Gage County

administration
The Gage County Courthouse in Beatrice, listed on NRHP No. 89002226
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Beatrice
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 612 Grant Street P.O. Box 429 Beatrice, NE 68310-0429
Foundation :	1855
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	22,311 (2010)
Population density :	10.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2227 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

Website : www.gagecountynebraska.us

Gage County is a county in the state of Nebraska in the United States . The county seat is Beatrice , named after Julia Beatrice Kinney , daughter of a judge and first president of the Nebraska Association, JF Kinney .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southeast of Nebraska, borders Kansas to the south and has an area of 2,227 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water. The following counties border Gage County:

Saline County	Lancaster County	Otoe County , Johnson County
Jefferson County
Washington County (Kansas)		Pawnee County , Marshall County, Kansas

history

Gage County was formed in 1855. It was named after the Minister William D. Gage .

There is a national monument in the county , the Homestead National Monument of America . 28 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 9, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	421	-
1870	3359	697.9%
1880	13.164	291.9%
1890	36,344	176.1%
1900	30.051	-17.3%
1910	30,325	0.9%
1920	29,721	-2%
1930	30,242	1.8%
1940	29,588	-2.2%
1950	28.052	-5.2%
1960	26,818	-4.4%
1970	25,731	-4.1%
1980	24,456	-5%
1990	22,794	-6.8%
2000	22,993	0.9%
2010	22,311	-3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Gage County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Samuel D. Kilpatrick House , listed on the NRHP

Institution for Feeble Minded Youth Farm , listed in the NRHP

Beatrice City Library , listed in the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Gage County had 22,993 people in 9,316 households and 6,204 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.69 percent white, 0.32 percent African American, 0.58 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island region and 0.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.84 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.85 percent of the population.

Of the 9,316 households, 30.3 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 56.7 percent were married couples living together, 7.1 percent were single mothers, 33.4 percent were non-families, 29.2 percent were single households, and 15.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.91 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.0 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 19.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 91.4 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 34,908 , and the median income for a family is $ 43,072. Males had a median income of $ 29,680 versus $ 21,305 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,190. 6.6 percent of families and 8.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 9.7 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Townships

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 835855. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Nebraska . National Park Service , accessed February 9, 2018.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 9, 2018.
^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 13, 2012
↑ Gage County, Nebraska - Datasheet showing the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

40.27 -96.69Coordinates: 40 ° 16 ′ N , 96 ° 41 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 835855. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Nebraska . National Park Service , accessed February 9, 2018.

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 9, 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 of July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 13, 2012

[8] Gage County, Nebraska - Datasheet showing the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .