Lincoln County (Nebraska)
Lincoln County is a county located in the state of Nebraska in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is North Platte, which was named after its location on the North Platte River.
Geography
The County is located southwest of the geographic center of Nebraska and has an area of 6669 square kilometers, of which 29 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: McPherson County, Logan County, Custer County, Dawson County, Frontier County, Hayes County, Perkins County and Keith County.
History
Lincoln County was formed in 1860 after President Abraham Lincoln named.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Lincoln County 34 632 people in 14,076 households and 9,444 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 94.70 percent White, 0.54 percent African American, 0.51 percent Native American, 0.37 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.65 percent from other races groups; 1.21 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.43 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 14,076 households out of which 32.0 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.0 percent were single mothers, 32.9 percent were non-families, 28.3 percent of all households and 11.6 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.97.
Based on the county the population was spread out 26.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.3 per cent between 18 and 24 years, 26.6 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.8 percent between 45 and 64 years and 15.1 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.4 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 36,568, and the median income for a family was $ 45,185. Males have a median income of $ 36,244, women $ 20,252. The per capita income was $ 18,696. 7.2 percent of families and 9.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 12.1 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years old and 9.3 percent are 65 years old.
Places in County
- Beck
- Bignell
- Birdwood
- Brady
- Coker
- Dickens
- Hershey
- Keith
- Maxwell
- North Platte
- O'Fallons
- Somerset
- Sutherland
- Vroman
- Wallace
- Wellfleet