|
|
People
Facts |
Grand
Island |
Nebraska |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
43,771 |
1,739,291 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
1.6% |
1.6% |
|
Population, 2000
|
42,940 |
1,711,263 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
9.0% |
8.4% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
7.8% |
6.8% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
27.0% |
26.3% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
14.1% |
13.6% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
50.5% |
50.7% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
86.7% |
89.6% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.4% |
4.0% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.3% |
0.9% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
1.3% |
1.3% |
|
Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.2% |
Z |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
9.6% |
2.8% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
1.4% |
1.4% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
15.9% |
5.5% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
52.3% |
54.7% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
9.6% |
4.4% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
15.3% |
7.9% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
81.2% |
86.6% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
15.8% |
23.7% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
14.5 |
18.0 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
17,421 |
722,668 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
62.7% |
67.4% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$82,500 |
$88,000 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
16,426 |
666,184 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.55 |
2.49 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$36,044 |
$39,250 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$17,071 |
$19,613 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
12.8% |
9.7% |
