2022 population: 4,575 ( 384 from 2010 , 58 from 2020)
Land area: 719.1 square miles
Population density: 6.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	4,189	91.56%	11.7%
Black:	30	0.66%	275.0%
Indian:	28	0.61%	86.7%
Asian:	20	0.44%	66.7%
2+ races:	59	1.29%	28.3%
Hispanic:	249	5.44%	88.6%

Total non-White:	386	8.44%	80.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	126	13.6
Deaths:	147	15.9
Net Migration:	-41	-4.4
Net Immigration:	1	0.1

Change in White population:	-556	-11.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	172	3.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
4,959
4,745	95.68%
8	0.16%
15	0.30%
12	0.24%
46	0.93%
132	2.66%
214	4.32%

2000
5,324
5,197	97.61%
2	0.04%
21	0.39%
12	0.23%
31	0.58%
61	1.15%
127	2.39%

1990
5,553
5,487	98.81%
2	0.04%
28	0.50%
2	0.04%
n/a
34	0.61%
66	1.19%

1980
6,486
6,421	99.00%
0	0.00%
2	0.03%
7	0.11%
n/a
54	0.83%
65	1.00%

1970
6,897
6,886	99.84%
1	0.01%
6	0.09%
1	0.01%
n/a
0	0.00%
11	0.16%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
465	8.7
725	13.6
-495	-9.3
6	0.1

-452	-8.5
87	1.6

Number	Rate
1990's
595	10.7
997	18.0
179	3.2
10	0.2

-290	-5.2
61	1.1

Number	Rate
1980's
691	10.7
1,067	16.5
-598	-9.2
n/a

-934	-14.4
1	0.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-272	-3.9
n/a

-465	-6.7
54	0.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Furnas County, NE

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
47.0
1,019	22.3%
3,556	77.7%
1,175	25.7%

2,003
2.27

1,343	67.0%
1,192	88.8%
68	5.1%
660	33.0%

2010
Number	Percent
47.4
1,156	23.3%
3,803	76.7%
1,127	22.7%

2,185
2.23

1,349	61.7%
1,146	85.0%
92	6.8%
836	38.3%

2000
Number	Percent
43.3
1,287	24.2%
4,037	75.8%
1,268	23.8%

2,285
2.27

1,512	66.2%
1,309	86.6%
86	5.7%
773	33.8%

1990
Number	Percent
41.8
1,350	24.3%
4,203	75.7%
1,519	27.4%

2,311
2.31

1,513	65.5%
1,394	92.1%
47	3.1%
798	34.5%

1980
Number	Percent
41.3
1,580	24.4%
4,906	75.6%
1,627	25.1%

2,637
2.37

1,855	70.3%
1,720	92.7%
38	2.0%
782	29.7%

2022 Housing Data for Furnas County, NE

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	93	4.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	109	5.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	77	3.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	112	5.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	80	4.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	91	4.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	75	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	72	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	114	5.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	209	10.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	237	11.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	285	14.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	211	10.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	83	4.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	91	4.5%
$200,000 or more	64	3.2%

Median Household Income	58,895
Per Capita Income	32,494

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	87
Compared to U.S.	81

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	120	6.0%
Public Assistance	9	0.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	131	6.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,841	74.9%
Unemployed	20	0.8%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	1,861	75.7%
Not in Labor Force	596	24.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	750	472	61.4%
Non-Profit	56	122	31.5%
Self-Employed	300	161	65.1%

Local Government	117	153	43.3%
State Government	26	32	44.8%
Federal Government	15	4	78.9%

Total Private + Self	1,050	633	62.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	214	311	40.8%
Total	1,264	944	57.2%

Pct. Govt.	15.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	411	18.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	367	16.5%
Professional, Technical	390	17.6%
Service Occupations	298	13.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	113	5.1%
All others	753	33.9%

White Collar		52.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	365	16.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	352	15.9%
Retail trade	244	11.0%
Educational services	190	8.6%
Manufacturing	166	7.5%
Construction	155	7.0%
Transportation and warehousing	139	6.3%
Other services	124	5.6%
Public administration	85	3.8%
Finance and insurance	73	3.3%
Wholesale trade	62	2.8%
Accommodation and food services	62	2.8%
Information	57	2.6%
Utilities	51	2.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	32	1.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	32	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	29	1.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	148	3.20%
Puerto Rican	3	0.06%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	13	0.28%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	2	0.04%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	11	0.24%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	64	1.38%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	4	0.09%
Korean	2	0.04%
Filipino	1	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,158	95.2%
Spanish	193	4.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	9	0.2%
German, other Germanic	2	0.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2	0.0%
Other Asian	1	0.0%
Other	1	0.0%
Other Indo-European	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,613	34.8%
English	566	12.2%
Irish	539	11.6%
American	250	5.4%
Swedish	172	3.7%
Dutch	162	3.5%
Scottish	110	2.4%
Polish	88	1.9%
Norwegian	68	1.5%
French	62	1.3%
Danish	53	1.1%
Scandinavian	51	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	48	1.0%
Czech	43	0.9%
Swiss	31	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,583	99.0%
Not a citizen	47	1.0%

Native	4,543	98.1%
Foreign-born	87	1.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
117	3.6%	218	6.6%	1,006	30.6%	1,241	37.8%	521	15.9%	182	5.5%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	117	3.6%
9-12 Years	218	6.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,006	30.6%
Some College	1,241	37.8%
Bach. Degree	521	15.9%
Grad Degree	182	5.5%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,480	2,432	48	1.9%	2.4%
1991	2,514	2,479	35	1.4%	2.7%
1992	2,541	2,501	40	1.6%	2.8%
1993	2,573	2,522	51	2.0%	2.8%
1994	2,658	2,609	49	1.8%	2.6%
1995	2,677	2,615	62	2.3%	2.6%
1996	2,609	2,541	68	2.6%	2.7%
1997	2,536	2,484	52	2.1%	2.4%
1998	2,551	2,508	43	1.7%	2.5%
1999	2,525	2,459	66	2.6%	2.7%

2000	2,624	2,551	73	2.8%	2.8%
2001	2,559	2,490	69	2.7%	3.1%
2002	2,564	2,481	83	3.2%	3.7%
2003	2,569	2,483	86	3.3%	3.9%
2004	2,554	2,467	87	3.4%	3.9%
2005	2,546	2,453	93	3.7%	3.8%
2006	2,480	2,407	73	2.9%	3.0%
2007	2,470	2,397	73	3.0%	2.9%
2008	2,512	2,440	72	2.9%	3.2%
2009	2,552	2,458	94	3.7%	4.7%

2010	2,656	2,565	91	3.4%	4.7%
2011	2,713	2,614	99	3.6%	4.4%
2012	2,683	2,591	92	3.4%	3.9%
2013	2,722	2,629	93	3.4%	3.7%
2014	2,711	2,634	77	2.8%	3.3%
2015	2,739	2,667	72	2.6%	3.0%
2016	2,731	2,655	76	2.8%	3.1%
2017	2,685	2,620	65	2.4%	2.9%
2018	2,633	2,565	68	2.6%	2.9%
2019	2,591	2,521	70	2.7%	3.0%

2020	2,593	2,521	72	2.8%	4.2%
2021	2,590	2,537	53	2.0%	2.7%
2022	2,558	2,507	51	2.0%	2.3%
2023	2,474	2,428	46	1.9%	2.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,531
Median Value	$85,600

Occupied	2,003	79.1%
Vacant	528	20.9%

Owned	1,564	78.1%
Rented	439	21.9%
Median Rent	$870

Single-Family Units	2,287	90.4%
Detached	2,282	90.2%
Attached	5	0.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	109	4.3%
Mobile Homes	44	1.7%

Furnas County, NE

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Furnas County, NE

2022 Housing Data for Furnas County, NE

2022 Income & Employment Data for Furnas County, NE

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Furnas County, NE

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Furnas County, NE

Historical Labor Force Data for Furnas County, NE