Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1860 | 28,841 |
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| 1870 | 122,993 | 326.5% | |
| 1880 | 452,402 | 267.8% | |
| 1890 | 1,062,656 | 134.9% | |
| 1900 | 1,066,300 | 0.3% | |
| 1910 | 1,192,214 | 11.8% | |
| 1920 | 1,296,372 | 8.7% | |
| 1930 | 1,377,963 | 6.3% | |
| 1940 | 1,315,834 | −4.5% | |
| 1950 | 1,325,510 | 0.7% | |
| 1960 | 1,411,330 | 6.5% | |
| 1970 | 1,483,493 | 5.1% | |
| 1980 | 1,569,825 | 5.8% | |
| 1990 | 1,578,385 | 0.5% | |
| 2000 | 1,711,263 | 8.4% | |
| 2010 | 1,826,341 | 6.7% | |
| Source: 1910–2010 | |||
The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Nebraska was 1,842,641 on July 1, 2011, a 0.89% increase since the 2010 United States Census. The center of population of Nebraska is in Polk County, in the city of Shelby.
According to the 2010 Census, 86.1% of the population was White (82.1% non-Hispanic white), 4.5% was Black or African American, 1.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.8% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 2.2% from two or more races. 9.2% of the total population was of Hispanic or Latino origin (they may be of any race).
As of 2004, the population of Nebraska included about 84,000 foreign-born residents (4.8% of the population).
| By race | White | Black | AIAN* | Asian | NHPI* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (total population) | 93.53% | 4.48% | 1.32% | 1.58% | 0.11% |
| 2000 (Hispanic only) | 5.24% | 0.13% | 0.17% | 0.04% | 0.02% |
| 2005 (total population) | 93.06% | 4.82% | 1.31% | 1.85% | 0.11% |
| 2005 (Hispanic only) | 6.74% | 0.20% | 0.18% | 0.05% | 0.03% |
| Growth 2000–05 (total population) | 2.25% | 10.52% | 1.72% | 20.76% | 5.53% |
| Growth 2000–05 (non-Hispanic only) | 0.48% | 9.02% | 0.56% | 20.73% | 4.75% |
| Growth 2000–05 (Hispanic only) | 32.17% | 61.17% | 9.63% | 22.13% | 8.10% |
| * AIAN is American Indian or Alaskan Native; NHPI is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | |||||
The five largest ancestry groups in Nebraska are German (38.6%), Irish (12.4%), English (9.6%), Mexican (8.7%), and Czech (5.5%).
Nebraska has the largest Czech American and non-Mormon Danish American population (as a percentage of the total population) in the nation. German Americans are the largest ancestry group in most of the state, particularly in the eastern counties. Thurston County (made up entirely of the Omaha and Winnebago reservations) has an American Indian majority, and Butler County is one of only two counties in the nation with a Czech-American plurality.
As of 2011, 31.0% of Nebraska's population younger than age 1 were minorities.
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