Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Demographic Profile for Franklin County, Nebraska

When calculating the total land area, Franklin spans a total area of 576 square miles. The land areas has a very low average population density of 6 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Rooks, KS (6 per sq. mile ), Uintah, UT (6 per sq. mile ), Cibola, NM (6 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Highland, VA (6 per sq. mile ), Sherman, KS (6 per sq. mile ), Morrow, OR (6 per sq. mile ).

Franklin County, Nebraska had an estimated population of 3,421 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 3,549. The decline represents a decrease of -3.6 percent. Franklin ranks 45 of 93 counties when analyzing total population change in Nebraska and the county ranks 2,180 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

Franklin County, Nebraska has a population that is made up of 98.7 percent White, 0 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 0.7 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 0.8 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Franklin has stayed the same the level of diversity when 0.8 percent of the people were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Franklin County, Nebraska to be 44.9 years of age. The median age in Franklin is greater than the median age in the State of Nebraska of 36.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 42.9 years old. With 20.6 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Franklin can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 55.4 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 24 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a relatively high percent of the population base.

Estimated since the year 2000, a low number of individuals have migrated to Franklin from another country. The international migration into Franklin makes up 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Nebraska. This percent of immigration can be considered low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

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