People QuickFacts Saunders County Nebraska Population, 2012 estimate 20,823 1,855,525 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 20,780 1,826,341 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.2% 1.6% Population, 2010 20,780 1,826,341 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.4% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.3% 25.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.9% 13.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.3% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 97.9% 90.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 4.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 0.9% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.2% 9.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 95.9% 81.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.5% 82.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.3% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.9% 9.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 93.1% 90.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 22.8% 27.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,044 148,078 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 26.1 18.0  Housing units, 2011 9,261 801,185 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 81.1% 68.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.6% 19.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $139,700 $125,400 Households, 2007-2011 8,102 715,703 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.51 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,760 $26,113 Median household income, 2007-2011 $58,348 $50,695 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 7.4% 12.0%     Business QuickFacts Saunders County Nebraska Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 499 51,886 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 3,483 769,436 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 5.2 2.4 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,680 123,900  Total number of firms, 2007 1,838 159,665 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 14.7% 25.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 40,157,999 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 147,778 24,019,868 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 148,986 26,486,612 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,398 $14,965 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 9,218 2,685,580 Building permits, 2011 63 5,203     Geography QuickFacts Saunders County Nebraska Land area in square miles, 2010 750.23 76,824.17 Persons per square mile, 2010 27.7 23.8 FIPS Code 155 31 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 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