Omaha, Nebraska demographics

Omaha, NE demographics: median age 35.3; 40.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Omaha city, Nebraska · Incorporated city · GEOID 3137000. The survey estimates a population of 488,837 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Omaha is 35.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.2 years. There are 201,698 households (±990). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	35.3 ±0.2	37.2 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 488,837
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
Under 18	118,301 ±1,908	24.2% ±0.4 pp	24.5%	22.0%
18–34	123,888 ±1,429	25.3% ±0.3 pp	22.7%	22.8%
35–64	175,783 ±2,223	36.0% ±0.5 pp	36.1%	38.0%
65 and older	70,865 ±1,442	14.5% ±0.3 pp	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 488,837
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
Male	243,240 ±961	49.8% ±0.2 pp	50.3%	49.5%
Female	245,597 ±957	50.2% ±0.2 pp	49.7%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 488,837
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
White alone	325,363 ±2,330	66.6% ±0.5 pp	77.9%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	57,642 ±1,632	11.8% ±0.3 pp	4.8%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	3,956 ±707	0.8% ±0.1 pp	1.0%	0.9%
Asian alone	19,805 ±1,083	4.1% ±0.2 pp	2.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	305 ±87	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	28,534 ±2,632	5.8% ±0.5 pp	4.6%	7.1%
Two or more races	53,232 ±2,842	10.9% ±0.6 pp	9.1%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 488,837
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	409,692 ±917	83.8% ±0.2 pp	87.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	79,145 ±912	16.2% ±0.2 pp	12.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 201,698
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
Married-couple family	81,540 ±1,452	40.4% ±0.7 pp	48.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	10,365 ±860	5.1% ±0.4 pp	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	23,561 ±958	11.7% ±0.5 pp	9.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	71,169 ±1,573	35.3% ±0.8 pp	30.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	15,063 ±1,013	7.5% ±0.5 pp	6.6%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 201,698
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
Households with people under 18	58,108 ±1,206	28.8% ±0.6 pp	30.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	143,590 ±1,431	71.2% ±0.6 pp	69.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 201,698
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	71,169 ±1,573	35.3% ±0.8 pp	30.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	61,835 ±1,584	30.7% ±0.8 pp	34.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	26,947 ±1,147	13.4% ±0.6 pp	13.0%	15.3%
Four-person households	21,929 ±1,055	10.9% ±0.5 pp	11.6%	12.6%
Five-person households	11,409 ±855	5.7% ±0.4 pp	6.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	5,092 ±596	2.5% ±0.3 pp	2.6%	2.2%
Seven or more people	3,317 ±415	1.6% ±0.2 pp	1.4%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 488,837
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
Native	433,473 ±2,112	88.7% ±0.4 pp	92.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	55,364 ±2,098	11.3% ±0.4 pp	8.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 456,348
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
English only	374,755 ±2,175	82.1% ±0.5 pp	87.2%	77.7%
Spanish	52,943 ±1,395	11.6% ±0.3 pp	8.4%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	2,980 ±597	0.7% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	790 ±231	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,122 ±343	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	5,611 ±847	1.2% ±0.2 pp	0.8%	2.0%
Korean	513 ±410 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	1,624 ±442	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	1.1%
Vietnamese	1,106 ±328	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	514 ±150	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	7,711 ±890	1.7% ±0.2 pp	0.8%	1.1%
Arabic	2,656 ±672	0.6% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	4,023 ±1,032	0.9% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 321,617
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	30,626 ±1,628	9.5% ±0.5 pp	7.8%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	68,872 ±1,898	21.4% ±0.6 pp	25.0%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	68,161 ±1,905	21.2% ±0.6 pp	21.6%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	25,096 ±1,142	7.8% ±0.4 pp	11.0%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	81,394 ±2,051	25.3% ±0.6 pp	22.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	47,468 ±1,566	14.8% ±0.5 pp	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 482,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Nebraska	U.S.
Same house	413,135 ±3,258	85.7% ±0.7 pp	86.8%	87.7%
Moved within same county	40,412 ±2,436	8.4% ±0.5 pp	7.0%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	10,175 ±1,213	2.1% ±0.3 pp	3.3%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	14,425 ±1,283	3.0% ±0.3 pp	2.4%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	3,860 ±836	0.8% ±0.2 pp	0.5%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

9.3% of Omaha residents (±0.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 7.2% in Nebraska and 8.4% nationally. 91.5% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Omaha	Nebraska	U.S.	Compared with Nebraska
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	9.3% ±0.4 pp	7.2%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.5% ±0.5 pp	90.6%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.8% ±0.3 pp	6.9%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Omaha . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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