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Dawson County, NE

24,020 Population
1,013.8 square miles 23.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,634 ±$6,652 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$65,383 ±$3,075 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

12.3% ±2.6% (2,935  ±629) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

17.9 minutes ±1.7 (212,670  ±21,228) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,982 ±185 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (23,738  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.1% ±2.4% (305  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,905 ±29 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$157,800 ±$8,368 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.8% ±1.7% (1,839  ±406) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

77.8% ±3.9% (11,982  ±610.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.5% ±2% (2,700  ±301) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)
  • about half 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

22.4% (5,378  ±580) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5.1% ±0.8% (887  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
887 Total veterans ±140 780 Male ±126 107 Female ±53

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