Frontier County, Nebraska

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Frontier County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population is 3,099. Its county seat is Stockville ⁶.

Contents

1 Geography

1.1 Adjacent Counties

2 Demographics
3 City and villages

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,538 km² (980 mi²). 2,524 km² (975 mi²) of it is land and 14 km² (6 mi²) of it (0.56%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

Gosper County, Nebraska - (East)
Furnas County, Nebraska - (Southeast)
Red Willow County, Nebraska - (South)
Hitchcock County, Nebraska - (Southwest)
Hayes County, Nebraska - (West)
Lincoln County, Nebraska - (North)
Dawson County, Nebraska - (Northeast)

Demographics

Frontier County Population by decade
1880 - 934 1890 - 8,497 1900 - 8,781 1910 - 8,572 1920 - 8,540 1930 - 8,114 1940 - 6,417 1950 - 5,282 1960 - 4,311 1970 - 3,982 1980 - 3,647 1990 - 3,101 2000 - 3,099

As of the census² of 2000, there were 3,099 people, 1,192 households, and 828 families residing in the county. The population density was 1/km² (3/mi²). There were 1,543 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.29% White, 0.10% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.39% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. 0.97% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,192 households out of which 31.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.50% were married couples living together, 4.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 11.30% from 18 to 24, 22.80% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,038, and the median income for a family was $38,664. Males had a median income of $25,792 versus $16,941 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,648. About 9.30% of families and 12.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.90% of those under age 18 and 8.30% 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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