2024 population: 741,821 ( 10,028 from 2020)
Land area: 37174.6 square miles
Population density: 20.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	591,308	79.71%	1.6%
Black:	21,157	2.85%	11.0%
Indian:	3,831	0.52%	9.5%
Asian:	21,571	2.91%	13.7%
2+ races:	15,658	2.11%	19.5%
Hispanic:	88,296	11.90%	15.8%

Total non-White:	150,513	20.29%	15.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	36,695	12.5
Deaths:	32,370	11.1
Net Migration:	-6,816	-2.3
Net Immigration:	12,542	4.3

Change in White population:	-9,568	-1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	19,596	2.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
731,793
600,876	82.11%
19,057	2.60%
3,500	0.48%
18,978	2.59%
13,104	1.79%
76,278	10.42%
130,917	17.89%

2010
695,823
603,812	86.78%
12,671	1.82%
2,879	0.41%
12,737	1.83%
9,633	1.38%
53,387	7.67%
92,011	13.22%

2000
670,026
613,508	91.56%
8,030	1.20%
2,584	0.39%
9,561	1.43%
6,096	0.91%
29,730	4.44%
56,518	8.44%

1990
627,498
606,138	96.60%
5,370	0.86%
2,309	0.37%
4,578	0.73%
n/a
9,103	1.45%
21,360	3.40%

1980
635,968
620,458	97.56%
3,715	0.58%
1,593	0.25%
2,811	0.44%
n/a
7,100	1.12%
15,510	2.44%

1970
608,665
597,801	98.22%
3,057	0.50%
1,027	0.17%
789	0.13%
n/a
5,360	0.88%
10,864	1.78%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
85,719	12.3
60,139	8.6
-9,555	-1.4
14,584	2.1

-2,936	-0.4
38,906	5.6

Number	Rate
2000's
86,328	12.9
58,603	8.7
-22,371	-3.3
12,799	1.9

-9,696	-1.4
35,493	5.3

Number	Rate
1990's
85,222	13.6
65,983	10.5
-2,359	-0.4
7,775	1.2

7,370	1.2
35,158	5.6

Number	Rate
1980's
94,532	14.9
64,829	10.2
-38,147	-6.0
n/a

-14,320	-2.3
5,850	0.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-5,949	-1.0
n/a

22,657	3.7
4,646	0.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE-KS Market Area

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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):

2024
Number	Percent
37.7
177,184	23.9%
564,637	76.1%
137,580	18.5%

310,042
2.37

191,264	61.7%
152,019	79.5%
16,379	8.6%
118,778	38.3%

2010
Number	Percent
37.6
165,137	23.7%
530,686	76.3%
104,148	15.0%

280,343
2.39

177,773	63.4%
142,883	80.4%
15,433	8.7%
102,570	36.6%

2000
Number	Percent
36.2
166,271	24.8%
503,755	75.2%
102,268	15.3%

265,363
2.43

174,767	65.9%
146,846	84.0%
13,409	7.7%
90,596	34.1%

1990
Number	Percent
34.0
160,696	25.6%
466,802	74.4%
101,988	16.3%

245,016
2.46

166,619	68.0%
145,107	87.1%
10,115	6.1%
78,397	32.0%

1980
Number	Percent
32.0
168,818	26.5%
467,150	73.5%
96,338	15.1%

237,814
2.56

169,383	71.2%
151,887	89.7%
7,910	4.7%
68,431	28.8%

2024 Housing Data for Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE-KS Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	13,915	4.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,804	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	10,131	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	11,856	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	11,326	3.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	11,985	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	12,762	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	12,048	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	12,654	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	23,378	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	31,656	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	43,320	14.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	34,462	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	23,165	7.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	24,680	8.0%
$200,000 or more	22,900	7.4%

Median Household Income	72,322
Per Capita Income	39,098

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	12,689	4.1%
Public Assistance	6,277	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	26,820	8.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	325,353	78.7%
Unemployed	8,745	2.1%
In Armed Forces	797	0.2%

Total Labor Force	334,895	81.1%
Not in Labor Force	78,272	18.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		21.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	138,252	104,796	56.9%
Non-Profit	11,816	24,921	32.2%
Self-Employed	32,009	15,933	66.8%

Local Government	12,777	19,672	39.4%
State Government	11,872	14,312	45.3%
Federal Government	4,182	3,621	53.6%

Total Private + Self	170,261	120,729	58.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	40,647	62,526	39.4%
Total	210,908	183,255	53.5%

Pct. Govt.	16.9%
Pct. Private + Self	73.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	66,079	16.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	77,062	19.5%
Professional, Technical	89,356	22.6%
Service Occupations	61,561	15.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,344	1.9%
All others	101,345	25.6%

White Collar		58.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	55,238	14.0%
Manufacturing	46,073	11.7%
Retail trade	43,554	11.0%
Educational services	43,217	10.9%
Construction	26,354	6.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	23,778	6.0%
Accommodation and food services	22,193	5.6%
Public administration	21,059	5.3%
Finance and insurance	20,042	5.1%
Other services	18,920	4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	18,707	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	16,472	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	10,671	2.7%
Wholesale trade	8,438	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,222	1.6%
Information	5,097	1.3%
Utilities	4,728	1.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,926	1.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	515	0.1%
Management	199	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	51,748	6.82%
Puerto Rican	1,918	0.25%
Cuban	3,710	0.49%
Dominican	418	0.06%

Total Central American	15,819	2.08%
Costa Rican	88	0.01%
Guatemalan	9,808	1.29%
Honduran	2,088	0.28%
Nicaraguan	299	0.04%
Panamanian	196	0.03%
Salvadoran	3,340	0.44%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,179	0.29%
Argentinean	255	0.03%
Bolivian	121	0.02%
Chilean	310	0.04%
Colombian	678	0.09%
Ecuadorian	112	0.01%
Paraguayan	26	0.00%
Peruvian	339	0.04%
Uruguayan	18	0.00%
Venezuelan	288	0.04%
Other South American	32	0.00%

Other Hispanic	7,418	0.98%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	5,364	0.71%
Chinese	2,313	0.30%
Indian	2,045	0.27%
Burmese	1,327	0.17%
Filipino	1,144	0.15%
Korean	607	0.08%
Laotian	458	0.06%
Japanese	440	0.06%
Thai	425	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	630,625	88.4%
Spanish	51,754	7.3%
Other Indo-European	5,539	0.8%
Vietnamese	4,778	0.7%
Other Asian	3,826	0.5%
Arabic	3,517	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,952	0.4%
Other	2,859	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,351	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	257,288	33.9%
Irish	82,789	10.9%
English	73,288	9.7%
Czech	30,837	4.1%
American	28,995	3.8%
Swedish	27,737	3.7%
Polish	19,020	2.5%
French	12,299	1.6%
Danish	11,844	1.6%
European	10,970	1.4%
Italian	10,667	1.4%
Scottish	9,955	1.3%
Dutch	9,903	1.3%
Norwegian	9,695	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	4,791	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	728,507	96.0%
Not a citizen	30,202	4.0%

Native	702,653	92.6%
Foreign-born	56,056	7.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
18,054	3.6%	20,517	4.1%	131,250	26.5%	166,479	33.6%	104,450	21.1%	54,756	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	18,054	3.6%
9-12 Years	20,517	4.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	131,250	26.5%
Some College	166,479	33.6%
Bach. Degree	104,450	21.1%
Grad Degree	54,756	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	343,057	336,176	6,881	2.0%
1991	350,474	342,627	7,847	2.2%
1992	355,941	347,299	8,642	2.4%
1993	360,832	352,368	8,464	2.3%
1994	368,348	360,181	8,167	2.2%
1995	373,965	365,515	8,450	2.3%
1996	378,563	369,415	9,148	2.4%
1997	377,501	369,512	7,989	2.1%
1998	378,381	369,875	8,506	2.2%
1999	381,505	372,043	9,462	2.5%

2000	383,441	373,646	9,795	2.6%
2001	386,214	375,176	11,038	2.9%
2002	390,255	377,486	12,769	3.3%
2003	396,571	382,238	14,333	3.6%
2004	398,839	384,451	14,388	3.6%
2005	397,500	383,821	13,679	3.4%
2006	397,114	386,129	10,985	2.8%
2007	397,286	386,640	10,646	2.7%
2008	400,160	388,069	12,091	3.0%
2009	400,798	383,722	17,076	4.3%

2010	395,956	378,875	17,081	4.3%
2011	400,516	384,273	16,243	4.1%
2012	404,895	390,554	14,341	3.5%
2013	405,986	392,128	13,858	3.4%
2014	404,224	391,782	12,442	3.1%
2015	402,175	390,805	11,370	2.8%
2016	403,256	391,713	11,543	2.9%
2017	402,741	391,705	11,036	2.7%
2018	407,713	396,895	10,818	2.7%
2019	411,497	399,886	11,611	2.8%

2020	409,352	393,238	16,114	3.9%
2021	413,784	403,640	10,144	2.5%
2022	417,148	408,019	9,129	2.2%
2023	416,555	407,803	8,752	2.1%
2024	415,578	404,878	10,700	2.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	339,986
Median Value	$220,501

Occupied	310,042	91.2%
Vacant	29,944	8.8%

Owned	206,027	66.5%
Rented	104,015	33.5%
Median Rent	$931

Single-Family Units	256,645	75.5%
Detached	240,946	70.9%
Attached	15,699	4.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	53,045	15.6%
Mobile Homes	11,428	3.4%

Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE-KS Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE-KS Market Area

2024 Housing Data for Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE-KS Market Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE-KS Market Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE-KS Market Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE-KS Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE-KS Market Area