Buffalo County, Nebraska

Buffalo County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 42,259. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Buffalo County is represented by the prefix 9 (it had the 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 2,526 (975 ). 2,507 km² (968 sq mi) of it is land and 19 km² (7 sq mi) of it (0.75%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

 * - (East)
 * - (Southeast)
 * - (South)
 * - (Southwest)
 * - (West)
 * - (Northwest)
 * - (North)
 * - (Northeast)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 42,259 people, 15,930 households, and 10,227 families residing in the county. The was 17/km² (44/sq mi). There were 16,830 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (17/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.18%, 0.55% or , 0.33% , 0.68% , 0.03% , 2.20% from , and 1.03% from two or more races. 4.66% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 15,930 households out of which 32.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.90% were living together, 8.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.80% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.60% 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 25.00% under the age of 18, 17.80% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 19.00% from 45 to 64, and 11.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,782, and the median income for a family was $46,247. Males had a median income of $30,182 versus $21,977 for females. The for the county was $17,510. About 6.30% of families and 11.20% of the population were below the, including 10.50% of those under age 18 and 8.50% of those age 65 or over.

Townships

 * Armada
 * Beaver
 * Cedar
 * Center
 * Cherry Creek
 * Collins
 * Divide
 * Elm Creek
 * Gardner
 * Garfield
 * Gibbon
 * Grant
 * Harrison
 * , City of
 * Logan
 * Loup
 * Platte
 * , City of
 * Riverdale
 * Rusco
 * Sartoria
 * Schneider
 * Scott
 * Sharon
 * Shelton
 * Thornton
 * Valley
 * Valley