Platte County, NE Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Nebraska



Platte County, Nebraska

People QuickFactsPlatte CountyNebraska
Population, 2005 estimate 31,2621,758,787
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.0%2.8%
Population, 2000 31,6621,711,263
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 6.8%7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 26.5%24.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 13.0%13.3%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.1%50.5%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)97.9%92.0%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.5%4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.5%1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.7%1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)9.6%7.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 88.7%85.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 60.1%54.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 4.1%4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 7.8%7.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 84.7%86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.2%23.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 4,407250,534
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 14.318.0
Housing units, 2005 13,213766,951
Homeownership rate, 2000 73.3%67.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 15.7%20.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $80,800$88,000
Households, 2000 12,076666,184
Persons per household, 2000 2.592.49
Median household income, 2003 $41,425$41,984
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,064$19,613
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 8.6%10.0%
Business QuickFactsPlatte CountyNebraska
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 99950,9281
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 14,275774,3111
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -9.1%3.1%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 1,933113,708
Total number of firms, 2002 2,817145,380
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 29.8%26.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 1,506,64930,610,970
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 274,68326,155,770
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 338,43120,249,200
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,822$11,729
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 31,8802,088,710
Building permits, 2005 699,929
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 127,89611,794,8341
Geography QuickFactsPlatte CountyNebraska
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 67876,872
Persons per square mile, 2000 46.722.3
FIPS Code 14131
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Columbus, NE Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:28 EST
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