The median age of people living in Grand Island has gone up since the 1990 census. The median age of people living in Grand Island has gone up since the 1990 census. It likely would have risen even more if not for the influx of immigrant families, especially Hispanic families, to Grand Island over the past 10 years. However, at least one Grand Island official believes community amenities also attract senior citizens. Grand Island's median age rose from 33 in 1990 to 34.8 in the 2000 census.
Median age means half of Grand Island's population is younger than the median, while half is older.
One of the big increases was in the age bracket of 45 to 54. Grand Island aged slightly less than the state as a whole. Nebraska's median age climbed from 33 in 1990 to 35.3 in 2000. While Grand Island's age rose slightly, census figures show many Hispanic families with young children living in Hall County. Those figures reveal that 40 percent of Hispanic residents in Hall County are under age 18, but only 25 percent of the non-Hispanic residents are younger than 18.