Butler County, Nebraska

administration
Butler County Courthouse
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	David City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 451 N 5th Street P.O. Box 289 David City, NE 68632-0289
Foundation :	1857
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	8395 (2010)
Population density :	5.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1514 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.co.butler.ne.us

The Butler County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is David City , named after William Davids of Marion , a large landowner from Ohio .

geography

The county is located in east-central Nebraska, about 50 miles east of Iowa , and has an area of 1,514 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Platte County	Colfax County
Polk County		Saunders County
	Seward County

history

Butler County was formed in 1857 on part of the now defunct Greene County. It was apparently named after William Orlando Butler , who was nominated as governor of the Nebraska Territory in 1855 but declined the office.

There is also speculation about a name after David Butler , the first governor of the state of Nebraska; however, this only moved to Nebraska two years after the county's establishment.

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	27	-
1870	1290	4,677.8%
1880	9194	612.7%
1890	15,454	68.1%
1900	15,703	1.6%
1910	15,403	-1.9%
1920	14,606	-5.2%
1930	14,410	-1.3%
1940	13,106	-9%
1950	11,432	-12.8%
1960	10,312	-9.8%
1970	9461	-8.3%
1980	9330	-1.4%
1990	8601	-7.8%
2000	8767	1.9%
2010	8395	-4.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Butler County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Big Blue River Bridge , listed on the NRHP

Clear Creek Bridge , listed on the NRHP

Chauncey S. Taylor House , listed on the NRHP

Butler County's population was 8,767 as of the 2000 census . 102 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 3,426 households and 2,350 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.38 percent white, 0.10 percent African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian, 0.06 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.81 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.40 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race in 2010 was 1.65 percent of the population

Of the 3,426 households, 33.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 59.9 percent were married couples living together, 5.7 percent were single mothers, 31.4 percent were non-families, 28.3 percent were single households, and 14.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.13.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.9 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 6.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 104.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 101.2 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 36,331 , and the median income for a family is $ 44,441. Males had a median income of $ 28,856 versus $ 20,979 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,394. 4.8 percent of families and 8.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. 9.80% of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 9.40% were people over 65 years of age.