Demographic Profile for Perkins County, Nebraska
Estimated since the year 2000, a very low number of individuals have migrated to Perkins internationally. The migration from outside the US into Perkins totals 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Nebraska. This percent of immigration can be considered very low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.
In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Perkins County, Nebraska to be 43.1 years old. The median age in Perkins is greater than the median in Nebraska of 36.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 40.9 years old. With 22.9 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Perkins can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 58.1 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 19 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.
Perkins County, Nebraska had a population of 3,057 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 3,176. The decline shows a decrease of -3.7 percent. Perkins ranks 43 of 93 counties in terms of population growth in Nebraska and the county ranks 2,160 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.
When measuring the total land area, Perkins covers a total land area of 883 square miles. The land areas has a very low population density of 3 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Bennett, SD (3 per sq. mile ), Graham, KS (3 per sq. mile ), Hamilton, NY (3 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Powell, MT (3 per sq. mile ), Converse, WY (3 per sq. mile ), Custer, MT (3 per sq. mile ).
Perkins County, Nebraska has a population that is comprised of 96.3 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 2.7 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of diversity, with 3.1 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Perkins has increased the level of diversity when 2.6 percent of the total population were minorities.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Perkins County, Nebraska to be 43.1 years old. The median age in Perkins is greater than the median in Nebraska of 36.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 40.9 years old. With 22.9 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Perkins can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 58.1 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 19 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.
Perkins County, Nebraska had a population of 3,057 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 3,176. The decline shows a decrease of -3.7 percent. Perkins ranks 43 of 93 counties in terms of population growth in Nebraska and the county ranks 2,160 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.
When measuring the total land area, Perkins covers a total land area of 883 square miles. The land areas has a very low population density of 3 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Bennett, SD (3 per sq. mile ), Graham, KS (3 per sq. mile ), Hamilton, NY (3 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Powell, MT (3 per sq. mile ), Converse, WY (3 per sq. mile ), Custer, MT (3 per sq. mile ).
Perkins County, Nebraska has a population that is comprised of 96.3 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 2.7 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of diversity, with 3.1 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Perkins has increased the level of diversity when 2.6 percent of the total population were minorities.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
