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Nebraska

Ranked #10 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $67,891,000,000.00


Nebraska Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 1,768,331 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 3.3% 6.4%
Population, 2000 1,711,263 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 7.2% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 25.2% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 13.3% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006 50.4% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 91.8% 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 4.4% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 1.0% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 1.7% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.2% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 7.4% 14.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 84.9% 66.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 54.7% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 4.4% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 7.9% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 86.6% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 23.7% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 250,534 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 18.0 25.5
Housing units, 2006 774,843 126,316,181
Homeownership rate, 2000 67.4% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 20.0% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $88,000 $119,600
Households, 2000 666,184 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.49 2.59
Median household income, 2004 $42,166 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $19,613 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 10.0% 12.7%
Business QuickFacts Nebraska USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 51,4401 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 773,0821 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 2.9%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 116,210 20,392,068
Total number of firms, 2002 145,380 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.4% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.3% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.0% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.0% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.4% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 26.6% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 30,610,970 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 26,155,770 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 20,249,200 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,729 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,088,710 449,498,718
Building permits, 2006 8,230 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 11,794,8341 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts Nebraska USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 76,872.41 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 22.3 79.6
FIPS Code 31