Dawson County, Nebraska (NE)

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• • 13,35354.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,63735.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,5256.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4331.8%Two or more races
  • 1950.8%Asian alone
  • 1010.4%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 930.4%Some other race alone
  • 260.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $205,828

Here:	$205,828
State:	$274,677

Townhouses or other attached units: $254,978

Here:	$254,978
State:	$245,619

Mobile homes: $52,669

Here:	$52,669
State:	$67,339

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 5
• Burglaries: 11
• Thefts: 19
• Auto thefts: 5

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 2
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 4
• Auto thefts: 0

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,255 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,631 (1.2%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Dawson County is $469 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $522 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $635 a month.

Cities in this county include: Lexington, Cozad, Gothenburg, Overton, Sumner, Farnam, Eddyville, Willow Island.

Neighboring counties: Ashland County, Ohio , Wasatch County, Utah , Dodge County , Gosper County , Kearney County , Kimball County , Sherman County , Wabash County, Indiana .

Current college students: 530
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,962 (51.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,1062010 or later
• 1,2002000 to 2009
• 8361990 to 1999
• 1,1141980 to 1989
• 2311970 to 1979
• 117Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,553
• One, attached: 154
• Two: 215
• 3 or 4: 298
• 5 to 9: 151
• 10 to 19: 308
• 20 to 49: 287
• 50 or more: 149
• Mobile homes: 753

Housing units in Dawson County with a mortgage: 3,065 (100 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 79 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 54

Religion statistics for Dawson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Dawson County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

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, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 01, 2010 to August 29, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1924: July 15, 2010, FEMA Id: 1924, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Nebraska Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 22, 2008 to June 24, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1770: June 20, 2008, FEMA Id: 1770, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Nebraska Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 28, 2007 to June 02, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1714: July 24, 2007, FEMA Id: 1714, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Nebraska Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: December 19, 2006 to January 01, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1674: January 07, 2007, FEMA Id: 1674, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Nebraska Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: November 27, 2005 to November 28, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1627: January 26, 2006, FEMA Id: 1627, Natural disaster type: 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 Snow Storms, Incident Period: October 24, 1997 to October 26, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1190: November 01, 1997, FEMA Id: 1190, Natural disaster type: Storm, Snow
• Nebraska Snow Storm, Ice Storm, Incident Period: April 10, 1994 to April 13, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1027: May 09, 1994, FEMA Id: 1027, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm, Storm, Snow
• 2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.55% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($45,502 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.97% relocated from other counties in Nebraska ($28,330 average AGI)
2.58% relocated from other states ($17,174 average AGI)

Dawson County:	2.58%
Nebraska average:	2.58%

from Buffalo County, NE	0.79% ($42,787 average AGI)
from Lincoln County, NE	0.32% ($53,533)
from Lancaster County, NE	0.25% ($51,875)
from Gosper County, NE	0.22% ($44,762)

6.72% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($41,081 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.93% relocated to other counties in Nebraska ($24,977 average AGI)
2.79% relocated to other states ($16,104 average AGI)

Dawson County:	2.79%
Nebraska average:	2.86%

to Buffalo County, NE	0.91% ($40,966 average AGI)
to Lancaster County, NE	0.45% ($43,419)
to Hall County, NE	0.44% ($40,500)
to Lincoln County, NE	0.38% ($42,833)
to Douglas County, NE	0.28% ($47,630)
to Custer County, NE	0.22% ($35,571)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 18.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 9.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Dawson County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,282 (1,056 living alone), Female householders: 4,831 (1,176 living alone)

• 4,779 spouses (4,706 opposite-sex spouses), 636 unmarried partners, (618 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,183 children (6,900 natural, 75 adopted, 213 stepchildren), 637 grandchildren, 202 brothers or sisters, 251 parents, 0 foster children, 487 other relatives, 465 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 308

Size of family households: 2,877 2-persons, 915 3-persons, 1,337 4-persons, 634 5-persons, 326 6-persons, 222 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,233 1-person, 492 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

4,128 married couples with children.
1,403 single-parent households (453 men, 950 women).

68.3% of residents of Dawson speak English at home.
25.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak other language at home (33% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $119,787,000 ($4,883 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,118,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $47,599,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $20,858,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $14,482,000
Federal grants: $26,063,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,039,000 ($3,995,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,745,000 ($179,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,483,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $12,179,000
Federal Government insurance: $96,535,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-79 per 1000 residents
State:	-15 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.00 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Dawson County, Nebraska
• 672020 or later
• 3562010 to 2019
• 6992000 to 2009
• 9151990 to 1999
• 9611980 to 1989
• 1,5061970 to 1979
• 1,2891960 to 1969
• 1,1031950 to 1959
• 7291940 to 1949
• 2,1031939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Dawson County, Nebraska

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Dawson County, Nebraska
• 21 room
• 02 rooms
• 963 rooms
• 6134 rooms
• 1,1355 rooms
• 1,1096 rooms
• 9957 rooms
• 7498 rooms
• 1,3239+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dawson County, Nebraska
• 1351 room
• 3372 rooms
• 3243 rooms
• 7884 rooms
• 4995 rooms
• 6706 rooms
• 1927 rooms
• 488 rooms
• 629+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Dawson County, Nebraska

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Dawson County, Nebraska
• 2no bedroom
• 891 bedroom
• 1,1772 bedrooms
• 2,9313 bedrooms
• 1,3424 bedrooms
• 4965+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dawson County, Nebraska
• 152no bedroom
• 5051 bedroom
• 1,1912 bedrooms
• 8983 bedrooms
• 2644 bedrooms
• 155+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Dawson County, Nebraska in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Dawson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 64no vehicle
• 9431 vehicle
• 2,2072 vehicles
• 1,6933 vehicles
• 7624 vehicles
• 3785+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Dawson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 432no vehicle
• 1,0251 vehicle
• 1,1392 vehicles
• 2533 vehicles
• 1424 vehicles
• 105+ vehicles

91.9% of Dawson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Nebraska.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 14,347
• Other state: 4,445
• Northeast: 200
• Midwest: 1,949
• South: 717
• West: 1,615

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 296
• Number of aged recipients: 39
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 257
• Number of recipients under 18: 52
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 174
• Number of recipients older than 64: 70
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 126
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 124

Dawson County on our top lists:

• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"