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Cherry County, NE

5,468 Population
5,960.1 square miles 0.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,287 ±$3,131 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$63,750 ±$8,955 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

7.2% ±2.3% (389  ±123) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

13.5 minutes ±1.6 (34,170  ±4,523) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,229 ±161 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.2 (5,361  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.3% ±2.7% (34  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

3,004 ±22 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$136,000 ±$19,919 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.3% ±2.9% (450  ±159.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

97.4% ±8.6% (3,759  ±335.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
24.2% ±4.2% (934  ±162.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% (121  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5.6% ±1.9% (232  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
232 Total veterans ±78 227 Male ±77 5 Female ±6

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