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

Thomas County is 7th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White

Thomas County is 4th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - White

Thomas County is 11th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Income per household

Thomas County is 17th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Thomas County is 19th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Thomas County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	676	88th	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	713.2	37th	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	0.9	87th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Thomas County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	72nd	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.6%	54th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.4%	43rd	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Thomas County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.3%	17th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.7%	42nd	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Thomas County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	99.0%	4th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.1%	87th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	90th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	49th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	58th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.4%	87th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	49th	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.7%	32nd	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Thomas County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	49.0%	84th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	32nd	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Thomas County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	395	87th	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	1.0%	88th	19.5%	25.9%
Households	318	85th	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.2%	47th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$66,000	72nd	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.3	54th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	93rd	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Thomas County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$25,404	19th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$51,375	11th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.2%	80th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Thomas County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	25	84th	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	196	80th	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	91st	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$0	87th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$0	87th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$987	67th	$2,685,580	$613,795,732