Platte County, Nebraska

Platte County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 31,662. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Platte County is represented by the prefix 10 (it had the tenth-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 1,785 (689 ). 1,756 km² (678 sq mi) of it is land and 29 km² (11 sq mi) of it (1.60%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 31,662 people, 12,076 households, and 8,465 families residing in the county. The was 18/km² (47/sq mi). There were 12,916 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (19/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.29%, 0.35% or , 0.28% , 0.40% , 0.03% , 3.49% from , and 1.15% from two or more races. 6.54% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 12,076 households out of which 36.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.20% were living together, 7.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 25.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.00% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 27.50% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,359, and the median income for a family was $47,776. Males had a median income of $30,672 versus $21,842 for females. The for the county was $18,064. About 5.40% of families and 7.70% of the population were below the, including 9.00% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.