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Omaha, NE

Douglas County, Nebraska

Latitude: 41.260482     Longitude: -96.012990
Population 414,521 (2005)
Elevation of Omaha, Nebraska: 1060 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3137000, place: Omaha city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 109,651 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6,961 (6.35%)
Kindergarten: 5,627 (5.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 45,247 (41.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 21,698 (19.79%)
College or graduate school: 30,118 (27.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 247,260 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11,749 (4.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 22,951 (9.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 66,919 (27.06%)
Some college, no degree: 60,517 (24.48%)
Associate degree: 14,228 (5.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 48,670 (19.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22,226 (8.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 306,601 (100%)
Never married: 96,828 (31.58%)
Now married, except separated: 149,169 (48.65%)
Separated: 5,130 (1.67%)
Total Widowed: 19,543 (6.37%)
Widowed Female: 16,199 (5.28%)
Total Divorced: 35,931 (11.72%)
Divorced Female: 20,745 (6.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5,456 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,592 (47.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 289,654 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 38,814 (13.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 88,364 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,529 (7.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 224,197 (100%)
--With a disability: 37,763 (16.84%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 186,434 (83.16%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 43,286 (100%)
--With a disability: 15,981 (36.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 362,048 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 192,687 (53.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 159,606 (44.08%)
--Same county: 99,026 (27.35%)
--Different county: 60,580 (16.73%)
----Same state: 20,549 (5.68%)
----Different state: 40,031 (11.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9,755 (2.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 390,112 (100%)
Native: 364,425 (93.42%)
--Born in United States: 361,880 (100%)
----State of residence: 234,324 (60.07%)
----Different state: 127,556 (32.7%)
--Born outside United States: 2,545 (0.65%)
Foreign born: 25,687 (6.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15,312 (3.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,510 (1.93%)
--Not a citizen: 18,177 (4.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 25,687 (100%)
Europe: 3,320 (12.92%)
Asia: 6,302 (24.53%)
Africa: 1,497 (5.83%)
Oceania: 101 (0.39%)
Latin America: 14,032 (54.63%)
Northern America: 435 (1.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 362,048 (100%)
English only: 324,359 (89.59%)
Language other than English: 37,689 (10.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18,289 (5.05%)
--Spanish: 23,512 (6.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13,203 (3.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7,700 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,164 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,620 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,205 (0.61%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 390,112 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 455,544% (116.77%)
Arab: 1,574 (0.4%)
Czech: 18,902 (4.85%)
Danish: 11,367 (2.91%)
Dutch: 6,897 (1.77%)
English: 33,296 (8.53%)
French (except Basque): 9,878 (2.53%)
French Canadian: 1,542 (0.4%)
German: 112,024 (28.72%)
Greek: 950 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 1,118 (0.29%)
Irish: 62,455 (16.01%)
Italian: 18,716 (4.8%)
Lithuanian: 1,761 (0.45%)
Norwegian: 9,233 (2.37%)
Polish: 18,447 (4.73%)
Portuguese: 312 (0.08%)
Russian: 2,487 (0.64%)
Scotch-Irish: 5,565 (1.43%)
Scottish: 5,076 (1.3%)
Slovak: 232 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 3,252 (0.83%)
Swedish: 14,061 (3.6%)
Swiss: 1,232 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 469 (0.12%)
United States or American: 13,521 (3.47%)
Welsh: 2,054 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 285 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 98,838 (25.34%)

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