Boyd County, Nebraska

administration
Boyd County Courthouse
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Butte
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 401 Thayer Street P.O. Box 26 Butte, NE 68722-0026
Foundation :	1891
Made up from:	Holt County and Indian Land
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	2099 (2010)
Population density :	1.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1410 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
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The Boyd County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is Butte , which was named after the rocky area.

geography

The county is located in northeast Nebraska, on the border with South Dakota and has an area of 1,410 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Gregory County, South Dakota
Keya Paha County		Charles Mix County, South Dakota
Rock county	Holt County	Knox County

history

James E. Boyd

Boyd County was formed in 1891 from Indian land and parts of Holt County. It was named after James E. Boyd (1834-1906), a former governor of Nebraska (1891-1893).

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	7332	-
1910	8826	20.4%
1920	8243	-6.6%
1930	7169	-13%
1940	6060	-15.5%
1950	4911	-19%
1960	4513	-8.1%
1970	3752	-16.9%
1980	3331	-11.2%
1990	2835	-14.9%
2000	2438	-14%
2010	2099	-13.9%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Boyd County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Ponca Creek Bridge , listed in the NRHP

SS Peter & Paul Catholic School , listed on the NRHP

The Tower , listed in the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Boyd County had 2,438 people in 1,014 households and 670 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.89 percent white, 0.00 percent African American, 0.57 percent Native American and 0.16 percent Asian; 0.37 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.08 percent of the population.

Of the 1,014 households, 29.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 59.4 percent were married couples living together, 3.7 percent were single mothers, 33.9 percent were non-families, 32.0 percent were single households and 19.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.98.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.0 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 5.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 21.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 24.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 94.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county was $ 26,075 , and the median income for a family was $ 32,000. Males had a median income of $ 20,859 versus $ 17,688 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,840. 12.9 percent of families and 15.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 19.6 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 11.2 percent were people over 65 years of age.