Franklin County, Nebraska

Franklin County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 3,574. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Franklin County is represented by the prefix 50 (it had the fiftieth-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 1,492 (576 ). 1,492 km² (576 sq mi) of it is land and 0 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.03%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,574 people, 1,485 households, and 1,021 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (6/sq mi). There were 1,746 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 99.24%, 0.28% , 0.06% , 0.08% from , and 0.34% from two or more races. 0.64% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,485 households out of which 28.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.40% were living together, 6.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 29.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.50% under the age of 18, 4.50% from 18 to 24, 23.60% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 23.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 92.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,304, and the median income for a family was $34,958. Males had a median income of $26,192 versus $18,214 for females. The for the county was $15,390. About 9.70% of families and 13.20% of the population were below the, including 17.20% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over.