Loup County, Nebraska

Loup County, Nebraska
Loup County Courthouse in Taylor, Nebraska

Location in the state of Nebraska

Nebraska's location in the U.S.
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Seat Taylor
Largest city Taylor
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

571 sq mi (1,479 km²)
570 sq mi (1,476 km²)
1 sq mi (3 km²), 0.13%
Population
 - (2000)
 - Density

712
0/sq mi (0/km²)

Loup County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2010, the population was 632. Its county seat is Taylor[1].

In the Nebraska license plate system, Loup County is represented by the prefix 88 (it had the eighty-eighth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Contents

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 571 square miles (1,480 km2), of which, 570 square miles (1,500 km2) of it is land and 1 square mile (2.6 km2) of it (0.23%) is water.

Major highways

Adjacent counties


Demographics

Loup County
Population by decade

1890 - 1,662
1900 - 1,305
1910 - 2,188
1920 - 1,946
1930 - 1,818
1940 - 1,777
1950 - 1,348
1960 - 1,097
1970 - 854
1980 - 859
1990 - 683
2000 - 712

As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 632 people, 289 households, and 206 families residing in the county. The population density was 1 people per square mile (0/km²). There were 377 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile (0/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.88% White, 0.28% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.42% from other races, and 0.28% from two or more races. 1.69% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 289 households out of which 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.70% were married couples living together, 4.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.40% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.70% under the age of 18, 4.50% from 18 to 24, 22.30% from 25 to 44, 27.00% from 45 to 64, and 19.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 108.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,250, and the median income for a family was $27,788. Males had a median income of $20,515 versus $20,972 for females. The per capita income for the county was $12,427. About 14.20% of families and 17.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.90% of those under age 18 and 11.60% of those age 65 or over.

Localities

Village

Other place

See also

References

  1. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.