Blair city, NE

Washington County, NE

2022 population: 7,813 ( 177 from 2010 )
Land area: 5.5 square miles
Population density: 1417.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	7,383	94.50%	2.1%
Black:	83	1.06%	27.7%
Indian:	1	0.01%	94.7%
Asian:	63	0.81%	133.3%
2+ races:	120	1.54%	51.9%
Hispanic:	163	2.09%	30.3%

Total non-White:	430	5.50%	3.4%

2010-2022 Components	Number	Rate

Change in White population:	-162	-2.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	-15	-0.2

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
7,990
7,545	94.43%
65	0.81%
19	0.24%
27	0.34%
79	0.99%
234	2.93%
445	5.57%

2000
7,561
7,256	95.97%
23	0.30%
23	0.30%
46	0.61%
36	0.48%
177	2.34%
305	4.03%

1990
6,860
6,770	98.69%
24	0.35%
18	0.26%
0	0.00%
n/a
48	0.70%
90	1.31%

1980
6,418
6,381	99.42%
18	0.28%
2	0.03%
0	0.00%
n/a
15	0.23%
37	0.58%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

289	3.8
140	1.9

Number	Rate
1990's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

486	7.1
215	3.1

Number	Rate
1980's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

389	6.1
53	0.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Blair city, 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
39.4
2,111	27.0%
5,702	73.0%
1,307	16.7%

3,084
2.46

2,004	65.0%
1,558	77.7%
284	14.2%
1,080	35.0%

2010
Number	Percent
36.0
1,988	24.9%
6,002	75.1%
1,224	15.3%

3,110
2.40

2,005	64.5%
1,570	78.3%
225	11.2%
1,105	35.5%

2000
Number	Percent
34.5
1,938	25.6%
5,623	74.4%
1,174	15.5%

2,869
2.44

1,933	67.4%
1,542	79.8%
258	13.3%
936	32.6%

1990
Number	Percent
34.4
1,709	24.9%
5,151	75.1%
1,217	17.7%

2,587
2.46

1,756	67.9%
1,529	87.1%
110	6.3%
831	32.1%

1980
Number	Percent
30.4
1,649	25.7%
4,769	74.3%
1,050	16.4%

2,277
2.56

1,624	71.3%
1,443	88.9%
104	6.4%
653	28.7%

2022 Housing Data for Blair city, NE

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	119	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	162	5.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	101	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	185	6.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	157	5.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	70	2.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	139	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	206	6.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	58	1.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	122	4.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	252	8.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	315	10.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	419	13.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	180	5.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	433	14.0%
$200,000 or more	166	5.4%

Median Household Income	74,058
Per Capita Income	37,206

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	158	5.1%
Public Assistance	8	0.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	220	7.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	3,587	77.2%
Unemployed	114	2.5%
In Armed Forces	6	0.1%

Total Labor Force	3,707	79.8%
Not in Labor Force	937	20.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		22.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,250	1,166	51.7%
Non-Profit	63	158	28.5%
Self-Employed	59	211	21.9%

Local Government	290	487	37.3%
State Government	50	124	28.7%
Federal Government	33	5	86.8%

Total Private + Self	1,309	1,377	48.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	436	774	36.0%
Total	1,745	2,151	44.8%

Pct. Govt.	25.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	494	12.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	880	22.5%
Professional, Technical	1,096	28.0%
Service Occupations	682	17.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	26	0.7%
All others	763	19.5%

White Collar		63.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Educational services	602	15.4%
Health care and social assistance	476	12.2%
Retail trade	435	11.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	330	8.4%
Manufacturing	304	7.8%
Finance and insurance	281	7.2%
Public administration	243	6.2%
Information	232	5.9%
Other services	227	5.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	147	3.8%
Construction	144	3.7%
Accommodation and food services	116	3.0%
Transportation and warehousing	109	2.8%
Utilities	71	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	61	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	52	1.3%
Wholesale trade	42	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	34	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	9	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	149	1.91%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	6	0.08%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	6	0.08%
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	8	0.10%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Laotian	17	0.22%
Japanese	7	0.09%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	7,123	97.8%
Spanish	96	1.3%
Other Asian	24	0.3%
German, other Germanic	23	0.3%
Other Indo-European	14	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	3	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	3,182	40.7%
English	1,279	16.4%
Irish	983	12.6%
Danish	687	8.8%
Norwegian	598	7.7%
Swedish	285	3.6%
French	232	3.0%
Czech	208	2.7%
American	193	2.5%
Polish	169	2.2%
Italian	153	2.0%
Serbian	145	1.9%
Scottish	118	1.5%
Dutch	103	1.3%
European	92	1.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	7,769	99.4%
Not a citizen	44	0.6%

Native	7,703	98.6%
Foreign-born	110	1.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
113	2.2%	161	3.1%	1,230	24.1%	1,734	33.9%	1,243	24.3%	631	12.3%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	113	2.2%
9-12 Years	161	3.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,230	24.1%
Some College	1,734	33.9%
Bach. Degree	1,243	24.3%
Grad Degree	631	12.3%
Average years of education: 14.0

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +407	R +48	D + 6.3%
D +359
How to interpret this table

Year	Turnout	Winner	Runner-Up	Other	Total Votes	Diff (St)	Diff (US)	PSV
2020	71%	Donald Trump* (R)	2,727	64.8%	Joe Biden (D)	1,359	32.3%	120	2.9%	4,206	7	18	0.44%
2016	60%	Donald Trump (R)	2,320	64.9%	Hillary Clinton (D)	1,000	28.0%	254	7.1%	3,574	6	19	0.42%

2020 President, Blair city

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

1,359

32.3%

Donald Trump* (R)

2,727

64.8%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

120

2.9%

TOTAL

4,206

Turnout: 71%	Diff (St): 7	Diff (US): 18

2016 President, Blair city

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

1,000

28.0%

Donald Trump (R)

2,320

64.9%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

221

6.2%

Jill Stein (Grn)

0.9%

TOTAL

3,574

Turnout: 60%	Diff (St): 6	Diff (US): 19

* incumbent

Historical Statewide Election Results for Blair city, NE

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Year	Type	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff	PSV
2020	S2	66%	Ben Sasse* (R)	2,855	72.8%	Chris Janicek (D)	774	19.7%	292 [+]	7.4%	3,921	10	0.42%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Preston Love (D (write-in)) 292 (7.4%);
2018	S1	51%	Deb Fischer* (R)	2,060	67.6%	Jane Raybould (D)	870	28.6%	116 [+]	3.8%	3,046	10	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 2018: Jim Schultz (Libertarian) 116 (3.8%);
2018	G	52%	Pete Ricketts* (R)	2,096	68.4%	Bob Krist (D)	969	31.6%	0	0.0%	3,065	9	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 2018:

*: incumbent +: ran on additional party lines Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election RO: runoff election PSV: percent of state vote

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	3,298
Median Value	$199,700

Occupied	3,084	93.5%
Vacant	214	6.5%

Owned	2,215	71.8%
Rented	869	28.2%
Median Rent	$932

Single-Family Units	2,416	73.3%
Detached	2,359	71.5%
Attached	57	1.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	561	17.0%
Mobile Homes	92	2.8%

Blair city, NE

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Blair city, NE

2022 Housing Data for Blair city, NE

2022 Income & Employment Data for Blair city, NE

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Blair city, NE

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Blair city, NE

Historical Presidential Election Results for Blair city, NE

Historical Statewide Election Results for Blair city, NE