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Merrick County, NE

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 89% of Nebraska's ($76,475); poverty 7.9% against 10.6%; 0.4% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

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Places in the county

• Central City 3,061 · median household income $73,229
• Palmer 403 · median household income $62,578
• Silver Creek 341 · median household income $51,563
• Clarks 330 · median household income $49,167
• Chapman 290 · median household income $86,250
• Archer 53 · median household income $61,250

FURP records in Merrick County, NE

Cross-reference: 100 nonprofits for 7,724 residents is 129.5 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $23,495,428 is $3,042 per resident, 10.7% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $68,354.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

• ARCHER COOPERATIVE CREDIT UNION Archer, NE · $7,193,667
• NEBRASKA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC Central City, NE · $3,682,487
• MERRICK FOUNDATION INC Central City, NE · $3,363,811
• NEBRASKA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION Central City, NE · $2,496,551
• MERRICK COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORP Central City, NE · $1,271,092
• MERRICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC Central City, NE · $1,231,945
• MERRICK COUNTY CHILD CARE INC Central City, NE · $914,985
• JOHN A AND GRETCHEN DINSDALE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Central City, NE · $785,575
• CENTRAL CITY MUNICIPAL FACILITIES Central City, NE · $570,787
• PALMER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC Palmer, NE · $398,270

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

• CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL Central City, NE · $1,104,287
• GOLDENROD CATTLE COMPANY Central City, NE · $512,216
• Janky Anesthesia Professionals PC Chapman, NE · $335,460
• CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Central City, NE · $187,789

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

• STANARD APPRAISAL SERVICES, INC. Central City, NE · 4
• STROBEL & STAROSTKA COMPANIES GROUP Clarks, NE · 4
• HAYES FEED YARDS, INC. Silver Creek, NE · 3
• CITY OF CENTRAL CITY Central City, NE · 2
• FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE CONSULTING, INC. DBA BANKERS COMPLIANCE CONSULTIN Central City, NE · 2
• MCILNAY & CO. Central City, NE · 2
• AMC FARMS, LLC Central City, NE · 1
• ANDREW SIMMONS CPA, PC Central City, NE · 1
• ARCHER COOPERATIVE CREDIT UNION Central City, NE · 1
• BILLS VOLUME SALES, INC Central City, NE · 1

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

• TRACI A DIECKMANN Central City, NE · $4,750
• BRIAN KEITH BUHLKE Central City, NE · $4,664
• KRISTEN RAE HERMANSEN-RYAN Central City, NE · $4,613
• MATTHEW JAMES COON Central City, NE · $2,545
• RICHARD L POPPE Central City, NE · $1,981
• BRANDON LEE MCLAUGHLIN Central City, NE · $1,699
• NATALIE H PEARSON Central City, NE · $1,176
• ASHLEY MARIE HOUDEK Chapman, NE · $471
• COURTNEY ANN HERBIG Chapman, NE · $256
• JEROME GACKE Central City, NE · $199

Food recall firms: biggest by recalls

• Preferred Popcorn Chapman, NE · 1

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

• Big Bucks Plus LLC Chapman, NE · 3
• Central City Scale Incorporated Central City, NE · 2
• Banks Wraps & Signs Central City, NE · 1
• Marketing Management & Associates, Inc Central City, NE · 1
• Osage Radio, Inc. Central City, NE · 1
• Performance Plus Liquids, Inc. Palmer, NE · 1
• Preferred Popcorn, LLC Chapman, NE · 1
• PREFERRED POPCORN, L.LC. Chapman, NE · 1
• RBR Graphics LLC Central City, NE · 1

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

• PREFERRED POPCORN LLC Chapman, NE · $15,000,000
• CITY OF CENTRAL CITY Central City, NE · $5,265,648
• PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL Central City, NE · $3,029,123
• AMAZING GRAINS FAMILY FARMS Palmer, NE · $2,612,943
• COUNTY OF MERRICK Central City, NE · $1,606,318
• BRANDES & SONS Central City, NE · $1,419,897
• DIAMOND OAK FARMS INC Chapman, NE · $1,147,587
• TRIPLE G FARMING GEN PART Clarks, NE · $1,070,204
• AMAZING GRAINS FARM Palmer, NE · $868,740
• BENSON FARMS, INC. Chapman, NE · $764,662

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0