Lincoln, Nebraska Demographics

Lincoln is 1st in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Race - Asian

Lincoln is 2nd in Nebraska out of 29 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Lincoln is 2nd in Nebraska out of 32 other cities in Current population (2012)

Lincoln is 2nd in Nebraska out of 32 other cities in Retail sales

Lincoln is 2nd in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Households

Lincoln is 2nd in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Housing units

Lincoln is 2nd in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Size in square miles

Lincoln is 2nd in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lincoln is 3rd in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Race - Two or More

Lincoln is 3rd in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Lincoln	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	265,404	2nd	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	89.1	2nd	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,899.4	8th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lincoln	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	20th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	27th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.7%	28th	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lincoln	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.1%	8th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	36.0%	4th	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lincoln	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	86.0%	25th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.8%	6th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	11th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.8%	1st	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	16th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.0%	3rd	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	21st	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	83.1%	22nd	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lincoln	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	50.0%	30th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.4%	9th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lincoln	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	110,546	2nd	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	32.0%	3rd	19.5%	25.9%
Households	102,976	2nd	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	59.2%	27th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$141,200	5th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	18th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Lincoln	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$25,765	9th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$49,114	10th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.5%	13th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lincoln	Rank	Nebraska	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	21,792	2nd	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,526,895	2nd	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,233	21st	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$457,918	2nd	$2,685,580	$613,795,732