Cuming County

administration
The Cuming County Courthouse at West Point
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	West Point
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 200 S Lincoln P.O. Box 290 West Point, NE 68788-0290
Foundation :	1855
Made up from:	Burt County
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	9139 (2010)
Population density :	6.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1488 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : www.cumingco.com

The Cuming County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is West Point , named after its location in the Elkhorn River Valley .

geography

The county is located in eastern Nebraska, about 25 miles from Iowa , and has an area of 1,488 square kilometers, of which 7 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Wayne County		Thurston County
Stanton County		Burt County
Colfax County		Dodge County

history

Cuming

Cuming County was formed from part of Burt County in 1855. It was named after Thomas B. Cuming (1827-1858), who twice governor of Nebraska - territory was (1854-1855, 1857-1858).

Three of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 10, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	67	-
1870	2964	4,323.9%
1880	5569	87.9%
1890	12,265	120.2%
1900	14,584	18.9%
1910	13,782	-5.5%
1920	13,769	-0.1%
1930	14,327	4.1%
1940	13,562	-5.3%
1950	12,994	-4.2%
1960	12,435	-4.3%
1970	12,034	-3.2%
1980	11,664	-3.1%
1990	10.117	-13.3%
2000	10,203	0.9%
2010	9139	-10.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Cuming County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

John G. Neihardt Study , listed in the NRHP

Rattlesnake Creek Bridge , listed on the NRHP

West Point City Auditorium , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Cuming County had 10,203 people in 3,945 households and 2,757 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.88 percent white, 0.13 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.20 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 2.63 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.85 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.48 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 3,945 households, 32.6 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 61.7 percent were married couples living together, 5.3 percent were single mothers, 30.1 percent were non-families, 27.1 percent were single households and 14.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.08.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 6.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 20.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 20.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 102.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 99.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,186 , and the median income for a family is $ 38,369. Males had a median income of $ 26,577 versus $ 19,246 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,443. 7.0 percent of families and 9.0 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 9.8 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 7.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.