Hitchcock County, Nebraska

Hitchcock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Trenton, named after the city of Trenton in New Jersey.

Geography

The County is located in southwest Nebraska, adjacent to the state of Kansas and has an area of 1861 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Red Willow County, Dundy County, Hayes County and Frontier County

History

Hitchcock County was formed in 1873. It was named after U.S. Senator Phineas Warren Hitchcock.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Hitchcock County 3,111 people in 1,287 households and 899 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 98.36 percent White, 0.10 percent African American, 0.29 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian, and 0.29 percent from other races; 0.84 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.41 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,287 households out of which 28.0 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.1 percent were married couples living together, 6.4 percent were single mothers, 30.1 percent were non-families, 27.4 percent of all households and 15.5 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.89.

Based on the county the population was spread out with 23.80 % under the age of 18, 5.90 % from 18 to 24, 22.60 % from 25 to 44 years, 25.40% between 45 and 64 years and 22.30 % were 65 years old or older. The average age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 28,287, and the median income for a family was $ 34,490. Males have a median income of $ 25,833, women $ 18,879. The per capita income was $ 14,804. 10.9 percent of families and 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 22.9 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years old and 8.4 percent are 65 years old.

Places in County

• Beverly
• Culbertson

• Palisade
• Stratton

• Trenton