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People QuickFacts | Merrick County | Nebraska
Population, 2012 estimate | 7,780 | 1,855,525
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 7,845 | 1,826,341
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.8% | 1.6%
Population, 2010 | 7,845 | 1,826,341
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.7% | 7.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 24.3% | 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 18.7% | 13.9%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.2% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 97.2% | 89.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 4.8%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 1.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.9% | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.0% | 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 3.9% | 9.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 93.6% | 81.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 90.2% | 82.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.7% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.7% | 9.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.9% | 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 14.7% | 27.8%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 841 | 148,078
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.6 | 18
Housing units, 2011 | 3,683 | 801,185
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 71.9% | 68.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.9% | 19.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $79,800 | $125,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 3,234 | 715,703
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.35 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $22,972 | $26,113
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $49,262 | $50,695
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.7% | 12.0%
Business QuickFacts | Merrick County | Nebraska
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 232 | 51,553
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 1,627 | 797,681
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -0.4% | 3.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 635 | 125,943
Total number of firms, 2007 | 855 | 159,665
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 33.3% | 25.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 40,157,999
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 208,701 | 24,019,868
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 45,568 | 26,486,612
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,009 | $14,965
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,850 | 2,685,580
Building permits, 2012 | 31 | 6,116
Geography QuickFacts | Merrick County | Nebraska
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 484.88 | 76,824.17
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 16.2 | 23.8
FIPS Code | 121 | 31
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Grand Island, NE Micro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts