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Crete, NE
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Living in Crete



Crete is a somewhat small city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 7,021 people and two associated neighborhoods, Crete is the 25th largest community in Nebraska.

Also of interest is that Crete has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Crete is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Crete enrolled in college, Crete has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

The population of Crete overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Crete, 22.58% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Crete in 2018 was $28,686, which is low income relative to Nebraska, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,744 for a family of four. However, Crete contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Crete is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crete home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crete residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Crete also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.96% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Crete include German, Irish, English, Czech, and Swiss.

In addition, Crete has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.21%).

The most common language spoken in Crete is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.


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