Saunders County, Nebraska

Saunders County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 19,830. Its is. It is one of five Nebraska counties in the eight-county.

In the Nebraska system, Saunders County is represented by the prefix 6 (the county had the sixth-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in ).

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,965 (759 ). 1,953 km² (754 sq mi) of it is land and 13 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.65%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 19,830 people, 7,498 households, and 5,443 families residing in the county. The was 10/km² (26/sq mi). There were 8,266 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (11/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.49%, 0.11% or , 0.29% , 0.22% , 0.01% , 0.35% from , and 0.55% from two or more races. 1.03% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 7,498 households out of which 34.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.60% were living together, 6.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.40% were non-families. 23.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 6.30% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,173, and the median income for a family was $49,443. Males had a median income of $33,309 versus $22,922 for females. The for the county was $18,392. About 5.30% of families and 6.60% of the population were below the, including 7.30% of those under age 18 and 7.00% of those age 65 or over.

Townships

 * Ashland
 * Bohemia
 * Center
 * Chapman
 * Chester
 * Clear Creek
 * Elk
 * Green
 * Leshara
 * Marble
 * Marietta
 * Mariposa
 * Morse Bluff
 * Newman
 * North Cedar
 * Oak Creek
 * Pohocco
 * Richland
 * Rock Creek
 * South Cedar
 * Stocking
 * Union
 * Wahoo
 * Wahoo