For richer or poorer, young or old - how does your county stack up?

 The latest U.S. census statistics shows River Country as a place to live, work and spend. How does your county measure up?

Persons under the age of 18:

• Otoe- 24.0%
• Cass-23.2%
• Nemaha-22.8%
• Pawnee- 22.6%
• Richardson- 22.0%
• Johnson-18.5%

Persons over the age of 65:

• Pawnee-28.3% 
• Cass- 23.2% 
• Richardson- 22.%
• Otoe- 20.3%
• Nemaha-20.2%
• Johnson-18.5%

Veterans:

• Cass- 2,531
• Otoe- 1,189 
• Richardson- 558 
• Nemaha- 409 
• Johnson- 296
• Pawnee- 174

 

Rent:

• Cass-$877 
• Otoe- $816 
• Johnson-$725 
• Richardson- $652
• Nemaha- $588
• Pawnee- $547

Households with Internet:

• Cass- 86.6% 
• Otoe- 86.6%  
• Johnson- 81.8%
• Nemaha- 79.4%
• Richardson-79.0%
• Pawnee- 71.8%

Households with disabilities under the age of 65:

• Nemaha- 11.5% 
• Richardson- 10.8% 
• Pawnee- 10.6% 
• Johnson- 10.5%
• Otoe-9.1% 
• Cass- 8.9%

Civil workforce age 16 years plus:

• Otoe- 67.6% 
• Cass- 66.8% 
• Richardson- 62.2%
• Nemaha- 59.8% 
• Pawnee- 57.7%
• Johnson- 47.8%

Total retail sales:

•  Cass- 314,159 
• Otoe- 194,555
• Richardson- 68,712
• Nemaha- 64,486
• Johnson- 36,709
• Pawnee- 25,028 

Total retail sales per capita:

• Otoe- $12,201
•  Cass- $12,117
• Pawnee- $9,538
• Nemaha- $9,263 
• Richardson-$8,611
  
• Johnson- $7,100

Persons living in poverty:

• Johnson- 13.3% 
• Pawnee- 12.4%
• Nemaha- 11.5%
• Richardson- 11.4% 
• Otoe- 9.3%
• Cass- 6.4%

Population per square mile:

• Cass- 47.7%
• Otoe- 25.8%
• Nemaha- 17.4%
• Richardson- 14.3%
• Johnson- 14.1%
• Pawnee- 5.9%

 

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/pawneecountynebraska,nemahacountynebraska,johnsoncountynebraska,richardsoncountynebraska,casscountynebraska,otoecountynebraska/PST045222