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Race/Ethnicity

Lincoln is becoming more diverse

While the majority (76%) of Lincoln’s population identifies as white, Lincoln has become more ethnically and racially diverse over the past decade.

• From 2013 to 2023, the number of residents of color has increased by 23% while the White-non-Hispanic population has decreased 7%.
• Over the last decade, Lincoln’s Latino/a or Hispanic population increased by 27%.

notes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-year estimates, Table DP05.

Race/ethnic groups that make up less than one quarter of one percent of the population do not appear on the chart.

The data collection issues experienced by the 2020 ACS severely affected the data quality of these statistics; therefore, the Census Bureau decided not to release the standard ACS 1-year data for 2020.