The Lincoln Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of two counties in

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, anchored by the city of Lincoln. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 340,217 .

Counties

* Lancaster * Seward

Communities

Places with more than 250,000 inhabitants

* Lincoln – 258,379 inhabitants (Principal City)

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Hickman – 2,264 inhabitants * Milford – 2,210 inhabitants * Seward – 6,964 inhabitants * Waverly – 3,277 inhabitants

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

* Bennet – 570 inhabitants *

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– 564 inhabitants * Utica – 844 inhabitants * Walton – 561 inhabitants

Places with 250 to 500 inhabitants

* Hallam – 276 inhabitants * Malcolm – 413 inhabitants *

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– 253 inhabitants * Staplehurst – 270 inhabitants

Places with fewer than 250 inhabitants

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– 223 inhabitants * Cordova – 127 inhabitants * Davey – 153 inhabitants * Denton – 189 inhabitants * Garland – 247 inhabitants * Goehner – 186 inhabitants * Pleasant Dale – 245 inhabitants * Raymond – 186 inhabitants * Roca – 220 inhabitants * Sprague – 146 inhabitants

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 266,787 people, 105,200 households, and 64,917 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 90.56%

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, 2.66%

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, 0.61% Native American, 2.70% Asian, 0.06%

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, 1.61% from other races, and 1.80% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.23% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $42,275, and the median income for a family was $52,745. Males had a median income of $33,469 versus $23,972 for females. The

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for the MSA was $19,822.

References

{{Coord missing, Nebraska Lancaster County, Nebraska Seward County, Nebraska Metropolitan areas of Nebraska