Nebraska    
People QuickFacts Nebraska USA
Population, 2009 estimate 1,796,619 307,006,550
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 5.00% 9.10%
Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 1,711,265 281,424,602
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 7.40% 6.90%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 25.10% 24.30%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 13.50% 12.80%
Female persons, percent, 2008 50.40% 50.70%
White persons, percent, 2008 (a) 91.40% 79.80%
Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) 4.50% 12.80%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) 1.10% 1.00%
Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) 1.70% 4.50%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) 0.10% 0.20%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 1.30% 1.70%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) 7.90% 15.40%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 84.10% 65.60%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 54.70% 54.10%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 4.40% 11.10%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 7.90% 17.90%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 86.60% 80.40%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 23.70% 24.40%
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, 2008 786,334 129,065,264
Homeownership rate, 2000 67.40% 66.20%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 20.00% 26.40%
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, 2008 $49,731 $52,029
Per capita money income, 1999 $19,613 $21,587
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008 10.80% 13.20%
Business QuickFacts Nebraska USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 525,171 7,705,018
Private nonfarm employment, 2007 7,955,451 120,604,265
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 5.9%1 5.70%
Nonemployer establishments, 2007 121,789 21,708,021
Total number of firms, 2002 145,380 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.40% 5.20%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.30% 0.90%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.00% 4.80%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.00% 0.10%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.40% 6.80%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 26.60% 28.20%
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, 2008 6,346 905,359
Federal spending, 2008 157,387,441 27,717,821,522
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  
1: Includes data not distributed by county.
2: Includes data not distributed by state.
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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 100 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Thursday, 22-Apr-2010 08:35:13 EDT