Platte County (Nebraska)

Platte County is a county located in the state of Nebraska in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Columbus, which was named after the city of Columbus in Ohio.

Geography

The County is located in east-central Nebraska and has an area of 1785 square kilometers, of which 29 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Colfax County, Butler County, Polk County, Merrick County, Nance County, Boone County, Madison County and Stanton County.

History

Platte County was formed in 1856. It was named after the Platte River.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Platte County 31,662 people in 12,076 households and 8,465 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 94.29 percent White, 0.35 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.40 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.49 percent from other races groups; 1.15 percent were descended from two or more races. 6.54 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 12,076 households out of which 36.1 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.2 percent were married couples living together, 7.6 percent were single mothers, 29.9 percent were non-families, 25.9 percent of all households and 11.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.14.

Based on the county the population was spread out 29.0 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24 years, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44 years, 21.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 13.8 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the 39 359 U.S. dollars, and the median income for a family was $ 47,776. Males have a median income of $ 30,672, women $ 21,842. The per capita income was $ 18,064. 5.4 percent of families and 7.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 9.0 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 6.8 percent of those 65 years.

Places in County

Columbus
Cornlea
Creston
Duncan
Gardiner
Humphrey
Lindsay
Monroe
Newman Grove
Oconee
Platte Center
Roseburg
Saint Bernard
Saint Edward
Sheldonville
Tarnov
Wagner Lake

Townships

Bismark Township
Burrows Township
Butler Township
Columbus Township
Creston Township
Grand Prairie Township
Granville Township
Humphrey Township
Joliet Township
Loup Township
Monroe Township
Oconee Township
Shell Creek Township
Sherman Township
St. Bernard Township
Walker Township
Woodville Township

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