Blaine County, Nebraska

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Blaine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population is 583. Its county seat is Brewster ⁶.

Contents

1 Geography

1.1 Adjacent counties

2 Demographics
3 Villages

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,850 km² (714 mi²). 1,841 km² (711 mi²) of it is land and 9 km² (4 mi²) of it (0.50%) is water.

Adjacent counties

Demographics

Blaine County Population by decade
1890 - 1,146 1900 - 603 1910 - 1,672 1920 - 1,778 1930 - 1,584 1940 - 1,538 1950 - 1,203 1960 - 1,016 1970 - 847 1980 - 867 1990 - 675 2000 - 583

As of the census² of 2000, there were 583 people, 238 households, and 168 families residing in the county. The population density was 0/km² (1/mi²). There were 333 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (0/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.97% White, 0.51% Native American, and 0.51% from two or more races. 0.17% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 238 households out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.00% were married couples living together, 2.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 26.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 3.90% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 26.40% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 101.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,278, and the median income for a family was $28,472. Males had a median income of $17,917 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the county was $12,323. About 18.70% of families and 19.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.70% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over.

Over 25% of the population belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. [link]

Villages

	State of Nebraska
State capital	Lincoln
Regions	Omaha metropolitian area \| Panhandle \| Pine Ridge \| Rainwater Basin \| Sand Hills \| Wildcat Hills
Largest cities	Alliance \| Beatrice \| Bellevue \| Columbus \| Fremont \| Gering \| Grand Island \| Hastings \| Kearney \| La Vista \| Lexington \| Lincoln \| McCook \| Norfolk \| North Platte \| Omaha \| Papillion \| Scottsbluff \| South Sioux City \| York
Counties	Adams \| Antelope \| Arthur \| Banner \| Blaine \| Boone \| Box Butte \| Boyd \| Brown \| Buffalo \| Burt \| Butler \| Cass \| Cedar \| Chase \| Cherry \| Cheyenne \| Clay \| Colfax \| Cuming \| Custer \| Dakota \| Dawes \| Dawson \| Deuel \| Dixon \| Dodge \| Douglas \| Dundy \| Fillmore \| Franklin \| Frontier \| Furnas \| Gage \| Garden \| Garfield \| Gosper \| Grant \| Greeley \| Hall \| Hamilton \| Harlan \| Hayes \| Hitchcock \| Holt \| Hooker \| Howard \| Jefferson \| Johnson \| Kearney \| Keith \| Keya Paha \| Kimball \| Knox \| Lancaster \| Lincoln \| Logan \| Loup \| Madison \| McPherson \| Merrick \| Morrill \| Nance \| Nemaha \| Nuckolls \| Otoe \| Pawnee \| Perkins \| Phelps \| Pierce \| Platte \| Polk \| Red Willow \| Richardson \| Rock \| Saline \| Sarpy \| Saunders \| Scotts Bluff \| Seward \| Sheridan \| Sherman \| Sioux \| Stanton \| Thayer \| Thomas \| Thurston \| Valley \| Washington \| Wayne \| Webster \| Wheeler \| York

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