Thayer County, Nebraska

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Thayer County, Nebraska
Map
Location in the state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1872
Seat	Hebron
Largest city	Hebron
Area - Total - Land - Water	575 sq mi (1,489 km²) 575 sq mi (1,489 km²) 1 sq mi (3 km²), 0.13%
Population - (2000) - Density	6,055 10/sq mi (4/km²)

Thayer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population is 6,055. Its county seat is Hebron^[1].

In the Nebraska license plate system, Thayer County is represented by the prefix 32 (it had the thirty-second-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent counties
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Cities and villages
5 References

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 575 square miles (1,490 km²), of which, 575 square miles (1,488 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (2 km²) of it (0.13%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent counties

[edit] History

Thayer County was formed in 1872. It was named after the General and Governor John Milton Thayer.^[2]

[edit] Demographics

Thayer County Population by decade
1880 - 6,113 1890 - 12,738 1900 - 14,325 1910 - 14,775 1920 - 13,976 1930 - 13,684 1940 - 12,262 1950 - 10,563 1960 - 9,118 1970 - 7,779 1980 - 7,582 1990 - 6,635 2000 - 6,055

As of the census^[3] of 2000, there were 6,055 people, 2,541 households, and 1,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile (4/km²). There were 2,828 housing units at an average density of 5 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.70% White, 0.02% Black or African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.33% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. 1.01% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,541 households out of which 27.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were married couples living together, 5.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.50% were non-families. 31.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.10% under the age of 18, 4.90% from 18 to 24, 22.30% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 24.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,740, and the median income for a family was $38,346. Males had a median income of $26,964 versus $18,275 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,043. About 7.60% of families and 10.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.80% of those under age 18 and 11.00% of those age 65 or over.