Keya Paha County, Nebraska

Keya Paha County is a located in the  of. It was named for the that runs through it, which in turn was named from two  words, keya (turtle) and paha (hill or butte). Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Keya Paha County is represented by the prefix 82 (it had the eighty-second-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 2,005 (774 ). 2,003 km² (773 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.11%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 983 people, 409 households, and 292 families residing in the county. The was 0/km² (1/sq mi). There were 548 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 99.39%, 0.20% , and 0.41% from two or more races. 3.87% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 409 households out of which 24.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.30% were living together, 4.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 23.40% from 25 to 44, 25.40% from 45 to 64, and 20.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 101.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,911, and the median income for a family was $28,287. Males had a median income of $18,750 versus $19,107 for females. The for the county was $11,860. About 22.40% of families and 26.90% of the population were below the, including 34.30% of those under age 18 and 18.80% of those age 65 or over.