Dawson County, Nebraska

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Dawson County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 89002236 [1]
Dawson County Courthouse , listed on NRHP No. 89002236
administration
US state : Nebraska
Administrative headquarters : Lexington
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
700 N Washington
P.O. Box 370
Lexington, NE 68850-0370
Foundation : 1860
Made up from: Indian country
Area code : 001 308
Demographics
Residents : 24,326  (2010)
Population density : 9.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2640 km²
Water surface : 16 km²
map
Map of Dawson County within Nebraska
Website : dawsoncone.com

Dawson County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is Lexington , which was named after the Battle of Lexington in the American Revolutionary War .

geography

The county is located south of the geographic center of Nebraska and has an area of ​​2,640 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Custer County
Lincoln County Compass card (de) .svg Buffalo County
Frontier County Gosper County Phelps County

history

Dawson County was formed in 1860 on former Indian land. It was named after John Littleton Dawson (1813-1870), a member of the United States House of Representatives (1851-1855, 1863-1867).

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 16 -
1870 103 543.8%
1880 2909 2,724.3%
1890 10.129 248.2%
1900 12,264 21.1%
1910 15,961 30.1%
1920 16.004 0.3%
1930 17,875 11.7%
1940 17,890 0.1%
1950 19,393 8.4%
1960 19,405 0.1%
1970 19,771 1.9%
1980 22.304 12.8%
1990 19,940 -10.6%
2000 24,365 22.2%
2010 24,326 -0.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990

2000 + 2010

Dawson County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2010 census , Dawson County had 24,326 people in 8,821 households. The population density was 9.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.78 people lived in each of the 8,821 households.

The racial the population was composed of 78.0 percent white, 3.1 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 31.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

30.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,048  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,853. 14.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 835845. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 25, 2011
  4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 10, 2018.
  5. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  7. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento from July 9, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved April 13, 2012
  8. ^ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Dawson County ( July 9, 2011 memento on WebCite ). Retrieved September 25, 2011

Web links

Commons : Dawson County, Nebraska  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 52 ′  N , 99 ° 49 ′  W