Wayne County Facts

Census Statistics

	Wayne County	Nebraska
Population, 2003 estimate	9,474	1,739,291
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-3.8%	1.6%
Population, 2000	9,851	1,711,263
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	5.2%	8.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.3%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	21.6%	26.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.7%	13.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.0%	50.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	96.8%	89.6%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	4.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	2.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.7%	1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.5%	5.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	96.2%	87.3%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	50.7%	54.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.7%	4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.1%	7.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	28.0%	23.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,153	250,534
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	15.5	18.0?
Housing units, 2002	3,678	738,870
Homeownership rate, 2000	64.9%	67.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	15.9%	20.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$76,700	$88,000?
Households, 2000	3,437	666,184
Persons per household, 2000	2.51	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$32,366	$39,250
Per capita money income, 1999	$14,644	$19,613
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.5%	9.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	257	49,710
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	3,699	746,168
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-4.9%	-0.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	479	103,272
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	221,254	27,859,177
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	47,022	16,529,333
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$4,978	$9,981
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	17.1%	24.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	10	9,278
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	53,899	11,582,600
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	443	76,872
Persons per square mile, 2000	22.2	22.3
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	179	31

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