475 1,308 3,659 88.3 19.7 5.7 16.1

Merrick 5,439 5,030 868 192 617 92.5 16.0 3.5 11.3

Morrill 3,339 2,896 634 145 390 86.7 19.0 4.3 11.7

Nance 2,549 2,313 442 164 241 90.7 17.3 6.4 9.5

Nemaha 4,606 4,347 1,327 372 460 94.4 28.8 8.1 10.0

Nuckolls 3,196 2,983 531 173 361 93.3 16.6 5.4 11.3

Otoe 10,846 9,886 2,248 599 1,282 91.1 20.7 5.5 11.8

Pawnee 1,948 1,767 315 96 190 90.7 16.2 4.9 9.8

Perkins 2,063 1,839 477 193 186 89.1 23.1 9.4 9.0

Phelps 6,301 5,868 1,467 342 724 93.1 23.3 5.4 11.5

Pierce 4,878 4,623 1,043 242 834 94.8 21.4 5.0 17.1

Platte 21,282 18,946 4,553 1,440 2,598 89.0 21.4 6.8 12.2

Polk 3,655 3,440 786 211 503 94.1 21.5 5.8 13.8

Red Willow 7,299 6,825 1,329 436 953 93.5 18.2 6.0 13.1

Richardson 5,931 5,398 1,133 266 523 91.0 19.1 4.5 8.8

Rock 1,047 968 183 30 90 92.5 17.5 2.9 8.6

Saline 8,778 7,339 1,279 490 1,217 83.6 14.6 5.6 13.9

Sarpy 108,936 103,889 41,814 14,389 10,389 95.4 38.4 13.2 9.5

Saunders 14,169 13,188 3,700 1,288 1,666 93.1 26.1 9.1 11.8

Scotts Bluff 24,466 21,286 5,231 1,807 2,708 87.0 21.4 7.4 11.1

Seward 10,867 10,083 2,954 985 1,703 92.8 27.2 9.1 15.7

Sheridan 3,728 3,348 934 282 376 89.8 25.1 7.6 10.1

Sherman 2,245 2,077 356 120 234 92.5 15.9 5.3 10.4

Sioux 898 844 261 56 83 94.0 29.1 6.2 9.2

Stanton 4,023 3,698 772 152 718 91.9 19.2 3.8 17.8

Thayer 3,742 3,437 733 195 513 91.8 19.6 5.2 13.7

Thomas 467 436 111 26 74 93.4 23.8 5.6 15.8

Thurston 3,799 3,290 603 198 375 86.6 15.9 5.2 9.9

Valley 3,025 2,803 624 161 257 92.7 20.6 5.3 8.5

Washington 13,668 13,082 4,180 1,082 1,536 95.7 30.6 7.9 11.2

Wayne 5,254 4,988 1,909 494 670 94.9 36.3 9.4 12.8

Webster 2,586 2,376 537 187 291 91.9 20.8 7.2 11.3

Wheeler 616 585 102 28 81 95.0 16.6 4.5 13.1

York 9,383 8,844 2,660 769 1,094 94.3 28.3 8.2 11.7


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Table 6. Ratio of Income to Poverty for the Population for Whom Poverty is Determined and Median Household Income (in 2016 inflation-adjusted dollars) in the Past 12 Months for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

Total population

Ratio to Poverty Median Household income* Under .50 Under 1.00 Under 2.00 Under .50 Under 1.00 Under 2.00


United States 310,629,645 20,787,162 46,932,225 104,390,198 6.7 15.1 33.6 $55,322

Nebraska 1,827,191 95,195 227,021 557,254 5.2 12.4 30.5 $54,384

Adams 29,708 1,613 3,314 8,877 5.4 11.2 29.9 $51,201

Antelope 6,326 252 748 2,301 4.0 11.8 36.4 $46,381

Arthur 437 10 35 182 2.3 8.0 41.6 $40,375

Banner 793 31 95 301 3.9 12.0 38.0 $50,833

Blaine 580 40 94 188 6.9 16.2 32.4 $50,350

Boone 5,250 93 394 1,485 1.8 7.5 28.3 $51,890

Box Butte 11,056 403 1,544 3,214 3.6 14.0 29.1 $54,444

Boyd 1,966 102 246 703 5.2 12.5 35.8 $42,463

Brown 2,956 163 512 1,089 5.5 17.3 36.8 $37,328

Buffalo 45,887 2,792 6,252 15,102 6.1 13.6 32.9 $54,098

Burt 6,474 174 647 2,091 2.7 10.0 32.3 $47,137

Butler 8,012 355 697 2,315 4.4 8.7 28.9 $51,166

Cass 25,095 832 1,764 4,994 3.3 7.0 19.9 $65,385

Cedar 8,483 332 881 2,230 3.9 10.4 26.3 $54,391

Chase 3,940 138 387 1,136 3.5 9.8 28.8 $53,496

Cherry 5,694 209 458 1,697 3.7 8.0 29.8 $53,059

Cheyenne 9,948 353 996 2,328 3.5 10.0 23.4 $54,215

Clay 6,202 231 615 2,219 3.7 9.9 35.8 $51,613

Colfax 10,266 720 1,227 3,988 7.0 12.0 38.8 $52,712

Cuming 8,868 397 1,102 2,889 4.5 12.4 32.6 $49,181

Custer 10,603 371 1,152 3,534 3.5 10.9 33.3 $47,083

Dakota 20,450 1,551 3,273 9,018 7.6 16.0 44.1 $52,336

Dawes 7,958 597 1,272 2,640 7.5 16.0 33.2 $42,685

Dawson 23,523 1,112 3,585 9,294 4.7 15.2 39.5 $49,943

Deuel 1,893 74 198 559 3.9 10.5 29.5 $51,786

Dixon 5,695 199 675 1,748 3.5 11.9 30.7 $52,813

Dodge 35,607 1,955 4,192 12,055 5.5 11.8 33.9 $49,830

Douglas 531,292 31,825 75,422 167,303 6.0 14.2 31.5 $56,003

Dundy 1,782 27 151 628 1.5 8.5 35.2 $44,583

Fillmore 5,439 262 551 1,634 4.8 10.1 30.0 $52,070

Franklin 2,997 108 392 1,014 3.6 13.1 33.8 $46,531

Frontier 2,449 133 269 696 5.4 11.0 28.4 $51,192

Furnas 4,731 227 739 1,804 4.8 15.6 38.1 $40,445

Gage 21,400 1,100 2,235 6,326 5.1 10.4 29.6 $48,731

Garden 1,878 89 218 490 4.7 11.6 26.1 $49,805

Garfield 1,922 36 140 630 1.9 7.3 32.8 $45,227

Gosper 1,937 21 112 507 1.1 5.8 26.2 $60,711

Grant 621 40 103 274 6.4 16.6 44.1 $45,625

Greeley 2,415 122 211 775 5.1 8.7 32.1 $48,220

Hall 59,985 3,255 8,894 21,654 5.4 14.8 36.1 $51,355

Hamilton 8,939 304 804 2,333 3.4 9.0 26.1 $59,760

Harlan 3,413 197 542 1,271 5.8 15.9 37.2 $44,630

Hayes 1,013 28 80 376 2.8 7.9 37.1 $44,602

Hitchcock 2,794 68 452 1,142 2.4 16.2 40.9 $41,131

Holt 10,160 354 990 3,223 3.5 9.7 31.7 $49,607

Hooker 641 29 104 224 4.5 16.2 34.9 $38,616

Howard 6,339 138 603 1,552 2.2 9.5 24.5 $52,247

Jefferson 7,217 329 846 2,439 4.6 11.7 33.8 $44,616

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Table 6. Ratio of Income to Poverty for the Population for Whom Poverty is Determined and Median Household Income (in 2016 inflation-adjusted dollars) in the Past 12 Months for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

Total population

Ratio to Poverty Median Household income* Under .50 Under 1.00 Under 2.00 Under .50 Under 1.00 Under 2.00


Johnson 4,037 218 505 1,281 5.4 12.5 31.7 $47,938

Kearney 6,441 222 443 1,578 3.4 6.9 24.5 $55,068

Keith 7,999 555 1,023 2,661 6.9 12.8 33.3 $43,100

Keya Paha 735 22 77 211 3.0 10.5 28.7 $43,333

Kimball 3,648 136 377 1,511 3.7 10.3 41.4 $40,344

Knox 8,284 467 1,036 2,904 5.6 12.5 35.1 $47,692

Lancaster 288,455 17,490 41,105 90,757 6.1 14.3 31.5 $53,730

Lincoln 34,877 1,588 4,200 10,656 4.6 12.0 30.6 $52,179

Logan 803 33 95 184 4.1 11.8 22.9 $51,346

Loup 542 23 54 137 4.2 10.0 25.3 $56,750

McPherson 425 28 78 125 6.6 18.4 29.4 $53,750

Madison 34,024 2,218 5,071 12,502 6.5 14.9 36.7 $48,673

Merrick 7,526 313 753 2,514 4.2 10.0 33.4 $50,464

Morrill 4,665 262 576 1,664 5.6 12.3 35.7 $43,942

Nance 3,510 134 436 1,303 3.8 12.4 37.1 $42,429

Nemaha 6,577 364 713 1,910 5.5 10.8 29.0 $52,736

Nuckolls 4,212 151 538 1,597 3.6 12.8 37.9 $41,576

Otoe 15,555 668 1,676 4,509 4.3 10.8 29.0 $52,108

Pawnee 2,657 174 538 1,158 6.5 20.2 43.6 $40,139

Perkins 2,870 42 194 688 1.5 6.8 24.0 $56,797

Phelps 8,959 255 740 2,503 2.8 8.3 27.9 $51,264

Pierce 6,999 160 460 1,881 2.3 6.6 26.9 $53,125

Platte 32,115 1,058 2,803 8,408 3.3 8.7 26.2 $58,473

Polk 5,133 164 418 1,341 3.2 8.1 26.1 $57,991

Red Willow 10,476 842 1,234 3,436 8.0 11.8 32.8 $42,457

Richardson 7,990 780 1,439 2,845 9.8 18.0 35.6 $45,929

Rock 1,353 65 141 332 4.8 10.4 24.5 $48,750

Saline 13,301 740 1,586 4,678 5.6 11.9 35.2 $49,332

Sarpy 170,421 4,783 10,597 31,515 2.8 6.2 18.5 $72,269

Saunders 20,659 748 1,897 4,514 3.6 9.2 21.9 $64,475

Scotts Bluff 35,615 1,903 4,791 13,928 5.3 13.5 39.1 $46,632

Seward 15,652 568 1,413 3,867 3.6 9.0 24.7 $61,563

Sheridan 5,176 390 870 1,979 7.5 16.8 38.2 $42,802

Sherman 3,027 223 402 1,087 7.4 13.3 35.9 $46,299

Sioux 1,274 34 140 383 2.7 11.0 30.1 $46,667

Stanton 5,996 216 570 1,590 3.6 9.5 26.5 $58,553

Thayer 5,013 241 603 1,605 4.8 12.0 32.0 $45,590

Thomas 675 37 65 188 5.5 9.6 27.9 $54,286

Thurston 6,884 938 2,168 3,788 13.6 31.5 55.0 $42,979

Valley 4,166 184 533 1,522 4.4 12.8 36.5 $44,657

Washington 19,971 899 1,834 3,752 4.5 9.2 18.8 $65,565

Wayne 8,170 545 990 2,666 6.7 12.1 32.6 $55,141

Webster 3,540 130 367 1,211 3.7 10.4 34.2 $40,313

Wheeler 805 16 41 241 2.0 5.1 29.9 $47,452

York 12,945 377 1,218 3,672 2.9 9.4 28.4 $55,156

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey Prepared by: Center for Public Affairs Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha, December 2017 *Income for the past 12 months (in 2016 inflation-adjusted dollars)

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Table 7. Population below Poverty by Age as a Percentage of the Population for Whom Poverty is Determined (Poverty Rate) for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Total

population Under

5 years Under

18 years 65 years or

older All families

Female householder, no husband, with

children aged under 18

(Persons) (Percent of age group) (Percent of family type)

United States 15.1 23.6 21.2 9.3 11.0 39.7

Nebraska 12.4 19.8 16.4 7.9 8.4 36.9

Adams 11.2 13.4 14.8 7.0 6.9 41.0

Antelope 11.8 18.0 14.5 12.5 9.7 40.0

Arthur 8.0 0.0 0.7 5.6 2.0 0.0

Banner 12.0 32.1 20.5 0.0 10.6 67.7

Blaine 16.2 19.4 22.9 4.6 14.7 16.7

Boone 7.5 7.3 7.7 8.7 5.2 43.2

Box Butte 14.0 22.2 22.5 12.2 8.6 52.6

Boyd 12.5 10.9 10.1 15.6 6.7 16.7

Brown 17.3 51.1 26.6 7.2 17.1 72.4

Buffalo 13.6 20.9 14.9 6.7 7.7 42.2

Burt 10.0 10.6 10.6 9.9 7.1 24.8

Butler 8.7 9.9 10.1 6.3 5.6 35.9

Cass 7.0 15.6 8.2 5.6 5.2 32.1

Cedar 10.4 16.9 15.1 8.3 5.4 28.3

Chase 9.8 17.9 13.2 7.3 8.5 68.1

Cherry 8.0 2.3 5.8 9.8 3.6 25.5

Cheyenne 10.0 18.6 14.8 7.9 6.4 44.3

Clay 9.9 17.1 14.6 9.0 6.7 29.7

Colfax 12.0 19.5 16.0 12.4 9.0 56.3

Cuming 12.4 29.3 21.4 9.8 7.9 38.8

Custer 10.9 12.8 12.9 11.5 7.2 31.5

Dakota 16.0 32.0 21.3 11.1 15.2 49.5

Dawes 16.0 23.7 14.5 6.8 13.2 61.4

Dawson 15.2 29.3 22.8 9.2 12.0 38.1

Deuel 10.5 4.4 15.8 8.6 6.6 44.4

Dixon 11.9 30.4 19.1 7.9 8.7 44.2

Dodge 11.8 22.0 16.2 8.0 7.8 33.7

Douglas 14.2 23.1 19.5 8.0 10.1 36.5

Dundy 8.5 12.9 15.4 6.9 4.6 44.7

Fillmore 10.1 16.5 13.8 8.3 8.2 31.6

Franklin 13.1 27.0 17.4 7.1 10.5 53.6

Frontier 11.0 27.5 15.3 6.9 7.1 41.5

Furnas 15.6 18.4 25.8 11.7 10.2 58.5

Gage 10.4 18.8 13.3 9.9 6.3 17.6

Garden 11.6 6.0 7.6 12.9 8.0 70.0

Garfield 7.3 0.0 4.3 13.2 2.5 3.4

Gosper 5.8 0.0 8.5 5.5 4.5 68.4

Grant 16.6 30.8 19.4 10.2 9.4 50.0

Greeley 8.7 24.3 13.7 8.9 6.2 51.4

Hall 14.8 30.9 21.8 10.6 12.2 43.7

Hamilton 9.0 10.5 14.4 4.8 7.9 58.4

Harlan 15.9 23.0 29.3 5.6 8.7 32.9

Hayes 7.9 2.6 4.6 7.1 5.5 0.0

Hitchcock 16.2 36.7 26.3 14.0 13.8 57.1

Holt 9.7 6.5 10.2 9.9 4.7 17.1

Hooker 16.2 13.3 18.4 6.7 8.0 75.0

Howard 9.5 7.4 11.9 9.3 6.3 41.2

Jefferson 11.7 14.8 19.8 7.7 6.9 38.1

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Table 7. Population below Poverty by Age as a Percentage of the Population for Whom Poverty is Determined (Poverty Rate) for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Total

population Under

5 years Under

18 years 65 years or

older All families

Female householder, no husband, with

children aged under 18

(Persons) (Percent of age group) (Percent of family type)

Johnson 12.5 16.3 13.7 10.3 7.5 28.3

Kearney 6.9 14.0 8.0 6.8 4.4 39.5

Keith 12.8 18.2 21.9 9.5 8.4 47.7

Keya Paha 10.5 24.2 20.4 10.4 6.7 100.0

Kimball 10.3 14.4 10.6 13.4 7.5 25.2

Knox 12.5 21.1 20.0 10.2 8.4 54.8

Lancaster 14.3 19.4 16.3 5.5 9.0 38.2

Lincoln 12.0 17.0 16.3 9.0 7.6 39.4

Logan 11.8 28.6 17.6 5.5 6.5 100.0

Loup 10.0 5.6 12.4 4.5 5.0 100.0

McPherson 18.4 9.7 19.4 23.5 16.4 50.0

Madison 14.9 25.5 19.6 9.2 9.6 39.4

Merrick 10.0 4.8 8.7 8.6 5.4 35.0

Morrill 12.3 15.7 16.9 8.9 7.5 16.4

Nance 12.4 18.9 10.3 12.6 7.5 41.5

Nemaha 10.8 18.3 12.8 4.0 5.5 46.0

Nuckolls 12.8 13.4 17.0 11.3 7.1 49.2

Otoe 10.8 16.4 15.0 7.6 7.3 36.1

Pawnee 20.2 39.0 34.7 9.6 12.7 28.3

Perkins 6.8 11.9 10.3 4.6 3.2 47.6

Phelps 8.3 12.8 10.0 4.7 4.0 30.1

Pierce 6.6 7.2 6.3 7.3 4.7 32.1

Platte 8.7 8.3 11.0 9.0 6.0 34.6

Polk 8.1 9.5 8.8 6.2 5.6 14.3

Red Willow 11.8 18.8 16.4 9.2 8.3 55.0

Richardson 18.0 40.1 30.4 9.0 12.1 52.5

Rock 10.4 14.9 4.4 12.1 7.4 58.8

Saline 11.9 25.2 14.3 11.7 8.3 20.1

Sarpy 6.2 9.4 8.3 4.6 4.6 24.6

Saunders 9.2 22.9 14.5 9.0 5.8 43.6

Scotts Bluff 13.5 23.8 20.8 7.9 9.8 33.2

Seward 9.0 12.7 9.3 7.0 4.7 27.4

Sheridan 16.8 18.3 30.0 13.6 10.3 31.5

Sherman 13.3 11.8 23.8 9.3 10.6 68.9

Sioux 11.0 6.0 14.6 6.9 8.9 33.3

Stanton 9.5 11.4 8.1 12.0 7.8 45.4

Thayer 12.0 20.5 17.8 9.1 8.8 61.3

Thomas 9.6 3.7 12.7 10.1 6.6 46.2

Thurston 31.5 41.2 42.7 16.1 24.4 51.1

Valley 12.8 15.1 15.6 8.5 7.6 39.3

Washington 9.2 16.8 13.3 8.8 5.6 40.8

Wayne 12.1 12.8 7.2 2.6 4.4 16.4

Webster 10.4 18.0 12.0 9.3 7.1 42.3

Wheeler 5.1 16.1 6.2 7.4 1.7 0.0

York 9.4 11.6 10.6 7.3 7.5 57.5


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Table 8. Employment Status for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Total 16 years or

over In labor

force (LF) In Armed Forces

Civilian labor force

(CLF) Employed Unemployed

Not in labor force

Labor force participation

rate Unemployment

rate

(Persons) (Persons) (Persons) (Persons) (Pct of 16+ ) (Pct of CLF)

United States 253,323,709 160,818,740 1,011,641 159,807,099 148,001,326 11,805,773 92,504,969 63.5 7.4

Nebraska 1,463,872 1,024,737 4,840 1,019,897 977,353 42,544 439,135 70.0 4.2

Adams 24,942 16,750 4 16,746 15,845 901 8,192 67.2 5.4

Antelope 5,133 3,245 13 3,232 3,175 57 1,888 63.2 1.8

Arthur 307 190 0 190 183 7 117 61.9 3.7

Banner 634 463 0 463 429 34 171 73.0 7.3

Blaine 457 301 0 301 298 3 156 65.9 1.0

Boone 4,264 2,857 0 2,857 2,814 43 1,407 67.0 1.5

Box Butte 8,626 5,969 0 5,969 5,721 248 2,657 69.2 4.2

Boyd 1,601 989 0 989 979 10 612 61.8 1.0

Brown 2,485 1,616 0 1,616 1,610 6 869 65.0 0.4

Buffalo 38,203 28,297 26 28,271 27,343 928 9,906 74.1 3.3

Burt 5,269 3,083 0 3,083 2,997 86 2,186 58.5 2.8

Butler 6,553 4,398 1 4,397 4,197 200 2,155 67.1 4.5

Cass 20,080 13,621 173 13,448 12,980 468 6,459 67.8 3.5

Cedar 6,789 4,669 0 4,669 4,584 85 2,120 68.8 1.8

Chase 3,159 2,075 0 2,075 2,043 32 1,084 65.7 1.5

Cherry 4,672 3,460 5 3,455 3,377 78 1,212 74.1 2.3

Cheyenne 7,894 5,757 4 5,753 5,617 136 2,137 72.9 2.4

Clay 4,978 3,217 0 3,217 3,128 89 1,761 64.6 2.8

Colfax 7,666 5,610 0 5,610 5,305 305 2,056 73.2 5.4

Cuming 7,080 4,839 0 4,839 4,716 123 2,241 68.3 2.5

Custer 8,610 5,760 1 5,759 5,629 130 2,850 66.9 2.3

Dakota 15,316 10,948 6 10,942 10,196 746 4,368 71.5 6.8

Dawes 7,648 4,780 10 4,770 4,681 89 2,868 62.5 1.9

Dawson 18,121 12,888 0 12,888 12,282 606 5,233 71.1 4.7

Deuel 1,594 1,086 0 1,086 1,035 51 508 68.1 4.7

Dixon 4,501 3,031 0 3,031 2,929 102 1,470 67.3 3.4

Dodge 28,976 19,435 4 19,431 18,603 828 9,541 67.1 4.3

Douglas 417,400 296,074 614 295,460 280,910 14,550 121,326 70.9 4.9

Dundy 1,474 901 0 901 868 33 573 61.1 3.7

Fillmore 4,661 3,002 0 3,002 2,920 82 1,659 64.4 2.7

Franklin 2,564 1,597 0 1,597 1,543 54 967 62.3 3.4

Frontier 2,135 1,284 0 1,284 1,250 34 851 60.1 2.6

Furnas 3,875 2,418 0 2,418 2,329 89 1,457 62.4 3.7

Gage 17,434 11,394 5 11,389 10,977 412 6,040 65.4 3.6

Garden 1,595 960 8 952 930 22 635 60.2 2.3

Garfield 1,608 1,080 0 1,080 1,048 32 528 67.2 3.0

Gosper 1,613 1,161 0 1,161 1,108 53 452 72.0 4.6

Grant 538 348 0 348 331 17 190 64.7 4.9

Greeley 1,930 1,189 0 1,189 1,170 19 741 61.6 1.6

Hall 46,331 33,245 0 33,245 31,485 1,760 13,086 71.8 5.3

Hamilton 7,210 4,849 4 4,845 4,745 100 2,361 67.3 2.1

Harlan 2,799 1,659 0 1,659 1,628 31 1,140 59.3 1.9

Hayes 847 523 0 523 514 9 324 61.7 1.7

Hitchcock 2,303 1,398 0 1,398 1,359 39 905 60.7 2.8

Holt 8,137 5,662 8 5,654 5,583 71 2,475 69.6 1.3

Hooker 579 319 0 319 313 6 260 55.1 1.9

Howard 5,018 3,432 0 3,432 3,318 114 1,586 68.4 3.3

Jefferson 5,994 3,824 0 3,824 3,700 124 2,170 63.8 3.2

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Table 8. Employment Status for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Total 16 years or

over In labor

force (LF) In Armed Forces

Civilian labor force

(CLF) Employed Unemployed

Not in labor force

Labor force participation

rate Unemployment

rate

(Persons) (Persons) (Persons) (Persons) (Pct of 16+ ) (Pct of CLF)

Johnson 4,329 2,144 2 2,142 2,072 70 2,185 49.5 3.3

Kearney 5,136 3,588 0 3,588 3,459 129 1,548 69.9 3.6

Keith 6,632 4,168 0 4,168 4,003 165 2,464 62.8 4.0

Keya Paha 605 429 0 429 426 3 176 70.9 0.7

Kimball 2,965 1,822 4 1,818 1,719 99 1,143 61.5 5.4

Knox 6,776 4,391 3 4,388 4,255 133 2,385 64.8 3.0

Lancaster 239,150 171,902 463 171,439 163,942 7,497 67,248 71.9 4.4

Lincoln 27,996 18,401 21 18,380 17,810 570 9,595 65.7 3.1

Logan 633 434 0 434 430 4 199 68.6 0.9

Loup 448 298 0 298 297 1 150 66.5 0.3

McPherson 342 213 0 213 213 0 129 62.3 0.0

Madison 27,165 19,022 18 19,004 18,416 588 8,143 70.0 3.1

Merrick 6,224 4,293 0 4,293 4,065 228 1,931 69.0 5.3

Morrill 3,773 2,510 4 2,506 2,418 88 1,263 66.5 3.5

Nance 2,914 1,883 0 1,883 1,822 61 1,031 64.6 3.2

Nemaha 5,817 3,796 4 3,792 3,545 247 2,021 65.3 6.5

Nuckolls 3,567 2,302 0 2,302 2,236 66 1,265 64.5 2.9

Otoe 12,568 8,491 18 8,473 8,149 324 4,077 67.6 3.8

Pawnee 2,198 1,254 3 1,251 1,213 38 944 57.1 3.0

Perkins 2,307 1,498 0 1,498 1,470 28 809 64.9 1.9

Phelps 7,229 4,762 2 4,760 4,702 58 2,467 65.9 1.2

Pierce 5,629 3,820 2 3,818 3,666 152 1,809 67.9 4.0

Platte 25,164 18,314 0 18,314 17,477 837 6,850 72.8 4.6

Polk 4,196 2,879 2 2,877 2,766 111 1,317 68.6 3.9

Red Willow 8,694 5,844 0 5,844 5,550 294 2,850 67.2 5.0

Richardson 6,620 4,175 0 4,175 3,982 193 2,445 63.1 4.6

Rock 1,203 799 3 796 783 13 404 66.4 1.6

Saline 11,242 7,256 0 7,256 7,012 244 3,986 64.5 3.4

Sarpy 128,736 97,049 3,355 93,694 90,249 3,445 31,687 75.4 3.7

Saunders 16,267 11,127 18 11,109 10,782 327 5,140 68.4 2.9

Scotts Bluff 28,349 19,040 3 19,037 18,034 1,003 9,309 67.2 5.3

Seward 13,601 8,954 18 8,936 8,627 309 4,647 65.8 3.5

Sheridan 4,175 2,621 0 2,621 2,566 55 1,554 62.8 2.1

Sherman 2,508 1,568 4 1,564 1,529 35 940 62.5 2.2

Sioux 1,030 665 0 665 665 0 365 64.6 0.0

Stanton 4,635 3,253 0 3,253 3,147 106 1,382 70.2 3.3

Thayer 4,208 2,571 0 2,571 2,534 37 1,637 61.1 1.4

Thomas 543 384 0 384 377 7 159 70.7 1.8

Thurston 4,736 2,940 2 2,938 2,488 450 1,796 62.1 15.3

Valley 3,409 2,333 0 2,333 2,290 43 1,076 68.4 1.8

Washington 16,020 10,973 2 10,971 10,811 160 5,047 68.5 1.5

Wayne 7,777 5,301 3 5,298 5,177 121 2,476 68.2 2.3

Webster 2,938 1,805 0 1,805 1,750 55 1,133 61.4 3.0

Wheeler 696 480 0 480 477 3 216 69.0 0.6

York 11,119 7,332 0 7,332 7,227 105 3,787 65.9 1.4


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Table 9. Own Children Aged under 18 Years with All Parents in Labor Force for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Children aged under 6 years Children aged 6 to 17 years

Total With all parents in labor force Total With all parents in labor force

(Persons) (Persons) (Pct of total) (Persons) (Persons) (Pct of total)

United States 23,025,860 14,968,587 65.0 46,969,452 33,143,911 70.6

Nebraska 152,456 110,101 72.2 295,329 232,810 78.8

Adams 2,329 1,797 77.2 4,683 3,772 80.5

Antelope 461 344 74.6 979 720 73.5

Arthur 38 28 73.7 99 76 76.8

Banner 63 37 58.7 107 68 63.6

Blaine 44 20 45.5 100 71 71.0

Boone 420 373 88.8 786 707 89.9

Box Butte 767 569 74.2 2,018 1,603 79.4

Boyd 151 109 72.2 283 246 86.9

Brown 175 129 73.7 434 300 69.1

Buffalo 4,002 2,979 74.4 6,832 5,458 79.9

Burt 410 279 68.0 1,017 743 73.1

Butler 576 383 66.5 1,300 1,018 78.3

Cass 1,844 1,144 62.0 4,086 3,379 82.7

Cedar 665 512 77.0 1,424 1,183 83.1

Chase 262 169 64.5 680 561 82.5

Cherry 471 374 79.4 694 615 88.6

Cheyenne 775 528 68.1 1,553 1,369 88.2

Clay 426 300 70.4 1,004 787 78.4

Colfax 989 745 75.3 1,870 1,554 83.1

Cuming 664 459 69.1 1,428 1,244 87.1

Custer 687 483 70.3 1,705 1,438 84.3

Dakota 1,960 1,432 73.1 3,718 2,649 71.2

Dawes 619 433 70.0 926 657 71.0

Dawson 2,136 1,677 78.5 4,176 3,383 81.0

Deuel 114 94 82.5 236 201 85.2

Dixon 450 405 90.0 944 836 88.6

Dodge 2,786 1,892 67.9 5,362 4,058 75.7

Douglas 48,115 34,272 71.2 86,597 66,974 77.3

Dundy 113 81 71.7 232 221 95.3

Fillmore 284 226 79.6 797 642 80.6

Franklin 174 115 66.1 395 317 80.3

Frontier 163 124 76.1 340 301 88.5

Furnas 253 197 77.9 775 626 80.8

Gage 1,353 1,001 74.0 3,147 2,515 79.9

Garden 110 101 91.8 252 199 79.0

Garfield 123 116 94.3 253 235 92.9

Gosper 111 107 96.4 313 311 99.4

Grant 45 22 48.9 77 62 80.5

Greeley 182 137 75.3 383 277 72.3

Hall 5,428 3,877 71.4 10,373 7,876 75.9

Hamilton 588 351 59.7 1,526 1,154 75.6

Harlan 257 162 63.0 513 466 90.8

Hayes 49 6 12.2 142 106 74.6

Hitchcock 169 106 62.7 397 343 86.4

Holt 693 567 81.8 1,664 1,473 88.5

Hooker 31 24 77.4 61 43 70.5

Howard 424 373 88.0 1,054 870 82.5

Jefferson 476 364 76.5 1,063 764 71.9

Johnson 305 250 82.0 650 497 76.5

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Table 9. Own Children Aged under 18 Years with All Parents in Labor Force for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Children aged under 6 years Children aged 6 to 17 years

Total With all parents in labor force Total With all parents in labor force

(Persons) (Persons) (Pct of total) (Persons) (Persons) (Pct of total)

Kearney 436 372 85.3 1,086 909 83.7

Keith 448 310 69.2 1,157 890 76.9

Keya Paha 43 29 67.4 101 53 52.5

Kimball 300 227 75.7 528 415 78.6

Knox 611 516 84.5 1,385 1,074 77.5

Lancaster 23,902 17,289 72.3 43,443 34,232 78.8

Lincoln 2,418 1,721 71.2 5,852 4,397 75.1

Logan 60 30 50.0 118 83 70.3

Loup 39 21 53.8 58 51 87.9

McPherson 34 21 61.8 59 38 64.4

Madison 3,031 2,250 74.2 5,416 4,365 80.6

Merrick 502 433 86.3 1,112 921 82.8

Morrill 259 205 79.2 733 622 84.9

Nance 221 207 93.7 590 563 95.4

Nemaha 442 297 67.2 1,002 852 85.0

Nuckolls 243 226 93.0 579 478 82.6

Otoe 1,244 925 74.4 2,370 1,952 82.4

Pawnee 192 76 39.6 351 207 59.0

Perkins 199 147 73.9 459 342 74.5

Phelps 677 527 77.8 1,483 1,289 86.9

Pierce 544 453 83.3 1,166 871 74.7

Platte 2,809 2,093 74.5 5,345 4,281 80.1

Polk 314 233 74.2 870 734 84.4

Red Willow 679 554 81.6 1,640 1,315 80.2

Richardson 455 338 74.3 1,199 857 71.5

Rock 66 51 77.3 161 154 95.7

Saline 1,138 795 69.9 2,249 1,783 79.3

Sarpy 15,867 11,228 70.8 30,923 24,719 79.9

Saunders 1,638 1,125 68.7 3,535 2,842 80.4

Scotts Bluff 2,876 1,973 68.6 5,695 4,417 77.6

Seward 1,276 903 70.8 2,636 2,043 77.5

Sheridan 264 210 79.5 887 703 79.3

Sherman 198 117 59.1 459 293 63.8

Sioux 101 83 82.2 155 107 69.0

Stanton 462 335 72.5 1,098 944 86.0

Thayer 331 195 58.9 744 575 77.3

Thomas 41 31 75.6 109 86 78.9

Thurston 744 523 70.3 1,398 1,035 74.0

Valley 321 267 83.2 573 481 83.9

Washington 1,363 934 68.5 3,456 2,699 78.1

Wayne 554 469 84.7 1,265 1,084 85.7

Webster 224 205 91.5 519 464 89.4

Wheeler 44 29 65.9 96 82 85.4

York 1,116 855 76.6 1,821 1,540 84.6


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Table 10. Occupancy Status, Housing Tenure, and Median Value for Owner Occupied Housing Units (in 2016 inflation-adjusted dollars) for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Total housing

units Occupied Vacant Vacant

Total occupied housing units

(OHU) Owner

occupied Renter

occupied

Percent owner

occupied Median value*

(Housing units) (Pct of total) (Housing units) (Pct of OHU)

United States 134,054,899 117,716,237 16,338,662 12.2 117,716,237 74,881,068 42,835,169 63.6 $184,700

Nebraska 815,006 741,581 73,425 9.0 741,581 489,806 251,775 66.0 $137,300

Adams 13,675 12,719 956 7.0 12,719 8,683 4,036 68.3 $110,600

Antelope 3,284 2,747 537 16.4 2,747 2,115 632 77.0 $78,400

Arthur 259 183 76 29.3 183 114 69 62.3 $102,300

Banner 384 314 70 18.2 314 208 106 66.2 $129,200

Blaine 352 251 101 28.7 251 145 106 57.8 $106,500

Boone 2,628 2,236 392 14.9 2,236 1,752 484 78.4 $104,400

Box Butte 5,440 4,722 718 13.2 4,722 3,271 1,451 69.3 $99,500

Boyd 1,385 909 476 34.4 909 740 169 81.4 $56,200

Brown 1,873 1,498 375 20.0 1,498 1,088 410 72.6 $80,100

Buffalo 19,742 18,512 1,230 6.2 18,512 11,791 6,721 63.7 $155,900

Burt 3,456 2,823 633 18.3 2,823 2,166 657 76.7 $90,500

Butler 4,059 3,479 580 14.3 3,479 2,748 731 79.0 $108,200

Cass 11,272 9,706 1,566 13.9 9,706 7,929 1,777 81.7 $160,900

Cedar 4,131 3,571 560 13.6 3,571 2,869 702 80.3 $110,500

Chase 1,939 1,693 246 12.7 1,693 1,339 354 79.1 $95,900

Cherry 3,082 2,691 391 12.7 2,691 1,666 1,025 61.9 $122,300

Cheyenne 4,947 4,462 485 9.8 4,462 3,100 1,362 69.5 $114,300

Clay 2,990 2,600 390 13.0 2,600 1,994 606 76.7 $82,100

Colfax 4,121 3,659 462 11.2 3,659 2,647 1,012 72.3 $93,100

Cuming 4,210 3,783 427 10.1 3,783 2,594 1,189 68.6 $109,200

Custer 5,587 4,781 806 14.4 4,781 3,441 1,340 72.0 $93,000

Dakota 7,753 7,314 439 5.7 7,314 4,882 2,432 66.7 $108,400

Dawes 4,223 3,676 547 13.0 3,676 2,269 1,407 61.7 $104,200

Dawson 10,156 8,791 1,365 13.4 8,791 5,926 2,865 67.4 $95,600

Deuel 994 850 144 14.5 850 658 192 77.4 $72,900

Dixon 2,680 2,290 390 14.6 2,290 1,762 528 76.9 $86,200

Dodge 16,608 15,063 1,545 9.3 15,063 9,897 5,166 65.7 $114,700

Douglas 227,013 210,931 16,082 7.1 210,931 129,562 81,369 61.4 $149,300

Dundy 1,102 815 287 26.0 815 565 250 69.3 $70,700

Fillmore 2,918 2,460 458 15.7 2,460 1,824 636 74.1 $75,000

Franklin 1,720 1,389 331 19.2 1,389 1,160 229 83.5 $60,400

Frontier 1,541 1,097 444 28.8 1,097 833 264 75.9 $95,000

Furnas 2,710 2,227 483 17.8 2,227 1,534 693 68.9 $62,500

Gage 10,420 9,251 1,169 11.2 9,251 6,433 2,818 69.5 $108,000

Garden 1,346 867 479 35.6 867 688 179 79.4 $83,100

Garfield 1,211 920 291 24.0 920 697 223 75.8 $92,400

Gosper 1,251 811 440 35.2 811 565 246 69.7 $113,000

Grant 385 272 113 29.4 272 211 61 77.6 $52,500

Greeley 1,300 1,025 275 21.2 1,025 824 201 80.4 $65,600

Hall 24,127 22,572 1,555 6.4 22,572 13,854 8,718 61.4 $128,200

Hamilton 4,037 3,705 332 8.2 3,705 2,994 711 80.8 $123,200

Harlan 2,393 1,590 803 33.6 1,590 1,209 381 76.0 $84,400

Hayes 527 441 86 16.3 441 292 149 66.2 $80,500

Hitchcock 1,727 1,288 439 25.4 1,288 968 320 75.2 $59,000

Holt 5,217 4,569 648 12.4 4,569 3,372 1,197 73.8 $96,900

Hooker 427 301 126 29.5 301 230 71 76.4 $77,900

Howard 3,007 2,601 406 13.5 2,601 2,024 577 77.8 $115,100

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Table 10. Occupancy Status, Housing Tenure, and Median Value for Owner Occupied Housing Units (in 2016 inflation-adjusted dollars) for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Total housing

units Occupied Vacant Vacant

Total occupied housing units

(OHU) Owner

occupied Renter

occupied

Percent owner

occupied Median value*

(Housing units) (Pct of total) (Housing units) (Pct of OHU)

Jefferson 3,903 3,303 600 15.4 3,303 2,499 804 75.7 $76,900

Johnson 2,162 1,880 282 13.0 1,880 1,390 490 73.9 $80,900

Kearney 2,924 2,752 172 5.9 2,752 1,906 846 69.3 $119,000

Keith 5,365 3,926 1,439 26.8 3,926 2,584 1,342 65.8 $104,600

Keya Paha 506 338 168 33.2 338 238 100 70.4 $79,000

Kimball 1,970 1,591 379 19.2 1,591 1,074 517 67.5 $83,000

Knox 4,840 3,648 1,192 24.6 3,648 2,715 933 74.4 $84,500

Lancaster 125,247 119,254 5,993 4.8 119,254 70,622 48,632 59.2 $157,000

Lincoln 16,632 14,965 1,667 10.0 14,965 9,816 5,149 65.6 $119,600

Logan 421 352 69 16.4 352 237 115 67.3 $116,500

Loup 417 248 169 40.5 248 201 47 81.0 $119,500

McPherson 240 195 45 18.8 195 131 64 67.2 $147,900

Madison 15,101 14,056 1,045 6.9 14,056 9,169 4,887 65.2 $121,900

Merrick 3,740 3,311 429 11.5 3,311 2,438 873 73.6 $88,300

Morrill 2,422 2,008 414 17.1 2,008 1,355 653 67.5 $84,700

Nance 1,838 1,568 270 14.7 1,568 1,219 349 77.7 $81,600

Nemaha 3,499 2,873 626 17.9 2,873 2,028 845 70.6 $109,200

Nuckolls 2,454 2,042 412 16.8 2,042 1,500 542 73.5 $56,700

Otoe 7,073 6,463 610 8.6 6,463 4,760 1,703 73.7 $124,100

Pawnee 1,601 1,249 352 22.0 1,249 963 286 77.1 $65,900

Perkins 1,444 1,241 203 14.1 1,241 947 294 76.3 $99,400

Phelps 4,208 3,773 435 10.3 3,773 2,627 1,146 69.6 $114,300

Pierce 3,224 2,949 275 8.5 2,949 2,343 606 79.5 $96,900

Platte 13,606 12,737 869 6.4 12,737 9,139 3,598 71.8 $131,200

Polk 2,707 2,112 595 22.0 2,112 1,650 462 78.1 $102,300

Red Willow 5,275 4,572 703 13.3 4,572 3,492 1,080 76.4 $88,400

Richardson 4,390 3,768 622 14.2 3,768 2,826 942 75.0 $71,300

Rock 878 695 183 20.8 695 498 197 71.7 $67,100

Saline 5,790 5,119 671 11.6 5,119 3,315 1,804 64.8 $99,100

Sarpy 65,751 62,907 2,844 4.3 62,907 43,961 18,946 69.9 $167,600

Saunders 9,380 7,991 1,389 14.8 7,991 6,325 1,666 79.2 $155,700

Scotts Bluff 16,327 14,544 1,783 10.9 14,544 9,940 4,604 68.3 $111,200

Seward 6,993 6,348 645 9.2 6,348 4,579 1,769 72.1 $154,200

Sheridan 2,901 2,227 674 23.2 2,227 1,588 639 71.3 $78,900

Sherman 1,940 1,367 573 29.5 1,367 1,051 316 76.9 $84,900

Sioux 779 544 235 30.2 544 389 155 71.5 $97,500

Stanton 2,645 2,342 303 11.5 2,342 1,978 364 84.5 $111,200

Thayer 2,733 2,375 358 13.1 2,375 1,832 543 77.1 $68,900

Thomas 391 298 93 23.8 298 211 87 70.8 $103,700

Thurston 2,408 2,096 312 13.0 2,096 1,271 825 60.6 $75,600

Valley 2,298 1,916 382 16.6 1,916 1,353 563 70.6 $89,900

Washington 8,419 8,022 397 4.7 8,022 6,279 1,743 78.3 $178,000

Wayne 3,833 3,567 266 6.9 3,567 2,241 1,326 62.8 $129,100

Webster 1,903 1,551 352 18.5 1,551 1,216 335 78.4 $77,900

Wheeler 546 373 173 31.7 373 280 93 75.1 $100,500

York 6,273 5,670 603 9.6 5,670 3,997 1,673 70.5 $120,800

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey Prepared by: Center for Public Affairs Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha, December 2017 *Income for the past 12 months (in 2016 inflation-adjusted dollars)

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Table 11. School Enrollment for Children Aged 3 and 4 Years for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Total aged 3 and 4

years

Enrolled in school Not enrolled

in school Enrolled in

school Enrolled in

public school Total Public Private

(Persons) (Persons) (Persons) (Pct of total) (Pct of enrolled)

United States 8,232,937 3,909,307 2,249,353 1,659,954 4,323,630 47.5 57.5

Nebraska 53,325 22,864 13,677 9,187 30,461 42.9 59.8

Adams 776 413 249 164 363 53.2 60.3

Antelope 122 60 49 11 62 49.2 81.7

Arthur 4 1 0 1 3 25.0 0.0

Banner 21 0 0 0 21 0.0 0.0

Blaine 9 3 3 0 6 33.3 100.0

Boone 138 65 35 30 73 47.1 53.8

Box Butte 269 165 143 22 104 61.3 86.7

Boyd 62 28 25 3 34 45.2 89.3

Brown 42 18 7 11 24 42.9 38.9

Buffalo 1,336 521 337 184 815 39.0 64.7

Burt 179 72 63 9 107 40.2 87.5

Butler 218 143 121 22 75 65.6 84.6

Cass 553 235 122 113 318 42.5 51.9

Cedar 211 68 56 12 143 32.2 82.4

Chase 67 39 33 6 28 58.2 84.6

Cherry 105 37 8 29 68 35.2 21.6

Cheyenne 332 102 69 33 230 30.7 67.6

Clay 166 66 58 8 100 39.8 87.9

Colfax 336 114 81 33 222 33.9 71.1

Cuming 198 74 45 29 124 37.4 60.8

Custer 256 109 65 44 147 42.6 59.6

Dakota 642 202 191 11 440 31.5 94.6

Dawes 169 8 3 5 161 4.7 37.5

Dawson 760 300 272 28 460 39.5 90.7

Deuel 43 22 16 6 21 51.2 72.7

Dixon 154 92 84 8 62 59.7 91.3

Dodge 852 268 190 78 584 31.5 70.9

Douglas 17,323 7,321 4,020 3,301 10,002 42.3 54.9

Dundy 34 0 0 0 34 0.0 0.0

Fillmore 106 62 47 15 44 58.5 75.8

Franklin 57 22 19 3 35 38.6 86.4

Frontier 80 35 27 8 45 43.8 77.1

Furnas 119 54 49 5 65 45.4 90.7

Gage 477 301 218 83 176 63.1 72.4

Garden 54 26 16 10 28 48.1 61.5

Garfield 36 28 28 0 8 77.8 100.0

Gosper 24 17 4 13 7 70.8 23.5

Grant 20 7 4 3 13 35.0 57.1

Greeley 47 21 19 2 26 44.7 90.5

Hall 1,874 879 576 303 995 46.9 65.5

Hamilton 247 126 85 41 121 51.0 67.5

Harlan 101 38 32 6 63 37.6 84.2

Hayes 7 0 0 0 7 0.0 0.0

Hitchcock 77 8 5 3 69 10.4 62.5

Holt 213 100 93 7 113 46.9 93.0

Hooker 4 0 0 0 4 0.0 0.0

Howard 190 110 89 21 80 57.9 80.9

Jefferson 153 78 70 8 75 51.0 89.7

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Table 11. School Enrollment for Children Aged 3 and 4 Years for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Total aged 3 and 4

years

Enrolled in school Not enrolled

in school Enrolled in

school Enrolled in

public school Total Public Private

(Persons) (Persons) (Persons) (Pct of total) (Pct of enrolled)

Johnson 138 70 46 24 68 50.7 65.7

Kearney 111 53 40 13 58 47.7 75.5

Keith 171 76 52 24 95 44.4 68.4

Keya Paha 11 9 6 3 2 81.8 66.7

Kimball 103 6 6 0 97 5.8 100.0

Knox 233 130 103 27 103 55.8 79.2

Lancaster 8,257 3,170 1,617 1,553 5,087 38.4 51.0

Lincoln 1,083 527 360 167 556 48.7 68.3

Logan 24 3 0 3 21 12.5 0.0

Loup 7 7 7 0 0 100.0 100.0

McPherson 13 2 2 0 11 15.4 100.0

Madison 876 440 188 252 436 50.2 42.7

Merrick 221 83 49 34 138 37.6 59.0

Morrill 132 32 12 20 100 24.2 37.5

Nance 86 26 4 22 60 30.2 15.4

Nemaha 122 76 54 22 46 62.3 71.1

Nuckolls 105 74 74 0 31 70.5 100.0

Otoe 361 126 66 60 235 34.9 52.4

Pawnee 60 27 27 0 33 45.0 100.0

Perkins 87 23 23 0 64 26.4 100.0

Phelps 281 127 103 24 154 45.2 81.1

Pierce 163 67 22 45 96 41.1 32.8

Platte 859 337 103 234 522 39.2 30.6

Polk 119 49 32 17 70 41.2 65.3

Red Willow 278 109 58 51 169 39.2 53.2

Richardson 122 73 36 37 49 59.8 49.3

Rock 11 0 0 0 11 0.0 0.0

Saline 452 222 173 49 230 49.1 77.9

Sarpy 5,581 2,354 1,217 1,137 3,227 42.2 51.7

Saunders 593 232 198 34 361 39.1 85.3

Scotts Bluff 970 629 431 198 341 64.8 68.5

Seward 375 188 84 104 187 50.1 44.7

Sheridan 131 58 50 8 73 44.3 86.2

Sherman 62 40 40 0 22 64.5 100.0

Sioux 33 10 2 8 23 30.3 20.0

Stanton 164 64 26 38 100 39.0 40.6

Thayer 110 49 46 3 61 44.5 93.9

Thomas 6 1 1 0 5 16.7 100.0

Thurston 290 176 154 22 114 60.7 87.5

Valley 89 24 14 10 65 27.0 58.3

Washington 545 262 189 73 283 48.1 72.1

Wayne 264 114 88 26 150 43.2 77.2

Webster 78 40 38 2 38 51.3 95.0

Wheeler 7 6 6 0 1 85.7 100.0

York 278 215 104 111 63 77.3 48.4


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Table 12. Health Insurance Status for the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population by Age for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

No Health Insurance No Health Insurance Medicaid/ means-tested public coverage

Total population

Aged under 18

years

Aged 18-64 years

Total population

Aged under 18

years

Aged 18-64 years

Total population

Aged under 18

years

Aged 18-64 years

Aged 65 years or

older

(Persons) (Percent of age group) (Percent of age group)

United States 36,700,246 4,333,068 31,960,240 11.7 5.9 16.4 19.1 38.5 13.0 13.9

Nebraska 179,414 24,814 153,335 9.7 5.3 13.6 13.0 29.2 6.9 10.4

Adams 2,950 476 2,461 9.4 6.4 13.1 11.8 22.8 7.2 12.9

Antelope 546 106 440 8.6 7.1 12.7 12.1 24.8 6.2 13.4

Arthur 46 8 37 10.5 5.8 17.7 13.0 21.7 9.1 8.9

Banner 81 9 72 10.2 4.9 15.0 11.9 42.2 2.5 3.1

Blaine 113 29 84 19.5 20.1 25.6 14.7 38.2 9.1 0.0

Boone 342 39 296 6.5 3.2 10.0 6.5 10.8 4.9 5.9

Box Butte 959 88 863 8.6 3.1 13.1 15.2 37.3 6.6 11.3

Boyd 224 70 154 11.3 14.7 15.3 14.3 37.5 6.2 8.3

Brown 362 39 323 12.2 6.2 20.0 13.3 33.8 6.0 11.9

Buffalo 3,951 434 3,510 8.3 3.9 11.5 11.3 27.8 5.6 9.3

Burt 573 98 475 8.8 6.7 13.4 14.3 28.2 10.1 10.5

Butler 647 84 563 8.1 4.3 12.4 12.4 25.1 7.5 10.8

Cass 1,466 220 1,239 5.9 3.5 8.3 9.2 19.1 5.6 7.2

Cedar 490 106 384 5.8 4.9 8.2 9.1 18.8 4.5 9.4

Chase 573 72 501 14.4 7.0 22.9 9.9 27.2 2.9 6.9

Cherry 558 134 424 9.8 11.1 12.7 10.0 29.2 3.5 8.5

Cheyenne 656 33 606 6.6 1.4 10.2 10.1 22.6 5.8 7.4

Clay 698 123 561 11.2 8.1 15.8 15.0 34.3 9.2 7.0

Colfax 1,216 242 942 11.7 7.7 15.7 14.2 33.7 4.7 10.6

Cuming 792 122 663 8.9 5.5 13.5 11.8 28.2 5.9 7.5

Custer 1,141 184 935 10.7 7.3 15.7 14.2 34.1 8.3 7.5

Dakota 3,111 651 2,460 15.2 10.8 20.6 16.4 40.0 5.8 10.4

Dawes 1,256 230 1,026 13.9 13.9 17.8 9.3 20.9 4.8 13.4

Dawson 3,266 725 2,466 13.8 10.9 18.1 15.7 36.5 6.6 11.8

Deuel 282 51 229 14.7 13.6 21.4 9.2 25.7 5.2 5.2

Dixon 525 71 451 9.2 4.9 14.0 12.9 27.9 6.6 11.3

Dodge 4,221 557 3,651 11.7 6.5 17.2 14.6 35.2 8.0 9.0

Douglas 57,394 6,671 50,327 10.7 4.8 15.0 14.4 33.0 7.3 10.6

Dundy 215 15 200 12.0 4.1 19.7 18.0 54.0 4.4 19.6

Fillmore 506 143 363 9.3 12.9 11.6 10.4 19.6 7.5 9.5

Franklin 202 15 187 6.7 2.5 11.2 16.8 38.7 12.2 9.5

Frontier 267 46 221 10.3 8.6 15.0 9.8 23.0 5.5 8.6

Furnas 445 69 376 9.3 6.2 14.5 16.4 38.1 7.5 15.5

Gage 1,297 81 1,207 6.0 1.7 9.8 15.7 29.2 10.8 14.7

Garden 197 26 171 10.5 6.9 15.8 13.6 35.6 6.7 11.7

Garfield 169 18 151 8.8 4.5 14.6 14.4 38.4 8.6 6.9

Gosper 161 18 143 8.3 4.2 12.4 6.5 15.2 3.0 7.5

Grant 78 11 67 12.1 8.5 19.6 7.0 23.3 1.8 5.1

Greeley 161 11 150 6.7 1.9 11.8 13.5 34.4 5.7 9.5

Hall 8,952 1,383 7,387 14.8 8.3 20.7 16.5 36.8 8.4 10.6

Hamilton 452 96 356 5.0 4.3 6.8 12.1 27.4 6.2 10.2

Harlan 372 57 315 10.9 7.3 17.6 8.8 24.1 3.8 5.2

Hayes 192 24 168 19.0 12.2 27.7 12.0 38.3 4.0 11.0

Hitchcock 415 54 361 14.7 8.7 23.3 15.9 43.1 7.9 9.1

Holt 742 120 617 7.3 4.8 10.9 9.8 21.4 4.9 9.3

Hooker 49 6 43 7.6 6.0 13.5 5.3 8.0 3.8 6.3

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Table 12. Health Insurance Status for the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population by Age for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

No Health Insurance No Health Insurance Medicaid/ means-tested public coverage

Total population

Aged under 18

years

Aged 18-64 years

Total population

Aged under 18

years

Aged 18-64 years

Total population

Aged under 18

years

Aged 18-64 years

Aged 65 years or

older

(Persons) (Percent of age group) (Percent of age group)

Howard 324 68 256 5.1 4.5 7.2 8.6 16.2 5.5 8.2

Jefferson 498 80 410 6.9 5.0 10.2 16.6 34.4 12.4 9.6

Johnson 378 25 353 9.3 2.5 15.8 12.7 30.1 5.5 11.4

Kearney 522 128 394 8.1 8.1 10.6 11.1 17.8 7.7 12.8

Keith 1,009 105 902 12.5 6.3 20.2 13.8 39.7 6.7 7.9

Keya Paha 51 7 44 6.9 4.7 10.8 7.1 23.0 0.7 8.2

Kimball 553 103 450 15.1 12.2 23.8 14.0 36.5 7.0 7.5

Knox 918 243 675 11.0 11.6 15.4 13.5 30.4 6.9 10.1

Lancaster 27,644 3,271 24,134 9.3 4.7 12.6 12.4 28.9 6.7 10.6

Lincoln 3,713 435 3,278 10.5 5.0 15.7 13.4 25.4 9.0 11.5

Logan 96 31 63 11.6 14.1 14.1 11.0 20.0 6.3 11.7

Loup 50 6 44 9.2 5.7 14.5 10.1 32.4 2.6 9.8

McPherson 9 0 9 2.1 0.0 3.6 3.5 12.9 1.2 0.0

Madison 3,574 469 3,087 10.4 5.4 14.8 16.5 36.7 9.2 11.6

Merrick 686 45 641 8.9 2.5 14.4 14.9 32.6 9.4 10.1

Morrill 607 111 496 13.0 9.6 18.1 13.6 31.1 7.0 10.5

Nance 329 75 252 9.4 9.2 12.5 11.5 21.7 6.8 13.4

Nemaha 413 20 393 5.9 1.4 9.2 13.4 27.9 8.9 11.7

Nuckolls 439 91 347 10.3 10.3 15.1 14.9 35.7 7.2 14.7

Otoe 1,294 213 1,081 8.3 5.6 12.1 12.7 27.4 7.2 10.2

Pawnee 431 114 317 16.2 20.3 22.3 16.8 42.0 7.2 16.1

Perkins 162 8 154 5.6 1.2 9.6 7.8 15.6 4.6 7.6

Phelps 558 127 431 6.2 5.6 8.5 10.2 18.8 6.5 10.0

Pierce 343 50 271 4.9 2.8 6.7 10.3 21.7 5.3 10.1

Platte 2,890 394 2,495 8.9 4.6 13.2 9.1 20.3 3.6 10.8

Polk 470 62 408 9.1 5.1 13.9 8.6 19.6 4.7 6.9

Red Willow 1,026 169 857 9.6 6.7 13.9 13.1 28.0 7.9 10.5

Richardson 550 38 493 6.9 2.2 10.9 15.9 34.3 8.8 15.9

Rock 206 41 165 15.0 18.1 20.3 9.2 23.8 4.6 10.6

Saline 1,569 209 1,360 11.2 6.1 15.6 12.2 27.3 6.9 9.6

Sarpy 10,045 1,674 8,272 6.0 3.5 8.0 8.8 17.6 4.9 7.7

Saunders 1,063 70 987 5.1 1.3 8.3 11.0 22.6 6.7 8.3

Scotts Bluff 4,946 737 4,197 13.7 8.1 20.1 18.3 42.4 9.4 12.4

Seward 1,005 120 883 6.0 3.0 8.7 9.2 18.2 5.4 9.7

Sheridan 773 165 608 14.9 13.6 22.4 15.2 35.7 7.9 11.0

Sherman 233 27 206 7.7 4.0 12.8 10.3 21.3 6.0 9.7

Sioux 135 13 122 10.6 5.0 16.8 9.9 31.9 4.3 4.2

Stanton 600 96 504 10.0 6.1 14.3 11.0 23.5 5.1 12.0

Thayer 284 59 225 5.7 5.4 8.2 13.7 30.7 8.1 11.3

Thomas 50 16 32 7.4 10.1 8.2 9.3 20.9 4.9 8.5

Thurston 2,090 645 1,435 30.1 25.9 39.5 26.6 51.1 13.0 11.7

Valley 416 97 319 9.9 10.3 14.1 14.6 33.1 8.1 11.9

Washington 1,132 160 972 5.6 3.3 8.0 9.2 18.1 4.4 14.0

Wayne 575 107 468 6.1 5.9 7.4 8.9 20.5 5.1 11.0

Webster 379 57 322 10.6 6.9 16.4 15.0 33.7 7.6 13.8

Wheeler 40 1 39 5.0 0.7 8.3 9.8 27.4 4.3 10.0

York 1,025 167 858 7.7 5.4 11.2 13.0 30.4 6.3 12.1


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Table 13. Ranking of Population Aged under 18 Years as a Percentage of Total Population for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Percent Aged under 18

years Rank County

Percent Aged under 18

years Rank

Nebraska 24.9 Red Willow 23.2 47

Thurston 35.6 1 Polk 23.2 48

Arthur 31.6 2 Antelope 23.1 49

Colfax 29.9 3 Boone 23.1 50

Dakota 29.1 4 Sheridan 23.1 51

Sarpy 28.1 5 Lancaster 23.1 52

Dawson 27.7 6 Furnas 22.9 53

Hall 27.1 7 Kimball 22.8 54

Logan 26.5 8 York 22.8 55

Platte 26.2 9 Merrick 22.8 56

Stanton 26.1 10 Nance 22.7 57

Douglas 25.9 11 Harlan 22.5 58

Box Butte 25.4 12 Webster 22.5 59

Chase 25.2 13 Gage 22.3 60

Dixon 25.2 14 Valley 22.3 61

Saunders 25.1 15 Burt 22.2 62

Madison 25.1 16 McPherson 21.9 63

Blaine 24.8 17 Hitchcock 21.7 64

Scotts Bluff 24.8 18 Jefferson 21.7 65

Cedar 24.8 19 Gosper 21.6 66

Pierce 24.7 20 Sherman 21.6 67

Phelps 24.5 21 Thayer 21.1 68

Cuming 24.5 22 Richardson 21.0 69

Cass 24.4 23 Cherry 21.0 70

Knox 24.4 24 Pawnee 20.9 71

Hamilton 24.4 25 Nemaha 20.8 72

Lincoln 24.3 26 Fillmore 20.8 73

Morrill 24.3 27 Keith 20.7 74

Kearney 24.2 28 Brown 20.7 75

Clay 24.2 29 Frontier 20.6 76

Washington 24.1 30 Garfield 20.5 77

Greeley 24.0 31 Sioux 20.4 78

Saline 24.0 32 Nuckolls 20.2 79

Holt 23.9 33 Dundy 20.1 80

Cheyenne 23.9 34 Keya Paha 20.1 81

Otoe 23.8 35 Grant 19.9 82

Butler 23.8 36 Garden 19.5 83

Boyd 23.8 37 Wayne 19.4 84

Adams 23.7 38 Loup 19.4 85

Howard 23.7 39 Deuel 19.4 86

Seward 23.5 40 Hayes 19.3 87

Thomas 23.4 41 Franklin 19.2 88

Dodge 23.4 42 Johnson 19.1 89

Perkins 23.4 43 Dawes 18.2 90

Custer 23.4 44 Wheeler 18.1 91

Buffalo 23.3 45 Rock 16.1 92

Banner 23.3 46 Hooker 14.9 93


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Table 14. Ranking of Population Aged 65 Years or Older as a Percentage of Total Population for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Percent Aged 65 years

or older Rank County

Percent Aged 65 years

or older Rank

Nebraska 14.4 Nance 20.5 47

Hooker 37.4 1 Butler 20.4 48

Grant 27.4 2 Polk 20.4 49

Garfield 26.9 3 Gosper 20.0 50

Nuckolls 26.2 4 Phelps 19.8 51

Pawnee 26.2 5 Logan 19.6 52

Sherman 26.1 6 Merrick 19.6 53

Franklin 25.9 7 Otoe 19.5 54

Boyd 25.9 8 Dixon 19.3 55

Rock 25.9 9 Clay 19.2 56

Kimball 25.7 10 Thomas 19.1 57

Thayer 25.4 11 McPherson 19.1 58

Harlan 25.3 12 York 18.8 59

Deuel 25.1 13 Red Willow 18.8 60

Brown 24.9 14 Dodge 18.7 61

Keya Paha 24.7 15 Blaine 18.6 62

Loup 24.5 16 Kearney 18.6 63

Sheridan 24.5 17 Pierce 18.5 64

Valley 24.1 18 Morrill 18.4 65

Garden 23.9 19 Nemaha 18.1 66

Burt 23.9 20 Dawes 17.9 67

Keith 23.8 21 Hamilton 17.9 68

Hitchcock 23.8 22 Scotts Bluff 17.8 69

Greeley 23.8 23 Johnson 17.4 70

Dundy 23.7 24 Saunders 17.2 71

Knox 23.7 25 Lincoln 17.2 72

Wheeler 23.6 26 Cheyenne 17.1 73

Furnas 23.4 27 Seward 16.8 74

Webster 23.4 28 Adams 16.5 75

Fillmore 23.4 29 Banner 16.1 76

Richardson 23.2 30 Cass 16.0 77

Jefferson 23.2 31 Washington 16.0 78

Sioux 22.7 32 Box Butte 15.8 79

Frontier 22.5 33 Platte 15.7 80

Antelope 22.2 34 Madison 15.4 81

Perkins 21.7 35 Stanton 15.2 82

Boone 21.3 36 Dawson 14.7 83

Cuming 21.3 37 Saline 14.4 84

Cedar 21.2 38 Hall 14.1 85

Cherry 21.2 39 Wayne 13.7 86

Holt 21.0 40 Colfax 13.1 87

Custer 21.0 41 Dakota 13.0 88

Chase 20.9 42 Buffalo 12.9 89

Howard 20.7 43 Lancaster 12.2 90

Hayes 20.7 44 Thurston 12.1 91

Gage 20.6 45 Douglas 11.5 92

Arthur 20.6 46 Sarpy 10.2 93


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Table 15. Ranking of Minority (Non-White or Hispanic/Latino) Population as a Percentage of Total Population for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Percent Minority Rank County Percent Minority Rank

Nebraska 19.7 Polk 6.4 47

Thurston 62.7 1 Burt 6.1 48

Dakota 49.3 2 Fillmore 6.0 49

Colfax 47.5 3 Hayes 5.9 50

Dawson 39.0 4 Holt 5.7 51

Hall 31.1 5 Hooker 5.7 52

Douglas 29.4 6 Nemaha 5.6 53

Saline 28.1 7 Cass 5.6 54

Scotts Bluff 26.5 8 Jefferson 5.5 55

Platte 19.2 9 Furnas 5.4 56

Johnson 19.0 10 Washington 5.1 57

Madison 18.8 11 Gage 4.8 58

Sarpy 17.7 12 Butler 4.7 59

Morrill 17.6 13 Custer 4.7 60

Box Butte 17.5 14 Seward 4.7 61

Sheridan 17.5 15 Antelope 4.6 62

Lancaster 17.3 16 Hamilton 4.5 63

Chase 15.2 17 Nuckolls 4.5 64

Dodge 14.3 18 Pawnee 4.5 65

Dawes 14.1 19 Perkins 4.4 66

Dixon 13.9 20 Thayer 4.3 67

Knox 13.5 21 Rock 4.3 68

Banner 13.1 22 Howard 4.2 69

Adams 12.7 23 Saunders 4.2 70

Buffalo 12.3 24 Boyd 4.0 71

Lincoln 11.3 25 Thomas 4.0 72

Cuming 11.2 26 Valley 4.0 73

Cherry 11.0 27 Greeley 3.7 74

Kimball 10.8 28 Franklin 3.5 75

Clay 10.7 29 Logan 3.4 76

Cheyenne 10.0 30 Brown 3.2 77

Otoe 9.9 31 Frontier 3.2 78

Wayne 9.7 32 Pierce 3.1 79

Keith 8.9 33 Garfield 3.1 80

Deuel 8.4 34 Grant 3.1 81

York 8.4 35 Boone 3.1 82

Stanton 7.7 36 Sherman 3.1 83

Sioux 7.6 37 Cedar 2.9 84

Red Willow 7.6 38 McPherson 2.8 85

Webster 7.6 39 Nance 2.6 86

Richardson 7.4 40 Arthur 2.5 87

Garden 7.1 41 Keya Paha 2.3 88

Dundy 7.1 42 Loup 2.0 89

Phelps 7.0 43 Gosper 1.8 90

Merrick 6.9 44 Blaine 1.4 91

Kearney 6.7 45 Hitchcock 1.3 92

Harlan 6.6 46 Wheeler 0.4 93


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Table 16. Ranking of Foreign Born Population as a Percentage of Total Population for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Percent

Foreign Born Rank County Percent

Foreign Born Rank

Nebraska 6.7 Merrick 1.7 47

Colfax 26.8 1 York 1.7 48

Dakota 22.5 2 Lincoln 1.7 49

Dawson 17.2 3 Thurston 1.6 50

Hall 14.4 4 Valley 1.6 51

Saline 13.4 5 Webster 1.6 52

Chase 9.3 6 Nuckolls 1.4 53

Douglas 9.2 7 Burt 1.4 54

Platte 8.8 8 Blaine 1.4 55

Lancaster 7.5 9 Fillmore 1.4 56

Madison 6.8 10 Hamilton 1.2 57

Dodge 6.1 11 Cass 1.2 58

Dixon 5.8 12 Knox 1.2 59

Adams 5.7 13 Gage 1.2 60

Sarpy 5.2 14 Howard 1.1 61

Scotts Bluff 4.7 15 Keya Paha 1.1 62

Hayes 4.5 16 Frontier 1.1 63

Cuming 4.5 17 Saunders 1.1 64

Johnson 4.3 18 Franklin 1.1 65

Clay 4.3 19 Washington 1.0 66

Buffalo 4.1 20 Furnas 1.0 67

Otoe 3.9 21 Sheridan 1.0 68

Morrill 3.9 22 Greeley 1.0 69

Garden 3.6 23 Gosper 1.0 70

Dawes 3.4 24 Hooker 0.9 71

Thomas 3.3 25 Harlan 0.9 72

Perkins 3.0 26 Thayer 0.9 73

Cherry 2.9 27 Pawnee 0.9 74

Polk 2.8 28 Nemaha 0.9 75

Dundy 2.6 29 Boone 0.9 76

Wayne 2.6 30 Pierce 0.8 77

Phelps 2.6 31 Nance 0.8 78

Stanton 2.5 32 Jefferson 0.7 79

Custer 2.3 33 Rock 0.6 80

Keith 2.2 34 Grant 0.6 81

Kearney 2.2 35 Sherman 0.6 82

Holt 2.1 36 Boyd 0.5 83

Antelope 2.1 37 Logan 0.5 84

Box Butte 2.1 38 Cedar 0.3 85

Red Willow 2.0 39 Hitchcock 0.3 86

Sioux 2.0 40 Richardson 0.2 87

Cheyenne 2.0 41 Arthur 0.2 88

Banner 1.9 42 Garfield 0.2 89

Butler 1.9 43 Brown 0.2 90

Seward 1.9 44 Loup 0.0 91

Kimball 1.8 45 McPherson 0.0 92

Deuel 1.8 46 Wheeler 0.0 93


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Table 17. Ranking of Persons with a High School Diploma or GED as a Percentage of the Population Aged 25 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Percent High school

graduate/GED Rank County

Percent High school

graduate/GED Rank

Nebraska 90.7 Stanton 91.9 47

Blaine 98.7 1 Lincoln 91.9 48

Grant 97.4 2 Webster 91.9 49

Loup 97.3 3 Thayer 91.8 50

Banner 96.0 4 Keith 91.8 51

Washington 95.7 5 Hitchcock 91.8 52

Frontier 95.4 6 Fillmore 91.7 53

Sarpy 95.4 7 Knox 91.6 54

Arthur 95.0 8 Box Butte 91.5 55

Wheeler 95.0 9 Harlan 91.4 56

Wayne 94.9 10 Cherry 91.2 57

Boyd 94.8 11 Franklin 91.2 58

Pierce 94.8 12 Otoe 91.1 59

Cass 94.7 13 Butler 91.1 60

Dawes 94.4 14 Richardson 91.0 61

Nemaha 94.4 15 Antelope 91.0 62

Garden 94.4 16 Adams 90.9 63

Garfield 94.3 17 Deuel 90.9 64

York 94.3 18 Hayes 90.8 65

Polk 94.1 19 Nance 90.7 66

Hooker 94.1 20 Pawnee 90.7 67

Sioux 94.0 21 Logan 90.5 68

Cheyenne 93.7 22 Dundy 90.2 69

Buffalo 93.6 23 Burt 89.9 70

Boone 93.5 24 Sheridan 89.8 71

Hamilton 93.5 25 Clay 89.6 72

Red Willow 93.5 26 Douglas 89.4 73

McPherson 93.5 27 Gage 89.3 74

Kearney 93.4 28 Jefferson 89.3 75

Lancaster 93.4 29 Perkins 89.1 76

Thomas 93.4 30 Platte 89.0 77

Nuckolls 93.3 31 Chase 88.9 78

Keya Paha 93.3 32 Dixon 88.5 79

Greeley 93.2 33 Kimball 88.4 80

Phelps 93.1 34 Johnson 88.4 81

Gosper 93.1 35 Madison 88.3 82

Saunders 93.1 36 Furnas 88.2 83

Seward 92.8 37 Cuming 87.7 84

Cedar 92.8 38 Dodge 87.6 85

Valley 92.7 39 Scotts Bluff 87.0 86

Sherman 92.5 40 Morrill 86.7 87

Brown 92.5 41 Thurston 86.6 88

Merrick 92.5 42 Saline 83.6 89

Rock 92.5 43 Hall 83.2 90

Howard 92.4 44 Dawson 75.9 91

Custer 92.3 45 Dakota 74.3 92

Holt 92.2 46 Colfax 71.5 93


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Table 18. Ranking of Persons with at least a Bachelor's Degree as a Percentage of the Population Aged 25 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Percent with

Bachelor's degree Rank County Percent with

Bachelor's degree Rank

Nebraska 30.0 Madison 19.7 47

Sarpy 38.4 1 Boyd 19.6 48

Douglas 37.6 2 Thayer 19.6 49

Lancaster 37.3 3 Dundy 19.5 50

Wayne 36.3 4 Fillmore 19.5 51

Dawes 34.7 5 Stanton 19.2 52

Buffalo 33.5 6 Richardson 19.1 53

Washington 30.6 7 Cherry 19.1 54

Sioux 29.1 8 Morrill 19.0 55

Nemaha 28.8 9 Hall 19.0 56

York 28.3 10 Dixon 19.0 57

Seward 27.2 11 Dodge 18.9 58

Arthur 26.8 12 Keya Paha 18.8 59

Saunders 26.1 13 Franklin 18.8 60

Hamilton 25.3 14 Frontier 18.7 61

Blaine 25.1 15 Brown 18.7 62

Sheridan 25.1 16 Clay 18.6 63

Cass 24.9 17 Antelope 18.6 64

McPherson 24.5 18 Garfield 18.5 65

Cheyenne 24.4 19 Chase 18.5 66

Kearney 23.9 20 Red Willow 18.2 67

Thomas 23.8 21 Burt 17.8 68

Hooker 23.7 22 Deuel 17.8 69

Phelps 23.3 23 Boone 17.7 70

Perkins 23.1 24 Cedar 17.6 71

Adams 22.6 25 Rock 17.5 72

Grant 22.0 26 Butler 17.4 73

Garden 21.9 27 Nance 17.3 74

Loup 21.9 28 Banner 17.0 75

Lincoln 21.7 29 Furnas 16.8 76

Keith 21.6 30 Nuckolls 16.6 77

Polk 21.5 31 Greeley 16.6 78

Custer 21.4 32 Wheeler 16.6 79

Platte 21.4 33 Harlan 16.5 80

Pierce 21.4 34 Pawnee 16.2 81

Scotts Bluff 21.4 35 Johnson 16.0 82

Holt 21.2 36 Merrick 16.0 83

Gosper 20.9 37 Thurston 15.9 84

Webster 20.8 38 Sherman 15.9 85

Logan 20.8 39 Box Butte 15.7 86

Otoe 20.7 40 Kimball 15.6 87

Valley 20.6 41 Dawson 15.2 88

Hayes 20.6 42 Jefferson 14.9 89

Howard 20.3 43 Hitchcock 14.7 90

Knox 20.2 44 Saline 14.6 91

Gage 20.1 45 Colfax 13.9 92

Cuming 20.0 46 Dakota 13.0 93


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Table 19. Ranking of Persons below Poverty as a Percentage of the Population for Whom Poverty is Determined for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Percent below

poverty Rank County Percent below

poverty Rank

Nebraska 12.4 Adams 11.2 47

Thurston 31.5 1 Sioux 11.0 48

Pawnee 20.2 2 Frontier 11.0 49

McPherson 18.4 3 Custer 10.9 50

Richardson 18.0 4 Nemaha 10.8 51

Brown 17.3 5 Otoe 10.8 52

Sheridan 16.8 6 Keya Paha 10.5 53

Grant 16.6 7 Deuel 10.5 54

Hooker 16.2 8 Gage 10.4 55

Blaine 16.2 9 Rock 10.4 56

Hitchcock 16.2 10 Cedar 10.4 57

Dakota 16.0 11 Webster 10.4 58

Dawes 16.0 12 Kimball 10.3 59

Harlan 15.9 13 Fillmore 10.1 60

Furnas 15.6 14 Cheyenne 10.0 61

Dawson 15.2 15 Merrick 10.0 62

Madison 14.9 16 Burt 10.0 63

Hall 14.8 17 Loup 10.0 64

Lancaster 14.3 18 Clay 9.9 65

Douglas 14.2 19 Chase 9.8 66

Box Butte 14.0 20 Holt 9.7 67

Buffalo 13.6 21 Thomas 9.6 68

Scotts Bluff 13.5 22 Howard 9.5 69

Sherman 13.3 23 Stanton 9.5 70

Franklin 13.1 24 York 9.4 71

Valley 12.8 25 Washington 9.2 72

Keith 12.8 26 Saunders 9.2 73

Nuckolls 12.8 27 Seward 9.0 74

Boyd 12.5 28 Hamilton 9.0 75

Johnson 12.5 29 Greeley 8.7 76

Knox 12.5 30 Platte 8.7 77

Cuming 12.4 31 Butler 8.7 78

Nance 12.4 32 Dundy 8.5 79

Morrill 12.3 33 Phelps 8.3 80

Wayne 12.1 34 Polk 8.1 81

Lincoln 12.0 35 Cherry 8.0 82

Thayer 12.0 36 Arthur 8.0 83

Banner 12.0 37 Hayes 7.9 84


Saline 11.9 39 Garfield 7.3 86

Dixon 11.9 40 Cass 7.0 87

Logan 11.8 41 Kearney 6.9 88

Antelope 11.8 42 Perkins 6.8 89

Red Willow 11.8 43 Pierce 6.6 90

Dodge 11.8 44 Sarpy 6.2 91

Jefferson 11.7 45 Gosper 5.8 92

Garden 11.6 46 Wheeler 5.1 93


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Table 20. Ranking of Children Aged under 18 Years below Poverty as a Percent of the Population for Whom Poverty is Determined for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Percent Aged under

18 years Rank County

Percent Aged under

18 years Rank

Nebraska 16.4 Clay 14.6 47

Thurston 42.7 1 Sioux 14.6 48

Pawnee 34.7 2 Saunders 14.5 49

Richardson 30.4 3 Antelope 14.5 50

Sheridan 30.0 4 Dawes 14.5 51

Harlan 29.3 5 Hamilton 14.4 52

Brown 26.6 6 Saline 14.3 53

Hitchcock 26.3 7 Fillmore 13.8 54

Furnas 25.8 8 Johnson 13.7 55

Sherman 23.8 9 Greeley 13.7 56

Blaine 22.9 10 Gage 13.3 57

Dawson 22.8 11 Washington 13.3 58

Box Butte 22.5 12 Chase 13.2 59

Keith 21.9 13 Custer 12.9 60

Hall 21.8 14 Nemaha 12.8 61

Cuming 21.4 15 Thomas 12.7 62

Dakota 21.3 16 Loup 12.4 63

Scotts Bluff 20.8 17 Webster 12.0 64

Banner 20.5 18 Howard 11.9 65

Keya Paha 20.4 19 Platte 11.0 66

Knox 20.0 20 York 10.6 67

Jefferson 19.8 21 Kimball 10.6 68

Madison 19.6 22 Burt 10.6 69

Douglas 19.5 23 Perkins 10.3 70

Grant 19.4 24 Nance 10.3 71

McPherson 19.4 25 Holt 10.2 72

Dixon 19.1 26 Boyd 10.1 73

Hooker 18.4 27 Butler 10.1 74

Thayer 17.8 28 Phelps 10.0 75

Logan 17.6 29 Seward 9.3 76

Franklin 17.4 30 Polk 8.8 77

Nuckolls 17.0 31 Merrick 8.7 78

Morrill 16.9 32 Gosper 8.5 79

Red Willow 16.4 33 Sarpy 8.3 80

Lancaster 16.3 34 Cass 8.2 81

Lincoln 16.3 35 Stanton 8.1 82

Dodge 16.2 36 Kearney 8.0 83


Deuel 15.8 38 Garden 7.6 85

Valley 15.6 39 Wayne 7.2 86

Dundy 15.4 40 Pierce 6.3 87

Frontier 15.3 41 Wheeler 6.2 88

Cedar 15.1 42 Cherry 5.8 89

Otoe 15.0 43 Hayes 4.6 90

Buffalo 14.9 44 Rock 4.4 91

Cheyenne 14.8 45 Garfield 4.3 92

Adams 14.8 46 Arthur 0.7 93


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Table 21. Ranking of Median Household Income (in 2016 inflation-adjusted dollars) for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Median household

income* Rank County Median household

income* Rank

Nebraska $54,384 Dawson $49,943 47

Sarpy $72,269 1 Dodge $49,830 48

Washington $65,565 2 Garden $49,805 49

Cass $65,385 3 Holt $49,607 50

Saunders $64,475 4 Saline $49,332 51

Seward $61,563 5 Cuming $49,181 52

Gosper $60,711 6 Rock $48,750 53

Hamilton $59,760 7 Gage $48,731 54

Stanton $58,553 8 Madison $48,673 55

Platte $58,473 9 Greeley $48,220 56

Polk $57,991 10 Johnson $47,938 57

Perkins $56,797 11 Knox $47,692 58

Loup $56,750 12 Wheeler $47,452 59

Douglas $56,003 13 Burt $47,137 60

York $55,156 14 Custer $47,083 61

Wayne $55,141 15 Sioux $46,667 62

Kearney $55,068 16 Scotts Bluff $46,632 63

Box Butte $54,444 17 Franklin $46,531 64

Cedar $54,391 18 Antelope $46,381 65

Thomas $54,286 19 Sherman $46,299 66

Cheyenne $54,215 20 Richardson $45,929 67

Buffalo $54,098 21 Grant $45,625 68

McPherson $53,750 22 Thayer $45,590 69

Lancaster $53,730 23 Garfield $45,227 70

Chase $53,496 24 Valley $44,657 71

Pierce $53,125 25 Harlan $44,630 72

Cherry $53,059 26 Jefferson $44,616 73

Dixon $52,813 27 Hayes $44,602 74

Nemaha $52,736 28 Dundy $44,583 75

Colfax $52,712 29 Morrill $43,942 76

Dakota $52,336 30 Keya Paha $43,333 77

Howard $52,247 31 Keith $43,100 78

Lincoln $52,179 32 Thurston $42,979 79

Otoe $52,108 33 Sheridan $42,802 80

Fillmore $52,070 34 Dawes $42,685 81

Boone $51,890 35 Boyd $42,463 82

Deuel $51,786 36 Red Willow $42,457 83

Clay $51,613 37 Nance $42,429 84

Hall $51,355 38 Nuckolls $41,576 85

Logan $51,346 39 Hitchcock $41,131 86

Phelps $51,264 40 Furnas $40,445 87

Adams $51,201 41 Arthur $40,375 88

Frontier $51,192 42 Kimball $40,344 89

Butler $51,166 43 Webster $40,313 90

Banner $50,833 44 Pawnee $40,139 91

Merrick $50,464 45 Hooker $38,616 92

Blaine $50,350 46 Brown $37,328 93

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey Prepared by: Center for Public Affairs Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha, December 2017 *In 2016 inflation adjusted dollars

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Table 22. Ranking of the Labor Force Participation Rate for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Labor force

participation rate Rank County Labor force

participation rate Rank

Nebraska 70.0 Loup 66.5 47

Sarpy 75.4 1 Rock 66.4 48

Buffalo 74.1 2 York 65.9 49

Cherry 74.1 3 Phelps 65.9 50

Colfax 73.2 4 Blaine 65.9 51

Banner 73.0 5 Seward 65.8 52

Cheyenne 72.9 6 Lincoln 65.7 53

Platte 72.8 7 Chase 65.7 54

Gosper 72.0 8 Gage 65.4 55

Lancaster 71.9 9 Nemaha 65.3 56

Hall 71.8 10 Brown 65.0 57

Dakota 71.5 11 Perkins 64.9 58

Dawson 71.1 12 Knox 64.8 59

Douglas 70.9 13 Grant 64.7 60

Keya Paha 70.9 14 Clay 64.6 61

Thomas 70.7 15 Nance 64.6 62

Stanton 70.2 16 Sioux 64.6 63

Madison 70.0 17 Saline 64.5 64

Kearney 69.9 18 Nuckolls 64.5 65

Holt 69.6 19 Fillmore 64.4 66

Box Butte 69.2 20 Jefferson 63.8 67

Merrick 69.0 21 Antelope 63.2 68

Wheeler 69.0 22 Richardson 63.1 69

Cedar 68.8 23 Keith 62.8 70

Polk 68.6 24 Sheridan 62.8 71

Logan 68.6 25 Sherman 62.5 72

Washington 68.5 26 Dawes 62.5 73

Valley 68.4 27 Furnas 62.4 74

Saunders 68.4 28 Franklin 62.3 75

Howard 68.4 29 McPherson 62.3 76

Cuming 68.3 30 Thurston 62.1 77

Wayne 68.2 31 Arthur 61.9 78

Deuel 68.1 32 Boyd 61.8 79

Pierce 67.9 33 Hayes 61.7 80

Cass 67.8 34 Greeley 61.6 81

Otoe 67.6 35 Kimball 61.5 82

Dixon 67.3 36 Webster 61.4 83

Hamilton 67.3 37 Dundy 61.1 84

Red Willow 67.2 38 Thayer 61.1 85

Garfield 67.2 39 Hitchcock 60.7 86

Scotts Bluff 67.2 40 Garden 60.2 87

Adams 67.2 41 Frontier 60.1 88

Butler 67.1 42 Harlan 59.3 89

Dodge 67.1 43 Burt 58.5 90

Boone 67.0 44 Pawnee 57.1 91

Custer 66.9 45 Hooker 55.1 92

Morrill 66.5 46 Johnson 49.5 93


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Table 23. Ranking of the Unemployment Rate for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Unemployment rate Rank County Unemployment rate Rank

Nebraska 4.2 Garfield 3.0 47

Thurston 15.3 1 Knox 3.0 48

Banner 7.3 2 Pawnee 3.0 49

Dakota 6.8 3 Webster 3.0 50

Nemaha 6.5 4 Nuckolls 2.9 51

Adams 5.4 5 Saunders 2.9 52

Colfax 5.4 6 Burt 2.8 53

Kimball 5.4 7 Clay 2.8 54

Hall 5.3 8 Hitchcock 2.8 55

Merrick 5.3 9 Fillmore 2.7 56

Scotts Bluff 5.3 10 Frontier 2.6 57

Red Willow 5.0 11 Cuming 2.5 58

Douglas 4.9 12 Cheyenne 2.4 59

Grant 4.9 13 Cherry 2.3 60

Dawson 4.7 14 Custer 2.3 61

Deuel 4.7 15 Garden 2.3 62

Gosper 4.6 16 Wayne 2.3 63

Platte 4.6 17 Sherman 2.2 64

Richardson 4.6 18 Hamilton 2.1 65

Butler 4.5 19 Sheridan 2.1 66

Lancaster 4.4 20 Dawes 1.9 67

Dodge 4.3 21 Harlan 1.9 68

Box Butte 4.2 22 Hooker 1.9 69

Keith 4.0 23 Perkins 1.9 70

Pierce 4.0 24 Antelope 1.8 71

Polk 3.9 25 Cedar 1.8 72

Otoe 3.8 26 Thomas 1.8 73

Arthur 3.7 27 Valley 1.8 74

Dundy 3.7 28 Hayes 1.7 75

Furnas 3.7 29 Greeley 1.6 76

Sarpy 3.7 30 Rock 1.6 77

Gage 3.6 31 Boone 1.5 78

Kearney 3.6 32 Chase 1.5 79

Cass 3.5 33 Washington 1.5 80

Morrill 3.5 34 Thayer 1.4 81

Seward 3.5 35 York 1.4 82

Dixon 3.4 36 Holt 1.3 83

Franklin 3.4 37 Phelps 1.2 84

Saline 3.4 38 Blaine 1.0 85

Buffalo 3.3 39 Boyd 1.0 86

Howard 3.3 40 Logan 0.9 87

Johnson 3.3 41 Keya Paha 0.7 88

Stanton 3.3 42 Wheeler 0.6 89

Jefferson 3.2 43 Brown 0.4 90

Nance 3.2 44 Loup 0.3 91

Lincoln 3.1 45 McPherson 0.0 92

Madison 3.1 46 Sioux 0.0 93


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Table 24. Ranking of the Percentage of Own Children Aged under 6 Years with All Parents in Labor Force for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Percent with all parents in labor

force Rank County

Percent with all parents in labor

force Rank

Nebraska 72.2 Gage 74.0 47

Gosper 96.4 1 Perkins 73.9 48

Garfield 94.3 2 Arthur 73.7 49

Nance 93.7 3 Brown 73.7 50

Nuckolls 93.0 4 Dakota 73.1 51

Garden 91.8 5 Stanton 72.5 52

Webster 91.5 6 Lancaster 72.3 53

Dixon 90.0 7 Boyd 72.2 54

Boone 88.8 8 Dundy 71.7 55

Howard 88.0 9 Hall 71.4 56

Merrick 86.3 10 Douglas 71.2 57

Kearney 85.3 11 Lincoln 71.2 58

Wayne 84.7 12 Sarpy 70.8 59

Knox 84.5 13 Seward 70.8 60

Pierce 83.3 14 Clay 70.4 61

Valley 83.2 15 Custer 70.3 62

Deuel 82.5 16 Thurston 70.3 63

Sioux 82.2 17 Dawes 70.0 64

Johnson 82.0 18 Saline 69.9 65

Holt 81.8 19 Keith 69.2 66

Red Willow 81.6 20 Cuming 69.1 67

Fillmore 79.6 21 Saunders 68.7 68

Sheridan 79.5 22 Scotts Bluff 68.6 69

Cherry 79.4 23 Washington 68.5 70

Morrill 79.2 24 Cheyenne 68.1 71

Dawson 78.5 25 Burt 68.0 72

Furnas 77.9 26 Dodge 67.9 73

Phelps 77.8 27 Keya Paha 67.4 74

Hooker 77.4 28 Nemaha 67.2 75

Rock 77.3 29 Butler 66.5 76

Adams 77.2 30 Franklin 66.1 77

Cedar 77.0 31 Wheeler 65.9 78

York 76.6 32 Chase 64.5 79

Jefferson 76.5 33 Harlan 63.0 80

Frontier 76.1 34 Hitchcock 62.7 81

Kimball 75.7 35 Cass 62.0 82

Thomas 75.6 36 McPherson 61.8 83

Colfax 75.3 37 Hamilton 59.7 84

Greeley 75.3 38 Sherman 59.1 85

Antelope 74.6 39 Thayer 58.9 86

Platte 74.5 40 Banner 58.7 87

Buffalo 74.4 41 Loup 53.8 88

Otoe 74.4 42 Logan 50.0 89

Richardson 74.3 43 Grant 48.9 90

Box Butte 74.2 44 Blaine 45.5 91

Madison 74.2 45 Pawnee 39.6 92

Polk 74.2 46 Hayes 12.2 93


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Table 25. Ranking of Owner Occupied Housing as a Percentage of Total Occupied Housing Units for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Percent Owner

Occupied Rank County Percent Owner

Occupied Rank

Nebraska 66.0 Colfax 72.3 47

Stanton 84.5 1 Seward 72.1 48

Franklin 83.5 2 Custer 72.0 49

Cass 81.7 3 Platte 71.8 50

Boyd 81.4 4 Rock 71.7 51

Loup 81.0 5 Sioux 71.5 52

Hamilton 80.8 6 Sheridan 71.3 53

Greeley 80.4 7 Thomas 70.8 54

Cedar 80.3 8 Valley 70.6 55

Pierce 79.5 9 Nemaha 70.6 56

Garden 79.4 10 York 70.5 57

Saunders 79.2 11 Keya Paha 70.4 58

Chase 79.1 12 Sarpy 69.9 59

Butler 79.0 13 Gosper 69.7 60

Webster 78.4 14 Phelps 69.6 61

Boone 78.4 15 Gage 69.5 62

Washington 78.3 16 Cheyenne 69.5 63

Polk 78.1 17 Dundy 69.3 64

Howard 77.8 18 Box Butte 69.3 65

Nance 77.7 19 Kearney 69.3 66

Grant 77.6 20 Furnas 68.9 67

Deuel 77.4 21 Cuming 68.6 68

Thayer 77.1 22 Scotts Bluff 68.3 69

Pawnee 77.1 23 Adams 68.3 70

Antelope 77.0 24 Kimball 67.5 71

Dixon 76.9 25 Morrill 67.5 72

Sherman 76.9 26 Dawson 67.4 73

Burt 76.7 27 Logan 67.3 74

Clay 76.7 28 McPherson 67.2 75

Hooker 76.4 29 Dakota 66.7 76

Red Willow 76.4 30 Banner 66.2 77

Perkins 76.3 31 Hayes 66.2 78

Harlan 76.0 32 Keith 65.8 79

Frontier 75.9 33 Dodge 65.7 80

Garfield 75.8 34 Lincoln 65.6 81

Jefferson 75.7 35 Madison 65.2 82

Hitchcock 75.2 36 Saline 64.8 83

Wheeler 75.1 37 Buffalo 63.7 84

Richardson 75.0 38 Wayne 62.8 85

Knox 74.4 39 Arthur 62.3 86

Fillmore 74.1 40 Cherry 61.9 87

Johnson 73.9 41 Dawes 61.7 88

Holt 73.8 42 Douglas 61.4 89

Otoe 73.7 43 Hall 61.4 90

Merrick 73.6 44 Thurston 60.6 91

Nuckolls 73.5 45 Lancaster 59.2 92

Brown 72.6 46 Blaine 57.8 93


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Table 26. Ranking of the Median Value of Owner Occupied Housing Units (in 2016 inflation-adjusted dollars) for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Median Value* Rank County Median Value* Rank

Nebraska $137,300 Saline $99,100 47

Nebraska $178,000 1 Sioux $97,500 48

Washington $167,600 2 Holt $96,900 49

Sarpy $160,900 3 Pierce $96,900 50

Cass $157,000 4 Chase $95,900 51

Lancaster $155,900 5 Dawson $95,600 52

Buffalo $155,700 6 Frontier $95,000 53

Saunders $154,200 7 Colfax $93,100 54

Seward $149,300 8 Custer $93,000 55

Douglas $147,900 9 Garfield $92,400 56

McPherson $131,200 10 Burt $90,500 57

Platte $129,200 11 Valley $89,900 58

Banner $129,100 12 Red Willow $88,400 59

Wayne $128,200 13 Merrick $88,300 60

Hall $124,100 14 Dixon $86,200 61

Otoe $123,200 15 Sherman $84,900 62

Hamilton $122,300 16 Morrill $84,700 63

Cherry $121,900 17 Knox $84,500 64

Madison $120,800 18 Harlan $84,400 65

York $119,600 19 Garden $83,100 66

Lincoln $119,500 20 Kimball $83,000 67

Loup $119,000 21 Clay $82,100 68

Kearney $116,500 22 Nance $81,600 69

Logan $115,100 23 Johnson $80,900 70

Howard $114,700 24 Hayes $80,500 71

Dodge $114,300 25 Brown $80,100 72

Cheyenne $114,300 26 Keya Paha $79,000 73

Phelps $113,000 27 Sheridan $78,900 74

Gosper $111,200 28 Antelope $78,400 75

Scotts Bluff $111,200 29 Hooker $77,900 76

Stanton $110,600 30 Webster $77,900 77

Adams $110,500 31 Jefferson $76,900 78

Cedar $109,200 32 Thurston $75,600 79

Cuming $109,200 33 Fillmore $75,000 80

Nemaha $108,400 34 Deuel $72,900 81

Dakota $108,200 35 Richardson $71,300 82

Butler $108,000 36 Dundy $70,700 83

Gage $106,500 37 Thayer $68,900 84

Blaine $104,600 38 Rock $67,100 85

Keith $104,400 39 Pawnee $65,900 86

Boone $104,200 40 Greeley $65,600 87

Dawes $103,700 41 Furnas $62,500 88

Thomas $102,300 42 Franklin $60,400 89

Arthur $102,300 43 Hitchcock $59,000 90

Polk $100,500 44 Nuckolls $56,700 91

Wheeler $99,500 45 Boyd $56,200 92

Box Butte $99,400 46 Grant $52,500 93

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey Prepared by: Center for Public Affairs Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha, December 2017 *In 2016 inflation adjusted dollars

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Table 27. Ranking of the Percentage of Children Aged 3 and 4 years Enrolled in School for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Percent Enrolled in school Rank County

Percent Enrolled in school Rank

Nebraska 42.9 Wayne 43.2 47

Loup 100.0 1 Brown 42.9 48

Wheeler 85.7 2 Custer 42.6 49

Keya Paha 81.8 3 Cass 42.5 50

Garfield 77.8 4 Douglas 42.3 51

York 77.3 5 Sarpy 42.2 52

Gosper 70.8 6 Polk 41.2 53

Nuckolls 70.5 7 Pierce 41.1 54

Butler 65.6 8 Burt 40.2 55

Scotts Bluff 64.8 9 Clay 39.8 56

Sherman 64.5 10 Dawson 39.5 57

Gage 63.1 11 Platte 39.2 58

Nemaha 62.3 12 Red Willow 39.2 59

Box Butte 61.3 13 Saunders 39.1 60

Thurston 60.7 14 Stanton 39.0 61

Richardson 59.8 15 Buffalo 39.0 62

Dixon 59.7 16 Franklin 38.6 63

Fillmore 58.5 17 Lancaster 38.4 64

Chase 58.2 18 Harlan 37.6 65

Howard 57.9 19 Merrick 37.6 66

Knox 55.8 20 Cuming 37.4 67

Adams 53.2 21 Cherry 35.2 68

Webster 51.3 22 Grant 35.0 69

Deuel 51.2 23 Otoe 34.9 70

Hamilton 51.0 24 Colfax 33.9 71

Jefferson 51.0 25 Blaine 33.3 72

Johnson 50.7 26 Cedar 32.2 73

Madison 50.2 27 Dakota 31.5 74

Seward 50.1 28 Dodge 31.5 75

Antelope 49.2 29 Cheyenne 30.7 76

Saline 49.1 30 Sioux 30.3 77

Lincoln 48.7 31 Nance 30.2 78

Garden 48.1 32 Valley 27.0 79

Washington 48.1 33 Perkins 26.4 80

Kearney 47.7 34 Arthur 25.0 81

Boone 47.1 35 Morrill 24.2 82

Holt 46.9 36 Thomas 16.7 83

Hall 46.9 37 McPherson 15.4 84

Furnas 45.4 38 Logan 12.5 85

Phelps 45.2 39 Hitchcock 10.4 86

Boyd 45.2 40 Kimball 5.8 87

Pawnee 45.0 41 Dawes 4.7 88

Greeley 44.7 42 Banner 0.0 89

Thayer 44.5 43 Dundy 0.0 90

Keith 44.4 44 Hayes 0.0 91

Sheridan 44.3 45 Hooker 0.0 92

Frontier 43.8 46 Rock 0.0 93


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Table 28. Ranking of the Percentage of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population with No Health Insurance for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County Percent with no health insurance Rank County

Percent with no health insurance Rank

Nebraska 9.7

Furnas 9.3 47

Thurston 30.1 1 Johnson 9.3 48

Blaine 19.5 2 Lancaster 9.3 49

Hayes 19.0 3 Dixon 9.2 50

Pawnee 16.2 4 Loup 9.2 51

Dakota 15.2 5 Polk 9.1 52

Kimball 15.1 6 Cuming 8.9 53

Rock 15.0 7 Merrick 8.9 54

Sheridan 14.9 8 Platte 8.9 55

Hall 14.8 9 Burt 8.8 56

Deuel 14.7 10 Garfield 8.8 57

Hitchcock 14.7 11 Antelope 8.6 58

Chase 14.4 12 Box Butte 8.6 59

Dawes 13.9 13 Buffalo 8.3 60

Dawson 13.8 14 Gosper 8.3 61

Scotts Bluff 13.7 15 Otoe 8.3 62

Morrill 13.0 16 Butler 8.1 63

Keith 12.5 17 Kearney 8.1 64

Brown 12.2 18 Sherman 7.7 65

Grant 12.1 19 York 7.7 66

Dundy 12.0 20 Hooker 7.6 67

Colfax 11.7 21 Thomas 7.4 68

Dodge 11.7 22 Holt 7.3 69

Logan 11.6 23 Jefferson 6.9 70

Boyd 11.3 24 Keya Paha 6.9 71

Clay 11.2 25 Richardson 6.9 72

Saline 11.2 26 Franklin 6.7 73

Knox 11.0 27 Greeley 6.7 74

Harlan 10.9 28 Cheyenne 6.6 75

Custer 10.7 29 Boone 6.5 76

Douglas 10.7 30 Phelps 6.2 77

Sioux 10.6 31 Wayne 6.1 78

Webster 10.6 32 Gage 6.0 79

Arthur 10.5 33 Sarpy 6.0 80

Garden 10.5 34 Seward 6.0 81

Lincoln 10.5 35 Cass 5.9 82

Madison 10.4 36 Nemaha 5.9 83

Frontier 10.3 37 Cedar 5.8 84

Nuckolls 10.3 38 Thayer 5.7 85

Banner 10.2 39 Perkins 5.6 86

Stanton 10.0 40 Washington 5.6 87

Valley 9.9 41 Howard 5.1 88

Cherry 9.8 42 Saunders 5.1 89

Red Willow 9.6 43 Hamilton 5.0 90

Adams 9.4 44 Wheeler 5.0 91

Nance 9.4 45 Pierce 4.9 92

Fillmore 9.3 46 McPherson 2.1 93


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Table 29. Ranking of the Percentage of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population with Medicaid/Means-tested Public Coverage for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

County

Percent with Medicaid/means-

tested public coverage Rank County

Percent with Medicaid/means-

tested public coverage Rank

Nebraska 13.0 Butler 12.4 Butler Thurston 26.6 1 Saline 12.2 Saline

Scotts Bluff 18.3 2 Hamilton 12.1 Hamilton

Dundy 18.0 3 Antelope 12.1 Antelope

Pawnee 16.8 4 Hayes 12.0 Hayes

Franklin 16.8 5 Banner 11.9 Banner

Jefferson 16.6 6 Adams 11.8 Adams

Hall 16.5 7 Cuming 11.8 Cuming

Madison 16.5 8 Nance 11.5 Nance

Dakota 16.4 9 Buffalo 11.3 Buffalo

Furnas 16.4 10 Kearney 11.1 Kearney

Hitchcock 15.9 11 Saunders 11.0 Saunders

Richardson 15.9 12 Logan 11.0 Logan

Dawson 15.7 13 Stanton 11.0 Stanton

Gage 15.7 14 Fillmore 10.4 Fillmore

Box Butte 15.2 15 Pierce 10.3 Pierce

Sheridan 15.2 16 Sherman 10.3 Sherman

Webster 15.0 17 Phelps 10.2 Phelps

Clay 15.0 18 Loup 10.1 Loup

Nuckolls 14.9 19 Cheyenne 10.1 Cheyenne

Merrick 14.9 20 Cherry 10.0 Cherry

Blaine 14.7 21 Chase 9.9 Chase

Valley 14.6 22 Sioux 9.9 Sioux

Dodge 14.6 23 Wheeler 9.8 Wheeler

Garfield 14.4 24 Frontier 9.8 Frontier

Douglas 14.4 25 Holt 9.8 Holt

Boyd 14.3 26 Thomas 9.3 Thomas

Burt 14.3 27 Dawes 9.3 Dawes

Custer 14.2 28 Cass 9.2 Cass

Colfax 14.2 29 Deuel 9.2 Deuel

Kimball 14.0 30 Rock 9.2 Rock

Keith 13.8 31 Washington 9.2 Washington

Thayer 13.7 32 Seward 9.2 Seward

Garden 13.6 33 Platte 9.1 Platte

Morrill 13.6 34 Cedar 9.1 Cedar

Greeley 13.5 35 Wayne 8.9 Wayne

Knox 13.5 36 Sarpy 8.8 Sarpy

Nemaha 13.4 37 Harlan 8.8 Harlan

Lincoln 13.4 38 Polk 8.6 Polk

Brown 13.3 39 Howard 8.6 Howard

Red Willow 13.1 40 Perkins 7.8 Perkins

York 13.0 41 Keya Paha 7.1 Keya Paha

Arthur 13.0 42 Grant 7.0 Grant

Dixon 12.9 43 Gosper 6.5 Gosper

Johnson 12.7 44 Boone 6.5 Boone

Otoe 12.7 45 Hooker 5.3 Hooker

Lancaster 12.4 46 McPherson 3.5 McPherson


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Map 1. Population Aged under 18 Years as a Percentage of Total Population

for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

Map 2. Population Aged 65 Years or Older as Percentage of Total Population



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Map 3. Minority (Non-White or Hispanic/Latino) Population as a Percentage of Total Population


Map 4. Foreign Born Population as a Percentage of Total Population



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Map 5. Persons with a High School Diploma or GED as a Percentage of the Population Aged 25 Years

or Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

Map 6. Persons with at least a Bachelor’s Degree as a Percentage of the Population Aged 25 Years or

Older for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016


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Map 7. Persons below Poverty as a Percentage of the Population for Whom Poverty is Determined


Map 8. Children Aged under 18 Years below Poverty as a Percentage of the Population for Whom

Poverty is Determined for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016


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Map 9. Median Household Income (2016 Dollars) for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

Map 10. Labor Force Participation Rate for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older for Nebraska

Counties: 2012-2016


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Map 11. Unemployment Rate for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older for Nebraska Counties:

2012-2016

Map 12. Own Children Aged under 6 Years with All Parents in Labor Force



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Map 13. Owner Occupied Housing Units as a Percentage of Total Occupied Housing Units


Map 14. Median Value of Owner Occupied Housing Units (in 2016 inflation-adjusted dollars)



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Map 15. Children Aged 3 and 4 Years Enrolled in School for Nebraska Counties: 2012-2016

Map 16. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population with No Health Insurance



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Map 17. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population with Medicaid/Means-tested Public Coverage



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Map 18. Nebraska Legislative Districts: 2012-2016

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Definitions

Table 1. Population by Age

Age – The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years at the time of interview. Both age and date of birth are used in combination to calculate the most accurate age at the time of the interview. Respondents are asked to give an age in whole, completed years as of the interview date as well as the month, day and year of birth. People are not to round an age up if the person is close to having a birthday and to estimate an age if the exact age is not known. An additional instruction on babies also asks respondents to print “0” for babies less than one year old.

Table 2. Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

Race – There are several concepts used to display and tabulate race information for the six major race categories (White; Black or African American; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; and Some Other Race).

Race is a self-identification data item in which respondents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. People may choose to report more than one race to indicate their racial mixture, such as “American Indian” and “White.”

The concept “race alone” includes people who reported a single entry (e.g., Korean) and no other race, as well as people who reported two or more entries within the same major race group (e.g., Asian). The race alone categories includes the minimum 5 race categories required by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), plus the “some other race alone” included by the Census Bureau with the approval of OMB. The race alone categories in tables 2 and 3 are:

White alone Black or African-American alone American Indian or Alaska Native alone Asian alone Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone Some other race alone

Hispanic Origin – Origin can be viewed as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person’s parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. People who identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race.

Table 3. Population by Race and Hispanic Origin as a Percentage of Total Population

See Table 2.

Table 4. Place of Birth and Citizenship Status

U.S. Citizen – Persons who indicated that they were born in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Island Area (such as Guam), or abroad of American (U.S. citizen) parent or parents are considered U.S. citizens at birth. Foreign-born people who indicated that they were U.S. citizens through naturalization also are considered U.S. citizens.

Not a U.S. Citizen – Persons who indicated that they were not U.S. citizens at the time of the survey.

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Native – The native population includes anyone who was a U.S. citizen or a U.S. national at birth. This includes respondents who indicated they were born in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Island Area (such as Guam), or abroad of American (U.S. citizen) parent or parents.

Foreign Born – The foreign-born population includes anyone who was not a U.S. citizen or a U.S. national at birth. This includes respondents who indicated they were a U.S. citizen by naturalization or not a U.S. citizen.

Naturalized Citizens – Foreign-born people who identify themselves as naturalized. Naturalization is the conferring, by any means, of citizenship upon a person after birth.

Immigration Status – The American Community Survey questionnaires do not ask about immigration status. The population surveyed includes all people who indicated that the United States was their usual place of residence on the survey date. The foreign-born population includes naturalized U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (e.g., immigrants), temporary migrants (e.g., foreign students), humanitarian migrants (e.g., refugees), and unauthorized migrants (i.e., people illegally present in the United States).

Table 5. Educational Attainment for the Population Aged 25 Years or Older

Educational Attainment – Educational attainment data are tabulated for people aged 25 years or older. Respondents are classified according to the highest degree or the highest level of school completed. The question included instructions for persons currently enrolled in school to report the level of the previous grade attended or the highest degree received.

The educational attainment question included a response category that allowed people to report completing the 12th grade without receiving a high school diploma. Respondents who received a regular high school diploma and did not attend college were instructed to report “Regular high school diploma.” Respondents who received the equivalent of a high school diploma [for example, passed the test of General Educational Development (G.E.D.)] and did not attend college, were instructed to report “GED or alternative credential.” “Some college” is in two categories. “Some college credit, but less than 1 year of college credit” and “1 or more years of college credit, no degree.” The category “Associate’s degree” included people whose highest degree is an associate’s degree, which generally requires two years of college level work and is either in an occupational program that prepares them for a specific occupation, or an academic program primarily in the arts and sciences. The course work may or may not be transferable to a bachelor’s degree.

High School Graduate or Higher – This category includes people whose highest degree was a high school diploma or its equivalent, people who attended college but did not receive a degree, and people who received an associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, or professional or doctorate degree. People who reported completing the 12th grade but not receiving a diploma are not included.

Bachelor’s Degree of Higher – This category includes people whose highest degree was a bachelor’s, master’s, or professional or doctorate degree.

Advanced Degree – This category includes people whose highest degree was a master’s or professional or doctorate degree.

Associate’s Degree Only --This category includes people whose highest degree was an associate’s degree. People who reported also receiving a bachelor’s, master’s, or professional or doctorate degree are not included.

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Table 6. Ratio of Income to Poverty for the Population for Whom Poverty is Determined and Median Household Income in the Past 12 Months

Individuals for Whom Poverty Status is Determined – Poverty status was determined for all people except institutionalized people, people in military group quarters, people in college dormitories, and unrelated individuals under 15 years old. These groups were excluded from the numerator and denominator when calculating poverty rates. Thus, the total population in poverty tables--the poverty universe--is slightly smaller than the overall population.

Specified Poverty Levels – To determine a person's poverty status, one compares the person’s total family income in the last 12 months with the poverty threshold appropriate for that person's family size and composition (see example below). If the total income of that person's family is less than the threshold appropriate for that family, then the person is considered “below the poverty level,” together with every member of his or her family. If a person is not living with anyone related by birth, marriage, or adoption, then the person's own income is compared with his or her poverty threshold. The total number of people below the poverty level is the sum of people in families and the number of unrelated individuals with incomes in the last 12 months below the poverty threshold.

Ratio of Income to Poverty – People and families are classified as being in poverty if their income is less than their poverty threshold. If their income is less than half their poverty threshold, they are below 50% of poverty; less than the threshold itself, they are in poverty (below 100% of poverty); less than 1.25 times the threshold, below 125% of poverty, and so on. As the ratio of income to poverty becomes greater, there will be more people who fall under the category, because higher ratios include more people with higher incomes.

Household – A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit as their usual place of residence.

Total Income – Total income is the sum of the amounts reported separately for wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, or tips; self-employment income from own nonfarm or farm businesses, including proprietorships and partnerships; interest, dividends, net rental income, royalty income, or income from estates and trusts; Social Security or Railroad Retirement income; Supplemental Security Income (SSI); any public assistance or welfare payments from the state or local welfare office; retirement, survivor, or disability pensions; and any other sources of income received regularly such as Veterans (VA) payments, unemployment compensation, child support, or alimony.

Table 7. Population below Poverty as a Percentage of the Population for Whom Poverty is Determined (Poverty Rate)

See Table 6.

Family Households – A family consists of a householder and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. All people in a household who are related to the householder are regarded as members of his or her family. A family household may contain people not related to the householder, but those people are not included as part of the householder’s family in tabulations.

Family households and married-couple families do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state issuing marriage certificates for same-sex couples. Same-sex couple households are included in the family households category if there is at least one additional person related to the householder by birth or adoption.

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Female Householder, No Husband Present – A family with a female householder and no spouse or householder present.

Table 8. Employment Status for the Population Aged 16 Years or Older

Labor Force – The labor force includes all people classified in the civilian labor force, plus members of the U.S. Armed Forces (people on active duty with the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard). The Civilian Labor Force consists of people classified as employed or unemployed.

Labor Force Participation Rate – The labor force participation rate is the percent of the population aged 16 years or older that is in the labor force.

Employed – This measure includes all civilians 16 years old and over who were either (1) "at work" --those who did any work at all during the reference week as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession, worked on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers on a family farm or in a family business; or (2) were "with a job but not at work" --those who did not work during the reference week but had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent due to illness, bad weather, industrial dispute, vacation, or other personal reasons. Excluded from the employed are people whose only activity consisted of work around the house or unpaid volunteer work for religious, charitable, and similar organizations; also excluded are people on active duty in the United States Armed Forces. The reference week is the calendar week preceding the date on which the respondents completed their questionnaires or were interviewed. This week may not be the same for all respondents.

Unemployed – All civilians 16 years old and over are classified as unemployed if they (1) were neither "at work" nor "with a job but not at work" during the reference week, and (2) were actively looking for work during the last 4 weeks, and (3) were available to accept a job. Also included as unemployed, are civilians who did not work at all during the reference week, were waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been laid off, and were available for work except for temporary illness.

Unemployment Rate – The unemployment rate is the percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed.

Table 9. Own Children Aged under 18 Years with All Parents in Labor Force

See Table 8.

Own Child – A never-married child under 18 years who is a son or daughter by birth, a stepchild, or an adopted child of the householder. In certain tabulations, own children are further classified as living with two parents or with one parent only. Own children of the householder living with two parents are by definition found only in married-couple families. (Note. When used in “EMPLOYMENT STATUS” tabulations, own child refers to a never married child under the age of 18 years in a family or a subfamily who is a son or daughter, by birth, marriage, or adoption, of a member of the householder’s family, but not necessarily of the householder.)

All Parents in Labor Force – If a child lives with two parents, then both parents are in the labor force. If a child lives with one parent only, then that parent is in the labor force.

Table 10. Occupancy Status, Housing Tenure, and Median Value for Owner Occupied Housing Units

Housing Unit – A housing unit may be a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms or a single room that is occupied (or, if vacant, intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate

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living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other individuals in the building and which have direct access from outside the building or through a common hall. For vacant units, the criteria of separateness and direct access are applied to the intended occupants whenever possible. If that information cannot be obtained, the criteria are applied to the previous occupants.

Both occupied and vacant housing units are included in the housing unit inventory. Boats, recreational vehicles (RVs), vans, tents, railroad cars, and the like are included, only if they are occupied as someone's current place of residence. Vacant mobile homes are included provided they are intended for occupancy on the site where they stand. Vacant mobile homes on dealers' sales lots, at the factory, or in storage yards are excluded from the housing inventory. Also excluded from the housing inventory are quarters being used entirely for nonresidential purposes, such as a store or an office, or quarters used for the storage of business supplies or inventory, machinery, or agricultural products.

Occupied Housing Unit – A housing unit is classified as occupied if it is the current place of residence of the person or group of people living in it at the time of interview, or if the occupants are only temporarily absent from the residence for two months or less, that is, away on vacation or a business trip. If all the people staying in the unit at the time of the interview are staying there for two months or less, the unit is considered to be temporarily occupied and classified as “vacant.” The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living quarters. The living quarters occupied by staff personnel within any group quarters are separate housing units if they satisfy the housing unit criteria of separateness and direct access; otherwise, they are considered group quarters.

Occupied rooms or suites of rooms in hotels, motels, and similar places are classified as housing units only when occupied by permanent residents, that is, people who consider the hotel as their current place of residence or have no current place of residence elsewhere. If any of the occupants in rooming or boarding houses, congregate housing, or continuing care facilities live separately from others in the building and have direct access, their quarters are classified as separate housing units.

Vacant Housing Unit – A housing unit is vacant if no one is living in it at the time of interview. Units occupied at the time of interview entirely by persons who are staying two months or less and who have a more permanent residence elsewhere are considered to be temporarily occupied, and are classified as “vacant.”

Value – Value is the respondent's estimate of how much the property (house and lot, mobile home and lot, or condominium unit) would sell for, if it were for sale.

Owner Occupied – A housing unit is owner occupied if the owner or co-owner lives in the unit even if it is mortgaged or not fully paid for. The owner or co-owner must live in the unit and usually is Person 1 on the questionnaire. The unit is “Owned by you or someone in this household with a mortgage or loan” if it is being purchased with a mortgage or some other debt arrangement such as a deed of trust, trust deed, contract to purchase, land contract, or purchase agreement. The unit also is considered owned with a mortgage if it is built on leased land and there is a mortgage on the unit. Mobile homes occupied by owners with installment loan balances also are included in this category.

Renter Occupied – All occupied housing units which are not owner occupied, whether they are rented or occupied without payment of rent, are classified as renter occupied. “No rent paid” units are separately identified in the rent tabulations. Such units are generally provided free by friends or relatives or in exchange for services such as resident manager, caretaker, minister, or tenant farmer. Housing units on military bases also are classified in the “No rent paid” category. “Rented” includes units in continuing care, sometimes called life care arrangements. These arrangements usually involve a

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contract between one or more individuals and a health services provider guaranteeing the individual shelter, usually a house.

Table 11. School Enrollment for Children Aged 3 and 4 Years

School Enrollment – Children are classified as enrolled in school if they were attending a public or private school at any time during the 3 months prior to the time of interview. The question included instructions to “include only nursery or preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, home school, and schooling which leads to a high school diploma, or a college degree.”

Enrolled in Public and Private School – This category classifies children who attended school in the reference period and indicated they were enrolled by marking one of the questionnaire categories for “public school, public college” or “private school, private college.” The instruction guide defines a public school as “any school or college controlled and supported primarily by a local, county, state, or federal government.” Private schools are defined as schools supported and controlled primarily by religious organizations or other private groups. Respondents who marked both the “public” and “private” boxes are edited to the first entry, “public.”

Table 12. Health Insurance Status for the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population by Age

Health Insurance Coverage – Health insurance coverage includes plans and programs that provide comprehensive health coverage. Plans that provide insurance for specific conditions or situations such as cancer and long-term care policies are not considered coverage. Likewise, other types of insurance like dental, vision, life, and disability insurance are not considered health insurance coverage.

People were considered insured if they reported at least one “yes” to any of the following categories.

Insurance through a current or former employer or union (of this person or another family member)

Insurance purchased directly from an insurance company (by this person or another family member)

Medicare, for people 65 and older, or people with certain disabilities

Medicaid, Medical Assistance, or any kind of government-assistance plan for those with low incomes or a disability

TRICARE or other military health care

VA (including those who have ever used or enrolled for VA health care)

People who had no reported health coverage, or those whose only health coverage was Indian Health Service, were considered uninsured. For reporting purposes, the Census Bureau broadly classifies health insurance coverage as private health insurance or public coverage. Private health insurance is a plan provided through an employer or union, a plan purchased by an individual from a private company, or TRICARE or other military health care. Public health coverage includes the federal programs Medicare, Medicaid, and VA Health Care (provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs); the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP); and individual state health plans. The types of health insurance are not mutually exclusive; people may be covered by more than one at the same time.

Noninstitutionalized Population – This population lives in noninstitutional group quarters such as college/university student housing, military quarters, and other noninstitutional group quarters such as

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emergency and transitional shelters for people experiencing homelessness and group homes. The institutionalized population is the population residing in institutional group quarters such as adult correctional facilities, juvenile facilities, skilled-nursing facilities, and other institutional facilities such as mental (psychiatric) hospitals and in-patient hospice facilities.

Civilian Population – Excludes members of the U.S. Armed Forces (people on active duty with the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard).

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