Wayne County, Nebraska

Wayne County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 9,851. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Wayne County is represented by the prefix 27 (it had the twenty-seventh-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in ).

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,149 (443 ). 1,148 km² (443 sq mi) of it is land and 0 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.01%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,851 people, 3,437 households, and 2,206 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (22/sq mi). There were 3,662 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.78%, 0.94% or , 0.35% , 0.35% , 0.01% , 0.85% from , and 0.72% from two or more races. 1.48% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,437 households out of which 30.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.20% were living together, 5.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.80% were non-families. 25.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.60% under the age of 18, 25.40% from 18 to 24, 21.20% from 25 to 44, 18.00% from 45 to 64, and 13.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 92.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,366, and the median income for a family was $43,840. Males had a median income of $27,848 versus $20,376 for females. The for the county was $14,644. About 7.40% of families and 14.50% of the population were below the, including 10.60% of those under age 18 and 7.20% of those age 65 or over.