Chase County, Nebraska

administration
The Chase County Courthouse in Imperial, listed on NRHP No. 89002222
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Imperial
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 921 Broadway PO Box 1299 Imperial, NE 69033-1299
Foundation :	1873
Made up from:	Hayes County
Area code :	001 308
Demographics
Residents :	3966 (2010)
Population density :	1.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2325 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.co.chase.ne.us

The Chase County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is Imperial .

geography

The county is located in southwest Nebraska, borders Colorado to the west and is about 25 miles from Kansas to the south. Chase County covers an area of 2,325 square kilometers, of which 8 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Perkins County
Phillips County, Colorado		Hayes County
Yuma County, Colorado	Dundy County	Hitchcock County

history

Chase County was formed from part of Hayes County in 1873. It was named after Champion S. Chase (1820–1898), Attorney General of Nebraska from 1867 to 1869.

Seven structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 10, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	70	-
1890	4807	6,767.1%
1900	2559	-46.8%
1910	3613	41.2%
1920	4939	36.7%
1930	5484	11%
1940	5310	-3.2%
1950	5176	-2.5%
1960	4317	-16.6%
1970	4129	-4.4%
1980	4758	15.2%
1990	4381	-7.9%
2000	4068	-7.1%
2010	3966	-2.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Chase County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Balcony House , listed in the NRHP

Texas Trail Stone Corral , listed on the NRHP

Champion Mill , listed in the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Chase County had 4,068 people in 1,662 households and 1,163 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.81 percent white, 0.17 percent African American, 0.10 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 1.47 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.25 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 3.42 percent of the population.

Of the 1,662 households, 30.6 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 62.1 percent were married couples living together, 5.5 percent were single mothers, 30.0 percent were non-families, 27.3 percent were single households, and 13.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 5.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 21.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 96.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were statistically 94.8 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 32,351 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,225. Males had a median income of $ 27,554 versus $ 17,602 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,490. 7.9 percent of families and 9.6 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 10.5 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 9.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.