Nebraska

State Government

Governor

Jim Pillen (R)

State Senate

Democrats,

Republicans

State House

Democrats,

Republicans

Assets - Nebraska

Average College Debt

$32,206

Unbanked Households

2.50%

Family - Nebraska

Children in foster care

3,718

Percent of children in immigrant families

17%

Percent of children living in single parent families

27%

Housing - Nebraska

Home foreclosure rate

1 in 7506

People experiencing homelessness

2,720.0

Households paying more than 50% of income on housing

47,900.0

Percent renters

0.333

Total households

Economic well-being - Nebraska

Extreme poverty rate

0.06

Food insecurity

0.145

Minimum wage

13.5

Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line

0.264

Poverty rate

10.9%

Unemployment rate

Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment

Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment

Percent of individuals who are uninsured

7.1

Percent of jobs that are low-wage

Poverty by demographic - Nebraska

Child poverty rate

0.12

Number of Asian and Pacific Islander children below 200% poverty

N/A

Number of Black or African American children below 200% poverty

N/A

Number of Hispanic or Latino children below 200% poverty

47000

Percent of single-parent families with related children that are below poverty

Senior poverty rate

10.3 %

Women in poverty

973,645

March 1, 2013

Omaha World-Herald, March 01, 2013: Old South O Library reinvented as learning hub for kids

"The old South Omaha Library will become a hub for helping disadvantaged youths under a 10-year, $1.12 million lease agreement approved Thursday night by the Learning Community Council. The educational cooperative also committed $500,000 to support intensive preschools at two high-poverty schools in north Omaha through a partnership with the Omaha Public Schools."

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May 24, 2012

Omaha World-Herald, May 24, 2012: Districts gain ground on low achievement by systematically placing the strongest educators where they're most neededd

"'We try to get them in as early as possible to see what a school district of high poverty looks like - what kinds of things the kids do, what kinds of needs they have - before they ever come to us as student-teachers,' Aldine Superintendent Wanda Bamberg said."

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