Madison County (Nebraska)

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

Geography

The County is located in the central northeastern Nebraska, is in the north about 80 miles from South Dakota, to the east about 120 km west of Iowa and has an area of 1489 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Pierce County, Stanton County, Platte County, Boone County and Antelope County.

History

Madison County was formed in 1856. It was named after President James A. Madison.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000, lived in Madison County 35 226 people in 13,436 households and 8,894 families. The population density was 24 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 91.35 percent White, 0.94 percent African American, 1.19 percent Native American, 0.40 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 5.06 percent from other races groups; 1.03 percent were descended from two or more races. 8.64 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 13,436 households out of which 33.2 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.7 percent were married couples living together, 8.4 percent were single mothers, 33.8 percent were non-families, 27.9 percent of all households and 12.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.12.

Based on the county the population was spread from 26.8 percent population under 18 years, 11.6 percent between 18 and 24 years, 27.1 percent between 25 and 44 years, 20.1 percent between 45 and 64 years and 14.4 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 35,807, and the median income for a family was $ 45,073. Males have a median income of $ 30,631, women $ 21,343. The per capita income was $ 16,804. 7.5 percent of families and 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 13.0 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 11.5 percent of those 65 years.

Places in County

• Battle Creek
• Emerick
• Enola
• Madison
• Meadow Grove
• Newman Grove
• Norfolk
• Tilden
• Warner Ville