Cedar County, Nebraska (NE)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 1,525
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 2,908
Renter-occupied apartments: 672 (it was 715 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 20% |
State: | 33% |
Land area: 740 sq. mi.
Water area: 5.6 sq. mi.
Population density: 11 people per square mile (low).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (25.7%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (15.9%), Manufacturing (11.6%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 71%
- Government: 16%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 13%
- Unpaid family work: 1%
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- 7,91295.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 2052.5%Hispanic or Latino
- 1321.6%Two or more races
- 270.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 190.2%Asian alone
- 110.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 60.07%Some other race alone
Median resident age: | 42.3 years |
Nebraska median age: | 37.4 years |
Males: 4,309 | (51.2%) |
Females: 4,104 | (48.8%) |
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Cedar County: | 2.0 people |
Nebraska: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $69,900 ($33,435 in 1999)
This county: | $69,900 |
Nebraska: | $69,597 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $487 (lower quartile is $372, upper quartile is $634)
This county: | $487 |
State: | $826 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $181,647 (it was $58,700 in 2000)
Cedar: | $181,647 |
Nebraska: | $232,400 |
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,204
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $528
Institutionalized population: 144
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 1
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 5
- Burglaries: 7
- Thefts: 33
- Auto thefts: 8
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 0
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 5
- Burglaries: 2
- Thefts: 11
- Auto thefts: 9
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 9 buildings, average cost: $227,200
- 2021: 12 buildings, average cost: $178,000
- 2020: 11 buildings, average cost: $190,400
- 2019: 10 buildings, average cost: $172,400
- 2018: 10 buildings, average cost: $147,900
- 2017: 13 buildings, average cost: $159,800
- 2016: 13 buildings, average cost: $184,400
- 2015: 14 buildings, average cost: $240,200
- 2014: 9 buildings, average cost: $185,400
- 2013: 14 buildings, average cost: $172,100
- 2012: 9 buildings, average cost: $140,400
- 2011: 3 buildings, average cost: $129,600
- 2010: 6 buildings, average cost: $135,700
- 2009: 8 buildings, average cost: $130,300
- 2008: 16 buildings, average cost: $176,100
- 2007: 14 buildings, average cost: $142,600
- 2006: 18 buildings, average cost: $142,300
- 2005: 19 buildings, average cost: $144,300
- 2004: 20 buildings, average cost: $123,800
- 2003: 11 buildings, average cost: $128,000
- 2002: 13 buildings, average cost: $99,800
- 2001: 8 buildings, average cost: $143,200
- 2000: 23 buildings, average cost: $120,600
- 1999: 8 buildings, average cost: $97,300
- 1998: 12 buildings, average cost: $88,500
- 1997: 9 buildings, average cost: $90,000
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,672 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,703 (1.0%)
Cedar County: | 5.9% |
Nebraska: | 11.2% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 42.3 years old
(Males: 40.4 years old, Females: 44.9 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.6 years old, Black residents: 53.2 years old, American Indian residents: 38.9 years old, Asian residents: 48.9 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 21.9 years old, Other race residents: 39.9 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cedar County is $418 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $502 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $629 a month.
Cities in this county include: Hartington, Laurel, Randolph, Coleridge, Wynot, Fordyce, Belden, Bow Valley, Aten, St. Helena.
Neighboring counties: Albany County, New York , Grant County, Wisconsin , Jerome County, Idaho , Oneida County, Idaho , Kent County, Michigan , Jo Daviess County, Illinois .
Here: | 1.7% |
Nebraska: | 2.2% |
Current college students: 215
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 94.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 34 (46.5% naturalized citizens)
Cedar County: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 7.2% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 02010 or later
- 42000 to 2009
- 191990 to 1999
- 81980 to 1989
- 91970 to 1979
- 21Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 81.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,500
- One, attached: 27
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 142
- 5 to 9: 84
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 or more: 37
- Mobile homes: 113
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Housing units in Cedar County with a mortgage: 1,175 (74 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 66 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
Here: | 2.6% with mortgage |
State: | 98.0% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Cedar County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 4,775 | 9 |
Mainline Protestant | 2,385 | 10 |
Evangelical Protestant | 302 | 3 |
Other | 6 | - |
None | 1,384 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Cedar County: | 5.86 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.60 / 10,000 pop. |
Cedar County: | 8.21 / 10,000 pop. |
Nebraska: | 4.83 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 8.21 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.76 / 10,000 pop. |
Cedar County: | 8.3% |
Nebraska: | 7.9% |
Cedar County: | 27.8% |
State: | 28.0% |
Here: | 20.2% |
State: | 12.9% |
Agriculture in Cedar County:
Average size of farms: 485 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $176,997
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $167.70
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 67.72%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $156,934
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 70.30%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 25.66%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $102,401
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.31%
Average age of principal farm operators: 52 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 21.69
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 4.20%
Corn for grain: 141062 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 182 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 123967 harvested acres
Earthquake activity:
Cedar County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Nebraska state average. It is 248% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 11/3/2002 at 20:41:56, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 84.9 miles away from Cedar County center
On 3/4/1983 at 06:32:18, a magnitude 4.6 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 4.4 ML) earthquake occurred 155.7 miles away from the county center
On 8/18/1959 at 06:37:13, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 684.8 miles away from the county center, causing $26,000,000 total damage
On 2/6/1996 at 15:10:28, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 16.7 miles away from the county center
On 9/3/2016 at 12:02:44, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.5 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 427.8 miles away from Cedar County center
On 7/9/1975 at 14:54:15, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB) earthquake occurred 220.1 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Nebraska Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4521, Natural disaster type: Other
- Nebraska Severe Winter Storm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: March 9, 2019 - April 1, 2019, FEMA Id: 4420, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood, Wind
- Nebraska Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: June 17, 2018 - July 1, 2018, FEMA Id: 4387, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- Nebraska Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 14, 2014 to June 21, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4183: July 24, 2014, FEMA Id: 4183, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- Nebraska Flooding, Incident Period: June 17, 2011 to August 01, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3323: June 18, 2011, FEMA Id: 3323, Natural disaster type: Flood
- Nebraska Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 22, 2009 to January 08, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1878: February 25, 2010, FEMA Id: 1878, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
- Nebraska Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3245: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3245, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Nebraska Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 09, 2003 to July 14, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1480: July 21, 2003, FEMA Id: 1480, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
- Nebraska TORNADOES, FLOODING, Incident Period: June 11, 1984 to June 22, 1984, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-716: July 03, 1984, FEMA Id: 716, Natural disaster type: Tornado, Flood
- Nebraska SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, Incident Period: May 07, 1975, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-467: May 07, 1975, FEMA Id: 467, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
- 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Cedar County (13) is near the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 8
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 8, Storms: 5, Tornadoes: 5, Winds: 3, Winter Storms: 2, Hurricane: 1, Snowstorm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,431 (76.2%)
- Carpooled: 172 (5.4%)
- Subway or elevated rail: 1 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 31 (1.0%)
- Walked: 161 (5.0%)
- Worked at home: 399 (12.5%)
- Health care and social assistance (21%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Retail trade (9%)
- Manufacturing (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (26%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Retail trade (11%)
- Manufacturing (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Management occupations (24%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (10%)
- Transportation occupations (9%)
- Production occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (7%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (16%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (15%)
- Management occupations (12%)
- Healthcare support occupations (9%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (7%)
- Mexico (25%)
- England (17%)
- Japan (14%)
- Poland (11%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- El Salvador (3%)
- German (63%)
- American (8%)
- English (4%)
- Swedish (3%)
- Russian (2%)
- Danish (2%)
- Irish (2%)
4 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
180 people in nursing homes
6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
4.77% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($52,745 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.77% |
Nebraska average: | 6.18% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.61% relocated from other counties in Nebraska ($30,070 average AGI)
2.16% relocated from other states ($22,675 average AGI)
Cedar County: 2.16% Nebraska average: 2.58%
4.89% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($56,578 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.89% |
Nebraska average: | 6.45% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.97% relocated to other counties in Nebraska ($37,851 average AGI)
1.91% relocated to other states ($18,727 average AGI)
Cedar County: 1.91% Nebraska average: 2.86%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Yankton County, SD | 0.70% ($49,478 average AGI) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 2.7
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 6.9%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 1,808 (1,679 aged, 129 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 244 (12%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Cedar County, Nebraska in 1999 - 2019:
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (120)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (32)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (23)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,114
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 11
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 21
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 77
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 11
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,413- Male householders: 1,814 (529 living alone), Female householders: 1,655 (494 living alone)
1,946 spouses (1,906 opposite-sex spouses), 165 unmarried partners, (165 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,414 children (2,250 natural, 33 adopted, 135 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 50 parents, 7 foster children, 44 other relatives, 131 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 131
Size of family households: 1,169 2-persons, 319 3-persons, 295 4-persons, 248 5-persons, 149 6-persons, 59 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,023 1-person, 162 2-persons, 20 4-persons.
1,802 married couples with children.
217 single-parent households (62 men, 155 women).
99.2% of residents of Cedar speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $56,263,000 ($6,211 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,871,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $20,897,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $9,192,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $13,177,000
Federal grants: $8,169,000
Federal procurement contracts: $887,000 ($291,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,939,000 ($1,240,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,654,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,582,000
Federal Government insurance: $61,606,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 543Here: | 60 per 1000 residents |
State: | 75 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 615
Here: | 68 per 1000 residents |
State: | 46 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: -1
Here: | -0 per 1000 residents |
State: | +13 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -466
Here: | -51 per 1000 residents |
State: | -15 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.20 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Here: | 7.1 |
State: | 7.1 |
Here: | 5.3 |
State: | 4.2 |
- Year house built in Cedar County, Nebraska
- 132020 or later
- 1172010 to 2019
- 4212000 to 2009
- 3071990 to 1999
- 3261980 to 1989
- 4691970 to 1979
- 3691960 to 1969
- 2951950 to 1959
- 1991940 to 1949
- 1,3871939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cedar County, Nebraska
- 101 room
- 42 rooms
- 553 rooms
- 1764 rooms
- 4185 rooms
- 4956 rooms
- 3527 rooms
- 3908 rooms
- 8359+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cedar County, Nebraska
- 331 room
- 562 rooms
- 1143 rooms
- 824 rooms
- 925 rooms
- 926 rooms
- 577 rooms
- 498 rooms
- 1519+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cedar County, Nebraska
- 9no bedroom
- 651 bedroom
- 6022 bedrooms
- 1,0393 bedrooms
- 7074 bedrooms
- 3215+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cedar County, Nebraska
- 33no bedroom
- 1231 bedroom
- 2782 bedrooms
- 1183 bedrooms
- 1304 bedrooms
- 385+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Cedar County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 43no vehicle
- 4231 vehicle
- 1,1252 vehicles
- 6623 vehicles
- 3094 vehicles
- 1735+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Cedar County in renter-occupied apartments
- 58no vehicle
- 2561 vehicle
- 2422 vehicles
- 833 vehicles
- 114 vehicles
- 635+ vehicles
94.4% of Cedar County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Nebraska.
Cedar County: | 94.4% |
State average: | 87.4% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4,320
- Other state: 4,079
- Northeast: 75
- Midwest: 3,360
- South: 248
- West: 309
- 38.4%Utility gas
- 31.7%Electricity
- 26.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.4%Wood
- 1.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.8%Other fuel
- 0.1%No fuel used
- 39.3%Electricity
- 36.1%Utility gas
- 22.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.5%Other fuel
- 0.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 21.0% |
Nebraska: | 14.1% |
Here: | 26.3% |
Nebraska: | 12.5% |
Here: | 17.7% |
Nebraska: | 18.0% |
Cedar County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- General - Interest on Debt: $22,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $360,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $195,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $165,000
- Tax - Property: $4,600,000
Cedar County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- General - Interest on Debt: $22,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $360,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $195,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $165,000
- Tax - Property: $4,600,000
Cedar County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- General - Interest on Debt: $22,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $360,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $195,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $165,000
- Tax - Property: $4,600,000
Cedar County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- General - Interest on Debt: $22,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $360,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $195,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $165,000
- Tax - Property: $4,600,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 65
- Number of aged recipients: 12
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 53
- Number of recipients under 18: 10
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 36
- Number of recipients older than 64: 19
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 30
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 23
Most common first names in Cedar County, NE among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
John | 83 | 77.7 years |
William | 72 | 78.8 years |
Mary | 71 | 85.7 years |
Anna | 49 | 86.0 years |
Henry | 44 | 80.5 years |
George | 37 | 79.2 years |
Charles | 36 | 79.5 years |
Fred | 34 | 81.5 years |
Paul | 33 | 78.1 years |
Helen | 33 | 84.2 years |
Most common last names in Cedar County, NE among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Anderson | 40 | 79.1 years |
Hansen | 37 | 80.3 years |
Johnson | 36 | 79.8 years |
Lammers | 33 | 82.7 years |
Jensen | 27 | 81.9 years |
Gubbels | 25 | 80.3 years |
Nelson | 23 | 83.8 years |
Sudbeck | 22 | 75.7 years |
Carlson | 21 | 83.1 years |
Kathol | 19 | 76.6 years |
Businesses in Cedar County, NE | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet | 1 | True Value | 3 | |
Pizza Hut | 1 | U-Haul | 1 | |
RadioShack | 1 | U.S. Cellular | 1 | |
Subway | 1 |
Cedar County on our top lists:
- #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"