Richardson County

administration
Richardson County Courthouse , listed on NRHP No. 90000965
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Falls City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1700 Stone Street Falls City, NE 68355-2025
Foundation :	1855
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	8363 (2010)
Population density :	5.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1440 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : www.co.richardson.ne.us

Richardson County is a county in the state of Nebraska in the United States . The county seat is Falls City , named after the Nemaha River falls .

geography

The county is located in the extreme southeast of Nebraska, borders Kansas to the south, Missouri to the east, and has an area of 1,440 square kilometers, of which 7 square kilometers are water. In Nebraska, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Nemaha County and Pawnee Counties .

history

William A. Richardson

Richardson County was formed in 1855. It was named after William Alexander Richardson , a governor of the former territory. On May 30, 1879, the Irving tornado hit Richarson County. This tornado reached wind speeds of up to 420 km / h , which means a classification F4 on the Fujita scale . It left a path of destruction that was 750 m wide and 160 km long. Eighteen people were killed and 60 injured.

One place in the county has National Historic Landmark status , the Leary Site archaeological site . Eleven buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 12, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2835	-
1870	9780	245%
1880	15,031	53.7%
1890	17,574	16.9%
1900	19,614	11.6%
1910	17,448	-11%
1920	18,968	8.7%
1930	19,826	4.5%
1940	19,178	-3.3%
1950	16,886	-12%
1960	13,903	-17.7%
1970	12,277	-11.7%
1980	11,315	-7.8%
1990	9937	-12.2%
2000	9531	-4.1%
2010	8363	-12.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Richardson County's age pyramid (2000)

According to the 2000 census , Richardson County had 9,531 people in 3,993 households and 2,567 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.65 percent white, 0.19 percent African American, 2.32 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian and 0.22 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.48 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.05 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,993 households, 29.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 53.4 percent were married couples living together, 7.4 percent were single mothers, 35.7 percent were non-families, 32.2 percent were single households, and 17.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.95.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.5 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 5.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 21.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 90 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,884 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,779. Males had a median income of $ 25,938 versus $ 18,775 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,460. 6.3 percent of families and 10.1 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 10.5 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 11.5 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: 835895. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Nebraska . National Park Service , accessed February 12, 2018.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 12, 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) Retrieved April 13, 2012
↑ Richardson County, Nebraska - Datasheet showing the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Richardson County, Nebraska - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

40.12 -95.72Coordinates: 40 ° 7 ′ N , 95 ° 43 ′ W

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

[2] GNIS-ID: 835895. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Nebraska . National Park Service , accessed February 12, 2018.

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 12, 2018.

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

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

[7] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) Retrieved April 13, 2012

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