Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Demographic Profile for Nuckolls County, Nebraska

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-low amount of people have migrated to Nuckolls internationally. The international migration into Nuckolls accounts for 0.1 percent of all immigration into Nebraska. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Nuckolls County, Nebraska has a population that is made up of 98 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 1.5 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.9 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Nuckolls has increased the percent of minority population when 1.2 percent of the total population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Nuckolls County, Nebraska to be 46.3 years of age. The median age in Nuckolls is greater than the median in Nebraska of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 44.3 years of age. With 20.3 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Nuckolls can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low presence of the 2005 population base, with 56.2 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 23.5 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.

Nuckolls County, Nebraska had a population that was estimated at 4,739 in 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, since the population in 2000 of 5,026. The decline shows a decrease of -5.7 percent. Nuckolls ranks 69 of 93 counties when calculating total change in population for Nebraska and the county ranks 2,486 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

In terms of total land area, Nuckolls spans a total area of 575 square miles. This area has a very low density of 8 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Box Elder, UT (8 per sq. mile ), Reynolds, MO (8 per sq. mile ), Bailey, TX (8 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Blaine, ID (8 per sq. mile ), Mercer, ND (8 per sq. mile ), Norman, MN (8 per sq. mile ).

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

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