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Lancaster County, NE

332,857 Population
837.6 square miles 397.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,686 ±$1,820 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $41,026 ±$641
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$75,165 ±$3,465 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $76,376 ±$1,384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.6% ±1.6% (40,060  ±5,173) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.9% 212,793 (±0.6% / ±11,375)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.6 minutes ±0.9 (3,154,460  ±170,129) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 19.9 18,578,820 (±0.3 / ±366,712)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

138,747 ±1,823 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 824,012 ±4,590
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (318,140  ±495) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,957,677
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.1% ±1.7% (5,135  ±1,475) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 29,564 (±0.6% / ±2,914)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

144,949 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 880,521 ±737
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$287,600 ±$7,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $263,100 ±$3,117
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.5% ±1.7% (54,259  ±5,732.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.1% 259,949 (±0.6% / ±12,627.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.9% ±3.2% (198,132  ±6,737.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.7% 1,229,269 (±1.2% / ±15,848.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
44.4% ±2.1% (93,722  ±4,439.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 35.4% 469,144 (±0.7% / ±9,682.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.5% (31,731  ±4,088) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 9% 180,857
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.6% ±0.7% (14,408  ±1,886) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 97,319 (±0.3% / ±4,909)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,408 Total veterans ±1,886 13,023 Male ±1,761 1,385 Female ±593

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