Pawnee County (Nebraska)

Pawnee County is a county located in the state of Nebraska in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Pawnee City.

Geography

The County is located in southeastern Nebraska, on the south by Kansas, is in the east 50 km away from Missouri and has an area of 1121 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers of water surface. It borders in Nebraska clockwise to the following counties: Richardson County, Gage County, Johnson County and Nemaha County.

History

Pawnee County was formed in 1854. It was named after the people of Pawnee. On May 30, 1879 tornado moved through the Irving Richarson County. This tornado reached wind speeds of up to 420 km / h, which means a classification F4 in the Fujita scale. He left a destruction path that was 750 m wide and 160 kilometers long. Eighteen people were killed and 60 injured.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census of 2000, there were 3087 people in Pawnee County. Of these, 54 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 1339 households and 850 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.9 percent White, 0.2 percent Native American and 0.3 percent Asian; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.7 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1339 households out of which 24.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.8 percent were married couples living together, 5.6 percent were single mothers, 36.5 percent were non-families, 32.9 percent of all households and 20.2 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.86.

Based on the county the population was spread from 22.7 percent population under 18 years, 5.1 per cent between 18 and 24 years, 21.0 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 years and 27.1 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 29,000, and the median income for a family was $ 36,326. Males have a median income of $ 24,770, women $ 17,976. The per capita income was $ 16,687. 6.8 percent of families and 11.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. This included 13.6 percent of children and adolescents under 18 years and 11.8 percent of seniors aged 65 and over.

Places in County

Bookwalter
Burchard
Du Bois
Lewiston
Mayberry
Pawnee City
Steinauer
Table Rock

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