Dakota County, Nebraska Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Dakota County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Foreign born residents

Dakota County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in People per household

Dakota County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Asian

Dakota County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Dakota County is 4th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Dakota County is 4th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Dakota County is 5th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Dakota County is 5th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Dakota County is 6th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Dakota County is 7th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	20,918	15th	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	264.3	92nd	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	79.5	5th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	8.4%	4th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.2%	4th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.9%	89th	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.0%	92nd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.8%	93rd	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	87.4%	90th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.0%	5th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.3%	7th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.5%	2nd	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	7th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	20th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	2nd	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	53.4%	92nd	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	49.9%	56th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	21.5%	2nd	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	7,614	17th	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.1%	6th	19.5%	25.9%
Households	7,301	17th	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.4%	87th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$99,700	19th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.8	2nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	25	24th	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$19,844	88th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$43,294	50th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.1%	14th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Dakota County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	431	19th	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	10,937	12th	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,683	17th	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$170,315	20th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,368	51st	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$19,223	16th	$2,685,580	$613,795,732