2024 population: 1,001,010 ( 33,415 from 2020)
Land area: 4346.3 square miles
Population density: 230.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	723,328	72.26%	0.1%
Black:	78,778	7.87%	5.5%
Indian:	4,277	0.43%	2.8%
Asian:	37,774	3.77%	18.8%
2+ races:	26,020	2.60%	13.3%
Hispanic:	130,833	13.07%	17.5%

Total non-White:	277,682	27.74%	13.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	52,420	13.5
Deaths:	35,246	9.1
Net Migration:	-723	-0.2
Net Immigration:	16,639	4.3

Change in White population:	682	0.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	32,733	3.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
967,595
722,646	74.68%
74,642	7.71%
4,161	0.43%
31,794	3.29%
22,962	2.37%
111,390	11.51%
244,949	25.32%

2010
865,350
681,172	78.72%
66,864	7.73%
3,653	0.42%
18,318	2.12%
16,595	1.92%
77,508	8.96%
184,178	21.28%

2000
767,041
642,830	83.81%
58,890	7.68%
3,361	0.44%
11,181	1.46%
9,821	1.28%
40,232	5.25%
124,211	16.19%

1990
685,797
609,202	88.83%
50,517	7.37%
3,166	0.46%
7,298	1.06%
n/a
15,614	2.28%
76,595	11.17%

1980
653,889
590,384	90.29%
43,645	6.67%
2,023	0.31%
4,561	0.70%
n/a
12,838	1.96%
63,505	9.71%

1970
616,392
566,936	91.98%
36,317	5.89%
1,468	0.24%
1,264	0.21%
n/a
9,778	1.59%
49,456	8.02%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
122,306	14.1
62,030	7.2
7,537	0.9
16,785	1.9

41,474	4.8
60,771	7.0

Number	Rate
2000's
120,459	15.7
55,216	7.2
7,809	1.0
14,309	1.9

38,342	5.0
59,967	7.8

Number	Rate
1990's
113,371	16.5
56,923	8.3
2,748	0.4
6,461	0.9

33,628	4.9
47,616	6.9

Number	Rate
1980's
114,504	17.5
53,691	8.2
-25,177	-3.9
n/a

18,818	2.9
13,090	2.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-31,810	-5.2
n/a

23,448	3.8
14,049	2.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.3
244,203	12.4%
1,724,402	87.6%
137,451	7.0%

378,359
2.51

242,382	64.1%
184,732	76.2%
23,387	9.6%
135,977	35.9%

2010
Number	Percent
34.8
227,193	26.3%
638,157	73.7%
96,098	11.1%

334,379
2.54

219,353	65.6%
165,130	75.3%
23,947	10.9%
115,026	34.4%

2000
Number	Percent
34.2
208,252	27.2%
558,789	72.8%
83,946	10.9%

294,990
2.54

199,010	67.5%
156,244	78.5%
20,483	10.3%
95,980	32.5%

1990
Number	Percent
31.8
191,164	27.9%
494,633	72.1%
75,820	11.1%

257,372
2.61

181,211	70.4%
146,726	81.0%
17,673	9.8%
76,161	29.6%

1980
Number	Percent
29.0
197,491	30.2%
456,398	69.8%
66,317	10.1%

232,655
2.75

169,594	72.9%
142,978	84.3%
14,728	8.7%
63,061	27.1%

2022 Housing Data for Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	14,949	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,012	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	11,235	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	11,562	3.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	12,954	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	14,454	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	11,944	3.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	13,408	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	12,983	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	25,849	6.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	37,260	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	50,656	13.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	43,632	11.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	30,594	8.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	36,202	9.6%
$200,000 or more	38,665	10.2%

Median Household Income	79,972
Per Capita Income	42,028

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	97

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	14,597	3.9%
Public Assistance	7,408	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	34,032	9.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	424,480	77.7%
Unemployed	14,953	2.7%
In Armed Forces	4,966	0.9%

Total Labor Force	444,399	81.3%
Not in Labor Force	101,984	18.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		21.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	191,409	151,196	55.9%
Non-Profit	16,786	34,511	32.7%
Self-Employed	25,977	16,397	61.3%

Local Government	13,910	21,086	39.7%
State Government	7,052	8,837	44.4%
Federal Government	8,031	5,901	57.6%

Total Private + Self	217,386	167,593	56.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	45,779	70,335	39.4%
Total	263,165	237,928	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	12.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	90,061	17.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	105,825	21.1%
Professional, Technical	126,710	25.3%
Service Occupations	75,295	15.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,965	0.4%
All others	103,898	20.7%

White Collar		64.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	75,089	15.0%
Retail trade	53,427	10.6%
Educational services	46,101	9.2%
Finance and insurance	43,096	8.6%
Manufacturing	40,525	8.1%
Construction	38,471	7.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	37,899	7.6%
Accommodation and food services	29,664	5.9%
Transportation and warehousing	25,867	5.2%
Other services	21,480	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	21,235	4.2%
Public administration	18,739	3.7%
Wholesale trade	12,441	2.5%
Information	8,959	1.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	8,853	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7,492	1.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	6,138	1.2%
Utilities	5,027	1.0%
Management	791	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	495	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	82,412	8.53%
Puerto Rican	4,067	0.42%
Cuban	1,547	0.16%
Dominican	655	0.07%

Total Central American	10,803	1.12%
Costa Rican	253	0.03%
Guatemalan	4,632	0.48%
Honduran	1,432	0.15%
Nicaraguan	403	0.04%
Panamanian	185	0.02%
Salvadoran	3,898	0.40%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	3,452	0.36%
Argentinean	222	0.02%
Bolivian	105	0.01%
Chilean	835	0.09%
Colombian	963	0.10%
Ecuadorian	129	0.01%
Paraguayan	25	0.00%
Peruvian	474	0.05%
Uruguayan	124	0.01%
Venezuelan	535	0.06%
Other South American	40	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,978	0.62%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	5,665	0.59%
Burmese	5,097	0.53%
Filipino	3,362	0.35%
Chinese	3,226	0.33%
Vietnamese	2,779	0.29%
Korean	2,017	0.21%
Thai	1,056	0.11%
Japanese	908	0.09%
Bhutanese	827	0.09%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	795,439	88.2%
Spanish	64,891	7.2%
Other Asian	9,864	1.1%
Other Indo-European	7,184	0.8%
Other	6,692	0.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	3,558	0.4%
Chinese	2,490	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,434	0.3%
Vietnamese	2,219	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	268,794	27.8%
Irish	125,339	13.0%
English	92,880	9.6%
Italian	37,118	3.8%
Polish	35,165	3.6%
American	33,649	3.5%
Czech	32,689	3.4%
Swedish	27,801	2.9%
Danish	21,928	2.3%
Norwegian	20,179	2.1%
French	17,999	1.9%
European	17,906	1.9%
Scottish	14,813	1.5%
Dutch	14,508	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	6,830	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	923,056	95.5%
Not a citizen	43,632	4.5%

Native	892,187	92.3%
Foreign-born	74,501	7.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
21,953	3.5%	25,647	4.0%	145,869	22.9%	199,720	31.4%	156,197	24.6%	86,815	13.6%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	21,953	3.5%
9-12 Years	25,647	4.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	145,869	22.9%
Some College	199,720	31.4%
Bach. Degree	156,197	24.6%
Grad Degree	86,815	13.6%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	724,120	703,852	20,268	2.8%
1991	731,494	708,252	23,242	3.2%
1992	741,300	716,134	25,166	3.4%
1993	757,304	732,888	24,416	3.2%
1994	775,848	752,950	22,898	3.0%
1995	793,144	771,036	22,108	2.8%
1996	812,780	790,676	22,104	2.7%
1997	823,922	802,708	21,214	2.6%
1998	831,804	811,990	19,814	2.4%
1999	837,788	817,062	20,726	2.5%

2000	843,530	820,196	23,334	2.8%
2001	849,934	821,932	28,002	3.3%
2002	862,172	828,466	33,706	3.9%
2003	870,212	832,984	37,228	4.3%
2004	876,000	838,230	37,770	4.3%
2005	880,306	842,784	37,522	4.3%
2006	883,634	853,302	30,332	3.4%
2007	894,022	864,120	29,902	3.3%
2008	906,702	874,232	32,470	3.6%
2009	904,534	858,850	45,684	5.1%

2010	930,532	882,482	48,050	5.2%
2011	938,914	893,180	45,734	4.9%
2012	944,180	903,474	40,706	4.3%
2013	947,220	909,250	37,970	4.0%
2014	951,956	917,882	34,074	3.6%
2015	955,864	924,906	30,958	3.2%
2016	961,906	930,816	31,090	3.2%
2017	965,840	936,402	29,438	3.0%
2018	978,248	949,490	28,758	2.9%
2019	996,640	966,444	30,196	3.0%

2020	988,196	940,842	47,354	4.8%
2021	1,000,574	969,512	31,062	3.1%
2022	1,012,508	986,628	25,880	2.6%
2023	1,010,072	984,872	25,200	2.5%
2024	1,055,510	1,024,262	31,248	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	402,606
Median Value	$227,739

Occupied	378,359	94.0%
Vacant	24,247	6.0%

Owned	249,834	66.0%
Rented	128,525	34.0%
Median Rent	$1,089

Single-Family Units	299,576	74.4%
Detached	284,284	70.6%
Attached	15,292	3.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	83,699	20.8%
Mobile Homes	6,521	1.6%

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area