Frontier County, Nebraska

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

Geography

The County is located southwest of the geographic center of Nebraska, about 40 miles from Kansas is away in the south and has an area of ​​2438 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Gosper County, Furnas County, Red Willow County, Hitchcock County, Hayes County, Lincoln County and Dawson County.

History

Frontier County was formed in 1872. It was named after its location along the border demarcation in the late 19th century.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Frontier County 3,099 people in 1,192 households and 828 families. The population density was 1 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 98.29 percent White, 0.10 percent African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, and 0.39 percent from other races; 0.71 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.97 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,192 households out of which 31.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 62.5 percent were married couples living together, 4.8 percent were single mothers, 30.5 percent were non-families, 26.3 percent of all households and 12.3 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.02.

Based on the county the population was spread from 26.0 percent population under 18 years, 11.3 percent between 18 and 24 years, 22.8 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 16.9 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.5 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 33,038, and the median income for a family was $ 38,664. Males have a median income of $ 25,792, women $ 16,941. The per capita income was $ 16,648. 9.3 percent of families and 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 9.9 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years old and 8.3 percent are 65 years old.

Places in County

• Curtis
• Eustis
• Freedom
• Maywood
• Moorefield
• Orafino
• Quick
• Stockville