Butler County, Nebraska

Butler County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 8,767. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Butler County is represented by the prefix 25 (it had the twenty-fifth-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 1,514 (584 ). 1,511 km² (584 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.14%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

 * - (East)
 * - (South)
 * - (West)
 * - (Northwest)
 * - (North)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,767 people, 3,426 households, and 2,350 families residing in the county. The was 6/km² (15/sq mi). There were 3,901 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (7/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.38%, 0.10% or , 0.13% , 0.13% , 0.06% , 0.81% from , and 0.40% from two or more races. 1.65% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,426 households out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.90% were living together, 5.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.40% were non-families. 28.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 104.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,331, and the median income for a family was $44,441. Males had a median income of $28,856 versus $20,979 for females. The for the county was $16,394. About 4.80% of families and 8.20% of the population were below the, including 9.80% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over.

Townships

 * Alexis
 * Bone Creek
 * Center
 * , City of
 * Franklin
 * Linwood
 * Oak Creek
 * Olive
 * Platte
 * Plum Creek
 * Read
 * Reading
 * Richardson
 * Savannah
 * Skull Creek
 * Summit
 * Ulysses
 * Union