People QuickFacts	Sherman County	Nebraska
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	3,108	1,855,525
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	3,152	1,826,341
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.4%	1.6%
 	Population, 2010    	3,152	1,826,341
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.2%	7.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.9%	25.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	23.7%	13.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.8%	50.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	98.9%	90.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	4.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	1.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.4%	1.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.0%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	0.6%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.1%	9.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	97.7%	81.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	91.9%	82.9%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.6%	6.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.5%	9.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.5%	90.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.8%	27.8%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	338	148,078
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	26.8	18.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	1,953	801,185
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	85.4%	68.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	2.2%	19.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$61,900	$125,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	1,379	715,703
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.23	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$22,456	$26,113
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$41,250	$50,695
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	14.1%	12.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Sherman County	Nebraska
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	80	51,553
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	551	797,681
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	-3.8%	3.7%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	270	123,900 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	S	159,665
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.8%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	25.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	40,157,999
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	11,258	24,019,868
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	35,456	26,486,612
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,043	$14,965
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,145	2,685,580
 	Building permits, 2012    	9	6,116

   	Geography QuickFacts	Sherman County	Nebraska
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	565.83	76,824.17
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	5.6	23.8
 	FIPS Code    	163	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