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

Kearney County is 8th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Income per capita

Kearney County is 8th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Income per household

Kearney County is 11th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Female residents

Kearney County is 11th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Kearney County is 20th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Home median value

Size Demographics
	Kearney County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	6,485	45th	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	516.2	75th	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	12.6	39th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kearney County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	61st	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.3%	45th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.8%	58th	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kearney County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.0%	32nd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.5%	11th	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kearney County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	98.0%	33rd	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.2%	73rd	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	68th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	24th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	73rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	56th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	34th	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.0%	49th	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kearney County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	51.1%	11th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	35th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kearney County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	2,884	49th	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.1%	55th	19.5%	25.9%
Households	2,616	45th	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.8%	21st	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$99,100	20th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	25th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	9	42nd	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Kearney County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$27,444	8th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$54,611	8th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	6.2%	87th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kearney County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	167	53rd	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,869	36th	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	463	55th	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$29,729	65th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,523	76th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,798	49th	$2,685,580	$613,795,732