People QuickFacts Platte County Nebraska Population, 2012 estimate 32,681 1,855,525 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 32,237 1,826,341 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.4% 1.6% Population, 2010 32,237 1,826,341 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.5% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 26.5% 25.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.9% 13.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.8% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.4% 90.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 4.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.0% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 14.6% 9.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 83.3% 81.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.3% 82.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.0% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 13.7% 9.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.0% 90.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.6% 27.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,299 148,078 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 15.4 18.0  Housing units, 2011 13,435 801,185 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 73.8% 68.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 15.8% 19.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $109,900 $125,400 Households, 2007-2011 12,333 715,703 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.56 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,730 $26,113 Median household income, 2007-2011 $51,273 $50,695 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 9.1% 12.0%     Business QuickFacts Platte County Nebraska Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,033 51,886 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 15,529 769,436 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -1.1 2.4 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,104 123,900  Total number of firms, 2007 3,495 159,665 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 S 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.2% 1.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 25.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,353,587 40,157,999 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 517,777 24,019,868 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 494,298 26,486,612 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,542 $14,965 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 39,135 2,685,580 Building permits, 2011 60 5,203     Geography QuickFacts Platte County Nebraska Land area in square miles, 2010 674.06 76,824.17 Persons per square mile, 2010 47.8 23.8 FIPS Code 141 31 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Columbus, NE Micro 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