Demographic Profile for Holt County, Nebraska
When calculating the total land area, Holt covers a total land area of 2413 square miles. This area has a very low average population density of 4 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Coke, TX (4 per sq. mile ), Jerauld, SD (4 per sq. mile ), Caribou, ID (4 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Fremont, WY (4 per sq. mile ), Chase, KS (4 per sq. mile ), Clark, SD (4 per sq. mile ).
Holt County, Nebraska had a population that was estimated at 10,784 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 11,494. The decline shows a decrease of -6.2 percent. Holt ranks 91 of 93 counties when calculating total change in population for Nebraska and the county ranks 2,872 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.
Holt County, Nebraska has a population that is made up of 98 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 1.3 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.6 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Holt has increased the level of diversity when 1.0 percent of the population was made up of minorities.
Since 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Holt internationally. The migration from outside the US into Holt makes up 0.1 percent of all immigration into Nebraska. This percent of immigration can be considered low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.
The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Holt County, Nebraska to be 44.5 years old. The median in Holt is greater than the median age in the State of Nebraska of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 40.7 years old. With a total of 23.1 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Holt can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low presence of the population, with 56.3 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 20.6 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a relatively high percent of the population base.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Holt County, Nebraska had a population that was estimated at 10,784 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 11,494. The decline shows a decrease of -6.2 percent. Holt ranks 91 of 93 counties when calculating total change in population for Nebraska and the county ranks 2,872 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.
Holt County, Nebraska has a population that is made up of 98 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 1.3 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.6 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Holt has increased the level of diversity when 1.0 percent of the population was made up of minorities.
Since 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Holt internationally. The migration from outside the US into Holt makes up 0.1 percent of all immigration into Nebraska. This percent of immigration can be considered low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.
The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Holt County, Nebraska to be 44.5 years old. The median in Holt is greater than the median age in the State of Nebraska of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 40.7 years old. With a total of 23.1 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Holt can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low presence of the population, with 56.3 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 20.6 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a relatively high percent of the population base.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
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