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People QuickFacts | Gering | Nebraska
Population, 2011 estimate | 8,518 | 1,842,234
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 8,500 | 1,826,341
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.2% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 8,500 | 1,826,341
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.4% | 7.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.6% | 25.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 17.1% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.1% | 50.4%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 89.6% | 86.1%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 4.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.5% | 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.4% | 2.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 17.2% | 9.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 79.8% | 82.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.1% | 82.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.4% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 8.0% | 9.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 92.6% | 90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 20.5% | 27.8%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 808 | 148,078
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 15 | 18
Housing units, 2010 | 3,601 | 796,793
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.5% | 68.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.4% | 19.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $97,500 | $125,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 3,282 | 715,703
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.46 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,255 | $26,113
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $47,556 | $50,695
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.4% | 12.0%
Business QuickFacts | Gering | Nebraska
Total number of firms, 2007 | 835 | 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 | 33.1% | 25.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |  | 40,157,999
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 70,887 | 24,019,868
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 25,130 | 26,486,612
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $3,289 | $14,965
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,529 | 2,685,580
Geography QuickFacts | Gering | Nebraska
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 4.3 | 76,824.17
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,977.2 | 23.8
FIPS Code | 18580 | 31
Counties | Scotts Bluff County
(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