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People QuickFacts | Polk County | Nebraska
Population, 2012 estimate | 5,320 | 1,855,525
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 5,406 | 1,826,341
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.6% | 1.6%
Population, 2010 | 5,406 | 1,826,341
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.0% | 7.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.9% | 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 19.4% | 13.6%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.2% | 50.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 98.1% | 90.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 4.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 1.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 1.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.0% | 1.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 3.6% | 9.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 94.9% | 81.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.7% | 82.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.0% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.4% | 9.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.8% | 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 16.1% | 27.8%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 463 | 148,078
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.7 | 18
Housing units, 2011 | 2,729 | 801,185
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.7% | 68.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.0% | 19.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $89,500 | $125,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 2,220 | 715,703
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.34 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,650 | $26,113
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $50,298 | $50,695
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.2% | 12.0%
Business QuickFacts | Polk County | Nebraska
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 144 | 51,886
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 853 | 769,436
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -9.1 | 2.4
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 442 | 123,900
Total number of firms, 2007 | 645 | 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 | F | 1.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 10.2% | 25.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 40,157,999
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 103,321 | 24,019,868
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 35,465 | 26,486,612
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,843 | $14,965
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,141 | 2,685,580
Building permits, 2011 | 3 | 5,203
Geography QuickFacts | Polk County | Nebraska
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 438.35 | 76,824.17
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 12.3 | 23.8
FIPS Code | 143 | 31
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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