Gosper County

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Gosper County Courthouse
Gosper County Courthouse
administration
US state : Nebraska
Administrative headquarters : Elwood
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
507 Smith Street
P.O. Box 136
Elwood, NE 68937-0136
Foundation : 1873
Area code : 001 308
Demographics
Residents : 2044  (2010)
Population density : 1.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1198 km²
Water surface : 12 km²
map
Map of Gosper County within Nebraska
Website : www.co.gosper.ne.us

Gosper County is a county in the state of Nebraska in the United States . The county seat is Elwood , named after Elwood Thomas , an early farmer in the area.

geography

The county is located in southern Nebraska, about 25 miles south of Kansas , and has an area of ​​1,198 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Phelps County , Furnas County , Frontier County, and Dawson County .

history

Gosper County was formed in 1873. It was named after John J. Gosper , a secretary of state for Nebraska.

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of February 11, 2018, the Gosper County Courthouse .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 1673 -
1890 4816 187.9%
1900 5301 10.1%
1910 4933 -6.9%
1920 4669 -5.4%
1930 4287 -8.2%
1940 3687 -14%
1950 2734 -25.8%
1960 2489 -9%
1970 2178 -12.5%
1980 2140 -1.7%
1990 1928 -9.9%
2000 2143 11.2%
2010 2044 -4.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990

2000 + 2010

Age pyramid of Gosper County (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Gosper County had 2,143 people in 863 households and 655 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.79 percent white, 0.14 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian and 0.42 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.42 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.26 percent of the population.

Of the 863 households, 29.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 69.1 percent were married couples living together, 3.9 percent were single mothers, 24.1 percent were non-families, 22.8 percent were single households, and 10.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.83 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.8 percent of residents under the age of 18, 5.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 26.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 20.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 102.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 101.4 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 36,827 , and the median income for a family is $ 42,702. Males had a median income of $ 28,836 versus $ 21,204 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,957. 4.8 percent of families and 7.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 11.1 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 5.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 835858. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 11, 2018.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 13, 2012
  6. ↑ Gosper County, Nebraska - Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 40 ° 30 ′  N , 99 ° 49 ′  W