2022 population: 6,507 ( 433 from 2010 , 262 from 2020)
Land area: 393.6 square miles
Population density: 16.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	2,233	34.32%	18.5%
Black:	31	0.48%	82.4%
Indian:	3,469	53.31%	10.8%
Asian:	56	0.86%	600.0%
2+ races:	157	2.41%	63.5%
Hispanic:	561	8.62%	195.3%

Total non-White:	4,274	65.68%	1.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	291	21.5
Deaths:	251	18.5
Net Migration:	-307	-22.7
Net Immigration:	9	0.7

Change in White population:	-506	-7.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	73	1.1

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
6,940
2,739	39.47%
17	0.24%
3,890	56.05%
8	0.12%
96	1.38%
190	2.74%
4,201	60.53%

2000
7,171
3,262	45.49%
9	0.13%
3,644	50.82%
1	0.01%
81	1.13%
174	2.43%
3,909	54.51%

1990
6,936
3,856	55.59%
7	0.10%
2,987	43.07%
6	0.09%
n/a
80	1.15%
3,080	44.41%

1980
7,186
4,712	65.57%
11	0.15%
2,393	33.30%
1	0.01%
n/a
67	0.93%
2,474	34.43%

1970
6,942
4,982	71.77%
0	0.00%
1,896	27.31%
1	0.01%
n/a
58	0.84%
1,960	28.23%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,491	20.8
672	9.4
-750	-10.5
99	1.4

-523	-7.3
292	4.1

Number	Rate
1990's
1,522	21.9
800	11.5
-537	-7.7
3	0.0

-594	-8.6
829	12.0

Number	Rate
1980's
1,792	24.9
859	12.0
-1,351	-18.8
n/a

-856	-11.9
606	8.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-378	-5.4
n/a

-270	-3.9
514	7.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Thurston 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
28.1
2,373	36.5%
4,134	63.5%
828	12.7%

1,993
3.33

1,454	73.0%
897	61.7%
199	13.7%
539	27.0%

2010
Number	Percent
29.4
2,467	35.5%
4,473	64.5%
825	11.9%

2,158
3.19

1,624	75.3%
992	61.1%
255	15.7%
534	24.7%

2000
Number	Percent
29.4
2,653	37.0%
4,518	63.0%
949	13.2%

2,242
3.15

1,706	76.1%
1,160	68.0%
240	14.1%
536	23.9%

1990
Number	Percent
29.9
2,428	35.0%
4,508	65.0%
949	13.7%

2,265
3.02

1,682	74.3%
1,220	72.5%
237	14.1%
583	25.7%

1980
Number	Percent
29.2
2,413	33.6%
4,773	66.4%
965	13.4%

2,345
3.01

1,801	76.8%
1,452	80.6%
164	9.1%
544	23.2%

2022 Housing Data for Thurston County, NE

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	91	4.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	81	4.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	113	5.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	100	5.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	68	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	50	2.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	115	5.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	84	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	85	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	143	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	228	11.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	289	14.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	251	12.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	135	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	83	4.2%
$200,000 or more	77	3.9%

Median Household Income	63,459
Per Capita Income	23,785

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	85
Compared to U.S.	79

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	70	3.5%
Public Assistance	109	5.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	365	18.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,302	63.7%
Unemployed	288	8.0%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	2,590	71.6%
Not in Labor Force	1,025	28.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		36.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	674	515	56.7%
Non-Profit	46	103	30.9%
Self-Employed	210	67	75.8%

Local Government	130	322	28.8%
State Government	40	71	36.0%
Federal Government	238	273	46.6%

Total Private + Self	884	582	60.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	454	769	37.1%
Total	1,338	1,351	49.8%

Pct. Govt.	39.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	504	18.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	531	19.7%
Professional, Technical	484	17.9%
Service Occupations	533	19.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	59	2.2%
All others	646	23.9%

White Collar		56.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Public administration	470	17.4%
Health care and social assistance	425	15.8%
Educational services	333	12.3%
Manufacturing	289	10.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	213	7.9%
Retail trade	200	7.4%
Accommodation and food services	122	4.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	121	4.5%
Construction	113	4.2%
Transportation and warehousing	97	3.6%
Finance and insurance	93	3.4%
Other services	78	2.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	46	1.7%
Wholesale trade	45	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	22	0.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	20	0.7%
Information	8	0.3%
Utilities	3	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	386	5.75%
Puerto Rican	41	0.61%
Cuban	39	0.58%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	27	0.40%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	27	0.40%
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	36	0.54%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Burmese	28	0.42%
Filipino	9	0.13%
Japanese	4	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	5,752	94.6%
Other	182	3.0%
Spanish	106	1.7%
Other Asian	22	0.4%
Other Indo-European	20	0.3%
German, other Germanic	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,231	18.3%
Irish	318	4.7%
Swedish	229	3.4%
English	148	2.2%
Polish	108	1.6%
American	86	1.3%
Czech	79	1.2%
French	67	1.0%
Norwegian	61	0.9%
Danish	58	0.9%
Dutch	57	0.8%
Scottish	35	0.5%
European	31	0.5%
Italian	27	0.4%
Scandinavian	25	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	6,652	99.0%
Not a citizen	64	1.0%

Native	6,586	98.1%
Foreign-born	130	1.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
117	3.2%	258	7.0%	1,244	34.0%	1,316	36.0%	515	14.1%	210	5.7%
Average years of education: 13.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	117	3.2%
9-12 Years	258	7.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,244	34.0%
Some College	1,316	36.0%
Bach. Degree	515	14.1%
Grad Degree	210	5.7%
Average years of education: 13.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,607	2,426	181	6.9%	2.4%
1991	2,566	2,350	216	8.4%	2.7%
1992	2,585	2,381	204	7.9%	2.8%
1993	2,582	2,391	191	7.4%	2.8%
1994	2,775	2,595	180	6.5%	2.6%
1995	2,870	2,682	188	6.6%	2.6%
1996	2,905	2,675	230	7.9%	2.7%
1997	2,876	2,656	220	7.6%	2.4%
1998	2,981	2,724	257	8.6%	2.5%
1999	2,868	2,563	305	10.6%	2.7%

2000	2,821	2,626	195	6.9%	2.8%
2001	2,736	2,568	168	6.1%	3.1%
2002	2,815	2,616	199	7.1%	3.7%
2003	2,919	2,700	219	7.5%	3.9%
2004	2,965	2,733	232	7.8%	3.9%
2005	3,000	2,768	232	7.7%	3.8%
2006	3,008	2,806	202	6.7%	3.0%
2007	2,987	2,795	192	6.4%	2.9%
2008	2,985	2,789	196	6.6%	3.2%
2009	3,149	2,817	332	10.5%	4.7%

2010	3,053	2,756	297	9.7%	4.7%
2011	3,124	2,805	319	10.2%	4.4%
2012	3,135	2,869	266	8.5%	3.9%
2013	3,091	2,860	231	7.5%	3.7%
2014	3,021	2,839	182	6.0%	3.3%
2015	2,982	2,824	158	5.3%	3.0%
2016	2,995	2,852	143	4.8%	3.1%
2017	3,021	2,871	150	5.0%	2.9%
2018	2,984	2,862	122	4.1%	2.9%
2019	3,057	2,921	136	4.4%	3.0%

2020	3,070	2,909	161	5.2%	4.2%
2021	3,217	3,102	115	3.6%	2.7%
2022	3,287	3,176	111	3.4%	2.3%
2023	3,273	3,184	89	2.7%	2.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,294
Median Value	$90,000

Occupied	1,993	86.9%
Vacant	301	13.1%

Owned	1,214	60.9%
Rented	779	39.1%
Median Rent	$724

Single-Family Units	1,932	84.2%
Detached	1,890	82.4%
Attached	42	1.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	146	6.4%
Mobile Homes	91	4.0%

Thurston County, NE

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Thurston County, NE

2022 Housing Data for Thurston County, NE

2022 Income & Employment Data for Thurston County, NE

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Thurston County, NE

Historical Labor Force Data for Thurston County, NE