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Merrick County, NE

7,724 Population
487.8 square miles 15.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 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

$37,170 ±$4,130 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
$68,354 ±$7,261 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

7.9% ±2% (601  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters 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)

21.4 minutes ±2 (79,195  ±8,920) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,205 ±127 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (7,585  ±13) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±2.2% (71  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,598 ±24 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$175,900 ±$10,564 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±2.7% (688  ±204.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.3% ±5.5% (4,994  ±307.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±2.5% (1,001  ±139.3) 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

2.2% (172  ±65) 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

8.1% ±1.7% (483  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
483 Total veterans ±102 455 Male ±98 28 Female ±23

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