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

Perkins County is 10th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Income per household

Perkins County is 16th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Income per capita

Perkins County is 18th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - White

Perkins County is 19th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	2,931	69th	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	883.3	22nd	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.4	73rd	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	35th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.3%	43rd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.8%	38th	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.0%	21st	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.0%	46th	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	98.5%	18th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	24th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	82nd	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	65th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	54th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.3%	91st	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	51st	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.5%	37th	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	49.4%	70th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	84th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	1,448	72nd	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.6%	63rd	19.5%	25.9%
Households	1,216	71st	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.1%	54th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$84,800	41st	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	32nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	75th	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$26,040	16th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$52,266	10th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	5.8%	89th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	118	60th	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	791	62nd	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	295	61st	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$44,652	56th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,558	19th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$778	71st	$2,685,580	$613,795,732