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

Platte County is 6th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Platte County is 7th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Foreign born residents

Platte County is 7th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Platte County is 7th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Platte County is 8th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Platte County is 8th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Platte County is 9th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Platte County is 9th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Platte County is 10th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Current population (2012)

Platte County is 10th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	32,681	10th	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	674.1	42nd	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	47.8	11th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	8th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.4%	9th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.9%	82nd	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.0%	63rd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.6%	49th	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	96.4%	66th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	25th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	20th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	20th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	25th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	49th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	7th	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	82.7%	83rd	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	49.7%	65th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.0%	7th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	13,435	10th	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.8%	16th	19.5%	25.9%
Households	12,333	11th	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.8%	50th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$109,900	13th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	11th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	104	6th	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$23,730	35th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$51,273	12th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.1%	71st	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,023	9th	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	15,345	7th	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,495	8th	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$494,298	11th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,542	20th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$39,135	10th	$2,685,580	$613,795,732