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Dawson County, Nebraska

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Population:

  • Total Population: 24,365
  • Males: 12,276
  • Females: 12,089

Ethnicity:

  • White: 17,760
  • Black/African American: 91
  • Hispanic: 6,114
  • Native American/Eskimo: 154
  • Asian: 121
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
  • Other: 0
  • 2 or more: 125

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (17,210)
  2. Spanish (4,855)
  3. Vietnamese (60)
  4. German (50)
  5. French (35)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 3,866

  1. Mexico (2,454)
  2. Guatemala (827)
  3. El Salvador (345)
  4. Vietnam (50)
  5. Philippines (34)
  6. United Kingdom (19)
  7. Nicaragua (15)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Catholic Church (10,282)
  2. United Methodist Church, The (2,860)
  3. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2,483)
  4. Evangelical Free Church of America, The (1,159)
  5. Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (1,103)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 6,932
    • Sensory: 573
    • Physical: 1,541
    • Mental: 837
    • Self-care: 520
    • Go outside home: 1,420
    • Employment: 1,709

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 156

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 8,824
    • Utility gas: 5,483
    • Bottled or LP gas: 1,010
    • Electricity: 2,079
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 42
    • Coal or Coke: 0
    • Wood: 152
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 40
    • No fuel used: 18

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 17,484
    • No vehicle: 794
    • 1 or more vehicle: 16,690

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 378
    • No High School: 1,926
    • Some High School: 1,703
    • High School: 5,380
    • Some College: 3,013
    • Associate's Degree: 591
    • College Degree: 1,558
    • Master's Degree: 423
    • Professional Degree: 165
    • Doctoral Degree: 38

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 8,824
    • Owners with phone: 6,029
    • Owners without phone: 64
    • Renters with phone: 2,572
    • Renters without phone: 159

    10 closest counties:

    1. Gosper County, Nebraska
    2. Phelps County, Nebraska
    3. Custer County, Nebraska
    4. Frontier County, Nebraska
    5. Furnas County, Nebraska
    6. Buffalo County, Nebraska
    7. Harlan County, Nebraska
    8. Logan County, Nebraska
    9. Red Willow County, Nebraska
    10. Lincoln County, Nebraska

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    68834, 68850, 68863, 68878, 69029, 69130, 69138, 69171

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • KCVN (104.5 FM) COZAD, NE
    • KWPN-FM (107.9 FM) LEXINGTON, NE
    • KTIC (840 AM) LEXINGTON, NE
    • KRVN (880 AM) LEXINGTON, NE
    • KAMI (1580 AM) COZAD, NE
    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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