People QuickFacts Nebraska USA
Population, 2007 estimate 1,774,571 301,621,157
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 3.7% 7.2%
Population, 2000 1,711,263 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 7.3% 6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 25.1% 24.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 13.3% 12.6%
Female persons, percent, 2007 50.4% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2007 (a) 91.6% 80.0%
Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) 4.4% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) 1.0% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) 1.7% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 1.2% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) 7.5% 15.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 84.5% 66.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 54.7% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 4.4% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 7.9% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 86.6% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 23.7% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 250,534 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 18 25.5
Housing units, 2007 780,804 127,901,934
Homeownership rate, 2000 67.4% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 20.0% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $88,000 $119,600
Households, 2000 666,184 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.49 2.59
Median household income, 2007 $47,072 $50,740
Per capita money income, 1999 $19,613 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 11.1% 13.0%
Business QuickFacts Nebraska USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 51,906 7,601,160
Private nonfarm employment, 2006 789,231 119,917,165
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 5.1% 5.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2006 117,336 20,768,555
Total number of firms, 2002 145,380 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.4% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.3% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.0% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.0% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.4% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 26.6% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 30,610,970 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 26,155,770 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 20,249,200 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,729 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,088,710 449,498,718
Building permits, 2007 7,604 1,398,414
Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) 13,986,119 2,536,629,405
Geography QuickFacts Nebraska USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 76,872.41 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 22.3 79.6
FIPS Code 31  
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts