McPherson County, Nebraska

The McPherson County Courthouse in Tryon
administration
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Tryon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 5th & Anderson P.O. Box 122 Tryon, NE 69167-0122
Foundation :	1887
Area code :	001 308
Demographics
Residents :	539  (2010)
Population density :	0.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2227 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
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McPherson County is a county in the state of Nebraska in the United States . The county seat is Tryon .

geography

The county is located west of the geographic center of Nebraska and covers an area of ​​2227 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Hooker County , Thomas County , Logan County , Lincoln County , Keith County, and Arthur County .

McPherson County at the bottom of the map

The six precincts are listed in clockwise order, starting in the northwest:

precinct	Area ( km² )	Population 2010
Whitewater	374.38	52
Been	370.27	51
Hall	369.13	82
Lemley	370.34	115
Tryon	370.97	195
Cottonwood	372.34	44
McPherson County	2227.43	539
Source:

history

McPherson County was formed in 1887. It was named after the Union General James B. McPherson .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	401		-
1900	517		28.9%
1910	2470		377.8%
1920	1692		-31.5%
1930	1358		-19.7%
1940	1175		-13.5%
1950	825		-29.8%
1960	735		-10.9%
1970	623		-15.2%
1980	593		-4.8%
1990	546		-7.9%
2000	533		-2.4%
2010	539		1.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

McPherson County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , McPherson County had 533 people in 202 households and 157 families. The population density was 0.24 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.94 percent white, 0.38 percent Asian and 1.69 percent from other ethnic groups. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.50 percent of the population.

Of the 202 households, 34.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 73.8 percent were married couples living together, 3.5 percent were single mothers, 21.8 percent were non-families, 19.8 percent were single households and 14.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.01.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.6 percent of residents under the age of 18, 5.3 percent between the ages of 18 and 24, 26.1 percent between the ages of 25 and 44, and 22.9 percent between the ages of 45 and 64 18.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 99.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 97.9 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 25,750 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,250. Males had a median income of $ 25,192 versus $ 13,393 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,055. 16.2 percent of the population and 14.0 percent of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 21.7 percent were children and young people under the age of 18 and 17.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

• Flats
• Ring gold
• Tryon

See also

• List of cities in Nebraska

Web links

Commons : McPherson County (Nebraska)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 835881. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Nebraska: 2010 Population and Housing Units Counts , p. 31 (square miles converted to km²)
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 from July 14, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 13, 2012
6. ↑ McPherson County, Nebraska - Datasheet showing the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 41 ° 34 ′  N , 101 ° 4 ′  W