Alert Nebraska returns to healthy population growth after pandemic lull Henry J. Cordes Omaha World-Herald Dec 21, 2023 Dec 21, 2023 Updated Dec 12, 2024 0 × The main takeaways from the nation's latest official head count. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nebraska’s population growth rebounded to healthy levels in the past year after two years of anemic growth brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.kAm%96 r6?DFD qFC62F @? %F6D52J 6DE:>2E65 E92E }63C2D<2’D A@AF=2E:@? C624965 `[hfg[bfh 2D @7 yF=J ` E9:D J62C[ FA `_[b`h A6@A=6 7C@> E96 6DE:>2E6 7@C a_aa]k^AmkAmx? D966C ?F>36CD[ E92E :?4C62D6 H2D >@C6 E92? 5@F3=6 E96 4@>3:?65 8C@HE9 :? a_a` 2?5 a_aa[ H96? E96 DE2E6 H2D 6DE:>2E65 E@ 92G6 25565 ;FDE hg_ 2?5 b[g_f A6@A=6[ C6DA64E:G6=J] %9@D6 ?F>36CD H6C6 96=5 5@H? 3J :?4C62D65 562E9D 5FC:?8 E96 A2?56>:4 2D H6== 2D =@H6C :>>:8C2E:@?]k^Am kAm“xE’D <:?5 @7 2 C6EFC? 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What we learned about Nebraska from the 2020 Census The main takeaways from the nation's latest official head count.
Hispanic residents account for over 80% of Nebraska population growth If not for growth in the Hispanic population, Nebraska and the nation as a whole would not be growing much at all, the latest data from the Ce…
