Kearney Micropolitan Statistical Area
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The Kearney Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Nebraska, anchored by the city of Kearney.
As of the 2010 census, the area had a population of 52,591 (though a July 1, 2011 estimate placed the population at 53,278).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2011/tables/CBSA-EST2011-01.csv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427231227/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2011/tables/CBSA-EST2011-01.csv |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-04-27 |title=Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 (CBSA-EST2011-01) |format=CSV |work=2011 Population Estimates |publisher=United States Census Bureau, Population Division |date=2012-03-21 |access-date=2012-04-22 }}
Counties
Communities
- Places with 25,000 or more inhabitants
- Kearney (Principal City)
- Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants
- Gibbon
- Holdrege
- Minden
- Ravenna
- Shelton
- Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants
- Axtell
- Bertrand
- Elm Creek
- Places with less than 500 inhabitants
- Amherst
- Atlanta
- Funk
- Heartwell
- Loomis
- Miller
- Norman
- Pleasanton
- Riverdale
- Wilcox
- Unincorporated places
- Buda
- Keene
- Lowell
- Newark
Townships
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- Anderson
- Armada
- Beaver
- Blaine
- Cedar
- Center (Buffalo County)
- Center (Phelps County)
- Cherry Creek
- Collins
- Cosmo
- Cottonwood
- Divide (Buffalo County)
- Divide (Phelps County)
- Eaton
- Elm Creek
- Gardner
- Garfield (Buffalo County)
- Garfield (Phelps County)
- Gibbon
- Grant (Buffalo County)
- Grant (Kearney County)
- Harrison
- Hayes
- Industry-Rock Falls
- Laird
- Lake
- Liberty
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- Lincoln
- Logan (Buffalo County)
- Logan (Kearney County)
- Loup
- Lowell
- May
- Mirage
- Newark
- Odessa
- Oneida
- Platte
- Prairie
- Riverdale
- Rusco
- Sartoria
- Schneider
- Scott
- Sharon
- Shelton
- Sheridan
- Sherman
- Thornton
- Union
- Valley
- Westmark
- Westside
- Williamsburg
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Demographics
As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}} of 2000, there were 49,141 people, 18,573 households, and 12,129 families residing within the μSA. The racial makeup of the μSA was 95.55% White, 0.49% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.03% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.34% of the population.
The median income for a household in the μSA was $38,015, and the median income for a family was $45,562. Males had a median income of $30,085 versus $21,029 for females. The per capita income for the μSA was $17,814.
Future development
Today, some area officials are proposing to upgrade to a metropolitan area with the addition of Phelps County in the future.