Saline County, Nebraska

Saline County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 13,843. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Saline County is represented by the prefix 22 (it had the twenty-second-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 ). 1,490 km² (575 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.13%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 13,843 people, 5,188 households, and 3,507 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (24/sq mi). There were 5,611 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 92.99%, 0.36% or , 0.38% , 1.70% , 0.03% , 3.40% from , and 1.15% from two or more races. 6.58% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,188 households out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.50% were living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.40% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 12.30% from 18 to 24, 25.00% from 25 to 44, 20.30% from 45 to 64, and 17.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,914, and the median income for a family was $44,199. Males had a median income of $30,467 versus $22,690 for females. The for the county was $16,287. About 6.40% of families and 9.40% of the population were below the, including 8.90% of those under age 18 and 9.00% of those age 65 or over.