Nebraska State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  7.9% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  18.0 Homeownership rate, 2000  67.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  20.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $88,000 Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  11.1% Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  51,9061 Building permits, 2008  6,346 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  13,986,1191 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  4.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  7.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  23.7% Housing units, 2007  780,804 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  76,872.41 FIPS Code  31 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  7.4% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  13.5% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  84.1% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  25.1% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  4.5% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  54.7% Persons per household, 2000  2.49 Per capita money income, 1999  $19,613 Nonemployer establishments, 2006  117,336 Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  0.0% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  30,610,970 Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  26,155,770 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  20,249,200 Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  1,711,266 Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  250,534 Households, 2000  666,184 Private nonfarm employment, 2006  789,2311 Population, 2008 estimate  1,783,432 American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.1% Median household income, 2007  $47,072 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  2,088,710 Persons per square mile, 2000  22.3 Female persons, percent, 2008  50.4% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  91.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  1.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  4.4% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  86.6% Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  5.1%1 Total number of firms, 2002  145,380 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.4% American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  26.6% Retail sales per capita, 2002  $11,729 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). 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.