Gosper County, Nebraska

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Gosper County, Nebraska
Map
Location in the state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1873
Seat	Elwood
Largest city	Elwood
Area - Total - Land - Water	463 sq mi (1,199 km²) 458 sq mi (1,186 km²) 5 sq mi (13 km²), 0.99%
Population - (2000) - Density	2,143 5/sq mi (2/km²)
Website: www.co.gosper.ne.us/

Gosper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population is 2,143. Its county seat is Elwood^[1].

Gosper County is part of the Lexington, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Gosper County is represented by the prefix 73 (it had the seventy-third-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent counties
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Villages
5 References

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 463 square miles (1,198 km²), of which, 458 square miles (1,187 km²) of it is land and 5 square miles (12 km²) of it (0.99%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent counties

[edit] History

Gosper County was formed in 1873. It was named after John J. Gosper, a Secretary of State of Nebraska.^[2]

[edit] Demographics

Gosper County Population by decade
1880 - 1,673 1890 - 4,816 1900 - 5,301 1910 - 4,933 1920 - 4,669 1930 - 4,287 1940 - 3,687 1950 - 2,734 1960 - 2,489 1970 - 2,178 1980 - 2,140 1990 - 1,928 2000 - 2,143

As of the census^[3] of 2000, there were 2,143 people, 863 households, and 655 families residing in the county. The population density was 5 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 1,281 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.79% White, 0.14% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.42% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. 1.26% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 863 households out of which 29.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.10% were married couples living together, 3.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.10% were non-families. 22.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 24.00% from 25 to 44, 26.00% from 45 to 64, and 20.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 102.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,827, and the median income for a family was $42,702. Males had a median income of $28,836 versus $21,204 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,957. About 4.80% of families and 7.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.10% of those under age 18 and 5.00% of those age 65 or over.