Brown County, Nebraska

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Brown County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population is 3,525. Its county seat is Ainsworth ⁶.

Contents

1 Geography

1.1 Adjacent Counties

2 Demographics
3 Cities and village
4 External link

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,173 km² (1,225 mi²). 3,163 km² (1,221 mi²) of it is land and 10 km² (4 mi²) of it (0.31%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

Demographics

Brown County Population by decade
1890 - 4,359 1900 - 3,470 1910 - 6,083 1920 - 6,749 1930 - 5,772 1940 - 5,962 1950 - 5,164 1960 - 4,436 1970 - 4,021 1980 - 4,377 1990 - 3,657 2000 - 3,525

As of the census² of 2000, there were 3,525 people, 1,530 households, and 996 families residing in the county. The population density was 1/km² (3/mi²). There were 1,916 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.64% White, 0.03% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,530 households out of which 26.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were married couples living together, 5.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.90% were non-families. 31.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 5.20% from 18 to 24, 22.80% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 22.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 96.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,356, and the median income for a family was $35,029. Males had a median income of $23,986 versus $17,135 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,924. About 8.50% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.70% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and village

External link

[Brown County Nebraska]

	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
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