Stanton County, Nebraska

Stanton County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 6,455. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Stanton County is represented by the prefix 53 (it had the fifty-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 1,116 (431 ). 1,113 km² (430 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.29%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,455 people, 2,297 households, and 1,784 families residing in the county. The was 6/km² (15/sq mi). There were 2,452 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.72%, 0.42% or , 0.48% , 0.12% , 1.38% from , and 0.88% from two or more races. 2.31% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,297 households out of which 38.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.50% were living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.30% were non-families. 19.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.80% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,676, and the median income for a family was $41,040. Males had a median income of $27,969 versus $19,428 for females. The for the county was $15,511. About 5.30% of families and 6.80% of the population were below the, including 6.80% of those under age 18 and 7.20% of those age 65 or over.