Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Demographic Profile for Hayes County, Nebraska

Hayes County, Nebraska has a population that is made up of 96.2 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 3 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity, with 3.5 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Hayes has increased the percent of minority makeup when 3.0 percent of the total population were minorities.

Hayes County, Nebraska had a population that was estimated at 1,027 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 1,073. The decline shows a decrease of -4.3 percent. Hayes ranks 31 of 93 counties when calculating total change in population for Nebraska and the county ranks 2,003 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

In terms of total land area, Hayes spans a total area of 713 square miles. The county has a very low density of 1 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities 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 ).

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Hayes County, Nebraska to be 45.0 years of age. The median in Hayes is greater than the median age for the State of Nebraska of 36.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 42.4 years of age. With a total of 23 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Hayes can be understood as having a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low presence of the population, with 57.9 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 19.1 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

Since 2000, a very low number of individuals have migrated to Hayes from outside the country. The immigration into Hayes accounts for 0 percent of all immigration into Nebraska. This amount of international migration is very low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

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

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