Howard County, Nebraska

Howard County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 6,567. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Howard County is represented by the prefix 49 (it had the forty-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 1,491 (576 ). 1,475 km² (569 sq mi) of it is land and 16 km² (6 sq mi) of it (1.09%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

 * - (East)
 * - (South)
 * - (Southwest)
 * - (West)
 * - (North)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,567 people, 2,546 households, and 1,797 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (12/sq mi). There were 2,782 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.69%, 0.30% or , 0.24% , 0.09% , 0.03% , 0.32% from , and 0.32% from two or more races. 1.01% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,546 households out of which 33.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.00% were living together, 6.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.40% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.30% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 17.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 101.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,305, and the median income for a family was $40,259. Males had a median income of $27,270 versus $19,587 for females. The for the county was $15,535. About 8.50% of families and 11.70% of the population were below the, including 14.30% of those under age 18 and 15.00% of those age 65 or over.