Brown County, Nebraska

administration
Brown County Courthouse
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Ainsworth
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 148 W 4th Ainsworth, NE 69210
Foundation :	1883
Made up from:	Indian country
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	3145 (2010)
Population density :	1 inhabitant / km ²
geography
Total area :	3173 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

Website : www.browncounty.ne.gov

The Brown County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is Ainsworth , named after Captain James E. Ainsworth who oversaw the construction of the railway line. In the area of the county is part of the Niobrara Valley Preserve .

geography

The county is located almost in the far north of Nebraska, is about 30 km north of South Dakota and has an area of 3,173 square kilometers, of which 10 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Keya Paha County
Cherry County		Rock county
	Blaine County	Loup County

history

Brown County was formed in 1883 on former Indian land. It was probably named after two statesmen named Brown .

One building in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 9, 2018), the Miller Hotel .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	4359	-
1900	3470	-20.4%
1910	6083	75.3%
1920	6749	10.9%
1930	5772	-14.5%
1940	5962	3.3%
1950	5164	-13.4%
1960	4436	-14.1%
1970	4021	-9.4%
1980	4377	8.9%
1990	3657	-16.4%
2000	3525	-3.6%
2010	3145	-10.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Brown County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Niobrara River

The Miller Hotel , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Brown County had 3,525 people in 1,530 households and 996 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.64 percent white, 0.03 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.23 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.62 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.82 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 1,530 households, 26.6 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 57.0 percent were married couples living together, 5.9 percent were single mothers, 34.9 percent were non-families, 31.6 percent were single households and 16.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.86 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.8 percent of residents under the age of 18, 5.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 22.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 22.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 96.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.3 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 28,356 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,029. Males had a median income of $ 23,986 versus $ 17,135 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,924. 8.5 percent of families and 11.1 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 14.7 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 6.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 835830. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 9, 2018.
^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) Retrieved April 13, 2012

Web links

Commons : Brown County, Nebraska - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

42.44 -99.93Coordinates: 42 ° 26 ' N , 99 ° 56' W

[1] GNIS-ID: 835830. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 9, 2018.

[3] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011

[4] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011

[5] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) Retrieved April 13, 2012