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

Thayer County is 4th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Home ownership rate

Thayer County is 9th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Female residents

Thayer County is 10th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Thayer County is 19th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Thayer County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	5,134	56th	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	573.8	51st	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	9.1	46th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Thayer County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	76th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.7%	78th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	25.3%	10th	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Thayer County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.0%	75th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.9%	54th	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Thayer County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	98.2%	26th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	54th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	85th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	50th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	59th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	62nd	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	77th	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.6%	19th	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Thayer County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	51.1%	9th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	74th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Thayer County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	2,711	52nd	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.0%	57th	19.5%	25.9%
Households	2,212	54th	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	82.7%	4th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$58,800	83rd	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.3	59th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	7	47th	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Thayer County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$22,176	64th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$43,198	51st	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.4%	60th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Thayer County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	206	44th	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,772	38th	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	532	48th	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$54,943	46th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,654	38th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,858	59th	$2,685,580	$613,795,732