Seward County, Nebraska

Seward County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 16,496. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Seward County is represented by the prefix 16 (it had the sixteenth-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 1,491 (576 ). 1,489 km² (575 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.17%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,496 people, 6,013 households, and 4,215 families residing in the county. The was 11/km² (29/sq mi). There were 6,428 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (11/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.05%, 0.28% or , 0.21% , 0.29% , 0.05% , 0.40% from , and 0.72% from two or more races. 1.09% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,013 households out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.50% were living together, 5.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.70% under the age of 18, 14.30% from 18 to 24, 24.60% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 103.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,700, and the median income for a family was $51,813. Males had a median income of $32,218 versus $22,329 for females. The for the county was $18,379. About 4.10% of families and 7.00% of the population were below the, including 6.20% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.

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