Sioux County, Nebraska

administration
Sioux County Courthouse , listed on NRHP No. 90000963
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Harrison
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 325 Main Street P. O. Box 158 Harrison, NE 69346-0158
Foundation :	1877
Area code :	001 308
Demographics
Residents :	1311 (2010)
Population density :	0.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	5354 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.co.sioux.ne.us

Sioux County is a county in the state of Nebraska in the United States . The county seat is Harrison , named after President Benjamin Harrison .

geography

The county is located in the far northwest of Nebraska, borders Wyoming to the west, South Dakota to the north and has an area of 5354 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. In Nebraska, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Dawes County , Box Butte County, and Scotts Bluff County .

The Niobrara River flows through the county from west to east , and on it lies the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument , a fossil deposit from the Miocene around 20 million years ago.

history

Sioux County was formed in 1877. It was named after the Sioux people .

One place in the county has National Historic Landmark status , Fort Robinson and Red Cloud Agency . Six 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%
1880	699	-
1890	2452	250.8%
1900	2055	-16.2%
1910	5599	172.5%
1920	4528	-19.1%
1930	4667	3.1%
1940	4001	-14.3%
1950	3124	-21.9%
1960	2575	-17.6%
1970	2034	-21%
1980	1845	-9.3%
1990	1549	-16%
2000	1475	-4.8%
2010	1311	-11.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Sioux County (as of 2000)

Prairie with the Miocene hills in the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Oglala National Grassland

According to the 2000 census , Sioux County had 1,475 people in 605 households and 444 families. The population density was 0.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.63 percent white, 0.00 percent African American, 0.14 percent Native American, 0.20 percent Asian and 1.15 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.88 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.31 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 605 households, 28.1 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 65.3 percent were married couples living together, 5.1 percent were single mothers, 26.6 percent were non-families, 23.6 percent were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.86 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.3 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 7.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 111.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 102.2 men.

The median income for a household in the 29,851 USD , and the median income for a family was 31,406 USD. Males had a median income of $ 23,409 versus $ 21,490 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,999. 11.1 percent of families and 15.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 24.4 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 7.5 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: 835904. 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
↑ Sioux County, Nebraska - Datasheet showing the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

42.48 -103.77Coordinates: 42 ° 29 ′ N , 103 ° 46 ′ W

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

[2] GNIS-ID: 835904. 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] Sioux County, Nebraska - Datasheet showing the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .