Richardson County, Nebraska
Richardson County is a county located in the state of Nebraska in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Falls City, which was named after the waterfalls of the Nemaha River.
Geography
The County is located in the extreme southeast of Nebraska, on the south by Kansas, on the east by Missouri and has an area of 1440 square kilometers, of which 7 square kilometers is water area. It borders in Nebraska clockwise to the following counties: Nemaha County and Pawnee County.
History
Richardson County was formed in 1855. It was named after William Alexander Richardson, a former governor of the territory. 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 in 2000 lived in Richardson County 9,531 people in 3,993 households and 2,567 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.65 percent White, 0.19 percent Black or African American, 2.32 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, and 0.22 percent from other races; 1.48 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.05 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 3,993 households out of which 29.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.4 percent were married couples living together, 7.4 percent were single mothers, 35.7 percent were non-families, 32.2 percent of all households and 17.7 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.95 persons.
Based on the county the population was spread from 25.5 percent population under 18 years, 5.9 percent between 18 and 24 years, 23.8 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 years and 21.5 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 29,884, and the median income for a family was $ 39,779. Males have a median income of $ 25,938, women $ 18,775. The per capita income was $ 16,460. 6.3 percent of families and 10.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 10.5 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 11.5 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Barada
- Dawson
- Falls City
- Humboldt
- Nim City
- Preston
- Rulo
- Salem
- Shubert
- Stella
- Strauss Ville
- Verdon