Cedar County, Nebraska

administration
The Cedar County Courthouse in Hartington, listed on NRHP No. 89002214
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Hartington
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 Broadway PO Box 47 Hartington, NE 68739-0047
Foundation :	1855
Made up from:	Dixon and Pierce Counties
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	8852 (2010)
Population density :	4.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1932 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Website : www.co.cedar.ne.us

The Cedar County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is Hartington , named after the English Lord Hartington .

geography

The county is located in the extreme northeast of Nebraska on the border with South Dakota and has an area of 1932 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Yankton County, South Dakota		Clay County, South Dakota
Knox County		Dixon County
Pierce County		Wayne County

history

Cedar County was formed in 1855 on part of Dixon and Pierce Counties. It was named after the coniferous trees that grew abundantly here and belonged to one of the species known in North America as cedar (" cedar ").

13 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	246	-
1870	1032	319.5%
1880	2899	180.9%
1890	7028	142.4%
1900	12,467	77.4%
1910	15.191	21.8%
1920	16,225	6.8%
1930	16,427	1.2%
1940	15,126	-7.9%
1950	13,843	-8.5%
1960	13,368	-3.4%
1970	12.192	-8.8%
1980	11,375	-6.7%
1990	10.131	-10.9%
2000	9615	-5.1%
2010	8852	-7.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Cedar County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Hartington City Hall and Auditorium , listed on the NRHP

Meridian Bridge , listed in the NRHP

Saints Philip and James Parochial School , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Cedar County had 9,615 people in 3,623 households and 2,565 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.07 percent white, 0.10 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.04 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.18 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.40 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.43 percent of the population.

Of the 3,623 households, 34.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 63.6 percent were married couples living together, 4.3 percent were single mothers, 29.2 percent were non-families, 27.0 percent were single households, and 15.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.20.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 29.4 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 6.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 20.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 20.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 100.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 97.1 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,435 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,422. Males had a median income of $ 26,707 versus $ 18,370 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,514. 6.3 percent of families and 9.1 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 10.7 percent were children or young people under the age of 18 and 9.7 percent were people over 65 years of age.