Colfax County, Nebraska

Colfax County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 10,441. Its is. The County and its seat are named after former Vice President of the United States,.

In the Nebraska system, Colfax County is represented by the prefix 43 (it had the forty-third-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 1,084 (419 ). 1,070 km² (413 sq mi) of it is land and 14 km² (5 sq mi) of it (1.30%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,441 people, 3,682 households, and 2,592 families residing in the county. The was 10/km² (25/sq mi). There were 4,088 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 81.73%, 0.07% or , 0.19% , 0.20% , 0.14% , 15.94% from , and 1.73% from two or more races. 26.17% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,682 households out of which 35.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.90% were living together, 7.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.31.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.90% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 18.70% from 45 to 64, and 16.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 106.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,849, and the median income for a family was $40,936. Males had a median income of $25,656 versus $20,485 for females. The for the county was $15,148. About 7.20% of families and 10.80% of the population were below the, including 13.80% of those under age 18 and 7.90% of those age 65 or over.