Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Demographic Profile for Grant County, Nebraska

Grant County, Nebraska has a population that is comprised of 98.2 percent White, 0 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 1.5 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.6 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Grant has stayed the same the percent of minority population when 1.6 percent of the people were minorities.

Grant County, Nebraska had a population of 670 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 747. The decline represents a decrease of -10.3 percent. Grant ranks 35 of 93 counties when calculating total change in population for Nebraska and the county ranks 2,084 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Grant County, Nebraska to be 45.3 years old. The median in Grant is greater than the median age in the State of Nebraska of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 39.9 years of age. With 20.3 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Grant can be described as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the population, with 62.2 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 17.5 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

When calculating the total land area, Grant spans a total area of 776 square miles. The county has a very low average population density of 1 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- White Pine, NV (1 per sq. mile ), Jeff Davis, TX (1 per sq. mile ), Perkins, SD (1 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Union, NM (1 per sq. mile ), Wayne, UT (1 per sq. mile ), Golden Valley, MT (1 per sq. mile ).

Since 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Grant from outside the country. The immigration into Grant makes up 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Nebraska. This level of international migration can be considered very low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

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

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