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UNO Students of Tomorrow: Changing Demographics

UNO Students of Tomorrow: Changing Demographics. Jerry Deichert UNO Center for Public Affairs Research Fall Strategic Planning Advance November 15, 2004. Overall population. Nebraska’s population grew 8.4 percent Fastest growth rate since 1910-1920

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UNO Students of Tomorrow: Changing Demographics

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  1. UNO Students of Tomorrow:Changing Demographics Jerry Deichert UNO Center for Public Affairs Research Fall Strategic Planning Advance November 15, 2004

  2. Overall population • Nebraska’s population grew 8.4 percent • Fastest growth rate since 1910-1920 • Much higher than the 0.5 percent growth during the 1980s • Between 2000 and 2003, Nebraska grew by 1.6 percent (a decade rate of 5.5 percent)

  3. County population • Nebraska’s population is becoming concentrated in its most populous counties • Between 1990 and 2000, 40 counties added population • Since 2000, 27 counties have added population • During the1980s, only 10 counties added population • Counties that do not have a town of at least 10,000 persons have been losing population • In 2003, Douglas, Sarpy, and lancaster Counties accounted for 50.03 percent of the state’s population

  4. Net migration • The 1990s was the first decade in more than 6 decades to experience net inmigration (3.1 percent 48,000 persons) • International greater than domestic • Compares to an outmigration of more than 100,000 persons during the 1980s • Since 2000, the state has experienced a slight outmigration

  5. Births • Births in the 1980s were higher than the 1970s and peaked in 1980 • Births in the 1990s were lower than the 1980s but picked up during the latter part of the decade • Fewer children under 10 in 2000 than in 1990 • Births continue to increase in the 2000s • Births in 2003 highest since 1985

  6. Race and Hispanic/Latino • Change 1990-2000 • Total (8.4 percent) • White, non-Hispanic/Latino (2.4 percent) • Non-White and Hispanic/Latino (83.3 percent) • In 2000, non-White or Hispanic/Latino population was 12.7 percent of total • 7.4 percent in 1990 • 13.6 percent in 2002 • Latinos became largest minority group in 2000 • Non-White and Hispanic/Latino population is much younger • Relatively more under 35 • Relatively fewer 35+

  7. Projections of the population aged 18 to 24 years • Using the trend series, this population will peak in 2004 at about 188,000 • Decrease until 2018 at 171,000 • It will not surpass the 2004 level until 2027

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