Hooker County, Nebraska

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

Geography

The County is located north-west of the geographic center of Nebraska and has an area of 1869 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Cherry County, Thomas County, McPherson County, Arthur County and Grant County.

History

Hooker County was formed in 1889. It was named after General Joseph Hooker.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census of 2000, there were 783 people in Hooker County. Of these, 26 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 335 households and 220 families. The population density was 0.4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.7 percent White, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent derived from two or more variants. 1.0 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 335 households out of which 26.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.3 percent were married couples living together, 3.9 percent were single mothers, 34.3 percent were non-families, 33.1 percent of all households and 19.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.90 persons.

Based on the county the population was spread out 24.0 percent of residents under the age of 18, 4.1 per cent between 18 and 24 years, 21.6 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.4 percent between 45 and 64 years and 26.9 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 83.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.8 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 27,868, and the median income for a family was $ 35,114. Males have a median income of $ 25,234, women $ 16,250. The per capita income was $ 15,513. 4.9 percent of families and 6.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 5.3 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 13.1 percent of those 65 years.

Places in County

  • Kelso
  • Mullen
  • Weir
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