Nebraska

2022 population: 1,967,923 ( 141,582 from 2010 , 6,434 from 2020)
Land area: 76817.5 square miles
Population density: 25.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,514,050	76.94%	1.0%
Black:	98,369	5.00%	21.5%
Indian:	16,137	0.82%	9.1%
Asian:	55,107	2.80%	67.6%
2+ races:	41,743	2.12%	46.8%
Hispanic:	242,517	12.32%	44.9%

Total non-White:	453,873	23.06%	39.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	54,682	13.9
Deaths:	43,278	11.0
Net Migration:	-11,108	-2.8
Net Immigration:	5,694	1.5

Change in White population:	14,297	0.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	127,285	7.0

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
1,826,341
1,499,753	82.12%
80,959	4.43%
14,797	0.81%
32,885	1.80%
28,426	1.56%
167,405	9.17%
326,588	17.88%

2000
1,711,263
1,494,494	87.33%
67,537	3.95%
13,460	0.79%
22,324	1.30%
17,696	1.03%
94,425	5.52%
216,769	12.67%

1990
1,578,385
1,461,733	92.61%
56,424	3.57%
11,989	0.76%
13,146	0.83%
n/a
35,093	2.22%
116,652	7.39%

1980
1,569,825
1,476,710	94.07%
47,466	3.02%
8,312	0.53%
8,190	0.52%
n/a
28,262	1.80%
93,115	5.93%

1970
1,483,493
1,412,498	95.21%
39,344	2.65%
6,530	0.44%
2,507	0.17%
n/a
21,067	1.42%
70,995	4.79%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
241,832	14.1
139,626	8.2
-41,144	-2.4
31,988	1.9

5,259	0.3
109,819	6.4

Number	Rate
1990's
235,372	14.9
152,136	9.6
-9,201	-0.6
17,539	1.1

32,761	2.1
100,117	6.3

Number	Rate
1980's
255,120	16.3
147,242	9.4
-96,236	-6.1
n/a

-14,977	-1.0
23,537	1.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-35,354	-2.4
n/a

64,212	4.3
22,120	1.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Nebraska

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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
36.9
480,435	24.4%
1,487,488	75.6%
316,709	16.1%

776,379
2.46

490,531	63.2%
382,954	78.1%
44,262	9.0%
285,848	36.8%

2010
Number	Percent
36.4
459,221	25.1%
1,367,120	74.9%
246,677	13.5%

721,130
2.46

467,206	64.8%
366,258	78.4%
44,726	9.6%
253,924	35.2%

2000
Number	Percent
35.4
449,615	26.3%
1,261,648	73.7%
232,359	13.6%

666,995
2.49

446,551	66.9%
365,981	82.0%
38,875	8.7%
220,444	33.1%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
429,187	27.2%
1,149,198	72.8%
223,066	14.1%

602,858
2.54

418,471	69.4%
354,789	84.8%
31,361	7.5%
184,387	30.6%

1980
Number	Percent
30.1
447,461	28.5%
1,122,364	71.5%
205,535	13.1%

572,615
2.66

414,503	72.4%
364,172	87.9%
24,874	6.0%
158,112	27.6%

2022 Housing Data for Nebraska

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	32,654	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	26,935	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	26,337	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	28,248	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	30,085	3.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	31,590	4.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	29,726	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	30,245	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	30,380	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	58,519	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	79,948	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	107,318	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	84,440	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	56,253	7.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	63,228	8.1%
$200,000 or more	60,473	7.8%

Median Household Income	71,722
Per Capita Income	38,585

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	93

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	29,977	3.9%
Public Assistance	15,243	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	68,135	8.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	842,803	78.3%
Unemployed	26,892	2.5%
In Armed Forces	5,660	0.5%

Total Labor Force	875,355	81.3%
Not in Labor Force	200,833	18.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		21.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	372,777	288,765	56.3%
Non-Profit	30,910	66,224	31.8%
Self-Employed	69,498	38,059	64.6%

Local Government	30,836	46,882	39.7%
State Government	21,257	25,409	45.6%
Federal Government	12,510	10,325	54.8%

Total Private + Self	442,275	326,824	57.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	95,513	148,840	39.1%
Total	537,788	475,664	53.1%

Pct. Govt.	14.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	170,617	16.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	205,888	20.3%
Professional, Technical	233,459	23.0%
Service Occupations	158,443	15.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	13,414	1.3%
All others	247,249	24.3%

White Collar		60.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	146,045	14.4%
Retail trade	109,941	10.8%
Manufacturing	104,156	10.3%
Educational services	100,337	9.9%
Construction	74,617	7.3%
Finance and insurance	66,969	6.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	58,347	5.7%
Accommodation and food services	57,762	5.7%
Transportation and warehousing	49,260	4.9%
Other services	45,799	4.5%
Public administration	43,728	4.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	42,052	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	34,064	3.4%
Wholesale trade	24,403	2.4%
Information	16,016	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	15,955	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	12,021	1.2%
Utilities	11,613	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,444	0.1%
Management	1,127	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	163,915	8.37%
Puerto Rican	6,770	0.35%
Cuban	5,946	0.30%
Dominican	1,221	0.06%

Total Central American	31,549	1.61%
Costa Rican	323	0.02%
Guatemalan	17,215	0.88%
Honduran	4,483	0.23%
Nicaraguan	576	0.03%
Panamanian	331	0.02%
Salvadoran	8,423	0.43%
Other Central American	198	0.01%

Total South American	6,264	0.32%
Argentinean	389	0.02%
Bolivian	195	0.01%
Chilean	1,163	0.06%
Colombian	1,914	0.10%
Ecuadorian	236	0.01%
Paraguayan	22	0.00%
Peruvian	818	0.04%
Uruguayan	146	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,286	0.07%
Other South American	95	0.00%

Other Hispanic	15,104	0.77%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	7,995	0.41%
Vietnamese	7,885	0.40%
Burmese	6,925	0.35%
Chinese	5,529	0.28%
Filipino	4,710	0.24%
Korean	2,820	0.14%
Japanese	1,714	0.09%
Thai	1,358	0.07%
Laotian	1,064	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,614,661	88.2%
Spanish	140,211	7.7%
Other Asian	14,931	0.8%
Other Indo-European	12,547	0.7%
Other	11,720	0.6%
Vietnamese	6,905	0.4%
Arabic	6,079	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	5,686	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	5,288	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	614,592	31.4%
Irish	230,281	11.8%
English	171,803	8.8%
Czech	76,153	3.9%
American	71,308	3.6%
Swedish	67,302	3.4%
Polish	60,191	3.1%
Italian	48,504	2.5%
Danish	36,509	1.9%
Norwegian	35,684	1.8%
French	34,164	1.7%
European	31,120	1.6%
Dutch	28,178	1.4%
Scottish	26,156	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	13,392	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,874,557	95.7%
Not a citizen	84,382	4.3%

Native	1,812,004	92.5%
Foreign-born	146,935	7.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
48,212	3.8%	56,085	4.4%	325,873	25.4%	423,685	33.0%	280,101	21.8%	149,329	11.6%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	48,212	3.8%
9-12 Years	56,085	4.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	325,873	25.4%
Some College	423,685	33.0%
Bach. Degree	280,101	21.8%
Grad Degree	149,329	11.6%
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	824,440	804,950	19,490	2.4%
1991	838,768	816,438	22,330	2.7%
1992	848,446	824,368	24,078	2.8%
1993	863,883	839,874	24,009	2.8%
1994	885,130	861,870	23,260	2.6%
1995	901,420	877,877	23,543	2.6%
1996	914,533	889,945	24,588	2.7%
1997	919,283	896,976	22,307	2.4%
1998	926,388	903,091	23,297	2.5%
1999	930,027	904,801	25,226	2.7%

2000	938,857	912,626	26,231	2.8%
2001	945,376	915,664	29,712	3.1%
2002	952,938	917,834	35,104	3.7%
2003	967,048	928,917	38,131	3.9%
2004	973,638	935,721	37,917	3.9%
2005	972,766	935,919	36,847	3.8%
2006	971,443	941,950	29,493	3.0%
2007	979,056	950,325	28,731	2.9%
2008	987,553	955,479	32,074	3.2%
2009	987,862	941,909	45,953	4.7%

2010	992,023	945,203	46,820	4.7%
2011	1,003,641	959,332	44,309	4.4%
2012	1,012,810	973,448	39,362	3.9%
2013	1,014,835	977,466	37,369	3.7%
2014	1,012,734	979,731	33,003	3.3%
2015	1,011,670	981,326	30,344	3.0%
2016	1,016,074	984,967	31,107	3.1%
2017	1,016,586	986,682	29,904	2.9%
2018	1,027,023	997,744	29,279	2.9%
2019	1,040,542	1,009,436	31,106	3.0%

2020	1,035,182	991,390	43,792	4.2%
2021	1,049,590	1,021,331	28,259	2.7%
2022	1,058,934	1,034,095	24,839	2.3%
2023	1,054,690	1,030,886	23,804	2.3%

Migration Data for Nebraska

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
Iowa	57,662
Colorado	32,165
Texas	31,897
California	27,333
Kansas	23,940
Missouri	18,220
Florida	17,684
South Dakota	15,470
Arizona	13,346
Illinois	12,575
Minnesota	11,200
Wyoming	7,657
Virginia	7,527
Washington	7,489
Oklahoma	7,181

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
Iowa	57,603
Texas	38,357
Colorado	34,597
California	23,742
Kansas	22,467
Florida	21,280
Missouri	19,549
Arizona	17,659
South Dakota	17,493
Minnesota	13,914
Illinois	11,361
Washington	9,025
Wyoming	8,037
Virginia	7,644
Georgia	7,624

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	848,023
Median Value	$205,600

Occupied	776,379	91.6%
Vacant	71,644	8.4%

Owned	516,651	66.5%
Rented	259,728	33.5%
Median Rent	$987

Single-Family Units	642,581	75.8%
Detached	608,411	71.7%
Attached	34,170	4.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	141,361	16.7%
Mobile Homes	26,453	3.1%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Nebraska

2022 Housing Data for Nebraska

2022 Income & Employment Data for Nebraska

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Nebraska

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Nebraska

Historical Labor Force Data for Nebraska

Migration Data for Nebraska

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