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

Seward County is 4th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Income per household

Seward County is 7th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Home median value

Seward County is 7th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Income per capita

Seward County is 9th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Seward County is 13th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Seward County is 14th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Seward County is 18th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Current population (2012)

Seward County is 19th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Households

Seward County is 19th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Housing units

Seward County is 19th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Seward County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	16,935	18th	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	571.4	56th	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	29.3	14th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Seward County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	49th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	48th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.0%	75th	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Seward County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.4%	23rd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.5%	9th	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Seward County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	97.5%	49th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	36th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	56th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	29th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	63rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	37th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	70th	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.8%	31st	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Seward County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	48.9%	85th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	65th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Seward County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	6,885	19th	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.3%	22nd	19.5%	25.9%
Households	6,364	19th	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.7%	59th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$139,000	7th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	24th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	39	13th	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Seward County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$27,596	7th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$59,088	4th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.2%	84th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Seward County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	429	20th	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,240	19th	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,276	21st	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$109,761	28th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,662	63rd	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$13,537	21st	$2,685,580	$613,795,732