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

Dawes County is 1st in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Dawes County is 1st in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Dawes County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Income below poverty line

Dawes County is 4th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Two or More

Dawes County is 6th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Dawes County is 7th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Dawes County is 9th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Asian

Dawes County is 9th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Dawes County is 9th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Size in square miles

Dawes County is 9th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Dawes County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	9,152	30th	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,396.5	9th	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	6.6	56th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Dawes County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	66th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.5%	90th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.9%	71st	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Dawes County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.6%	53rd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	37.2%	1st	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Dawes County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	90.0%	87th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.6%	9th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.9%	6th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	9th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.5%	1st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	4th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	39th	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.8%	77th	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Dawes County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	49.9%	59th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.9%	23rd	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Dawes County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	4,270	30th	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.4%	9th	19.5%	25.9%
Households	3,601	33rd	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.9%	91st	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$90,900	34th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.2	82nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	73rd	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Dawes County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$18,440	91st	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$36,396	87th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	24.7%	2nd	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Dawes County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	292	31st	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,302	34th	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,055	28th	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$164,591	21st	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,763	7th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$13,657	20th	$2,685,580	$613,795,732