Harlan County, Nebraska

Harlan County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 3,786. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Harlan County is represented by the prefix 51 (it had the fifty-first-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 1,487 (574 ). 1,432 km² (553 sq mi) of it is land and 55 km² (21 sq mi) of it (3.73%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,786 people, 1,597 households, and 1,049 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (7/sq mi). There were 2,327 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.86%, 0.13% or , 0.11% , 0.08% , 0.03% , 0.16% from , and 0.63% from two or more races. 0.77% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,597 households out of which 25.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.00% were living together, 4.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.30% were non-families. 30.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.20% under the age of 18, 5.00% from 18 to 24, 21.60% from 25 to 44, 26.20% from 45 to 64, and 23.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 98.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,679, and the median income for a family was $36,875. Males had a median income of $27,580 versus $18,411 for females. The for the county was $15,618. About 7.00% of families and 10.10% of the population were below the, including 14.40% of those under age 18 and 9.10% of those age 65 or over.

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