Jefferson County, Nebraska

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Jefferson County, Nebraska
Map
Location in the state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1856
Seat	Fairbury
Largest city	Fairbury
Area - Total - Land - Water	576 sq mi (1,492 km²) 573 sq mi (1,484 km²) 2 sq mi (5 km²), 0.43%
Population - (2000) - Density	8,333 16/sq mi (6/km²)
Website: www.co.jefferson.ne.us/

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. Its county seat is Fairbury.^[1] The population was 8,333 at the 2000 census.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Jefferson County is represented by the prefix 33 (it had the thirty-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 Demographics
3 City and villages
4 References

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 576 square miles (1,491 km²), of which, 573 square miles (1,484 km²) of it is land and 2 square miles (6 km²) of it (0.43%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent counties

Saline County, Nebraska - north
Gage County, Nebraska - east
Washington County, Kansas - south
Republic County, Kansas - southwest corner
Thayer County, Nebraska - west
Fillmore County, Nebraska - northwest corner

[edit] Demographics

Jefferson County Population by decade
1870 - 2,440 1880 - 8,096 1890 - 14,850 1900 - 15,196 1910 - 16,852 1920 - 16,140 1930 - 16,409 1940 - 15,532 1950 - 13,623 1960 - 11,620 1970 - 10,436 1980 - 9,817 1990 - 8,759 2000 - 8,333

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 8,333 people, 3,527 households, and 2,352 families residing in the county. The population density was 14 people per square mile (6/km²). There were 3,942 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.42% White, 0.07% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. 1.31% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,527 households out of which 28.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.90% were married couples living together, 5.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.30% were non-families. 29.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.30% under the age of 18, 6.10% from 18 to 24, 23.70% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 22.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 95.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,629, and the median income for a family was $40,747. Males had a median income of $26,929 versus $18,594 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,380. About 8.00% of families and 8.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.20% of those under age 18 and 8.70% of those age 65 or over.