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As of the census [2] of 2000, there were 68,305 people, 26,111 households, and 18,190 families residing within this area. The racial makeup of this area was 90.79% White, 0.34% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.89% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 6.53% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races.
Grand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States. [3] The population was 53,131 at the 2020 census, making it the 4th most populous city in Nebraska. [4]
In 2016 the airport had 68,879 passenger boardings (enplanements), a 6.6% increase from the 64,602 enplanements in 2015. [2] The airport had 7,961 enplanements in calendar year 2008, [ 3 ] 20,136 in 2009 and 37,101 in 2010.
The Tri-Cities is an area of Nebraska consisting of the cities of Grand Island, Hastings, and Kearney.It has a population of 174,530 as of 2020. [1] [2] [3] The Tri-Cities region is not an official Metropolitan Statistical Area or Combined Statistical Area, however the region would be Nebraska's third largest if it was, behind Lincoln but ahead of Sioux City.
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 552 square miles (1,430 km 2), of which 546 square miles (1,410 km 2) is land and 5.9 square miles (15 km 2) (1.1%) is water. [4] Hall County has the highest density of tornado activity in Nebraska, with 121 tornadoes per 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2), about 4 times the state ...
In 1997, this 4-mile (6.4 km) section of U.S. 34 was designated as the Purple Heart Highway. [6] Prior to 2014, U.S. 34 entered Iowa at the Plattsmouth Bridge east of Plattsmouth. [1] [3] A new bridge was built near La Platte and opened to traffic on October 22, 2014, bringing it more in line with the current U.S. 34 alignment near Glenwood ...
Howard County is part of the Grand Island, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the Nebraska license plate system , Howard County is represented by the prefix 49 (it had the 49th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).
Despite not intersecting Interstate 80 (I-80) even once, much of its length until Grand Island is closely parallel with the Interstate, not being more than one or two miles (1.6 or 3.2 km) away. For most of its route, US 30 travels within the Platte River valley, adjacent to or near the river between Brule and Fremont , a distance of just over ...