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

Lancaster County is 1st in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Asian

Lancaster County is 1st in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Lancaster County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Lancaster County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lancaster County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Households

Lancaster County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Housing units

Lancaster County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Lancaster County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lancaster County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lancaster County is 2nd in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	293,407	2nd	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	837.5	26th	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	340.8	3rd	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	19th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	49th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.4%	91st	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.4%	13th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	35.9%	2nd	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	89.2%	88th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.7%	6th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	29th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.7%	1st	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	17th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.5%	6th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	26th	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	83.9%	79th	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	49.9%	58th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.9%	9th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	121,765	2nd	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.4%	1st	19.5%	25.9%
Households	112,904	2nd	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.8%	92nd	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$146,200	4th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	33rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,210	2nd	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$26,557	14th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$51,059	14th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.3%	21st	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	7,779	2nd	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	125,461	2nd	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	24,564	2nd	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,662,691	2nd	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,351	29th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$472,514	2nd	$2,685,580	$613,795,732