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Lancaster County Facts

Census Statistics

	Lancaster County	Nebraska
Population, 2003 estimate	260,995	1,739,291
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	4.3%	1.6%
Population, 2000	250,291	1,711,263
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	17.2%	8.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.7%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	23.5%	26.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	10.4%	13.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.0%	50.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	90.1%	89.6%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.8%	4.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.7%	2.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.9%	1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.4%	5.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	88.7%	87.3%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	46.6%	54.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.4%	4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	8.8%	7.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	90.5%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	32.6%	23.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	33,485	250,534
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	17.8	18.0?
Housing units, 2002	107,560	738,870
Homeownership rate, 2000	60.5%	67.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	31.7%	20.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$105,900	$88,000?
Households, 2000	99,187	666,184
Persons per household, 2000	2.40	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$41,850	$39,250
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,265	$19,613
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.5%	9.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	7,128	49,710
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	127,601	746,168
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.0%	-0.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	15,344	103,272
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	3,855,102	27,859,177
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	2,270,447	16,529,333
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,730	$9,981
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	2.9%	3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	23.3%	24.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,902	9,278
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,610,058	11,582,600
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	839	76,872
Persons per square mile, 2000	298.4	22.3
Metropolitan Area	Lincoln, NE MSA	?
FIPS Code	109	31

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