Antelope County

administration
The Antelope County Courthouse in Neligh, listed on NRHP No. 80002438
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Neligh
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 501 Main Street Neligh, NE 68756-1466
Foundation :	1871
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	6685 (2010)
Population density :	3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2223 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.co.antelope.ne.us

The Antelope County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is Neligh , named after John D. Neligh , an early settler.

geography

The county is located in northeast Nebraska, about 25 miles north of South Dakota and has an area of 2,223 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Holt County	Knox County
		Pierce County
Wheeler County	Boone County	Madison County

history

Antelope County was formed in 1871.

Twelve structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 9, 2018).

Exemplary structures from the National Register of Historic Places:

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	3953	-
1890	10,399	163.1%
1900	11,344	9.1%
1910	14.003	23.4%
1920	15,243	8.9%
1930	15.206	-0.2%
1940	13,289	-12.6%
1950	11,264	-15.2%
1960	10.176	-9.7%
1970	9047	-11.1%
1980	8675	-4.1%
1990	7965	-8.2%
2000	7452	-6.4%
2010	6685	-10.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Antelope County (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Antelope County had 7,452 people in 2,953 households and 2,073 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.82 percent white, 0.05 percent African American, 0.31 percent Native American, 0.05 percent Asian and 0.28 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.48 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.70 percent of the population.

Of the 2,953 households, 32.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 62.5 percent were married couples living together, 5.5 percent were single mothers, 29.8 percent were non-families, 27.8 percent were single households and 16.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.05.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.5 percent of residents under the age of 18, 6.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 19.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 96.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 94.3 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,114 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,240. Males had a median income of $ 26,288 versus $ 16,926 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,601. 10.3 percent of families and 13.6 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 17.2 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 11.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.

cities and communes

The largest town in the county is Neligh with 1,651 inhabitants (2000). This is followed by Tilden with 1,078 inhabitants and Elgin (735). Other localities are Brunswick (179), Clearwater (384), Oakdale (345), Orchard (391) and Royal (75).

Citys

Villages

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Townships