Dawes County, Nebraska

Dawes County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 9,060. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Dawes County is represented by the prefix 69 (it had the sixty-ninth-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 3,628 (1,401 ). 3,616 km² (1,396 sq mi) of it is land and 12 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.33%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,060 people, 3,512 households, and 2,086 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (6/sq mi). There were 4,004 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.34%, 0.81% or , 2.88% , 0.31% , 0.06% , 1.03% from , and 1.58% from two or more races. 2.43% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,512 households out of which 26.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.50% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.60% were non-families. 31.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.20% under the age of 18, 23.40% from 18 to 24, 20.40% from 25 to 44, 20.30% from 45 to 64, and 14.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 95.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,476, and the median income for a family was $41,092. Males had a median income of $29,162 versus $17,404 for females. The for the county was $16,353. About 9.80% of families and 18.90% of the population were below the, including 14.40% of those under age 18 and 9.80% of those age 65 or over.