Burt County

administration
The Burt County Courthouse in Tekamah.
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Tekamah
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 111 N 13th Street P.O. Box 87 Tekamah, NE 68061-0087
Foundation :	1854
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	6858 (2010)
Population density :	5.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1287 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

Website : www.burtcounty.ne.gov

The Burt County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is Tekamah .

geography

The county is located in eastern Nebraska and borders Iowa , from which it is separated by the Missouri . Burt County covers an area of 1,287 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Thurston County	Monona County, Iowa
Cuming County
Dodge County	Washington County	Harrison County, Iowa

history

F. Burt

Burt County was formed in 1854 as one of Nebraska's nine original counties. It was named after Francis Burt (1807-1854), the first governor of the Nebraska Territory (1854).

Eleven structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 10, 2018). This includes the Burt County Courthouse in Tekamah (No. 89002223).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	388	-
1870	2847	633.8%
1880	6937	143.7%
1890	11,609	67.3%
1900	13,040	12.3%
1910	12,726	-2.4%
1920	12,559	-1.3%
1930	13,062	4%
1940	12,546	-4%
1950	11,536	-8.1%
1960	10.192	-11.7%
1970	9247	-9.3%
1980	8813	-4.7%
1990	7868	-10.7%
2000	7791	-1 %
2010	6858	-12%
Before 1900 1900–1990, 2000 + 2010

Tekamah City Bridge , listed in the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Burt County had 7,791 people in 3,155 households and 2,240 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.63 percent white, 0.18 percent African American, 1.07 percent Native American, 0.19 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.22 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.69 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.26 percent of the population.

Burt County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Burt County State Bank , listed on the NRHP

EC Houston House , listed on the NRHP

Of the 3,155 households, 29.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 61.3 percent were married couples living together, 6.2 percent were single mothers, 29.0 percent were non-families, 26.5 percent were single households and 15.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.93.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 5.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 21.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were statistically 91.8 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,954 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,515. Males had a median income of $ 28,750 versus $ 20,663 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,654. 6.6 percent of families and 8.9 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 11.8 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.