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

Thurston County is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Thurston County is 9th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Thurston County is 23rd out of 3,143 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Thurston County is 39th out of 3,143 other counties in People per household

Thurston County is 1st in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Income below poverty line

Thurston County is 1st in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in People per household

Thurston County is 1st in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Thurston County is 1st in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Thurston County is 1st in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Thurston County is 8th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Two or More

Thurston County is 19th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Female residents

Thurston County is 19th in Nebraska out of 93 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	7,020	42nd	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	393.6	88th	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	17.6	24th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	11.3%	1st	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	36.2%	1st	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.7%	90th	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.5%	86th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.3%	85th	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	40.4%	93rd	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	28th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	55.8%	1st	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	19th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	22nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	8th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	32nd	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	38.5%	93rd	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	50.8%	19th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	41st	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	2,388	58th	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.9%	39th	19.5%	25.9%
Households	2,053	57th	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.2%	77th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$64,500	76th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	3.3	1st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5	55th	6,116	829,658

Income Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$16,497	93rd	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$39,568	75th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	29.0%	1st	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Nebraska	US
Non-farm private establishments	112	62nd	51,553	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,259	50th	797,681	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	302	60th	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$54,072	47th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,443	55th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	87th	$2,685,580	$613,795,732