2022 population: 4,073 ( 187 from 2010 , 18 from 2020)
Land area: 568.1 square miles
Population density: 7.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	3,833	94.11%	7.2%
Black:	13	0.32%	333.3%
Indian:	12	0.29%	140.0%
Asian:	18	0.44%	38.5%
2+ races:	40	0.98%	33.3%
Hispanic:	157	3.85%	98.7%

Total non-White:	240	5.89%	83.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	109	13.4
Deaths:	108	13.3
Net Migration:	17	2.1
Net Immigration:	0	0.0

Change in White population:	-296	-6.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	109	2.6

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
4,260
4,129	96.92%
3	0.07%
5	0.12%
13	0.31%
30	0.70%
79	1.85%
131	3.08%

2000
4,647
4,531	97.50%
2	0.04%
15	0.32%
5	0.11%
17	0.37%
75	1.61%
116	2.50%

1990
5,169
5,143	99.50%
7	0.14%
6	0.12%
11	0.21%
n/a
2	0.04%
26	0.50%

1980
5,633
5,615	99.68%
4	0.07%
8	0.14%
2	0.04%
n/a
4	0.07%
18	0.32%

1970
5,783
5,778	99.91%
0	0.00%
4	0.07%
0	0.00%
n/a
0	0.00%
5	0.09%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
434	9.3
549	11.8
-409	-8.8
6	0.1

-402	-8.7
15	0.3

Number	Rate
1990's
516	10.0
675	13.1
-492	-9.5
2	0.0

-612	-11.8
90	1.7

Number	Rate
1980's
799	14.2
726	12.9
-548	-9.7
n/a

-472	-8.4
8	0.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-237	-4.1
n/a

-163	-2.8
13	0.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Valley 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
46.3
896	22.0%
3,177	78.0%
1,021	25.1%

1,750
2.28

1,134	64.8%
939	82.8%
96	8.5%
616	35.2%

2010
Number	Percent
46.9
941	22.1%
3,319	77.9%
1,006	23.6%

1,922
2.19

1,192	62.0%
1,041	87.3%
67	5.6%
730	38.0%

2000
Number	Percent
43.5
1,150	24.7%
3,497	75.3%
1,121	24.1%

1,961
2.33

1,306	66.6%
1,132	86.7%
84	6.4%
655	33.4%

1990
Number	Percent
40.2
1,290	25.0%
3,879	75.0%
1,193	23.1%

2,196
2.31

1,492	67.9%
1,366	91.6%
63	4.2%
704	32.1%

1980
Number	Percent
36.3
1,524	27.1%
4,109	72.9%
1,158	20.6%

2,183
2.53

1,583	72.5%
1,465	92.5%
35	2.2%
600	27.5%

2022 Housing Data for Valley County, NE

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	56	3.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	75	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	81	4.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	74	4.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	84	4.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	69	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	78	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	78	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	77	4.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	190	10.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	173	9.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	335	19.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	116	6.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	80	4.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	77	4.4%
$200,000 or more	107	6.1%

Median Household Income	62,321
Per Capita Income	34,637

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	102	5.8%
Public Assistance	16	0.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	127	7.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,731	79.3%
Unemployed	12	0.5%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	1,743	79.9%
Not in Labor Force	439	20.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		20.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	611	613	49.9%
Non-Profit	82	150	35.3%
Self-Employed	259	86	75.1%

Local Government	53	127	29.4%
State Government	11	35	23.9%
Federal Government	15	12	55.6%

Total Private + Self	870	699	55.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	161	324	33.2%
Total	1,031	1,023	50.2%

Pct. Govt.	12.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	388	18.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	365	17.7%
Professional, Technical	416	20.2%
Service Occupations	287	13.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	135	6.5%
All others	606	29.4%

White Collar		56.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	330	16.0%
Health care and social assistance	323	15.7%
Retail trade	264	12.8%
Educational services	165	8.0%
Manufacturing	154	7.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	154	7.5%
Other services	101	4.9%
Construction	95	4.6%
Public administration	90	4.4%
Accommodation and food services	89	4.3%
Transportation and warehousing	79	3.8%
Finance and insurance	49	2.4%
Wholesale trade	47	2.3%
Information	46	2.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	29	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	19	0.9%
Utilities	18	0.9%
Management	7	0.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	19	0.47%
Puerto Rican	23	0.57%
Cuban	34	0.84%
Dominican	7	0.17%

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	0.02%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	4	0.10%
Indian	4	0.10%
Vietnamese	3	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	3,714	96.9%
Spanish	39	1.0%
Arabic	32	0.8%
German, other Germanic	31	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	9	0.2%
Chinese	4	0.1%
Vietnamese	3	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,433	35.4%
Czech	435	10.7%
Polish	418	10.3%
English	392	9.7%
Irish	379	9.4%
American	197	4.9%
Norwegian	180	4.4%
European	100	2.5%
Danish	87	2.1%
Dutch	85	2.1%
Swedish	84	2.1%
Italian	70	1.7%
French	55	1.4%
French Canadian	34	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	28	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,041	99.7%
Not a citizen	12	0.3%

Native	4,000	98.7%
Foreign-born	53	1.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
63	2.2%	119	4.1%	898	31.3%	1,015	35.4%	569	19.8%	204	7.1%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	63	2.2%
9-12 Years	119	4.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	898	31.3%
Some College	1,015	35.4%
Bach. Degree	569	19.8%
Grad Degree	204	7.1%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,769	2,717	52	1.9%	2.4%
1991	2,819	2,762	57	2.0%	2.7%
1992	2,768	2,708	60	2.2%	2.8%
1993	2,732	2,667	65	2.4%	2.8%
1994	2,805	2,737	68	2.4%	2.6%
1995	2,769	2,712	57	2.1%	2.6%
1996	2,689	2,634	55	2.0%	2.7%
1997	2,576	2,525	51	2.0%	2.4%
1998	2,506	2,445	61	2.4%	2.5%
1999	2,510	2,449	61	2.4%	2.7%

2000	2,411	2,347	64	2.7%	2.8%
2001	2,359	2,285	74	3.1%	3.1%
2002	2,536	2,464	72	2.8%	3.7%
2003	2,608	2,520	88	3.4%	3.9%
2004	2,569	2,483	86	3.3%	3.9%
2005	2,510	2,423	87	3.5%	3.8%
2006	2,569	2,506	63	2.5%	3.0%
2007	2,573	2,513	60	2.3%	2.9%
2008	2,571	2,501	70	2.7%	3.2%
2009	2,562	2,477	85	3.3%	4.7%

2010	2,139	2,043	96	4.5%	4.7%
2011	2,149	2,063	86	4.0%	4.4%
2012	2,148	2,075	73	3.4%	3.9%
2013	2,136	2,067	69	3.2%	3.7%
2014	2,119	2,056	63	3.0%	3.3%
2015	2,071	2,013	58	2.8%	3.0%
2016	2,104	2,045	59	2.8%	3.1%
2017	2,117	2,061	56	2.6%	2.9%
2018	2,088	2,027	61	2.9%	2.9%
2019	2,138	2,070	68	3.2%	3.0%

2020	2,124	2,064	60	2.8%	4.2%
2021	2,121	2,073	48	2.3%	2.7%
2022	2,134	2,087	47	2.2%	2.3%
2023	2,068	2,023	45	2.2%	2.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,112
Median Value	$125,800

Occupied	1,750	82.9%
Vacant	362	17.1%

Owned	1,355	77.4%
Rented	395	22.6%
Median Rent	$526

Single-Family Units	1,793	84.9%
Detached	1,766	83.6%
Attached	27	1.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	144	6.8%
Mobile Homes	68	3.2%

Valley County, NE

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Valley County, NE

2022 Housing Data for Valley County, NE

2022 Income & Employment Data for Valley County, NE

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Valley County, NE

Historical Labor Force Data for Valley County, NE