Dawson County, Nebraska

Dawson County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 24,365. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Dawson County is represented by the prefix 18 (it had the eighteenth-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 2,640 (1,019 ). 2,623 km² (1,013 sq mi) of it is land and 16 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.62%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 24,365 people, 8,824 households, and 6,273 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (24/sq mi). There were 9,805 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 82.32%, 0.31% or , 0.67% , 0.66% , 0.01% , 14.49% from , and 1.53% from two or more races. 25.36% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 8,824 households out of which 35.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.90% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.20% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 20.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 101.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,132, and the median income for a family was $42,224. Males had a median income of $26,865 versus $20,569 for females. The for the county was $15,973. About 8.60% of families and 10.80% of the population were below the, including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those age 65 or over.