Hayes County

administration
Hayes County Courthouse
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Hayes Center
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 502 Troth Street P.O. Box 370 Hayes Center, NE 69032-0370
Foundation :	1877
Area code :	001 308
Demographics
Residents :	967 (2010)
Population density :	0.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1848 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.hayescounty.ne.gov

Hayes County is a county in the state of Nebraska in the United States . The county seat is Hayes Center , named for its central location in the county.

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme lower southwest corner of Nebraska, about 25 miles south of Kansas , about 50 km to the west from Colorado , and covers an area of 1,848 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Frontier County , Hitchcock County , Dundy County , Chase County , Perkins County, and Lincoln County .

history

Hayes County was formed in 1877. It was named after President Rutherford B. Hayes .

Three buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 11, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	119	-
1890	3953	3,221.8%
1900	2708	-31.5%
1910	3011	11.2%
1920	3327	10.5%
1930	3603	8.3%
1940	2958	-17.9%
1950	2404	-18.7%
1960	1919	-20.2%
1970	1530	-20.3%
1980	1356	-11.4%
1990	1222	-9.9%
2000	1068	-12.6%
2010	967	-9.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Hayes County (as of 2000)

JM Daniel House , listed on the NRHP

JM Daniel School-District No. 3 , listed in the NRHP

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran German Church and Cemetery , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Hayes County had 1,068 people in 430 households and 312 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian and 1.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.5 percent of the population.

Of the 430 households, 28.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 67.0 percent were married couples living together, 2.6 percent were single mothers, 27.4 percent were non-families, 26.5 percent were single households, and 15.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.02.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.6 percent of residents under the age of 18, 5.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 21.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 26.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 19.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 102.6 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 26,667 , and the median income for a family was $ 31,125. Males had a median income of $ 19,211 versus $ 16,806 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,099. 14.6 percent of families and 18.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 26.2 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 12.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 835864. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 11, 2018.
^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 13, 2012
↑ Hayes County, Nebraska - 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

40.53 -101.06Coordinates: 40 ° 32 ′ N , 101 ° 4 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 835864. 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] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 13, 2012

[6] Hayes County, Nebraska - 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .