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People QuickFacts | Howard County | Nebraska
Population, 2013 estimate | 6,355 | 1,868,516
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 6,274 | 1,826,341
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 1.3% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 6,274 | 1,826,341
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.0% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 23.5% | 24.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 19.7% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 49.2% | 50.2%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 97.9% | 89.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.3% | 4.8%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.5% | 1.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.3% | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.0% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 2.3% | 9.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 95.9% | 81.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 89.5% | 83.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 0.7% | 6.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 2.3% | 10.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 92.4% | 90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 17.8% | 28.5%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 608 | 142,176
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 23.8 | 18.1
Housing units, 2013 | 2,983 | 807,034
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 79.4% | 67.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 7.1% | 19.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $101,200 | $128,000
Households, 2009-2013 | 2,576 | 725,787
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.43 | 2.47
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $26,770 | $26,899
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $49,088 | $51,672
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 10.3% | 12.8%
Business QuickFacts | Howard County | Nebraska
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 143 | 52,294
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 977 | 818,289
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 1.8% | 2.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 529 | 127,097
Total number of firms, 2007 | 551 | 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 | S | 25.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 40,157,999
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 38,383 | 24,019,868
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 48,446 | 26,486,612
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,498 | $14,965
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,849 | 2,685,580
Building permits, 2012 | 23 | 6,116
Geography QuickFacts | Howard County | Nebraska
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 569.34 | 76,824.17
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 11 | 23.8
FIPS Code | 93 | 31
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Grand Island, NE Metro 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