Brown County, Nebraska

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Brown County, Nebraska
Map
Location in the state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1883
Seat	Ainsworth
Largest city	Ainsworth
Area - Total - Land - Water	1,225 sq mi (3,173 km²) 1,221 sq mi (3,162 km²) 4 sq mi (10 km²), 0.31%
Population - (2000) - Density	3,525 3/sq mi (1/km²)
Website: www.co.brown.ne.us

Brown County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population is 3,525. Its county seat is Ainsworth.^[1]

In the Nebraska license plate system, Brown County is represented by the prefix 75 (it had the seventy-fifth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent counties
- 1.2 National protected area
2 Demographics
3 Cities and village
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,225 square miles (3,173 km²), of which, 1,221 square miles (3,163 km²) of it is land and 4 square miles (10 km²) of it (0.31%) is water.^[2]

[edit] Adjacent counties

[edit] National protected area

Niobrara National Scenic River (part)

[edit] Demographics

Brown County Population by decade
1890 - 4,359 1900 - 3,470 1910 - 6,083 1920 - 6,749 1930 - 5,772 1940 - 5,962 1950 - 5,164 1960 - 4,436 1970 - 4,021 1980 - 4,377 1990 - 3,657 2000 - 3,525

As of the census^[3] of 2000, there were 3,525 people, 1,530 households, and 996 families residing in the county. The population density was 3 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 1,916 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.64% White, 0.03% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 43.0% were of German, 11.7% American, 11.6% English and 8.2% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 1,530 households out of which 26.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were married couples living together, 5.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.90% were non-families. 31.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 5.20% from 18 to 24, 22.80% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 22.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 96.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,356, and the median income for a family was $35,029. Males had a median income of $23,986 versus $17,135 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,924. About 8.50% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.70% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.