York County, Nebraska

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York County, Nebraska
Map
Location in the state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1855
Seat	York
Largest city	York
Area - Total - Land - Water	576 sq mi (1,492 km²) 576 sq mi (1,492 km²) 0 sq mi (0 km²), 0.06%
Population - (2000) - Density	14,598 26/sq mi (10/km²)
Website: www.yorkcounty.ne.gov

York County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population is 14,598. Its county seat is York^[1].

In the Nebraska license plate system, York County is represented by the prefix 17 (it had the seventeenth-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 576 square miles (1,492 km²), of which, 576 square miles (1,491 km²) of it is land and 0 square miles (1 km²) of it (0.06%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent counties

[edit] History

York County was formed in 1855. It was either named after the city York in England or for York County in Pennsylvania.^[2]

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[3] of 2000, there were 14,598 people, 5,722 households, and 3,931 families residing in the county. The population density was 25 people per square mile (10/km²). There were 6,172 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.78% White, 0.96% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.64% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. 1.40% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 52.0% were of German, 8.2% Irish, 7.2% English and 5.1% Swedish ancestry according to Census 2000.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1870	604	—
1880	11,170	1,749.3%
1890	17,279	54.7%
1900	18,205	5.4%
1910	18,721	2.8%
1920	17,146	−8.4%
1930	17,239	0.5%
1940	14,874	−13.7%
1950	14,346	−3.5%
1960	13,724	−4.3%
1970	13,685	−0.3%
1980	14,798	8.1%
1990	14,428	−2.5%
2000	14,598	1.2%

There were 5,722 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.20% were married couples living together, 6.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.30% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 17.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 91.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,093, and the median income for a family was $44,741. Males had a median income of $30,658 versus $19,874 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,670. About 6.00% of families and 8.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.90% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over.