Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Nebraska: 2000
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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	1,711,263	100.0	HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
SEX AND AGE			Total population	1,711,263	100.0
Male	843,351	49.3	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	94,425	5.5
Female	867,912	50.7	Mexican	71,030	4.2
			Puerto Rican	1,993	0.1
Under 5 years	117,048	6.8	Cuban	859	0.1
5 to 9 years	123,445	7.2	Other Hispanic or Latino	20,543	1.2
10 to 14 years	128,934	7.5	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,616,838	94.5
15 to 19 years	134,909	7.9	White alone	1,494,494	87.3
20 to 24 years	120,331	7.0
25 to 34 years	223,273	13.0	RELATIONSHIP
35 to 44 years	263,834	15.4	Total population	1,711,263	100.0
45 to 54 years	225,754	13.2	In households	1,660,445	97.0
55 to 59 years	77,584	4.5	Householder	666,184	38.9
60 to 64 years	63,956	3.7	Spouse	360,996	21.1
65 to 74 years	115,699	6.8	Child	505,755	29.6
75 to 84 years	82,543	4.8	Own child under 18 years	420,245	24.6
85 years and over	33,953	2.0	Other relatives	47,877	2.8
			Under 18 years	18,621	1.1
Median age (years)	35.3	(X)	Nonrelatives	79,633	4.7
			Unmarried partner	29,537	1.7
18 years and over	1,261,021	73.7	In group quarters	50,818	3.0
Male	612,965	35.8	Institutionalized population	26,011	1.5
Female	648,056	37.9	Noninstitutionalized population	24,807	1.4
21 years and over	1,180,859	69.0
62 years and over	269,893	15.8	HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
65 years and over	232,195	13.6	Total households	666,184	100.0
Male	95,630	5.6	Family households (families)	443,411	66.6
Female	136,565	8.0	With own children under 18 years	217,636	32.7
			Married-couple family	360,996	54.2
RACE			With own children under 18 years	165,564	24.9
One race	1,687,310	98.6	Female householder, no husband present	60,343	9.1
White	1,533,261	89.6	With own children under 18 years	39,685	6.0
Black or African American	68,541	4.0	Nonfamily households	222,773	33.4
American Indian and Alaska Native	14,896	0.9	Householder living alone	183,550	27.6
Asian	21,931	1.3	Householder 65 years and over	71,013	10.7
Asian Indian	3,273	0.2
Chinese	3,093	0.2	Households with individuals under 18 years	229,980	34.5
Filipino	2,101	0.1	Households with individuals 65 years and over	157,560	23.7
Japanese	1,582	0.1
Korean	2,423	0.1	Average household size	2.49	(X)
Vietnamese	6,364	0.4	Average family size	3.06	(X)
Other Asian 1	3,095	0.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	836	-	HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian	244	-	Total housing units	722,668	100.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	273	-	Occupied housing units	666,184	92.2
Samoan	111	-	Vacant housing units	56,484	7.8
Other Pacific Islander 2	208	-	For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	11,912	1.6
Some other race	47,845	2.8
Two or more races	23,953	1.4	Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.8	(X)
			Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.6	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or
more other races: 3			HOUSING TENURE
White	1,554,164	90.8	Occupied housing units	666,184	100.0
Black or African American	75,833	4.4	Owner-occupied housing units	449,317	67.4
American Indian and Alaska Native	22,204	1.3	Renter-occupied housing units	216,867	32.6
Asian	26,809	1.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,733	0.1	Average household size of owner-occupied units	2.63	(X)
Some other race	55,996	3.3	Average household size of renter-occupied units	2.20	(X)
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1 Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2 Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3 In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The following six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages
may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
Table DP-2.Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT			NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Population 3 years and over			Total population	1,711,263	100.0
enrolled in school	480,705	100.0	Native	1,636,625	95.6
Nursery school, preschool	30,386	6.3	Born in United States	1,626,363	95.0
Kindergarten	25,269	5.3	State of residence	1,147,815	67.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	204,490	42.5	Different state	478,548	28.0
High school (grades 9-12)	108,245	22.5	Born outside United States	10,262	0.6
College or graduate school	112,315	23.4	Foreign born	74,638	4.4
			Entered 1990 to March 2000	43,162	2.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT			Naturalized citizen	23,918	1.4
Population 25 years and over	1,087,241	100.0	Not a citizen	50,720	3.0
Less than 9th grade	58,376	5.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	87,485	8.0	REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	339,952	31.3	Total (excluding born at sea)	74,638	100.0
Some college, no degree	263,692	24.3	Europe	10,837	14.5
Associate degree	79,596	7.3	Asia	19,202	25.7
Bachelor's degree	179,181	16.5	Africa	2,649	3.5
Graduate or professional degree	78,959	7.3	Oceania	347	0.5
			Latin America	39,991	53.6
Percent high school graduate or higher	86.6	(X)	Northern America	1,612	2.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.7	(X)
			LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
MARITAL STATUS			Population 5 years and over	1,594,700	100.0
Population 15 years and over	1,342,422	100.0	English only	1,469,046	92.1
Never married	346,102	25.8	Language other than English	125,654	7.9
Now married, except separated	770,109	57.4	Speak English less than "very well"	57,772	3.6
Separated	15,034	1.1	Spanish	77,655	4.9
Widowed	89,953	6.7	Speak English less than "very well"	39,825	2.5
Female	74,341	5.5	Other Indo-European languages	27,905	1.7
Divorced	121,224	9.0	Speak English less than "very well"	7,862	0.5
Female	66,973	5.0	Asian and Pacific Island languages	15,014	0.9
			Speak English less than "very well"	8,142	0.5
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or			ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
more own grandchildren under 18 years	17,401	100.0	Total population	1,711,263	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	8,454	48.6	Total ancestries reported	1,957,736	114.4
			Arab	4,696	0.3
VETERAN STATUS			Czech 1	93,286	5.5
Civilian population 18 years and over	1,253,717	100.0	Danish	52,470	3.1
Civilian veterans	173,189	13.8	Dutch	38,523	2.3
			English	163,651	9.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN			French (except Basque) 1	44,841	2.6
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION			French Canadian 1	6,704	0.4
Population 5 to 20 years	408,944	100.0	German	661,133	38.6
With a disability	27,486	6.7	Greek	3,161	0.2
			Hungarian	2,740	0.2
Population 21 to 64 years	935,583	100.0	Irish 1	229,805	13.4
With a disability	142,647	15.2	Italian	42,979	2.5
Percent employed	64.9	(X)	Lithuanian	3,215	0.2
No disability	792,936	84.8	Norwegian	39,536	2.3
Percent employed	84.4	(X)	Polish	62,475	3.7
			Portuguese	1,226	0.1
Population 65 years and over	216,774	100.0	Russian	11,002	0.6
With a disability	80,401	37.1	Scotch-Irish	24,964	1.5
			Scottish	23,173	1.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995			Slovak	896	0.1
Population 5 years and over	1,594,700	100.0	Subsaharan African	5,195	0.3
Same house in 1995	872,471	54.7	Swedish	84,294	4.9
Different house in the US in 1995	693,947	43.5	Swiss	8,596	0.5
Same county	372,885	23.4	Ukrainian	1,944	0.1
Different county	321,062	20.1	United States or American	76,910	4.5
Same state	167,037	10.5	Welsh	10,374	0.6
Different state	154,025	9.7	West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	753	-
Elsewhere in 1995	28,282	1.8	Other ancestries	259,194	15.1
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes
Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
Table DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics:  2000
Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	1,315,715	100.0	Households	666,995	100.0
In labor force	917,470	69.7	Less than $10,000	55,340	8.3
Civilian labor force	909,524	69.1	$10,000 to $14,999	43,915	6.6
Employed	877,237	66.7	$15,000 to $24,999	98,663	14.8
Unemployed	32,287	2.5	$25,000 to $34,999	97,932	14.7
Percent of civilian labor force	3.5	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	122,654	18.4
Armed Forces	7,946	0.6	$50,000 to $74,999	136,141	20.4
Not in labor force	398,245	30.3	$75,000 to $99,999	58,361	8.7
			$100,000 to $149,999	36,565	5.5
Females 16 years and over	675,106	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	8,551	1.3
In labor force	431,509	63.9	$200,000 or more	8,873	1.3
Civilian labor force	430,135	63.7	Median household income (dollars)	39,250	(X)
Employed	414,732	61.4
			With earnings	550,074	82.5
Own children under 6 years	135,904	100.0	Mean earnings (dollars)1	48,160	(X)
All parents in family in labor force	94,858	69.8	With Social Security income	175,925	26.4
			Mean Social Security income (dollars)1	11,447	(X)
COMMUTING TO WORK			With Supplemental Security Income	19,743	3.0
Workers 16 years and over	873,197	100.0	Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)1	6,370	(X)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone	698,680	80.0	With public assistance income	18,640	2.8
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled	91,901	10.5	Mean public assistance income (dollars)1	2,324	(X)
Public transportation (including taxicab)	6,260	0.7	With retirement income	85,493	12.8
Walked	28,003	3.2	Mean retirement income (dollars)1	15,163	(X)
Other means	7,837	0.9
Worked at home	40,516	4.6	Families	446,551	100.0
Mean travel time to work (minutes)1	18.0	(X)	Less than $10,000	18,223	4.1
			$10,000 to $14,999	16,748	3.8
Employed civilian population			$15,000 to $24,999	49,310	11.0
16 years and over	877,237	100.0	$25,000 to $34,999	59,142	13.2
OCCUPATION			$35,000 to $49,999	90,440	20.3
Management, professional, and related occupations	289,073	33.0	$50,000 to $74,999	113,544	25.4
Service occupations	127,865	14.6	$75,000 to $99,999	51,468	11.5
Sales and office occupations	231,800	26.4	$100,000 to $149,999	32,514	7.3
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	14,136	1.6	$150,000 to $199,999	7,539	1.7
Construction, extraction, and maintenance			$200,000 or more	7,623	1.7
occupations	81,626	9.3	Median family income (dollars)	48,032	(X)
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations	132,737	15.1	Per capita income (dollars)1	19,613	(X)
			Median earnings (dollars):
INDUSTRY			Male full-time, year-round workers	31,965	(X)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining……………………	48,942	5.6	Female full-time, year-round workers	23,598	(X)
Construction	56,794	6.5
Manufacturing	107,439	12.2		Number	Percent
Wholesale trade	31,265	3.6		below	below
Retail trade	106,303	12.1		poverty	poverty
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	53,922	6.1	Subject	level	level
Information	21,732	2.5
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and			POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
leasing	67,370	7.7	Families	29,977	6.7
Professional, scientific, management, administrative,			With related children under 18 years	23,367	10.2
and waste management services	63,663	7.3	With related children under 5 years	12,094	13.3
Educational, health and social services	181,833	20.7
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and			Families with female householder, no
food services	63,635	7.3	husband present	14,126	24.0
Other services (except public administration)	40,406	4.6	With related children under 18 years	13,078	31.0
Public administration	33,933	3.9	With related children under 5 years	6,718	44.9
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	161,269	9.7
Private wage and salary workers	676,384	77.1	18 years and over	106,792	8.8
Government workers	120,159	13.7	65 years and over	17,385	8.0
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated			Related children under 18 years	52,019	11.8
business	76,150	8.7	Related children 5 to 17 years	36,073	11.1
Unpaid family workers	4,544	0.5	Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	59,653	11.1
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1 If the denominator of a mean value or per capita value is less than 30, then that value is calculated using a rounded aggregate in the numerator.  See text.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
Table DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics:  2000
Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
Total housing units	722,668	100.0	OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
UNITS IN STRUCTURE			Occupied housing units	666,184	100.0
1-unit, detached	519,763	71.9	1.00 or less	648,100	97.3
1-unit, attached	20,916	2.9	1.01 to 1.50	10,578	1.6
2 units	18,728	2.6	1.51 or more	7,506	1.1
3 or 4 units	21,449	3.0
5 to 9 units	27,368	3.8	Specified owner-occupied units	370,495	100.0
10 to 19 units	32,781	4.5	VALUE
20 or more units	44,150	6.1	Less than $50,000	68,758	18.6
Mobile home	37,033	5.1	$50,000 to $99,999	158,724	42.8
Boat, RV, van, etc	480	0.1	$100,000 to $149,999	86,525	23.4
			$150,000 to $199,999	30,833	8.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT			$200,000 to $299,999	18,219	4.9
1999 to March 2000	14,567	2.0	$300,000 to $499,999	5,798	1.6
1995 to 1998	44,594	6.2	$500,000 to $999,999	1,334	0.4
1990 to 1994	38,748	5.4	$1,000,000 or more	304	0.1
1980 to 1989	74,294	10.3	Median (dollars)	88,000	(X)
1970 to 1979	136,263	18.9
1960 to 1969	96,833	13.4	MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
1940 to 1959	134,604	18.6	MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1939 or earlier	182,765	25.3	With a mortgage	240,096	64.8
			Less than $300	1,828	0.5
ROOMS			$300 to $499	21,213	5.7
1 room	9,339	1.3	$500 to $699	46,298	12.5
2 rooms	25,721	3.6	$700 to $999	75,390	20.3
3 rooms	60,913	8.4	$1,000 to $1,499	65,379	17.6
4 rooms	105,882	14.7	$1,500 to $1,999	19,099	5.2
5 rooms	135,263	18.7	$2,000 or more	10,889	2.9
6 rooms	118,393	16.4	Median (dollars)	895	(X)
7 rooms	98,664	13.7	Not mortgaged	130,399	35.2
8 rooms	79,531	11.0	Median (dollars)	283	(X)
9 or more rooms	88,962	12.3
Median (rooms)	5.7	(X)	SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
			AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
Occupied housing units	666,184	100.0	INCOME IN 1999
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT			Less than 15.0 percent	156,000	42.1
1999 to March 2000	133,706	20.1	15.0 to 19.9 percent	71,511	19.3
1995 to 1998	181,747	27.3	20.0 to 24.9 percent	51,203	13.8
1990 to 1994	104,679	15.7	25.0 to 29.9 percent	31,407	8.5
1980 to 1989	102,573	15.4	30.0 to 34.9 percent	19,019	5.1
1970 to 1979	72,871	10.9	35.0 percent or more	39,194	10.6
1969 or earlier	70,608	10.6	Not computed	2,161	0.6
VEHICLES AVAILABLE			Specified renter-occupied units	207,216	100.0
None	41,842	6.3	GROSS RENT
1	206,844	31.0	Less than $200	12,512	6.0
2	269,069	40.4	$200 to $299	16,814	8.1
3 or more	148,429	22.3	$300 to $499	71,777	34.6
			$500 to $749	68,270	32.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL			$750 to $999	17,168	8.3
Utility gas	454,905	68.3	$1,000 to $1,499	5,879	2.8
Bottled, tank, or LP gas	68,768	10.3	$1,500 or more	2,082	1.0
Electricity	122,259	18.4	No cash rent	12,714	6.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc	8,227	1.2	Median (dollars)	491	(X)
Coal or coke	81	-
Wood	7,321	1.1	GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
Solar energy	124	-	HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Other fuel	3,389	0.5	Less than 15.0 percent	44,414	21.4
No fuel used	1,110	0.2	15.0 to 19.9 percent	33,579	16.2
			20.0 to 24.9 percent	29,102	14.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS			25.0 to 29.9 percent	21,239	10.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities	2,408	0.4	30.0 to 34.9 percent	14,332	6.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities	3,990	0.6	35.0 percent or more	48,793	23.5
No telephone service	12,838	1.9	Not computed	15,757	7.6
- Represents zero or rounds to zero.  (X) Not applicable.
Source:U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.