Dawson County (Nebraska)
Dawson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Lexington, which was named in the American Revolutionary War after the Battle of Lexington.
Geography
The County is located south of the geographic center of Nebraska and has an area of 2640 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Dawson County was formed in 1860 on former Indian land. It was named after John Littleton Dawson (1813-1870), a Member of the House of Representatives of the United States (1851-1855, 1863-1867 ).
Demographic data
2000 2010
According to the census in 2010 lived in Dawson County 24 326 people in 8,821 households. The population density was 9.3 people per square kilometer. In the 8,821 households lived statistically 2.78 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 78.0 percent white, 3.1 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 31.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
30.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.0 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 40,048. The per capita income was $ 18,853. 14.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
Citys
- Cozad
- Gothenburg
- Lexington
Villages
- Eddyville
- Farnam
- Overton
- Sumner
Unincorporated communities
- Darr
- Willow Iceland