|
|
People
Facts |
Kearney |
Nebraska |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
28,211 |
1,739,291 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
2.8% |
1.6% |
|
Population, 2000
|
27,431 |
1,711,263 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
10.1% |
8.4% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
6.7% |
6.8% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
22.2% |
26.3% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
10.6% |
13.6% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
51.9% |
50.7% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
95.2% |
89.6% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.6% |
4.0% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.4% |
0.9% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.9% |
1.3% |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
1.7% |
2.8% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
1.2% |
1.4% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
4.1% |
5.5% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
41.6% |
54.7% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
2.6% |
4.4% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
6.7% |
7.9% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
89.8% |
86.6% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
34.9% |
23.7% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
13.8 |
18.0 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
11,099 |
722,668 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
56.5% |
67.4% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$94,700 |
$88,000 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
10,549 |
666,184 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.37 |
2.49 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$34,829 |
$39,250 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$17,713 |
$19,613 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
13.4% |
9.7% |
