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Dawson County, NE

24,202 Population
1,013.8 square miles 23.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.4 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

$39,285 ±$7,145 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,880 ±$4,325 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.8% ±2.3% (2,596  ±562) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.6 minutes ±1.7 (213,615  ±21,237) 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

9,145 ±180 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (23,946  ±13) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±2.5% (330  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,958 ±37 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,200 ±$6,735 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

6.6% ±1.4% (1,557  ±320.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.9% ±3.9% (12,047  ±616.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.6% ±1.9% (2,722  ±287) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about half 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

22.7% (5,485  ±495) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±0.8% (869  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
869 Total veterans ±146 768 Male ±127 101 Female ±62

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