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Lancaster County, NE

326,716 Population
837.6 square miles 390.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,303 ±$2,352 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $41,436 ±$753
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$70,637 ±$2,724 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $74,590 ±$1,340
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.2% ±1.6% (35,077  ±5,135) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.5% 202,078 (±0.7% / ±12,736)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.6 minutes ±0.7 (2,871,300  ±140,931) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,644,964 (±0.3 / ±322,537)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

138,006 ±1,381 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 813,864 ±4,244
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (312,580  ±307) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,930,900
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.3% ±1.1% (2,666  ±848) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 5.4% † 24,344 (±0.6% / ±2,858)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

143,103 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 873,525 ±618
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$277,700 ±$6,762 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $245,200 ±$2,789
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.4% ±1.8% (53,176  ±5,846.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.1% 255,190 (±0.6% / ±12,605.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.5% ±3.3% (193,816  ±6,710) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.7% 1,211,176 (±1.2% / ±15,810.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
42.4% ±2.1% (86,908  ±4,245.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 35.3% 461,280 (±0.7% / ±9,600.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

7.6% (24,786  ±3,037) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 152,341
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.5% ±0.6% (13,930  ±1,560) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.6% 98,571 (±0.3% / ±4,012)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
13,930 Total veterans ±1,560 12,436 Male ±1,415 1,494 Female ±676

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