Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Omaha World-Herald
Omaha, Nebraska
Owner: Omaha World-Herald
From a report for the Knight Foundation
by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005
Click here to read the national report or to select another newspaper
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff
2005 6.5
2004 6.7
2003 6.8
2002 Did not report
2001 6.1
2000 5.1
1999 4.3
1998 4.6
1997 5.4
1996 5.5
1995 5.2
1994 5.1
1993 4.5
1992 4.3
1991 Did not report
1990 Did not report
The latest year at peak is 2003
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for Omaha World-Herald
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff Non-white % of circulation area Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005 6.5 12.1 54
2004 6.7 12.1 55
How the index is calculated
The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff
divided by the non-white percentage of residents in the circulation area.
(Parity = 100.)
Company index
This newspaper's owner, Omaha World-Herald,
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 61.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Omaha World-Herald
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 54. This paper
Peer group
Compare that with 64, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 37 out of 58
newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
An example of a newspaper of similar circulation, in an area of similar level of non-white residents, but one that has a relatively high Diversity Index, is The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, with a 20.8 percent non-white staff in a community that is 11.8 percent non-white. Its index is 177.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 192,607 ranks 52 out of 1,410 daily newspapers in the US.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Details on race/ethnicity
in the circulation area
and the home county
of Omaha World-Herald
Circulation area
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 5.0 69,508
Black 4.5 61,697
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0 14,384
Native-American 0.6 7,594
Other non-white 0.1 966
Multi-racial 1.0 13,516
  Non-white 12.1 167,665
White 87.9 1,214,925
Total 1,382,590
Home county:  Douglas
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 6.7 30,928
Black 11.4 52,821
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7 8,061
Native-American 0.5 2,411
Other non-white 0.1 512
Multi-racial 1.4 6,324
  Non-white 21.8 101,057
White 78.2 362,528
Total 463,585
The home county of this newspaper is Douglas.
About this report
This third annual report for the Knight Foundation adds context to an annual survey by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. ASNE has set a goal that
every newspaper, to help it know its community and gather the news, should employ at least one non-white journalist, and that newspapers should strive to
employ non-whites in proportion to their share of the community. ASNE's report, at www.asne.org, shows each newspaper's non-white employment, but does
not disclose how closely that employment mirrors the newspaper's circulation area.
That gap is filled by the report you are reading now. This report was not done by ASNE, but was done for the Knight Foundation by Bill Dedman and 
Stephen K. Doig. It shows how close each newspaper is to ASNE's goal, by comparing the newsroom staffing with the circulation area population.
The full report is at www.powerreporting.com/knight.
Notes and definitions
  1. The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff divided by the non-white percentage of the circulation area's residents. Parity = 100.
  2. Source for staffing: Survey by American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 2005. Newspapers report non-white staff as of the end of the previous year.
  3. Following ASNE's definition, newsroom staff includes only supervisors, reporters, editors, copy/layout editors and photographers.
  4. Also following ASNE's definition, "whites," "blacks," etc., exclude Hispanics, who are counted in a separate category.
  5. Source for boundaries of this newspaper's circulation area: ZIP Code circulation data, Audit Bureau of Circulations, latest available. 
  6. A paper may define its circulation area differently for marketing efforts, or news coverage, or to set advertising rates.
  7. If ZIP Codes or counties are used, this report applies a threshold: 10 percent household penetration is required to include an area in the circulation area.
  8. Source for the demographics of residents of that circulation area: US Census 2000.
  9. Source for total circulation: Editor & Publisher magazine, Monday-Friday average at year-end 2004.
 10. Staff of non-English publications, such as the Miami Herald's El Nuevo Herald, are excluded from the ASNE staffing survey for the first time this year.
      
Demographics of ZIP Codes
where sales were reported by
Omaha World-Herald
Note that some ZIP Codes listed here may not have been included in determining the newspaper's circulation area. In calculating the Diversity Index, a
ZIP Code was included only if the household penetration was at least 10 percent. Any lower-penetration ZIP Codes are also listed here for your information.
Also, if the newspaper reported more than 300 ZIP Codes, only the top 300 in weekday sales are listed here.
ZIP / City / State / Approx. distance in miles from the newspaper's home office Weekday sales Households Penetration % (daily sales per 100 households) Median household income Non-white
% of
population
Hispanic
% of
population
Black
% of
population
Native
% of
population
Asian
% of
population
68134 / Omaha / NE / 6.4 mi. 5,884 12,111 48.6 $43,294 13.7 2.5 7.3 0.3 2.2
68144 / Omaha / NE / 9.7 mi. 5,870 10,061 58.3 $56,331 6.5 2.4 1.4 0.2 1.5
68154 / Omaha / NE / 9.6 mi. 5,681 9,851 57.7 $58,373 7.8 1.8 2.2 0.2 2.6
68137 / Omaha / NE / 10.3 mi. 5,465 9,351 58.4 $58,173 6.5 2.7 1.2 0.2 1.4
68114 / Omaha / NE / 6 mi. 5,441 8,256 65.9 $41,851 9.4 2.0 3.2 0.3 2.9
68164 / Omaha / NE / 9.2 mi. 5,097 9,844 51.8 $58,983 12.3 2.1 5.8 0.3 2.7
68127 / Omaha / NE / 7.2 mi. 4,531 9,982 45.4 $45,141 11.8 5.1 2.3 0.3 3.0
68104 / Omaha / NE / 4.1 mi. 4,520 14,044 32.2 $36,298 33.8 3.2 27.0 0.6 1.0
68124 / Omaha / NE / 6.3 mi. 4,443 6,471 68.7 $51,417 6.6 2.0 1.9 0.2 1.7
68106 / Omaha / NE / 3.8 mi. 4,402 9,402 46.8 $39,834 8.5 3.4 2.2 0.3 1.9
68025 / Fremont / NE / 34.5 mi. 3,954 11,765 33.6 $38,312 6.2 4.2 0.5 0.2 0.6
68005 / Bellevue / NE / 8.9 mi. 3,819 9,406 40.6 $44,542 16.6 5.1 6.2 0.5 2.5
68046 / Papillion / NE / 11.7 mi. 3,565 6,539 54.5 $65,939 8.0 2.8 2.2 0.3 1.4
68102 / Omaha / NE / 0 mi. 3,544 2,373 149.3 $20,510 39.6 8.9 22.1 1.4 4.7
51503 / Council Bluffs / IA / 7.5 mi. 3,211 13,048 24.6 $44,101 4.3 2.3 0.6 0.2 0.5
68107 / Omaha / NE / 3.8 mi. 3,121 9,485 32.9 $31,067 44.3 34.7 6.3 0.9 0.7
68105 / Omaha / NE / 2.1 mi. 3,055 10,045 30.4 $30,851 29.0 20.0 5.0 1.1 1.4
68123 / Bellevue / NE / 11.1 mi. 3,042 8,277 36.8 $54,692 19.8 5.2 8.3 0.4 2.9
68135 / Omaha / NE / 14.1 mi. 2,949 3,848 76.6 $90,263 4.5 1.3 0.3 0.1 2.1
68130 / Omaha / NE / 13.2 mi. 2,804 3,692 75.9 $80,602 4.4 1.4 0.9 0.2 1.4
68601 / Columbus / NE / 71.7 mi. 2,593 10,499 24.7 $40,161 9.2 7.6 0.3 0.3 0.4
68132 / Omaha / NE / 3.5 mi. 2,577 6,146 41.9 $36,765 15.3 4.4 5.8 0.4 2.6
51501 / Council Bluffs / IA / 5.2 mi. 2,500 13,346 18.7 $34,139 9.1 5.6 1.3 0.4 0.6
68701 / Norfolk / NE / 94.8 mi. 2,318 11,698 19.8 $36,179 10.3 6.9 1.1 1.2 0.4
68131 / Omaha / NE / 1.5 mi. 2,198 5,745 38.3 $24,882 40.0 10.4 21.1 1.1 4.7
68116 / Omaha / NE / 12.3 mi. 2,094 3,149 66.5 $76,518 7.5 1.7 1.6 0.1 3.0
68108 / Omaha / NE / 1.7 mi. 1,918 5,227 36.7 $30,243 35.0 28.0 2.9 1.2 1.1
68112 / Omaha / NE / 6.7 mi. 1,899 4,494 42.3 $37,608 27.0 4.9 19.1 1.0 0.4
68022 / Elkhorn / NE / 16.6 mi. 1,885 3,038 62.0 $71,571 3.0 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.4
68118 / Omaha / NE / 12.6 mi. 1,885 2,605 72.4 $90,247 5.8 1.4 1.1 0.3 2.1
68138 / Omaha / NE / 12.7 mi. 1,852 4,135 44.8 $60,219 6.0 2.8 0.7 0.3 1.0
68128 / La Vista / NE / 8.8 mi. 1,844 4,431 41.6 $47,431 11.6 4.1 2.9 0.4 2.4
68111 / Omaha / NE / 2.7 mi. 1,814 9,151 19.8 $23,470 78.8 4.1 70.6 1.0 0.4
68117 / Omaha / NE / 5.1 mi. 1,701 3,090 55.0 $40,371 11.8 7.9 1.1 0.7 1.0
68008 / Blair / NE / 25.9 mi. 1,642 4,115 39.9 $47,042 2.8 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.5
68048 / Plattsmouth / NE / 20.4 mi. 1,471 4,456 33.0 $45,872 3.7 1.8 0.3 0.3 0.4
68147 / Bellevue / NE / 5.9 mi. 1,438 3,599 40.0 $44,039 17.6 8.9 4.6 0.4 1.9
68508 / Lincoln / NE / 50.7 mi. 1,385 4,636 29.9 $17,492 18.5 7.4 4.2 0.9 3.9
68152 / Omaha / NE / 7.4 mi. 1,349 2,428 55.6 $51,974 27.4 1.5 23.0 0.2 0.4
68110 / Omaha / NE / 2.6 mi. 1,312 3,065 42.8 $23,242 65.3 4.5 56.3 1.1 0.3
69101 / North Platte / NE / 251.8 mi. 1,221 11,658 10.5 $36,346 8.1 5.9 0.6 0.4 0.4
68901 / Hastings / NE / 136.2 mi. 1,182 10,378 11.4 $36,886 8.8 5.2 0.7 0.4 1.9
68122 / Omaha / NE / 9.1 mi. 1,164 1,903 61.2 $59,063 13.1 1.6 8.6 0.3 1.6
51442 / Denison / IA / 58.5 mi. 1,153 3,238 35.6 $33,535 18.1 15.4 1.2 0.2 0.8
68028 / Gretna / NE / 19.7 mi. 1,113 1,749 63.6 $57,766 2.2 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.2
68845 / Kearney / NE / 163.9 mi. 1,065 6,093 17.5 $38,712 6.8 3.4 0.9 0.4 1.1
68157 / Omaha / NE / 6.4 mi. 1,062 1,859 57.1 $54,098 10.6 6.1 2.5 0.2 0.9
68801 / Grand Island / NE / 127.2 mi. 946 10,336 9.2 $35,494 23.3 20.5 0.4 0.4 1.3
68847 / Kearney / NE / 160.1 mi. 938 5,930 15.8 $35,084 6.8 4.7 0.4 0.3 0.6
68133 / Papillion / NE / 8.9 mi. 922 1,294 71.3 $75,935 8.8 2.9 1.5 0.2 2.9
68850 / Lexington / NE / 201.2 mi. 894 3,802 23.5 $38,304 47.6 45.2 0.3 0.7 1.0
51534 / Glenwood / IA / 20.1 mi. 888 2,959 30.0 $45,490 3.3 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
68516 / Lincoln / NE / 52.4 mi. 885 11,923 7.4 $64,415 6.1 1.7 1.0 0.1 2.4
68410 / Nebraska City / NE / 42.2 mi. 878 3,336 26.3 $35,453 5.3 3.8 0.3 0.3 0.3
51632 / Clarinda / IA / 57.3 mi. 812 2,577 31.5 $37,190 7.5 1.3 3.7 0.5 0.9
51566 / Red Oak / IA / 40.4 mi. 804 3,235 24.9 $33,039 3.0 1.8 0.1 0.4 0.3
68788 / West Point / NE / 56.8 mi. 788 2,044 38.6 $33,701 10.1 9.4 0.0 0.2 0.2
51537 / Harlan / IA / 41.9 mi. 786 2,786 28.2 $38,721 2.0 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.4
68510 / Lincoln / NE / 48.7 mi. 765 9,565 8.0 $39,366 11.7 3.4 2.7 0.4 3.2
68136 / Omaha / NE / 14.6 mi. 751 819 91.7 $81,693 3.4 1.7 0.3 0.2 0.7
69001 / Mc Cook / NE / 257.9 mi. 749 3,960 18.9 $32,222 3.9 2.6 0.1 0.3 0.2
68949 / Holdrege / NE / 184.6 mi. 678 2,740 24.7 $37,160 4.1 2.8 0.1 0.3 0.3
68506 / Lincoln / NE / 49.4 mi. 663 11,560 5.7 $48,158 6.1 1.8 1.2 0.2 1.6
68066 / Wahoo / NE / 35.8 mi. 657 1,943 33.8 $36,466 1.9 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.3
68661 / Schuyler / NE / 61.2 mi. 640 2,247 28.5 $37,699 39.9 39.0 0.1 0.2 0.2
50022 / Atlantic / IA / 48.4 mi. 619 3,663 16.9 $33,972 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.2
51555 / Missouri Valley / IA / 21.6 mi. 610 2,148 28.4 $41,218 1.9 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.2
68064 / Valley / NE / 22.8 mi. 581 1,281 45.4 $42,154 3.6 1.3 0.4 0.7 0.3
68763 / Oneill / NE / 166.6 mi. 581 2,047 28.4 $31,565 1.9 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.2
68787 / Wayne / NE / 85.5 mi. 581 2,235 26.0 $30,170 4.1 1.2 1.3 0.4 0.4
69301 / Alliance / NE / 376.8 mi. 577 4,222 13.7 $39,381 13.0 8.0 0.4 2.7 0.6
68467 / York / NE / 88.6 mi. 566 3,801 14.9 $36,806 4.8 1.8 1.3 0.3 0.6
51601 / Shenandoah / IA / 48.5 mi. 533 2,741 19.4 $31,528 3.6 2.2 0.2 0.5 0.3
68305 / Auburn / NE / 64.3 mi. 530 1,836 28.9 $35,203 2.7 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.9
68310 / Beatrice / NE / 81.4 mi. 529 6,097 8.7 $35,240 3.0 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.3
68502 / Lincoln / NE / 51.8 mi. 517 11,527 4.5 $35,627 15.1 5.4 5.1 0.9 1.8
69201 / Valentine / NE / 262 mi. 517 1,658 31.2 $29,877 6.7 0.9 0.0 4.2 0.5
68504 / Lincoln / NE / 47.2 mi. 510 6,424 7.9 $30,481 11.1 3.4 3.0 0.6 2.0
68007 / Bennington / NE / 14.4 mi. 480 775 61.9 $53,413 2.8 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.6
51401 / Carroll / IA / 79.2 mi. 477 4,886 9.8 $40,078 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5
51510 / Carter Lake / IA / 2 mi. 466 1,221 38.2 $37,851 5.3 2.9 0.3 0.7 0.3
69153 / Ogallala / NE / 296.5 mi. 464 2,550 18.2 $34,307 5.8 4.7 0.0 0.6 0.2
68822 / Broken Bow / NE / 190.3 mi. 456 2,015 22.6 $31,777 2.0 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.1
68355 / Falls City / NE / 80.7 mi. 454 2,385 19.0 $30,102 4.7 0.8 0.1 2.0 0.2
68059 / Springfield / NE / 18.5 mi. 431 1,053 40.9 $57,074 2.4 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.4
69162 / Sidney / NE / 368.1 mi. 431 3,053 14.1 $34,271 7.2 5.3 0.1 0.7 0.5
68803 / Grand Island / NE / 134.9 mi. 426 7,972 5.3 $38,555 10.2 8.1 0.3 0.2 1.1
68776 / South Sioux City / NE / 87.4 mi. 421 5,166 8.1 $36,628 35.7 28.0 0.7 1.8 3.8
69361 / Scottsbluff / NE / 400.8 mi. 412 7,203 5.7 $30,962 25.0 20.8 0.3 2.2 0.7
69130 / Cozad / NE / 215 mi. 410 2,247 18.2 $34,022 10.5 9.1 0.1 0.2 0.3
68003 / Ashland / NE / 29.1 mi. 397 1,592 24.9 $46,399 2.6 1.4 0.1 0.2 0.2
68521 / Lincoln / NE / 49 mi. 396 9,794 4.0 $42,023 13.3 3.6 2.7 0.6 4.5
69337 / Chadron / NE / 377.5 mi. 392 2,676 14.6 $29,308 8.7 2.7 1.0 3.3 0.4
68069 / Waterloo / NE / 19.8 mi. 390 875 44.6 $50,129 3.0 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.1
68061 / Tekamah / NE / 39.8 mi. 387 1,114 34.7 $36,495 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.1
68507 / Lincoln / NE / 44.9 mi. 367 5,395 6.8 $45,056 6.2 2.3 1.1 0.4 1.2
68023 / Fort Calhoun / NE / 12.9 mi. 363 870 41.7 $55,766 2.6 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.0
68045 / Oakland / NE / 48.9 mi. 347 804 43.2 $36,036 1.8 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.3
68620 / Albion / NE / 112.7 mi. 346 1,290 26.8 $32,875 1.3 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.1
69138 / Gothenburg / NE / 218.7 mi. 344 1,802 19.1 $36,121 4.8 3.6 0.4 0.3 0.2
68632 / David City / NE / 62.1 mi. 328 1,503 21.8 $36,078 2.6 1.8 0.0 0.2 0.3
68037 / Louisville / NE / 24.8 mi. 328 786 41.7 $45,556 2.3 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.3
69210 / Ainsworth / NE / 217.1 mi. 324 1,216 26.6 $29,278 1.8 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.3
68959 / Minden / NE / 163.7 mi. 298 1,650 18.1 $40,273 3.0 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
68002 / Arlington / NE / 20.5 mi. 287 793 36.2 $47,461 2.3 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.4
68352 / Fairbury / NE / 101 mi. 276 2,429 11.4 $31,164 2.9 1.6 0.1 0.5 0.2
68047 / Pender / NE / 72.8 mi. 256 750 34.1 $32,500 2.8 1.3 0.2 0.9 0.0
68073 / Yutan / NE / 24.6 mi. 256 633 40.4 $47,794 3.4 1.1 0.2 0.5 0.4
68142 / Omaha / NE / 11.6 mi. 250 635 39.4 $43,514 5.8 2.3 0.8 0.6 0.5
51521 / Avoca / IA / 31.8 mi. 243 874 27.8 $40,274 1.9 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.1
68503 / Lincoln / NE / 49 mi. 239 6,317 3.8 $26,755 31.4 6.9 8.7 1.6 10.1
68505 / Lincoln / NE / 46.2 mi. 238 5,817 4.1 $40,884 6.7 2.0 1.1 0.3 2.1
68713 / Atkinson / NE / 182.7 mi. 233 964 24.2 $30,556 1.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3
50833 / Bedford / IA / 75 mi. 228 1,076 21.2 $32,161 2.2 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.2
50841 / Corning / IA / 63.4 mi. 228 1,306 17.5 $29,947 1.4 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.2
51579 / Woodbine / IA / 35.2 mi. 227 944 24.0 $34,044 2.3 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.4
68434 / Seward / NE / 67.2 mi. 226 2,918 7.7 $44,286 2.8 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.5
68038 / Lyons / NE / 55.5 mi. 225 639 35.2 $32,043 4.5 3.5 0.3 0.1 0.3
51529 / Dunlap / IA / 40.9 mi. 213 734 29.0 $31,429 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1
68057 / Scribner / NE / 46 mi. 211 663 31.8 $35,833 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.3
68739 / Hartington / NE / 118 mi. 211 1,168 18.1 $35,313 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0
68512 / Lincoln / NE / 54.5 mi. 204 2,848 7.2 $49,406 7.3 1.9 1.6 0.2 2.5
50801 / Creston / IA / 81.3 mi. 204 3,926 5.2 $31,659 2.4 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.3
69033 / Imperial / NE / 302.8 mi. 203 1,013 20.0 $34,432 4.8 4.3 0.1 0.0 0.2
68791 / Wisner / NE / 72.8 mi. 202 770 26.2 $33,547 1.6 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.3
50025 / Audubon / IA / 64 mi. 198 1,523 13.0 $35,266 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
68113 / Offutt A F B / NE / 9.2 mi. 197 322 61.2 $27,111 29.1 8.7 13.8 0.7 2.7
68463 / Weeping Water / NE / 30 mi. 194 617 31.4 $44,602 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.2
68862 / Ord / NE / 158.9 mi. 191 1,342 14.2 $29,329 2.7 1.6 0.0 0.5 0.1
69343 / Gordon / NE / 338.2 mi. 191 1,278 14.9 $27,979 13.0 1.4 0.0 9.5 0.2
51535 / Griswold / IA / 46.6 mi. 190 810 23.5 $34,844 1.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.1
69129 / Chappell / NE / 337.5 mi. 189 616 30.7 $36,065 2.5 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.5
51546 / Logan / IA / 26.4 mi. 188 1,091 17.2 $40,614 1.5 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1
68333 / Crete / NE / 71.4 mi. 187 2,606 7.2 $37,661 16.0 11.0 0.6 0.4 2.9
69341 / Gering / NE / 402.2 mi. 186 4,233 4.4 $34,486 16.5 14.5 0.1 1.0 0.3
68031 / Hooper / NE / 40.8 mi. 185 753 24.6 $39,306 2.3 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.2
68649 / North Bend / NE / 46.9 mi. 184 713 25.8 $38,189 1.7 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.1
51640 / Hamburg / IA / 49.8 mi. 181 766 23.6 $33,021 5.1 4.2 0.1 0.2 0.4
50864 / Villisca / IA / 53 mi. 179 936 19.1 $31,400 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0
68633 / Dodge / NE / 51.5 mi. 178 533 33.4 $32,639 1.9 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.2
68756 / Neligh / NE / 121.6 mi. 176 909 19.4 $30,719 1.6 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
51040 / Onawa / IA / 55.5 mi. 175 1,553 11.3 $35,849 3.1 1.1 0.0 1.4 0.2
51526 / Crescent / IA / 9.5 mi. 173 631 27.4 $60,100 2.5 1.2 0.1 0.4 0.3
51560 / Oakland / IA / 34.1 mi. 171 835 20.5 $38,487 1.7 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2
68641 / Howells / NE / 59.8 mi. 171 480 35.6 $34,618 1.9 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.3
51455 / Manning / IA / 64.4 mi. 169 955 17.7 $33,469 1.4 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.4
68446 / Syracuse / NE / 44 mi. 167 1,006 16.6 $39,770 1.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2
68779 / Stanton / NE / 77.8 mi. 167 936 17.8 $34,963 3.1 1.6 0.2 0.4 0.2
51551 / Malvern / IA / 24.2 mi. 165 702 23.5 $38,603 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2
51652 / Sidney / IA / 37.8 mi. 165 772 21.4 $41,023 2.7 1.9 0.1 0.4 0.1
57078 / Yankton / SD / 136.7 mi. 165 6,845 2.4 $35,446 6.6 2.0 1.4 1.7 0.5
68718 / Bloomfield / NE / 129.3 mi. 164 847 19.4 $28,060 4.3 0.6 0.0 3.1 0.3
68784 / Wakefield / NE / 86.2 mi. 163 815 20.0 $36,450 15.2 13.9 0.0 0.4 0.3
68978 / Superior / NE / 142.1 mi. 161 1,134 14.2 $26,936 1.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.2
68714 / Bassett / NE / 206.5 mi. 159 614 25.9 $25,505 1.5 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.1
68651 / Osceola / NE / 85.1 mi. 158 612 25.8 $37,773 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0
50316 / Des Moines / IA / 123.4 mi. 156 5,945 2.6 $32,129 36.8 11.8 15.6 0.5 6.5
68920 / Alma / NE / 193.8 mi. 155 660 23.5 $31,118 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1
68748 / Madison / NE / 91.6 mi. 154 1,086 14.2 $36,644 26.0 25.0 0.3 0.2 0.2
68361 / Geneva / NE / 103.2 mi. 148 1,102 13.4 $34,534 3.6 2.1 0.4 0.6 0.0
51653 / Tabor / IA / 28.5 mi. 144 554 26.0 $39,773 1.9 1.2 0.0 0.1 0.1
68450 / Tecumseh / NE / 64.4 mi. 143 1,016 14.1 $31,135 11.4 4.9 0.1 0.3 4.5
51105 / Sioux City / IA / 88.9 mi. 141 4,279 3.3 $26,972 43.3 26.7 3.5 3.5 7.0
68818 / Aurora / NE / 114.2 mi. 140 2,051 6.8 $38,889 2.3 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.3
68937 / Elwood / NE / 210.8 mi. 139 796 17.5 $37,804 2.6 2.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
68666 / Stromsburg / NE / 82.5 mi. 137 659 20.8 $37,794 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.1
69154 / Oshkosh / NE / 332.3 mi. 136 606 22.4 $27,803 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.1 0.1
51577 / Walnut / IA / 39 mi. 136 508 26.8 $38,819 2.4 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.2
68767 / Pierce / NE / 104.3 mi. 132 1,166 11.3 $36,743 1.2 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.2
68729 / Creighton / NE / 128.8 mi. 131 807 16.2 $29,107 1.7 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.3
69140 / Grant / NE / 302 mi. 131 739 17.7 $34,148 2.5 1.1 0.0 0.3 0.1
68769 / Plainview / NE / 119.2 mi. 130 829 15.7 $29,015 2.1 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.3
68922 / Arapahoe / NE / 219.9 mi. 126 612 20.6 $29,357 3.1 1.4 0.0 0.6 0.6
69022 / Cambridge / NE / 231.2 mi. 126 698 18.1 $33,333 1.6 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.1
68370 / Hebron / NE / 116.8 mi. 124 913 13.6 $31,371 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1
68636 / Elgin / NE / 120.1 mi. 122 616 19.8 $30,400 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
68642 / Humphrey / NE / 86.1 mi. 122 648 18.8 $37,989 1.7 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.2
68716 / Beemer / NE / 66.8 mi. 122 475 25.7 $30,815 3.6 2.6 0.0 0.3 0.3
51454 / Manilla / IA / 56.4 mi. 121 598 20.2 $33,850 1.9 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0
68629 / Clarkson / NE / 65.2 mi. 120 570 21.1 $31,458 2.3 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
68745 / Laurel / NE / 99.4 mi. 119 654 18.2 $31,786 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.1
51573 / Stanton / IA / 47.5 mi. 119 464 25.6 $37,143 1.4 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.1
68771 / Randolph / NE / 105.7 mi. 118 671 17.6 $30,786 1.8 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.2
68863 / Overton / NE / 189.5 mi. 118 439 26.9 $34,464 6.3 5.2 0.0 0.4 0.2
68660 / Saint Edward / NE / 106.6 mi. 115 504 22.8 $29,940 1.6 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.0
68640 / Genoa / NE / 98.7 mi. 114 650 17.5 $32,375 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.1
68004 / Bancroft / NE / 66.2 mi. 113 403 28.0 $30,380 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.4
68020 / Decatur / NE / 52.1 mi. 113 394 28.7 $30,104 12.8 1.1 0.6 8.5 0.2
68715 / Battle Creek / NE / 99.3 mi. 112 564 19.9 $41,447 3.4 1.5 0.1 1.1 0.0
69145 / Kimball / NE / 402.3 mi. 112 1,415 7.9 $30,616 5.6 3.0 0.3 0.8 0.1
68777 / Spencer / NE / 182.3 mi. 111 384 28.9 $29,514 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3
68826 / Central City / NE / 108 mi. 110 1,550 7.1 $34,831 2.1 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.3
50848 / Gravity / IA / 69.2 mi. 110 181 60.8 $29,500 2.8 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.2
51575 / Treynor / IA / 17.2 mi. 110 247 44.5 $54,464 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3
68873 / Saint Paul / NE / 129.4 mi. 107 1,380 7.8 $33,041 1.6 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.2
68041 / Mead / NE / 30.3 mi. 106 329 32.2 $50,000 2.2 1.7 0.0 0.1 0.1
68376 / Humboldt / NE / 78.2 mi. 105 711 14.8 $31,250 3.9 1.5 0.2 1.2 0.1
68034 / Kennard / NE / 19.5 mi. 103 264 39.0 $47,222 2.4 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.4
51530 / Earling / IA / 45.7 mi. 102 378 27.0 $32,750 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0
68662 / Shelby / NE / 77.8 mi. 102 467 21.8 $39,342 2.1 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.3
68643 / Leigh / NE / 72.1 mi. 101 417 24.2 $32,386 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
68780 / Stuart / NE / 186.6 mi. 101 426 23.7 $30,703 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.4
68869 / Ravenna / NE / 151.8 mi. 101 897 11.3 $31,354 1.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2
68967 / Oxford / NE / 204.1 mi. 101 528 19.1 $32,222 2.2 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.2
68786 / Wausa / NE / 120.5 mi. 100 468 21.4 $28,478 1.8 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.1
68823 / Burwell / NE / 163.9 mi. 100 958 10.4 $26,750 1.6 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.1
69336 / Bridgeport / NE / 363.7 mi. 99 1,021 9.7 $30,274 12.8 11.1 0.1 0.9 0.2
68765 / Osmond / NE / 112.5 mi. 98 545 18.0 $28,828 1.4 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.3
68781 / Tilden / NE / 112.3 mi. 98 626 15.7 $32,266 5.8 4.6 0.1 0.8 0.1
51570 / Shelby / IA / 32.6 mi. 97 439 22.1 $37,632 2.2 0.8 0.0 0.4 0.1
68010 / Boys Town / NE / 10 mi. 96 54 177.8 $51,058 36.7 7.7 20.9 1.2 0.5
68015 / Cedar Bluffs / NE / 34.4 mi. 95 476 20.0 $36,774 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
51542 / Honey Creek / IA / 14.4 mi. 94 349 26.9 $52,361 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
51638 / Essex / IA / 44.5 mi. 94 649 14.5 $37,188 3.8 2.2 0.0 0.7 0.0
68455 / Union / NE / 30.1 mi. 94 290 32.4 $42,232 4.0 2.3 0.0 0.1 0.9
69360 / Rushville / NE / 349.1 mi. 93 631 14.7 $28,702 17.7 1.9 0.1 13.0 0.0
68638 / Fullerton / NE / 113.8 mi. 92 740 12.4 $30,625 3.0 1.9 0.0 0.4 0.1
50851 / Lenox / IA / 75.9 mi. 92 903 10.2 $31,488 9.7 8.9 0.0 0.0 0.5
68939 / Franklin / NE / 172.5 mi. 91 553 16.5 $28,600 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.1
68652 / Petersburg / NE / 121.6 mi. 89 314 28.3 $29,868 1.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
68029 / Herman / NE / 33.1 mi. 87 392 22.2 $40,096 1.3 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.1
68420 / Pawnee City / NE / 81.3 mi. 86 677 12.7 $27,069 1.3 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0
51553 / Minden / IA / 24 mi. 85 368 23.1 $46,667 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2
51559 / Neola / IA / 17.6 mi. 85 659 12.9 $47,663 2.0 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.5
68528 / Lincoln / NE / 55.2 mi. 84 1,695 5.0 $41,923 15.5 5.5 2.5 0.6 5.5
68421 / Peru / NE / 55.1 mi. 83 327 25.4 $27,298 4.7 2.2 1.3 0.3 0.4
68927 / Bertrand / NE / 193.9 mi. 83 513 16.2 $37,132 1.3 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.2
68970 / Red Cloud / NE / 156.9 mi. 83 689 12.0 $29,231 2.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.9
69339 / Crawford / NE / 396.1 mi. 82 672 12.2 $30,500 6.0 1.9 0.1 2.6 0.0
68730 / Crofton / NE / 133.5 mi. 81 813 10.0 $31,038 2.2 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.1
68733 / Emerson / NE / 81.9 mi. 80 546 14.7 $36,157 5.7 4.2 0.0 0.6 0.6
68735 / Ewing / NE / 141.7 mi. 80 427 18.7 $30,508 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
69357 / Mitchell / NE / 407.2 mi. 80 1,543 5.2 $33,089 15.1 13.1 0.1 0.4 1.0
51533 / Emerson / IA / 31.8 mi. 80 406 19.7 $33,194 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2
51104 / Sioux City / IA / 91.2 mi. 79 8,564 0.9 $46,380 13.6 6.9 1.6 0.9 2.8
69024 / Culbertson / NE / 269.2 mi. 78 462 16.9 $33,333 2.4 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
69155 / Paxton / NE / 282.7 mi. 78 434 18.0 $30,781 3.7 1.8 0.4 0.6 0.4
51031 / Le Mars / IA / 108.2 mi. 77 4,539 1.7 $40,287 3.6 2.1 0.4 0.2 0.4
51639 / Farragut / IA / 44.7 mi. 77 319 24.1 $35,625 3.6 2.3 0.0 0.1 0.3
50076 / Exira / IA / 61.4 mi. 76 645 11.8 $30,061 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5
51528 / Dow City / IA / 49.9 mi. 76 430 17.7 $33,333 2.5 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.8
51531 / Elk Horn / IA / 47.8 mi. 76 357 21.3 $36,964 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.8
68409 / Murray / NE / 24.1 mi. 76 290 26.2 $54,250 2.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.9
68758 / Newman Grove / NE / 101.2 mi. 76 500 15.2 $30,655 10.1 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
68825 / Callaway / NE / 214.8 mi. 76 441 17.2 $32,969 2.5 1.1 0.0 0.3 0.5
68840 / Gibbon / NE / 158.4 mi. 75 1,017 7.4 $36,500 15.6 14.8 0.1 0.1 0.1
69045 / Wauneta / NE / 290.4 mi. 75 465 16.1 $30,129 2.5 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.4
51557 / Mondamin / IA / 30.2 mi. 73 357 20.4 $41,007 2.0 0.9 0.0 0.3 0.0
51561 / Pacific Junction / IA / 18.5 mi. 73 589 12.4 $44,167 3.2 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.7
68624 / Bellwood / NE / 68.8 mi. 72 399 18.0 $35,781 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.3
69034 / Indianola / NE / 245.6 mi. 71 430 16.5 $31,103 3.2 1.3 0.0 0.6 0.5
69021 / Benkelman / NE / 302.5 mi. 70 636 11.0 $26,875 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.6
68874 / Sargent / NE / 181 mi. 69 437 15.8 $27,011 2.6 1.8 0.0 0.5 0.2
69122 / Big Springs / NE / 323.3 mi. 69 320 21.6 $29,265 6.9 6.2 0.0 0.5 0.0
50849 / Greenfield / IA / 81.2 mi. 69 1,239 5.6 $36,947 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
51525 / Carson / IA / 32.2 mi. 69 440 15.7 $46,111 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
68016 / Cedar Creek / NE / 17.4 mi. 68 153 44.4 $45,625 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
68050 / Prague / NE / 47.6 mi. 68 281 24.2 $30,795 2.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
51445 / Ida Grove / IA / 78.7 mi. 67 1,315 5.1 $38,090 1.9 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.3
51461 / Schleswig / IA / 66.9 mi. 67 494 13.6 $35,000 1.1 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.1
64482 / Rock Port / MO / 59.5 mi. 67 998 6.7 $30,893 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1
68522 / Lincoln / NE / 53.7 mi. 67 2,667 2.5 $44,948 13.5 3.5 3.4 1.1 4.0
68462 / Waverly / NE / 36.8 mi. 66 1,044 6.3 $51,324 2.5 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.3
68760 / Niobrara / NE / 142.9 mi. 66 449 14.7 $20,993 49.5 2.0 0.0 46.1 0.0
69347 / Hay Springs / NE / 358.1 mi. 66 610 10.8 $31,111 6.0 1.6 0.0 2.7 0.1
68979 / Sutton / NE / 109.9 mi. 65 749 8.7 $35,152 3.7 2.9 0.1 0.2 0.3
68407 / Murdock / NE / 30.5 mi. 64 284 22.5 $42,500 3.2 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.1
68644 / Lindsay / NE / 93.7 mi. 64 320 20.0 $34,559 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
51106 / Sioux City / IA / 83.8 mi. 64 10,331 0.6 $42,413 8.5 5.0 0.9 0.5 1.1
66508 / Marysville / KS / 105.8 mi. 63 1,930 3.3 $33,750 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.4
69025 / Curtis / NE / 243.6 mi. 63 485 13.0 $32,361 2.5 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
68722 / Butte / NE / 187.4 mi. 61 245 24.9 $25,000 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.0
68770 / Ponca / NE / 99.8 mi. 61 647 9.4 $40,049 2.8 1.8 0.0 0.4 0.0
68933 / Clay Center / NE / 120.3 mi. 61 427 14.3 $37,313 4.6 2.9 0.2 0.2 0.7
69044 / Trenton / NE / 278.5 mi. 61 387 15.8 $26,806 2.7 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
51446 / Irwin / IA / 53.1 mi. 61 253 24.1 $30,789 2.2 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.0
68746 / Lynch / NE / 169.4 mi. 60 234 25.6 $27,132 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.4
68764 / Orchard / NE / 141.5 mi. 59 331 17.8 $23,750 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
51430 / Arcadia / IA / 71 mi. 59 313 18.8 $34,875 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3
51565 / Portsmouth / IA / 34.8 mi. 59 218 27.1 $36,250 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
51576 / Underwood / IA / 18.9 mi. 59 522 11.3 $53,047 1.3 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.1
68019 / Craig / NE / 42 mi. 59 253 23.3 $31,000 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
68924 / Axtell / NE / 173.6 mi. 58 616 9.4 $39,345 2.6 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.3
68627 / Cedar Rapids / NE / 117.3 mi. 57 324 17.6 $28,359 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
68665 / Spalding / NE / 130.6 mi. 57 384 14.8 $30,833 1.2 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
68790 / Winside / NE / 89.6 mi. 57 323 17.6 $28,875 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.4
68058 / South Bend / NE / 24.2 mi. 57 32 178.1 $41,250 11.1 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
57580 / Winner / SD / 246.2 mi. 56 1,889 3.0 $29,007 15.1 1.1 0.0 12.6 0.0
69120 / Arnold / NE / 216.5 mi. 56 446 12.6 $27,450 1.7 1.2 0.0 0.3 0.0
68727 / Coleridge / NE / 108.2 mi. 55 358 15.4 $31,957 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
51532 / Elliott / IA / 41.8 mi. 55 293 18.8 $38,409 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3
51571 / Silver City / IA / 19.6 mi. 55 238 23.1 $42,143 1.5 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
51646 / New Market / IA / 65 mi. 55 351 15.7 $35,139 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3
51527 / Defiance / IA / 49.5 mi. 54 237 22.8 $40,662 2.6 1.7 0.0 0.6 0.2
51562 / Panama / IA / 39.6 mi. 54 181 29.8 $39,205 1.5 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0
51564 / Pisgah / IA / 38.2 mi. 53 232 22.8 $32,188 2.2 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.4
68663 / Silver Creek / NE / 90.3 mi. 53 353 15.0 $35,956 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
68783 / Verdigre / NE / 149.5 mi. 53 510 10.4 $24,583 3.6 0.8 0.0 1.9 0.3
68883 / Wood River / NE / 143 mi. 53 852 6.2 $38,464 8.8 8.3 0.1 0.0 0.2
68926 / Beaver City / NE / 215.3 mi. 53 348 15.2 $28,359 3.4 2.0 0.1 0.4 0.0
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