Nebraska Rural Health Works Health Economic Profile for Logan County, Nebraska Prepared by Li-Wu Chen, Ph.D., Project Director Michelle Lampman, M.A., Health Data Analyst Liyan Xu, M.S., Health Data Analyst Celeste Pierce, Project Assistant January 2010 University of Nebraska Medical Center Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research in partnership with Nebraska Office of Rural Health Report Number PR09-492 Chen, Lampman, Xu, and Pierce I. GEOGRAPHY Logan County is located in the West Central region of Nebraska. The county has a total of 570.68 square miles with a population density of 1.4 people per square mile (Nebraska: 22.3 per square mile). The county seat of Logan County is Stapleton, Nebraska. CusterLincolnBlaineHookerCherryLoganLoupThomasMcPhersonBrownRockKeithDawson BuffaloNorth PlatteBroken BowArnoldSargentAnsleyMernaPaxtonCallawaySutherlandHersheyMullenTaylorMaxwellGandyBerwynAnselmoHalseyOcontoDunningThedfordStapletonSenecaBrewster§¨¦80£¤83£¤183£¤30£¤83£¤183£¤83£¤30UV2UV92UV40UV91UV70UV97UV21UV7UV47UV25UV97UV70UV2UV70Logan County And Vicinity0 8 164Miles 0 40 80 120 16020MilesLogan County, Nebraska II. POPULATION The population for Logan County was 692 in 2006. The county experienced a negative population change of 21.2% (compared to +12.0% statewide) during 1990-2006 (Figure 1). The white population represented the majority of county’s population in 2006 (98.3% vs. 91.8% statewide, Table 1). In addition, the county’s population is slightly older than the state’s, with the elderly (aged 65+) representing 14.7% (compared to 13.9% statewide) of the population in 2006 (Table 2).Health Economic Profile- Logan County 3 -11.8%-10.6%-21.2%8.4%3.3%12.0%1990-20002000-20061990-2006Population Growth Rate in %Figure 1. Population Growth Rate, Logan County and Nebraska, 1990-2006Logan Nebraska Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Census 1990 and Census 2000, Summary Tape File 1. http://factfinder.census.gov. 2006 population: 2006 Estimates 2011 project by Geolytics Inc. Table 1. Population by Race for Logan County and Nebraska, 2000 and 2006 Logan County 2000 Nebraska 2000 Logan County 2006 Nebraska 2006 White 98.6% (763) 89.6% (1,533,261) 98.3% (680) 91.8% (1,624,120) Black 0.1% (1) 4.0% (68,541) 0.1% (1) 4.4% (77,379) American Indian Eskimo and Aleut 1.0% (8) 0.9% (14,896) 1.3% (9) 1.0% (17,276) Asian or Pacific Islander 0.0% (0) 1.3% (22,204) 0.0% (0) 1.7% (30,454) Other Race 0.0% (0) 2.8% (47,845) 0.3% (2) 1.1% (20,321) Hispanic* 0.9% (7) 5.5% (94,425) 1.0% (7) 7.5% (131,904) * Hispanic individuals were allowed to identify race alone or in combination with one or more other races, therefore totals will be more than 100 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 1. http://factfinder.census.gov. 2006 population: 2006 Estimates 2011 project by Geolytics Inc.4 Chen, Lampman, Xu, and Pierce Table 2. Population by Age for Logan County and Nebraska, 2000 and 2006 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000, Summary Tape File 1. http://factfinder.census.gov. 2006 population: 2006 Estimates 2011 project by Geolytics Inc. III. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR Construction and retail trade are the largest employers within Logan County, followed by other services (except public administration). According to the sources used to determine the number of health care facilities within Logan County, there does not appear to be any health care facilities located within the county; therefore, we are unable to conduct an IMPLAN analysis of economic impact of the health care sector for Logan County. IV. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS The median household income of the county increased since 2000 by 11.9% to $37,086 in 2004 (compared to $42,166 statewide), and the per capita income of the county increased since 2000 by 73.3%, to $25,886 in 2005 (compared to $32,923 statewide) (Figure 5). Logan County experienced a lower unemployment rate than the state in 2006 (2.2% vs. 3.0% statewide) and a lower poverty rate than the state in 2004 (7.3% vs. 10.0% statewide) (Figure 6). The county out-performed the state in three of the four social indicators shown in Table 3, with a lower percentage of residents aged 25 and older who did not graduate from high school, a lower percentage of 7-12th graders who dropped out of school, and a lower crime arrest rate per 1,000. Age Logan County 2000 Nebraska 2000 Logan County 2006 Nebraska 2006 0-4 5.2% (40) 6.8% (117,048) 7.5% (52) 7.1% (125,258) 5-24 26.5% (205) 29.7% (507,619) 27.9% (193) 28.0% (495,930) 25-64 50.8% (393) 49.9% (854,401) 49.9% (345) 51.1% (903,564) 65-84 15.8% (122) 11.6% (198,242) 13.3% (92) 11.5% (202,653) 85+ 1.8% (14) 2.0% (33,953) 1.4% (10) 2.4% (42,308) TOTAL 100.0% (774) 100.0% (1,711,263) 100.0% (692) 100.0% (1,768,331)Health Economic Profile- Logan County 5 $25,886 $14,937 $37,086 $33,125 $32,923$19,613$42,166 $39,250Per Capita Income (2005)Per Capita Income (2000)Median Household Income (2004)Median Household Income (2000)Figure 5. Income for Logan County and Nebraska,2000 , 2004 and 2005Logan Nebraska Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 1999, 2004, and 2005, Summary File 3. http://factfinder.census.gov. Per capita income: U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis. http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis/drill.cfm. 2.2%1.8%7.3%10.5%3.0%3.5%10.0%9.7%Unemployment Rate* (2006)Unemployment Rate* (2000)Poverty Rate** (2004)Poverty Rate** (2000)Figure 6. Economic Indicators for Logan Countyand Nebraska, 2000, 2004, and 2006Logan Nebraska * Percent of residents aged 16 and older in the labor force that are unemployed. ** Percent of total population living below 100% of the Federal poverty threshold. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, 2004, and 2006, Summary File 3. http://factfinder.census.gov.; U.S. Department of Labor, ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/la/laucnty06.txt.6 Chen, Lampman, Xu, and Pierce Table 3. Selected Social Indicators for Logan County and Nebraska Logan County Nebraska Percent of residents aged 25 and older who did not graduate from high school (2000) 9.2% 13.4% Percent of