Gosper County, Nebraska

Gosper County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,143. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Gosper County is represented by the prefix 73 (it had the seventy-third-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 1,198 (463 ). 1,187 km² (458 sq mi) of it is land and 12 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.99%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,143 people, 863 households, and 655 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (5/sq mi). There were 1,281 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.79%, 0.14% , 0.23% , 0.42% from , and 0.42% from two or more races. 1.26% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 863 households out of which 29.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.10% were living together, 3.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.10% were non-families. 22.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 24.00% from 25 to 44, 26.00% from 45 to 64, and 20.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 102.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,827, and the median income for a family was $42,702. Males had a median income of $28,836 versus $21,204 for females. The for the county was $17,957. About 4.80% of families and 7.90% of the population were below the, including 11.10% of those under age 18 and 5.00% of those age 65 or over.