Income and Poverty in Greeley County, Nebraska

Compared to counties across the United States, Greeley County had a relatively low median income for households of $33,199 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 38.3 percent lower than the household income median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and this is 48 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Greeley County, Nebraska can be recognized as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 14.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The White race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 14.8 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Greeley County, having 28 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

In Greeley County, Nebraska White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $32,857 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1 percent less than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 18.9 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $39,488. Hispanic in Greeley County, Nebraska reported a median household income of $48,263, this income level is 45.4 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.