Knox County, Nebraska

Knox County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 9,374. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Knox County is represented by the prefix 12 (it had the twelfth-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 2,952 (1,140 ). 2,870 km² (1,108 sq mi) of it is land and 82 km² (32 sq mi) of it (2.77%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,374 people, 3,811 households, and 2,595 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (8/sq mi). There were 4,773 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 91.63%, 0.09% or , 7.12% , 0.16% , 0.04% , 0.34% from , and 0.63% from two or more races. 0.91% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,811 households out of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.00% were living together, 6.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.90% were non-families. 29.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.40% 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 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.50% under the age of 18, 5.50% from 18 to 24, 21.90% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 23.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 96.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,564, and the median income for a family was $34,073. Males had a median income of $23,373 versus $18,319 for females. The for the county was $13,971. About 12.50% of families and 15.60% of the population were below the, including 20.40% of those under age 18 and 13.50% of those age 65 or over.