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Dawes County, NE

8,140 Population
1,396.4 square miles 5.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,306 ±$2,548 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,280 ±$5,544 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±3.5% (965  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.6 minutes ±2.4 (60,690  ±10,572) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,453 ±216 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (7,335  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.3% ±1.5% (27  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,037 ±21 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,900 ±$44,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.5% ±4.4% (1,421  ±360.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.9% ±9.4% (4,975  ±498.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.2% ±6.1% (1,879  ±320.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about the same as 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% (78  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.8% (365  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
365 Total veterans ±121 362 Male ±120 3 Female ±4

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