Hayes County, Nebraska

Hayes County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 1,068. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Hayes County is represented by the prefix 79 (it had the seventy-ninth-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 1,848 (713 ). 1,847 km² (713 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.03%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 1,068 people, 430 households, and 312 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 526 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.19%, 0.19% or , 0.28% , 1.78% from , and 0.56% from two or more races. 2.53% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 430 households out of which 28.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.00% were living together, 2.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.40% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.60% under the age of 18, 5.50% from 18 to 24, 21.50% from 25 to 44, 26.50% from 45 to 64, and 19.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 100.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,667, and the median income for a family was $31,125. Males had a median income of $19,211 versus $16,806 for females. The for the county was $14,099. About 14.60% of families and 18.40% of the population were below the, including 26.20% of those under age 18 and 12.90% of those age 65 or over.

Villages

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