Saline County, Nebraska

administration
Saline County Courthouse , listed on NRHP No. 90000967
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Wilber
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 215 S Court P.O. Box 865 Wilber, NE 68465-0865
Foundation :	1867
Area code :	001 402
Demographics
Residents :	14,200 (2010)
Population density :	9.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1492 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.co.saline.ne.us

Saline County is a county in the state of Nebraska in the United States . The county seat is Wilber , named after its founder Charles Dana Wilber .

geography

The county is located in southeast Nebraska, about 25 miles south of Kansas , and has an area of 1,492 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Lancaster County , Gage County , Jefferson County , Fillmore County, and Seward Counties .

history

Saline County was formed in 1867. It was named after the salt deposits here.

19 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 12, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	39	-
1870	3106	7,864.1%
1880	14,491	366.5%
1890	20.097	38.7%
1900	18,252	-9.2%
1910	17,866	-2.1%
1920	16,514	-7.6%
1930	16,356	-1 %
1940	15,010	-8.2%
1950	14,046	-6.4%
1960	12,542	-10.7%
1970	12,809	2.1%
1980	13.131	2.5%
1990	12,715	-3.2%
2000	13,843	8.9%
2010	14,200	2.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of the Saline County (as of 2000)

Richard R. Kiddle House , listed on the NRHP

Saline County Bank , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Saline County had 13,843 people in 5,188 households and 3,507 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.99 percent white, 0.36 percent African American, 0.38 percent Native American, 1.70 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island region and 3.40 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.15 percent were descended from two or more races. 6.58 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,188 households, 32.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 56.5 percent were married couples living together, 7.2 percent were single mothers, 32.4 percent were non-families, 27.5 percent were single households and 14.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.04.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.1 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 12.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 20.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 95.1 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 35,914 , and the median income for a family is $ 44,199. Males had a median income of $ 30,467 versus $ 22,690 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,287. 6.4 percent of families and 9.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. 8.9 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 9.0 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: 835897. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ 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
↑ Saline County, Nebraska - Datasheet showing the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

40.53 -97.14Coordinates: 40 ° 32 ′ N , 97 ° 8 ′ W

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

[2] GNIS-ID: 835897. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 12, 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) Retrieved April 13, 2012

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