Cass County, Nebraska

administration
The Cass County Courthouse in Plattsmouth, listed on NRHP No. 89002248
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Plattsmouth
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 346 Main Street Plattsmouth, NE 68048-1957
Foundation :	1854
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	25,241 (2010)
Population density :	17.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1466 km²
Water surface :	18 km²
map

Website : www.cassne.org

The Cass County is a County US state of Nebraska . The county seat is Plattsmouth , named after its location at the mouth of the Platte River .

geography

The county is located in eastern Nebraska on the border with Iowa , which is formed by the Missouri . Cass County is about 120 kilometers south of Kansas and has an area of 1,466 square kilometers, of which 18 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Saunders County	Sarpy County	Mills County, Iowa
Lancaster County
	Otoe County	Fremont County, Iowa

history

L. Cass

Cass County was formed in 1854 as one of Nebraska's nine original counties. It was named after Lewis Cass (1782-1866), a former Secretary of War (1831-1836), Senator (1849-1857) and Secretary of State of the United States (1857-1860).

One site has National Historic Landmark status , the Walker Gilmore Site archaeological site . 26 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 10, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	3369	-
1870	8151	141.9%
1880	16,683	104.7%
1890	24,080	44.3%
1900	21,330	-11.4%
1910	19,786	-7.2%
1920	18,029	-8.9%
1930	17,684	-1.9%
1940	16,992	-3.9%
1950	16,361	-3.7%
1960	17,821	8.9%
1970	18,076	1.4%
1980	20,297	12.3%
1990	21,318	5%
2000	24,334	14.1%
2010	25,241	3.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Cass County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Paul Fitzgerald House , listed on the NRHP

Paul Gering House , listed in the NRHP

Naomi Institute , listed on the NRHP

Nehawka Public Library , listed on the NRHP

Cass County had a population of 24,334 people as of the 2000 census . Of these, 251 people were housed in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 9,161 households and 6,806 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.89 percent white, 0.18 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 0.35 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.35 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.92 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.46 percent of the population.

Of the 9,161 households, 35.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 63.3 percent were married couples living together, 7.6 percent were single mothers, 25.7 percent were non-families, 21.6 percent were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.07.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.9 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 7.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 12.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 95.0 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 46,515 , and the median income for a family is $ 52,196. Males had a median income of $ 36,639 versus $ 24,612 for females. The per capita income was $ 20,156. 4.2 percent of families and 5.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. 7.1 percent were children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 4.5 percent were people aged 65 and over.