Kearney County, Nebraska

Kearney County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 6,882. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Kearney County is represented by the prefix 52 (it had the fifty-second-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 1,337 (516 ). 1,337 km² (516 sq mi) of it is land and 0 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.02%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,882 people, 2,643 households, and 1,902 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (13/sq mi). There were 2,846 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.82%, 0.16% or , 0.20% , 0.23% , 0.01% , 0.99% from , and 0.58% from two or more races. 2.34% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,643 households out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.90% were living together, 6.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.00% were non-families. 24.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 6.40% from 18 to 24, 27.50% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 16.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,247, and the median income for a family was $44,877. Males had a median income of $29,987 versus $20,081 for females. The for the county was $18,118. About 5.50% of families and 8.50% of the population were below the, including 10.00% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.