Omaha ( OH-mə-hah) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-most populous city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051.
Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, a bi-state Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha metropolitan area is the 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604. The Omaha–Council Bluffs–Fremont, NE–IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates. Approximately 1.5 million people...
Ethnicity | Omaha | USA |
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White | 66.2% | 60.1% |
African American | 11.9% | 12.2% |
American Indian | 0.3% | 0.6% |
Asian | 3.9% | 5.6% |
Hawaiian | 0% | 0.2% |
Multiracial | 3.3% | 2.8% |
Hispanic | 14.1% | 18.2% |
Other | 0.1% | 0.3% |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | Omaha | USA |
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Less than $10,000 | 6% | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $24,999 | 8.2% | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $34,999 | 8.7% | 8.6% |
$35,000 to $49,999 | 13.4% | 12.0% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 19% | 17.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 13.5% | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 14.6% | 15.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 6.5% | 7.1% |
Education | Omaha | USA |
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< 9th Grade | 4% | 5.0% |
9-12th Grade | 5% | 7.0% |
High School or GED | 22% | 27.0% |
Other College | 22% | 20.0% |
Associate's Degree | 8% | 9% |
Bachelor's Degree | 25% | 20.0% |
Master's Degree | 9% | 9.0% |
Professional Degree | 3% | 2.0% |
Doctorate Degree | 2% | 1.0% |