Kearney Micropolitan Statistical Area

The Kearney Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Nebraska, anchored by the city of Kearney.

As of the 2000 census, the area had a population of 49,141 (though a July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 51,578). [cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2007/CBSA-EST2007-01.csv | title = Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (CBSA-EST2007-01) | format = CSV | work = 2007 Population Estimates | publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division | date = 2008-03-27 | accessdate = 2008-04-01]

Counties

*Buffalo
*Kearney

Communities

*Places with 25,000 or more inhabitants
**Kearney (Principal City)

*Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants
**Gibbon
**Minden
**Ravenna
**Shelton

*Places with less than 500 inhabitants
**Amherst
**Axtell
**Elm Creek
**Heartwell
**Miller
**Norman
**Pleasanton
**Riverdale
**Wilcox

*Unincorporated places
**Buda

Townships

*Armada
*Beaver
*Blaine
*Cedar
*Center
*Cherry Creek
*Collins
*Cosmo
*Divide
*Eaton
*Elm Creek
*Gardner
*Garfield
*Gibbon
*Grant (Buffalo County)
*Grant (Kearney County)
*Harrison
*Hayes
*Liberty
*Lincoln
*Logan (Buffalo County)
*Logan (Kearney County)
*Loup
*Lowell
*May
*Mirage
*Newark
*Odessa
*Oneida
*Platte
*Riverdale
*Rusco
*Sartoria
*Schneider
*Scott
*Sharon
*Shelton
*Sherman
*Thornton
*Valley

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 49,141 people, 18,573 households, and 12,129 families residing within the μSA. The racial makeup of the μSA was 95.55% White, 0.49% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.03% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.34% of the population.

The median income for a household in the μSA was $38,015, and the median income for a family was $45,562. Males had a median income of $30,085 versus $21,029 for females. The per capita income for the μSA was $17,814.

ee also

*Nebraska census statistical areas

References