Douglas County

Douglas County is located in east-central Nebraska.  The County Seat is Omaha and the largest city is Omaha.  The Official Web Site is located at http://www.douglascounty-ne.gov/.  The 2014 population estimate is 543,244 and the 2010 census population was 517,110.  The land area is 328.46 square miles and there are 1574.4 persons per square mile.

81.6% of the population is White, 11.6% is Black or African American, 11.7% is Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% is Asian, 1.1% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.5% is two or more races.  89.5% have a high school degree or higher, and 36.4% have a Bachelor degree or higher.

The median home value is $143,300, there are 204,226 households, an average of 2.51 persons per household.  The per capita income is $29,180,  the median household income is $53,325, and 14.3% of the persons in Douglas County are considered below poverty level.

The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 43,302.  Retail sales (in $1000) were $8,109,038, and sales per capita were $16,306.  The percentage of black-owned firms is 4.4%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 26.5%.

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