Custer County, NE
Demographic and economic profile of Custer County, NE, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Custer County is a sparsely populated rural Nebraska county of 10,544 residents with an economy centered on agriculture, reflected in a GDP per capita of $71,011 that runs well above median household income of $67,906 and median worker earnings of $41,546. The labor force is small, with 64.9% participation and 2.9% unemployment, and 25.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher against a high school attainment rate of 94.0%. Housing costs are low—median home value $160,500, median gross rent $794/month—though the county has shed 2.6% of its population over five years, and the foreign-born share stands at just 2.0%.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-2.6% since 2018
Custer County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone9,661 (91.9%)
- Some Other Race Alone278 (2.6%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races221 (2.1%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race220 (2.1%)
- American Indian & Alaska Native Alone56 (0.5%)
- Black or African American Alone54 (0.5%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish248
- 2.German or other West Germanic46
- 3.Arabic10
- 4.Russian, Polish, or other Slavic6
- 5.Other Asian and Pacific Island6
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,091
- 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining970
- 3.Manufacturing (Group)587
- 4.Retail Trade (Group)498
- 5.Construction (Group)375
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,025
- 2.Sales & Office Occupations972
- 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations833
- 4.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations829
- 5.Service Occupations563
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Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.