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Parents in Workforce

Most parents work

Lincoln has a higher percentage of families with all parents in the workforce than the national average.² Nebraska, along with other upper Great Plains states, regularly ranks as one of the top states for percentage of children with all parents in the workforce.

• In Lincoln, 77% of children under 6 years of age had all parents in the workforce in 2019. This is 9 percentage points higher than the U.S. average of 68% in 2019.
• In Lincoln, 79% of children aged 6 to 17 had all parents in the workforce in 2019. This is 5 percentage points higher than the U.S. average of 73% in 2019.

Footnotes

2. Families with all parents in the workforce include two-parent families with both parents working and one-parent families with that parent working.