People QuickFacts Omaha Nebraska Population, 2012 estimate 421,570 1,855,525 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 409,853 1,826,341 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.9% 1.6% Population, 2010 408,958 1,826,341 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.5% 7.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 25.1% 25.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.4% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.8% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 73.1% 86.1% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 13.7% 4.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.4% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.0% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 13.1% 9.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 68.0% 82.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.3% 82.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 9.2% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 13.9% 9.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.1% 90.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 32.1% 27.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 29,261 148,078 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.8 18.0  Housing units, 2010 177,518 796,793 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 59.8% 68.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 30.7% 19.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $132,700 $125,400 Households, 2007-2011 162,607 715,703 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.46 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,842 $26,113 Median household income, 2007-2011 $46,978 $50,695 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.5% 12.0%     Business QuickFacts Omaha Nebraska Total number of firms, 2007 34,344 159,665 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.1% 1.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.7% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.4% 1.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.6% 25.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 8,853,876 40,157,999 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,606,004 24,019,868 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,495,144 26,486,612 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $16,940 $14,965 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,041,517 2,685,580     Geography QuickFacts Omaha Nebraska Land area in square miles, 2010 127.09 76,824.17 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,217.9 23.8 FIPS Code 37000 31 Counties Douglas County (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