Custer County, Nebraska

Custer County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 11,793. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Custer County is represented by the prefix 4 (it had the fourth-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 6,672 (2,576 ). 6,671 km² (2,576 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.01%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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 * - (Southeast)
 * - (Southeast)
 * - (South)
 * - (Southwest)
 * - (Northwest)
 * - (Northwest)
 * - (Northeast)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 11,793 people, 4,826 households, and 3,320 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (5/sq mi). There were 5,585 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.63%, 0.07% or , 0.41% , 0.15% , 0.20% from , and 0.55% from two or more races. 0.92% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,826 households out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.90% were living together, 5.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 28.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 5.50% from 18 to 24, 23.50% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 21.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 96.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,677, and the median income for a family was $37,063. Males had a median income of $24,609 versus $19,732 for females. The for the county was $16,171. About 9.10% of families and 12.40% of the population were below the, including 16.20% of those under age 18 and 9.10% of those age 65 or over.

Townships

 * Algernon (includes village of )
 * Ansley (includes village of )
 * Arnold (includes village of )
 * Berwyn (includes village of )
 * Broken Bow city (independent of Broken Bow township)
 * Broken Bow township (surrounds, but does not include, city of Broken Bow)
 * Cliff
 * Comstock (includes village of )
 * Corner
 * Custer
 * Delight (includes village of )
 * Douglas Grove
 * East Custer
 * Elim
 * Elk Creek
 * Garfield
 * Grant
 * Hayes
 * Kilfoil (includes village of )
 * Lillian
 * Loup
 * Milburn
 * Myrtle
 * Ryno
 * Sargent (includes city of )
 * Spring Creek
 * Triumph
 * Victoria (includes village of )
 * Wayne
 * Westerville
 * West Union
 * Wood River (includes village of )