Cherry County, Nebraska

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Cherry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It was named for Lt. Samuel A. Cherry, a popular Army officer who was stationed at Fort Niobrara and who had been killed in South Dakota in 1881. As of 2000, the population is 6,148. Its county seat is Valentine ⁶.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 15,565 km² (6,010 mi²) making it by far the largest county in land area in Nebraska. 15,438 km² (5,961 mi²) of it is land and 127 km² (49 mi²) of it (0.82%) is water.

Bennett County, South Dakota - north
Todd County, South Dakota - north
Tripp County, South Dakota - northeast
Brown County, Nebraska - east
Keya Paha County, Nebraska - east
Blaine County, Nebraska - southeast
Grant County, Nebraska - south
Thomas County, Nebraska - south
Hooker County, Nebraska - south
Sheridan County, Nebraska - west
Shannon County, South Dakota - northwest

Demographics

Cherry County Population by decade
1890 - 6,428 1900 - 6,541 1910 - 10,414 1920 - 11,753 1930 - 10,898 1940 - 9,637 1950 - 8,397 1960 - 8,218 1970 - 6,846 1980 - 6,758 1990 - 6,307 2000 - 6,148

As of the census² of 2000, there were 6,148 people, 2,508 households, and 1,710 families residing in the county. The population density was 0.39/km² (1.02/mi²). There were 3,220 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (0/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 94.19% White, 0.07% Black or African American, 3.25% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races, and 1.72% from two or more races. 0.93% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,508 households out of which 31.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.90% were married couples living together, 6.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 28.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.00% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 17.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,268, and the median income for a family was $36,500. Males had a median income of $23,705 versus $17,277 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,943. About 9.60% of families and 12.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.40% of those under age 18 and 14.20% of those age 65 or over.

City and 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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