People QuickFacts Saline County Nebraska Population, 2012 estimate 14,557 1,855,525 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 14,200 1,826,341 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.5% 1.6% Population, 2010 14,200 1,826,341 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.2% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.5% 25.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.3% 13.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.6% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.4% 90.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.3% 4.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.6% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.2% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 21.3% 9.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 75.1% 81.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.4% 82.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 11.4% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 21.0% 9.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.8% 90.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 14.1% 27.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,038 148,078 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.1 18.0  Housing units, 2011 5,810 801,185 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 68.7% 68.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 17.2% 19.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $96,200 $125,400 Households, 2007-2011 4,979 715,703 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.64 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,700 $26,113 Median household income, 2007-2011 $45,347 $50,695 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.0% 12.0%     Business QuickFacts Saline County Nebraska Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 301 51,886 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 6,253 769,436 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 12.7 2.4 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 792 123,900  Total number of firms, 2007 603 159,665 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 22.4% 25.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 951,752 40,157,999 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 157,004 24,019,868 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 102,412 26,486,612 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,410 $14,965 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 11,308 2,685,580 Building permits, 2011 17 5,203     Geography QuickFacts Saline County Nebraska Land area in square miles, 2010 574.02 76,824.17 Persons per square mile, 2010 24.7 23.8 FIPS Code 151 31 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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