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People QuickFacts | Buffalo County | Nebraska
Population, 2013 estimate | 47,893 | 1,868,516
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 46,102 | 1,826,341
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 3.9% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 46,102 | 1,826,341
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.9% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 23.6% | 24.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 12.5% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.4% | 50.2%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 95.8% | 89.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.0% | 4.8%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.5% | 1.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.4% | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.2% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 8.3% | 9.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 88.2% | 81.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 79.4% | 83.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 4.0% | 6.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 7.1% | 10.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 92.4% | 90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 31.6% | 28.1%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,996 | 146,852
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 15.2 | 18.1
Housing units, 2013 | 19,381 | 807,034
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 65.0% | 67.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 20.2% | 19.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $136,500 | $126,700
Households, 2008-2012 | 17,462 | 721,026
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.51 | 2.46
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $24,204 | $26,523
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $50,307 | $51,381
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.5% | 12.4%
Business QuickFacts | Buffalo County | Nebraska
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 1,552 | 52,294
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 22,282 | 818,289
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 5.1% | 2.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 3,646 | 127,097
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,571 | 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 | 1.5% | 1.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.9% | 25.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 40,157,999
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 659,317 | 24,019,868
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 739,878 | 26,486,612
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,483 | $14,965
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 103,135 | 2,685,580
Building permits, 2012 | 200 | 6,116
Geography QuickFacts | Buffalo County | Nebraska
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 968.11 | 76,824.17
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 47.6 | 23.8
FIPS Code | 19 | 31
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Kearney, 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