Sheridan County, Nebraska

Sheridan County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 6,198. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Sheridan County is represented by the prefix 61 (it had the sixty-first-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in ).

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 6,397 (2,470 ). 6,322 km² (2,441 sq mi) of it is land and 75 km² (29 sq mi) of it (1.17%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,198 people, 2,549 households, and 1,728 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 3,013 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 88.11%, 0.08% or , 9.23% , 0.15% , 0.02% , 0.34% from , and 2.08% from two or more races. 1.47% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,549 households out of which 30.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.20% were non-families. 29.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 22.90% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 21.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,484, and the median income for a family was $35,167. Males had a median income of $21,892 versus $18,423 for females. The for the county was $14,844. About 11.00% of families and 13.20% of the population were below the, including 20.30% of those under age 18 and 7.50% of those age 65 or over.

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