Jefferson County, Nebraska

administration
Jefferson County Courthouse , listed on NRHP No. 72000751
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Fairbury
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 411 Fourth Street Fairbury, NE 68352
Foundation :	1856
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	7547 (2010)
Population density :	5.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1491 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : www.co.jefferson.ne.us

Jefferson County is a county in the state of Nebraska in the United States of America . The county seat is in Fairbury , which was named after the city of Fairbury in Illinois .

geography

The county is located in southeast Nebraska, borders the state of Kansas to the south and has an area of 1,491 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. In Nebraska, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Saline County , Gage County , Thayer County, and Fillmore Counties .

history

Jefferson County was formed in 1856. It was named after Thomas Jefferson .

13 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%
1870	2440	-
1880	8096	231.8%
1890	14,850	83.4%
1900	15,196	2.3%
1910	16,852	10.9%
1920	16,140	-4.2%
1930	16,409	1.7%
1940	15,532	-5.3%
1950	13,623	-12.3%
1960	11,620	-14.7%
1970	10,436	-10.2%
1980	9817	-5.9%
1990	8759	-10.8%
2000	8333	-4.9%
2010	7547	-9.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Jefferson County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

District No. 10 School , listed in the NRHP

Fairbury Commercial Historic District , listed on the NRHP

Site No. JF00-072 , listed on the NRHP

After the census in 2004 here 8,090 people in 3,527 households and 2,352 families lived. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.42 percent white, 0.07 percent African American, 0.38 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.04 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.50 percent from other ethnic groups together; 0.42 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.31 percent of the population.

Of the 3,527 households, 28.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 57.9 percent were married couples living together, 5.8 percent were single mothers, 33.3 percent were non-families, 29.6 percent were single households, and 17.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.85.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 6.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 22.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were statistically 91.8 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 32,629 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,747. Males had a median income of $ 26,929 versus $ 18,594 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,380. 8.0 percent of families and 8.9 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 10.2 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.7 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 835869. 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 from July 12, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 13, 2012

Web links

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

40.17 -97.15Coordinates: 40 ° 10 ′ N , 97 ° 9 ′ W

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

[2] GNIS-ID: 835869. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 11, 2018.

[4] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011

[5] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011

[6] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento from July 12, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 13, 2012