Thayer County, Nebraska

Thayer County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 6,055. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Thayer County is represented by the prefix 32 (it had the thirty-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 1,490 (575 ). 1,488 km² (575 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.13%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,055 people, 2,541 households, and 1,689 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (10/sq mi). There were 2,828 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.70%, 0.02% or , 0.28% , 0.12% , 0.33% from , and 0.56% from two or more races. 1.01% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,541 households out of which 27.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were living together, 5.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.50% were non-families. 31.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.10% under the age of 18, 4.90% from 18 to 24, 22.30% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 24.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,740, and the median income for a family was $38,346. Males had a median income of $26,964 versus $18,275 for females. The for the county was $17,043. About 7.60% of families and 10.70% of the population were below the, including 14.80% of those under age 18 and 11.00% of those age 65 or over.