Keya Paha County, Nebraska

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Keya Paha County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It was named for the Keya Paha River that runs through it, which in turn was named from two Lakota words, keya (turtle) and paha (hill or butte). Its county seat is Springview 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 2,005 km² (774 mi²). 2,003 km² (773 mi²) of it is land and 2 km² (1 mi²) of it (0.11%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

Tripp County, South Dakota - north
Gregory County, South Dakota - northeast
Boyd County, Nebraska - east
Holt County, Nebraska - southeast
Rock County, Nebraska - south
Brown County, Nebraska - south
Cherry County, Nebraska - west
Todd County, South Dakota - northwest

Demographics

Keya Paha County Population by decade
1890 - 3,920 1900 - 3,076 1910 - 3,452 1920 - 3,594 1930 - 3,203 1940 - 3,235 1950 - 2,160 1960 - 1,672 1970 - 1,340 1980 - 1,301 1990 - 1,029 2000 - 983

As of the census² of 2000, there were 983 people, 409 households, and 292 families residing in the county. The population density was 0/km² (1/mi²). There were 548 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 99.39% White, 0.20% Native American, and 0.41% from two or more races. 3.87% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 409 households out of which 24.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.30% were married couples living together, 4.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were non-families. 26.20% 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 2.40 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 23.40% from 25 to 44, 25.40% from 45 to 64, and 20.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 101.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,911, and the median income for a family was $28,287. Males had a median income of $18,750 versus $19,107 for females. The per capita income for the county was $11,860. About 22.40% of families and 26.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.30% of those under age 18 and 18.80% of those age 65 or over.

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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