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

Wheeler County is 10th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Wheeler County is 23rd out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White

Wheeler County is 26th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Wheeler County is 3rd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Wheeler County is 4th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Wheeler County is 8th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - White

Wheeler County is 16th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Wheeler County is 16th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	805	83rd	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	575.2	47th	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.4	79th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	16th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.5%	55th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.7%	39th	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	96.6%	3rd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.5%	16th	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	98.8%	8th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.0%	91st	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	88th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	27th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	56th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	74th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	90th	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	98.0%	4th	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	50.2%	43rd	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	55th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	573	82nd	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	1.9%	86th	19.5%	25.9%
Households	315	88th	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.6%	80th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$75,900	58th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.2	79th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	78th	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$23,544	41st	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$39,653	74th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.5%	26th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	16	87th	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	96	83rd	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	27	71st	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$0	88th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$0	89th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	91st	$2,685,580	$613,795,732