Box Butte County, Nebraska

The Box Butte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Alliance, which was named after the city of Alliance, Ohio.

Geography

The County is located almost in the extreme northwest of Nebraska, is in the west about 50 miles from Wyoming, located in the north about 60 miles from South Dakota and has an area of ​​2792 square kilometers, of which 7 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Box Butte County was formed in 1886 on the former territory of the Dawes County. It was named after a cuboid (English: box shaped ) monoliths (English: Butte ) near the city of Alliance.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Box Butte County 12,158 people in 4,780 households and 3,298 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 90.84 percent White, 0.37 percent African American, 2.74 percent Native American, 0.53 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.55 percent from other races groups; 1.96 percent were descended from two or more races. 7.65 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 4,780 households out of which 35.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.7 percent were married couples living together, 8.3 percent were single mothers, 31.0 percent were non-families, 27.5 percent of all households and 11.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size is 3.05 people.

Based on the county the population was spread from 28.1 percent population under 18 years, 7.4 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.1 percent between 45 and 64 years and 14.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 39,366, and the median income for a family was $ 46,670. Males have a median income of $ 36,966, women $ 21,762. The per capita income was $ 18,407. 9.7 percent of families and 10.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 13.7 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 11.0 percent of those 65 years.

Places in County

• Alliance * Berea * Hemingford
• Letan * Nonpareil