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Lincoln city, Lancaster County, NE

300,626 Population
101.1 square miles 2,973.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 34.5 ±0.4
  • 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

$38,653 ±$1,951 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lancaster County: $39,686 ±$1,820
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $41,026 ±$641
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$72,008 ±$4,231 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Lancaster County: $75,165 ±$3,465
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $76,376 ±$1,384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.4% ±1.8% (38,414  ±5,027) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 12.6% † 40,060 (±1.6% / ±5,173)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.9% 212,793 (±0.6% / ±11,375)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.2 minutes ±1 (2,811,755  ±160,686) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 19.6 3,154,460 (±0.9 / ±170,129)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 19.9 18,578,820 (±0.3 / ±366,712)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

127,640 ±1,736 Number of households
  • Lancaster County: 138,747 ±1,823
  • Nebraska: 824,012 ±4,590
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (286,197  ±503) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 2.3 318,140 (±0 / ±495)
  • 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% ±1.9% (4,654  ±1,438) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lancaster County: 6.1% † 5,135 (±1.7% / ±1,475)
  • 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

133,537 ±1,025 Number of housing units
  • Lancaster County: 144,949 ±235
  • Nebraska: 880,521 ±737
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$278,200 ±$7,399 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lancaster County: $287,600 ±$7,414
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $263,100 ±$3,117
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.5% ±1.9% (51,752  ±5,494.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 16.5% † 54,259 (±1.7% / ±5,732.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 13.1% 259,949 (±0.6% / ±12,627.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.6% ±3.3% (178,179  ±6,500.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lancaster County: 93.9% 198,132 (±3.2% / ±6,737.8)
  • 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)
44.6% ±2.2% (84,955  ±4,269.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lancaster County: 44.4% 93,722 (±2.1% / ±4,439.1)
  • 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

10.2% ±1.4% (30,543  ±4,077) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 9.5% 31,731
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 9% 180,857
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.5% ±0.8% (13,024  ±1,765) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lancaster County: 5.6% † 14,408 (±0.7% / ±1,886)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 97,319 (±0.3% / ±4,909)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
13,024 Total veterans ±1,765 11,731 Male ±1,612 1,293 Female ±595

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