Boone County, Nebraska

administration
Boone County Courthouse
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Albion
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 222 South Fourth Street Albion, NE 68620-1247
Foundation :	1871
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	5505 (2010)
Population density :	3.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1780 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.co.boone.ne.us

The Boone County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Albion , which was named after the city of the same name Albion in Michigan .

geography

The county is located in east-central Nebraska, about 90 km to the north from South Dakota , and has an area of 1,780 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It borders on the following counties:

Wheeler County	Antelope County	Madison County

Greeley County	Nance County	Platte County

history

D. Boone

Boone County was formed in 1871 from territory that was designated as free - but actually inhabited by Indians . It was named after Daniel Boone (1734-1820), a well-known pioneer and hunter from Kentucky .

Five buildings in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 10, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	4170	-
1890	8683	108.2%
1900	11,689	34.6%
1910	13,145	12.5%
1920	14,146	7.6%
1930	14,738	4.2%
1940	12,127	-17.7%
1950	10,721	-11.6%
1960	9134	-14.8%
1970	8190	-10.3%
1980	7391	-9.8%
1990	6667	-9.8%
2000	6259	-6.1%
2010	5505	-12%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Boone County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Former Petersburg Jail , listed in the NRHP

St. Anthony's Church and School , listed on the NRHP

Cedar Rapids City Hall and Library , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Boone County's population was 6,259. Of these, 112 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 2,454 households and 1,700 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.3 percent white and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups. 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.9 percent of the population.

Of the 2,454 households, 33.9 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 60.8 percent were married couples living together, 5.5 percent were single mothers, 30.7 percent were non-families, 29.1 percent were single households, and 16.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.11.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 29.1 percent of residents under the age of 18, 5.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 20.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 99.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 96.4 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 31,444 , and the median income for a family was $ 38,226. Males had a median income of $ 26,779 and females $ 18,438. The per capita income was $ 15,831. 8.3 percent of families and 10.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. This included 11.7 percent of children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 11.6 percent of residents aged 65 and over.