People QuickFacts	Lancaster County	Nebraska
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	293,407	1,855,525
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	285,407	1,826,341
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.8%	1.6%
 	Population, 2010    	285,407	1,826,341
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.0%	7.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.9%	25.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	11.1%	13.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.9%	50.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	89.3%	90.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.6%	4.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.9%	1.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	3.6%	1.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.5%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	6.0%	9.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	84.1%	81.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	77.7%	82.9%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.9%	6.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	10.7%	9.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	93.4%	90.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	35.9%	27.8%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	20,286	148,078
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.0	18.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	121,765	801,185
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	61.8%	68.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	29.4%	19.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$146,200	$125,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	112,904	715,703
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.39	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,557	$26,113
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$51,059	$50,695
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	14.3%	12.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Lancaster County	Nebraska
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	7,780	51,886
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	125,217	769,436
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-0.9	2.4
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	18,975	123,900 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	24,564	159,665
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.6%	1.8%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.4%	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.4%	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.0%	1.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	27.5%	25.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	40,157,999
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,729,850	24,019,868
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,662,691	26,486,612
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,351	$14,965
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	472,514	2,685,580
 	Building permits, 2011     	1,022	5,203

   	Geography QuickFacts	Lancaster County	Nebraska
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	837.55	76,824.17
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	340.8	23.8
 	FIPS Code    	109	31
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Lincoln, NE Metro Area	 

(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