SAUNDERS COUNTY, NEBRASKA

'Saunders County' is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population was 19,830. Its county seat is Wahoo⁶. It is one of five Nebraska counties in the eight-county Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Statistical Area.^[1]

In the Nebraska license plate system, Saunders County is represented by the prefix 6 (it had the sixth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Contents

Geography

Adjacent Counties

Demographics

Cities and villages

References

External links

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,965 km² (759 mi²). 1,953 km² (754 mi²) of it is land and 13 km² (5 mi²) of it (0.65%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

★ Douglas County, Nebraska - (East)

★ Sarpy County, Nebraska - (East)

★ Cass County, Nebraska - (Southeast)

★ Lancaster County, Nebraska - (South)

★ Butler County, Nebraska - (West)

★ Dodge County, Nebraska - (North)

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 19,830 people, 7,498 households, and 5,443 families residing in the county. The population density was 10/km² (26/mi²). There were 8,266 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (11/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.49% White, 0.11% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. 1.03% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

'Saunders County Population by decade'

1870 - 4,547 1880 - 15,810 1890 - 21,577 1900 - 22,085 1910 - 21,179 1920 - 20,589 1930 - 20,167 1940 - 17,892 1950 - 16,923 1960 - 17,270 1970 - 17,018 1980 - 18,716 1990 - 18,285 2000 - 19,830

There were 7,498 households out of which 34.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.60% were married couples living together, 6.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.40% were non-families. 23.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.11.
In the county the population was spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 6.30% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.10 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $42,173, and the median income for a family was $49,443. Males had a median income of $33,309 versus $22,922 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,392. About 5.30% of families and 6.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.30% of those under age 18 and 7.00% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and villages

★ Ashland

★ Cedar Bluffs

★ Ceresco

★ Colon

★ Ithaca

★ Leshara

★ Malmo

★ Mead

★ Memphis

★ Morse Bluff

★ Prague

★ Valparaiso

★ Wahoo

★ Weston

★ Yutan

References

External links

★ Saunders County

★ County Government

★ Mead and Hunt. (2003) ''Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey: Saunders County.'' Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 8/30/07.