Census Reporter

North Platte, NE

23,892 Population
13.2 square miles 1,805.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 36.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,348 ±$1,495 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $31,368 ±$1,242
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $32,302 ±$218
$54,357 ±$4,048 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $59,488 ±$2,390
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $61,439 ±$416

12.2% ±2.2% (2,819  ±511) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 10% † 3,569 (±1.4% / ±509)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 11.1% 206,579 (±0.3% / ±4,624)

12.5 minutes ±1.2 (142,765  ±14,736) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 15.8 273,985 (±0.8 / ±16,248)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 18.8 17,693,015 (±0.1 / ±107,139)

Families

10,309 ±260 Number of households
  • the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 15,394 ±316
  • Nebraska: 759,176 ±2,333
2.3 ±0.1 (23,163  ±177) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 2.3 35,797 (±0.1 / ±197)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.5 1,862,842 (±0)

6.6% ±2.6% (350  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 6.6% † 500 (±2% / ±150)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 27,670 (±0.3% / ±1,157)

Housing

11,383 ±216 Number of housing units
  • the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 17,481 ±111
  • Nebraska: 837,476 ±260

$118,900 ±$4,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $138,100 ±$5,443
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $155,800 ±$724

20.2% ±3.9% (4,762  ±928.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 16.1% † 5,833 (±2.6% / ±947.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 15.9% 299,766 (±0.3% / ±5,197.9)

Social

92.4% ±4.9% (14,949  ±809.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 93.5% 23,665 (±3.5% / ±888.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 91.4% 1,143,491 (±0.5% / ±5,756.2)
21.4% ±2.5% (3,462  ±405.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 23.1% 5,858 (±1.8% / ±458.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 31.9% 399,225 (±0.3% / ±3,393.9)

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

3.7% ±1% (872  ±242) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 2.9% † 1,044 (±0.7% / ±248)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 137,899 (±0.1% / ±2,610)

9.7% ±1.6% (1,769  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 9.9% † 2,759 (±1.1% / ±319)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 8.2% 117,466 (±0.1% / ±1,679)
1,769 Total veterans ±291 1,605 Male ±277 164 Female ±134

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