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Kearney County, NE

6,697 Population
516.2 square miles 13 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$41,967 ±$4,202 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$79,167 ±$8,116 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

6.7% ±2.3% (442  ±153) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.5 minutes ±2.3 (71,270  ±8,457) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,730 ±88 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (6,632  ±7) 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

9.2% ±4.2% (128  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,985 ±16 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$218,300 ±$9,575 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

6.6% ±2.1% (437  ±138.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94% ±6.6% (4,323  ±303.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
32.9% ±3.9% (1,513  ±178.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)
  • a little less than 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

1.5% (97  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.8% ±1.8% (340  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
340 Total veterans ±90 330 Male ±90 10 Female ±12

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