POPULATION BY AGE, RACE, AND HISPANIC ORIGIN
Nebraska - 1990 and 2000
        American    Asian or    
        Indian, Eskimo    Pacific   Hispanic        Other

Sex and Age

   Total    White       Black or Aleut    Islander   Origin 1        Races 2
TOTAL - 2000

1,711,263

1,533,261

68,541

14,896

22,767

94,425

71,798

Male 843,351

752,674

33,878

7,303

11,006

51,438

38,490

Female 867,912

780,587

34,663

7,593

11,761

42,987

33,308

               
Under 5 Years 117,048

96,465

6,424

1,553

1,832

12,869

10,774

5-9 Years 123,445

104,104

6,994

1,725

1,663

10,925

8,959

10-14 Years 128,934

111,898

6,857

1,665

1,515

8,431

6,999

15-19 Years 134,909

118,019

6,421

1,568

1,841

8,801

7,060

20-24 Years 120,331

103,315

5,587

1,250

2,522

10,216

7,657

25-29 Years 112,049

95,298

5,129

1,132

3,139

10,185

7,351

30-34 Years 111,224

96,534

4,970

1,163

2,411

8,649

6,146

35-39 Years 130,027

116,931

5,474

1,110

2,012

6,804

4,500

40-44 Years 133,807

122,401

5,071

927

1,463

5,404

3,945

45-49 Years 122,714

113,857

4,073

801

1,286

3,841

2,697

50-54 Years 103,040

96,268

3,136

613

1,180

2,697

1,843

55-59 Years 77,584

73,064

2,200

404

759

1,715

1,157

60-64 Years 63,956

60,504

1,787

333

553

1,246

779

65-69 Years 59,391

56,753

1,484

246

351

951

557

70-74 Years 56,308

54,280

1,197

154

234

748

443

75-79 Years 47,991

46,595

766

122

178

503

330

80-84 Years 34,552

33,755

483

73

77

242

164

85 Years & Over

33,953

33,220

488

57

40

198

148

18 years & older

1,261,021

1,149,984

44,532

8,956

16,745

57,027

40,984

Under 18 years

450,242

383,277

24,009

5,940

6,022

37,398

30,814

65 Years & Over

232,195

224,603

4,418

652

880

2,642

1,642

Median Age

35.3

36.9

27.0

23.8

NA

23.1

NA

 
TOTAL - 1990 1,578,385 1,480,558 57,404 12,410 12,422 36,969 15,591
Male 769,439 721,200 27,969 6,042 5,895 19,158 8,333
Female 808,946 759,358 29,435 6,368 6,527 17,811 7,258
               
Under 5 Years 119,606 108,412 6,354 1,590 1,234 4,613 2,016
5-9 Years 126,401 115,905 6,076 1,418 1,137 4,214 1,802
10-14 Years 117,383 107,979 5,448 1,404 1,005 3,801 1,547
15-19 Years 112,860 103,693 5,204 1,249 1,160 3,559 1,554
20-24 Years 108,649 99,551 4,972 1,075 1,406 3,533 1,645
25-29 Years 125,218 115,715 5,397 1,053 1,453 3,490 1,600
30-34 Years 131,990 123,151 5,111 934 1,337 3,211 1,457
35-39 Years 123,778 116,493 4,159 852 1,077 2,732 1,197
40-44 Years 105,034 99,564 3,231 685 819 1,859 735
45-49 Years 80,668 76,692 2,408 511 507 1,322 550
50-54 Years 68,721 65,495 2,033 417 384 1,046 392
55-59 Years 67,281 64,557 1,774 308 284 977 358
60-64 Years 67,728 65,381 1,585 254 229 849 279
65-69 Years 64,063 62,196 1,253 239 179 687 196
70-74 Years 53,580 52,279 924 145 116 424 116
75-79 Years 44,225 43,319 678 108 49 319 71
80-84 Years 31,998 31,432 439 58 29 188 40
85 Years & Over 29,202 28,744 358 47 17 145 36
Under 18 Years 429,012 392,520 20,946 5,234 4,024 14,703 6,288
65 Years & Over 223,068 217,970 3,652 597 390 1,763 459
Median Age 33.0 33.6 25.6 22.3 25.9 23.2 22.7
1 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
2 In 2000, other race includes those reporting two or more races.
Source:  U. S. Bureau of the Census Web site (www.census.gov), March 15, 2001.
Last Updated: 2/26/02
By Nebraska Databook
email: mlundeen@neded.org