Hamilton County, Nebraska

Hamilton County is a located in the. The county was named for, the first. As of, the population is 9,403. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Hamilton County is represented by the prefix 28 (it had the twenty-eighth-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 1,416 (547 ). 1,408 km² (544 sq mi) of it is land and 8 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.57%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,403 people, 3,503 households, and 2,676 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (17/sq mi). There were 3,850 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (7/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.43%, 0.18% or , 0.12% , 0.22% , 0.49% from , and 0.56% from two or more races. 1.14% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,503 households out of which 37.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.40% were living together, 5.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.60% were non-families. 21.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.10% under the age of 18, 5.90% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,277, and the median income for a family was $45,659. Males had a median income of $29,238 versus $20,308 for females. The for the county was $17,590. About 5.90% of families and 7.50% of the population were below the, including 9.80% of those under age 18 and 5.40% of those age 65 or over.