People QuickFacts Chadron Nebraska Population, 2011 estimate 5,860 1,842,234 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 5,851 1,826,341 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.2% 0.9% Population, 2010 5,851 1,826,341 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.2% 7.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 19.5% 25.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 13.1% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.0% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 87.8% 86.1% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.6% 4.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.1% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.9% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 3.6% 9.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 86.0% 82.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 61.4% 82.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.7% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.2% 9.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.8% 90.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 40.2% 27.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 351 148,078 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 10.3 18.0  Housing units, 2010 2,559 796,793 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 53.7% 68.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 25.8% 19.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $87,800 $125,400 Households, 2007-2011 2,264 715,703 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.15 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $16,167 $26,113 Median household income, 2007-2011 $31,855 $50,695 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 31.7% 12.0%     Business QuickFacts Chadron Nebraska Total number of firms, 2007 524 159,665 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 25.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 40,157,999 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 24,019,868 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 153,028 26,486,612 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $28,012 $14,965 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 12,637 2,685,580     Geography QuickFacts Chadron Nebraska Land area in square miles, 2010 3.85 76,824.17 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,519.0 23.8 FIPS Code 08605 31 Counties Dawes County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts