Nance County, Nebraska

Nance County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 4,038. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Nance County is represented by the prefix 58 (it had the fifty-eighth-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 1,160 (448 ). 1,143 km² (441 sq mi) of it is land and 17 km² (7 sq mi) of it (1.50%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 4,038 people, 1,577 households, and 1,107 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (9/sq mi). There were 1,787 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.39%, 0.37% , 0.05% , 0.45% from , and 0.74% from two or more races. 1.14% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,577 households out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.50% were living together, 5.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.80% were non-families. 27.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 23.60% from 25 to 44, 22.00% from 45 to 64, and 19.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 104.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,267, and the median income for a family was $38,717. Males had a median income of $25,349 versus $19,044 for females. The for the county was $16,886. About 10.20% of families and 13.10% of the population were below the, including 17.20% of those under age 18 and 9.30% of those age 65 or over.