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Custer County, NE

10,518 Population
2,575.5 square miles 4.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,967 ±$1,985 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,906 ±$4,824 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±1.5% (730  ±154) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.4 minutes ±1.5 (81,760  ±8,141) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,502 ±159 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (10,396  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±4% (196  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,334 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,800 ±$10,494 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11% ±2.5% (1,139  ±254.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95% ±4.7% (6,882  ±342.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.3% ±2.5% (1,758  ±179.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.9% (201  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±1.1% (477  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
477 Total veterans ±87 442 Male ±86 35 Female ±28

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