Box Butte County, Nebraska

Box Butte County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 12,158. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Box Butte County is represented by the prefix 65 (it had the sixty-fifth-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 2,792 (1,078 ). 2,785 km² (1,075 sq mi) of it is land and 7 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.24%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 12,158 people, 4,780 households, and 3,298 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (11/sq mi). There were 5,488 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.84%, 0.37% or , 2.74% , 0.53% , 0.01% , 3.55% from , and 1.96% from two or more races. 7.65% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,780 households out of which 35.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were living together, 8.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.00% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.10% 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 3.05.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.10% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 14.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,366, and the median income for a family was $46,670. Males had a median income of $36,966 versus $21,762 for females. The for the county was $18,407. About 9.70% of families and 10.70% of the population were below the, including 13.70% of those under age 18 and 11.00% of those age 65 or over.

City and village


http://www.co.box-butte.ne.us/