2022 population: 2,528 ( 245 from 2010 , 17 from 2020)
Land area: 431.1 square miles
Population density: 5.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	2,385	94.34%	11.1%
Black:	27	1.07%	200.0%
Indian:	10	0.40%	150.0%
Asian:	9	0.36%	12.5%
2+ races:	46	1.82%	39.4%
Hispanic:	51	2.02%	45.7%

Total non-White:	143	5.66%	58.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	66	13.0
Deaths:	98	19.3
Net Migration:	18	3.5
Net Immigration:	1	0.2

Change in White population:	-298	-10.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	53	1.9

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
2,773
2,683	96.75%
9	0.32%
4	0.14%
8	0.29%
33	1.19%
35	1.26%
90	3.25%

2000
3,087
3,042	98.54%
0	0.00%
6	0.19%
7	0.23%
11	0.36%
21	0.68%
45	1.46%

1990
3,317
3,287	99.10%
8	0.24%
0	0.00%
0	0.00%
n/a
22	0.66%
30	0.90%

1980
3,937
3,913	99.39%
0	0.00%
11	0.28%
3	0.08%
n/a
10	0.25%
24	0.61%

1970
4,473
4,471	99.96%
1	0.02%
1	0.02%
0	0.00%
n/a
0	0.00%
2	0.04%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
226	7.3
412	13.3
-289	-9.4
6	0.2

-359	-11.6
45	1.5

Number	Rate
1990's
290	8.7
554	16.7
72	2.2
-3	-0.1

-245	-7.4
15	0.5

Number	Rate
1980's
434	11.0
578	14.7
-458	-11.6
n/a

-626	-15.9
6	0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-404	-9.0
n/a

-558	-12.5
22	0.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Pawnee 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
47.3
603	23.9%
1,925	76.1%
724	28.6%

1,070
2.35

670	62.6%
524	78.2%
47	7.0%
400	37.4%

2010
Number	Percent
49.3
611	22.0%
2,162	78.0%
720	26.0%

1,230
2.22

756	61.5%
632	83.6%
43	5.7%
474	38.5%

2000
Number	Percent
46.2
695	22.5%
2,392	77.5%
836	27.1%

1,344
2.26

865	64.4%
749	86.6%
37	4.3%
479	35.6%

1990
Number	Percent
44.1
778	23.5%
2,539	76.5%
950	28.6%

1,427
2.28

975	68.3%
876	89.8%
36	3.7%
452	31.7%

1980
Number	Percent
45.0
918	23.3%
3,019	76.7%
977	24.8%

1,583
2.44

1,149	72.6%
1,054	91.7%
30	2.6%
434	27.4%

2022 Housing Data for Pawnee County, NE

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	25	2.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	107	10.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	45	4.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	55	5.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	87	8.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	60	5.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	30	2.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	39	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	50	4.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	80	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	188	17.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	97	9.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	79	7.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	77	7.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	32	3.0%
$200,000 or more	19	1.8%

Median Household Income	55,833
Per Capita Income	29,091

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	86
Compared to U.S.	81

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	62	5.8%
Public Assistance	15	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	75	7.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	947	75.2%
Unemployed	22	1.7%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	969	77.0%
Not in Labor Force	290	23.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	316	307	50.7%
Non-Profit	17	82	17.2%
Self-Employed	184	30	86.0%

Local Government	54	55	49.5%
State Government	29	16	64.4%
Federal Government	7	22	24.1%

Total Private + Self	500	337	59.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	107	175	37.9%
Total	607	512	54.2%

Pct. Govt.	16.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	197	17.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	135	12.1%
Professional, Technical	177	15.8%
Service Occupations	168	15.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	48	4.3%
All others	442	39.5%

White Collar		45.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	196	17.5%
Health care and social assistance	156	13.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	150	13.4%
Construction	150	13.4%
Educational services	98	8.8%
Wholesale trade	62	5.5%
Retail trade	61	5.5%
Transportation and warehousing	45	4.0%
Other services	41	3.7%
Public administration	39	3.5%
Accommodation and food services	35	3.1%
Finance and insurance	27	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	15	1.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	13	1.2%
Utilities	12	1.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	9	0.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5	0.4%
Information	4	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	52	2.04%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
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	1	0.04%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,151	90.6%
German, other Germanic	188	7.9%
Spanish	15	0.6%
Other Indo-European	11	0.5%
Arabic	6	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	4	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,166	45.7%
Irish	400	15.7%
Czech	192	7.5%
English	170	6.7%
American	59	2.3%
Italian	53	2.1%
Swiss	46	1.8%
European	40	1.6%
Scottish	39	1.5%
Dutch	37	1.4%
French	34	1.3%
Polish	25	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	19	0.7%
Pennsylvania German	14	0.5%
Swedish	12	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,540	99.5%
Not a citizen	13	0.5%

Native	2,524	98.9%
Foreign-born	29	1.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
141	7.9%	112	6.2%	719	40.1%	456	25.4%	228	12.7%	138	7.7%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	141	7.9%
9-12 Years	112	6.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	719	40.1%
Some College	456	25.4%
Bach. Degree	228	12.7%
Grad Degree	138	7.7%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,581	1,538	43	2.7%	2.4%
1991	1,591	1,558	33	2.1%	2.7%
1992	1,499	1,466	33	2.2%	2.8%
1993	1,504	1,462	42	2.8%	2.8%
1994	1,534	1,494	40	2.6%	2.6%
1995	1,498	1,445	53	3.5%	2.6%
1996	1,462	1,412	50	3.4%	2.7%
1997	1,487	1,439	48	3.2%	2.4%
1998	1,525	1,482	43	2.8%	2.5%
1999	1,635	1,589	46	2.8%	2.7%

2000	1,627	1,570	57	3.5%	2.8%
2001	1,663	1,606	57	3.4%	3.1%
2002	1,637	1,577	60	3.7%	3.7%
2003	1,675	1,607	68	4.1%	3.9%
2004	1,669	1,607	62	3.7%	3.9%
2005	1,632	1,574	58	3.6%	3.8%
2006	1,624	1,575	49	3.0%	3.0%
2007	1,587	1,541	46	2.9%	2.9%
2008	1,562	1,511	51	3.3%	3.2%
2009	1,540	1,483	57	3.7%	4.7%

2010	1,583	1,519	64	4.0%	4.7%
2011	1,654	1,592	62	3.7%	4.4%
2012	1,638	1,585	53	3.2%	3.9%
2013	1,679	1,628	51	3.0%	3.7%
2014	1,654	1,608	46	2.8%	3.3%
2015	1,678	1,635	43	2.6%	3.0%
2016	1,663	1,626	37	2.2%	3.1%
2017	1,508	1,462	46	3.1%	2.9%
2018	1,478	1,440	38	2.6%	2.9%
2019	1,481	1,440	41	2.8%	3.0%

2020	1,486	1,445	41	2.8%	4.2%
2021	1,529	1,499	30	2.0%	2.7%
2022	1,500	1,467	33	2.2%	2.3%
2023	1,479	1,449	30	2.0%	2.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,418
Median Value	$74,000

Occupied	1,070	75.5%
Vacant	348	24.5%

Owned	883	82.5%
Rented	187	17.5%
Median Rent	$586

Single-Family Units	1,335	94.1%
Detached	1,327	93.6%
Attached	8	0.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	14	1.0%
Mobile Homes	48	3.4%

Pawnee County, NE

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Pawnee County, NE

2022 Housing Data for Pawnee County, NE

2022 Income & Employment Data for Pawnee County, NE

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Pawnee County, NE

Historical Labor Force Data for Pawnee County, NE