Tuesday, November 28, 2006

From 2000, a medium-low amount of people have migrated to Butler internationally. The migration from outside the US into Butler accounts for 0.1 percent of all immigration into Nebraska. This level of international migration can be considered medium-low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Butler County, Nebraska had a population that was estimated at 8,720 in 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 8,863. The decline represents a decrease of -1.6 percent. Butler ranks 47 of 93 counties when calculating total change in population for Nebraska and the county ranks 2,210 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Butler County, Nebraska has a population that is made up of 97.1 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 2.3 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 2.5 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Butler has increased the percent of minority population when 1.8 percent of the total population were minorities.

When calculating the total land area, Butler encompasses a total area of 584 total square miles. The area has a very low density of 15 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Val Verde, TX (15 per sq. mile ), Callahan, TX (15 per sq. mile ), Sanpete, UT (15 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Greene, AL (15 per sq. mile ), Franklin, MS (15 per sq. mile ), Cleveland, AR (15 per sq. mile ).

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Butler County, Nebraska to be 41.5 years of age. The median in Butler is greater than the median in Nebraska of 36.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 39.1 years of age. With a total of 24 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Butler can be described as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 58.5 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 17.5 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

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

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