Lincoln County, Nebraska

Lincoln County, Nebraska
Lincoln County Courthouse in North Platte, Nebraska
Location in the state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Founded	1866
Seat	North Platte
Largest city	North Platte
Area
• Total	2,575 sq mi (6,669 km2)
• Land	2,564 sq mi (6,641 km2)
• Water	11 sq mi (28 km2), 0.43%
Population
• (2010)	36,288
• Density	13/sq mi (5/km²)
Website	www.co.lincoln.ne.us

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,288.^[1] Its county seat is North Platte^[2]. Despite the county's name, the state capital city of Lincoln is not located in or near Lincoln County.

Lincoln County is part of the North Platte, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Lincoln County is represented by the prefix 15 (it had the fifteenth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,575 square miles (6,669 km²), of which, 2,564 square miles (6,641 km²) of it is land and 11 square miles (29 km²) of it (0.43%) is water.^[3]

Major highways

• Interstate 80
• U.S. Highway 30
• U.S. Highway 83
• Nebraska Highway 23
• Nebraska Highway 25
• Nebraska Highway 97

Adjacent counties

Lincoln County borders a total of eight counties, all in Nebraska. The adjacent counties are:

• McPherson County, Nebraska - (north (west))
• Logan County, Nebraska - (north (east))
• Custer County, Nebraska - (east (north))
• Dawson County, Nebraska - (east (south))
• Frontier County, Nebraska - (south (east))
• Hayes County, Nebraska - (south (west))
• Perkins County, Nebraska - (west (south))
• Keith County, Nebraska - (west (north))

Also see List of counties bordering eight or more counties.

	McPherson County		Logan County
	Perkins County and Keith County		Custer County and Dawson County
	Lincoln County, Nebraska
	Hayes County		Frontier County

Demographics

As of the census^[5] of 2000, there were 34,632 people, 14,076 households, and 9,444 families residing in the county. The population density was 14 people per square mile (5/km²). There are 15,438 housing units in Lincoln. (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.70% White, 0.54% Black or African American, 0.51% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 2.65% from other races, and 1.21% from two or more races. 5.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 14,076 households out of which 32.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.90% were married couples living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.90% were non-families. 28.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,568, and the median income for a family was $45,185. Males had a median income of $36,244 versus $20,252 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,696. About 7.20% of families and 9.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.10% of those under age 18 and 9.30% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Rural highway in Lincoln County

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lincoln County, Nebraska.

• Brady
• Dickens
• Hershey
• Maxwell
• North Platte
• Sutherland
• Wallace
• Wellfleet

See also

• Lincoln County Sheriff's Office (Nebraska)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Nebraska

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2013. 
2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
3. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
4. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved September 21, 2013. 
5. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States County seat: North Platte City North Platte Villages Brady Hershey Maxwell Sutherland Wallace Wellfleet Unincorporated community Dickens

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