Dixon County, Nebraska

Dixon County, Nebraska
Dixon County courthouse in Ponca
Location in the state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Founded	1856
Seat	Ponca
Largest city	Wakefield
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	483 sq mi (1,251 km²) 476 sq mi (1,233 km²) 6 sq mi (16 km²), 1.31%
Population  - (2000)  - Density	6,339 13/sq mi (5/km²)
Website	www.co.dixon.ne.us

Dixon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 6,000.^[1] Its county seat is Ponca^[2].

In the Nebraska license plate system, Dixon County is represented by the prefix 35 (it had the thirty-fifth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 483 square miles (1,251.0 km²), of which 476 square miles (1,232.8 km²) is land and 6 square miles (15.5 km²) (1.31%) is water.

Major highways

• U.S. Highway 20
• Nebraska Highway 9
• Nebraska Highway 12
• Nebraska Highway 15
• Nebraska Highway 35
• Nebraska Highway 116

Adjacent counties

• Union County, South Dakota - northeast
• Dakota County, Nebraska - east
• Thurston County, Nebraska - southeast
• Wayne County, Nebraska - southwest
• Cedar County, Nebraska - west
• Clay County, South Dakota - northwest

National protected area

• Missouri National Recreational River (part)

History

Dixon County was formed in 1856.^[3]

Demographics

Dixon County Population by decade

1860 - 274 1870 - 1,345 1880 - 4,177 1890 - 8,084 1900 - 10,535 1910 - 11,477 1920 - 11,815 1930 - 11,586 1940 - 10,413 1950 - 9,129 1960 - 8,106 1970 - 7,453 1980 - 7,137 1990 - 6,143 2000 - 6,339 2010 - 6,000

As of the census^[4] of 2000, there were 6,339 people, 2,413 households, and 1,705 families residing in the county. The population density was 13 people per square mile (5/km²). There were 2,673 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 94.64% White, 0.03% Black or African American, 0.49% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 3.79% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. 5.49% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 45.5% were of German, 10.4% Irish, 8.5% Swedish, 5.9% American, 5.9% Norwegian and 5.1% English ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 2,413 households out of which 33.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.50% were married couples living together, 6.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.30% were non-families. 25.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.50% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 24.90% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 18.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,201, and the median income for a family was $41,122. Males had a median income of $27,784 versus $20,573 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,350. About 7.50% of families and 10.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.40% of those under age 18 and 9.00% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and villages

• Allen
• Concord
• Dixon
• Emerson (partial)
• Martinsburg
• Maskell
• Newcastle
• Ponca
• Wakefield (partial)
• Waterbury

Townships

• Clark
• Concord
• Daily
• Emerson
• Galena
• Hooker
• Logan
• Newcastle
• Ottercreek
• Ponca, City of
• Ponca
• Silvercreek
• Springbank
• Wakefield

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Dixon County, Nebraska

References

1. ^ http://www.yankton.net/articles/2011/03/03/community/doc4d6f181b374f9967268554.txt
2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
3. ^ [1] Retrieved on March 14, 2008.
4. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

Coordinates: 42°30′N 96°52′W / 42.50°N 96.87°W / 42.50; -96.87