Cherry County, Nebraska Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Cherry County is 1st in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Size in square miles

Cherry County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Two or More

Cherry County is 4th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Cherry County is 17th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Cherry County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	5,727	51st	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	5,960.4	1st	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1	86th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cherry County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	65th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.6%	68th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.0%	36th	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cherry County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.4%	41st	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.9%	17th	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cherry County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	91.0%	85th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	63rd	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	5.6%	4th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	56th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	92nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.7%	2nd	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	72nd	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.6%	68th	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cherry County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	50.1%	51st	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	36th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cherry County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	3,129	44th	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.3%	30th	19.5%	25.9%
Households	2,462	48th	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.8%	78th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$92,900	28th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.3	56th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	13	34th	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Cherry County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$23,051	46th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$41,929	63rd	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.1%	66th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cherry County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	215	41st	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,747	40th	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	93rd	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$78,284	38th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,802	27th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,671	26th	$2,685,580	$613,795,732