Boyd County, Nebraska

Infobox U.S. County
county = Boyd County
state = Nebraska
founded = 1891
seat = Butte | largest city = Spencer
area_total_sq_mi =545
area_land_sq_mi =540
area_water_sq_mi =5
area percentage = 0.83%
census yr = 2000
pop = 2438
density_km2 =2
web =
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Boyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population is 2,438. Its county seat is Butte.GR|6 Boyd County was the setting of Susan Cragin's 2007 documentary film and book, "Nuclear Nebraska", in which she chronicled the story of how local residents refused to allow a nuclear waste site in Boyd County.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Boyd County is represented by the prefix 63 (it had the sixty-third-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 545 square miles (1,410 km²), of which, 540 square miles (1,399 km²) of it is land and 5 square miles (12 km²) of it (0.83%) is water.GR|1

Adjacent counties

*Charles Mix County, South Dakota - east
*Knox County, Nebraska - southeast
*Holt County, Nebraska - south
*Rock County, Nebraska - southwest
*Keya Paha County, Nebraska - west
*Gregory County, South Dakota - northwest

National protected area

* Missouri National Recreational River (part)

History

Boyd County was formed in 1891. It was named after Governor James E. Boyd.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 2,438 people, 1,014 households, and 670 families residing in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 1,406 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.89% White, 0.57% Native American, 0.16% Asian, and 0.37% from two or more races. 0.08% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 45.2% were of German, 10.0% American, 9.3% Czech, 7.8% Irish, 6.9% English and 5.9% Swedish ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 1,014 households out of which 29.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.40% were married couples living together, 3.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.90% were non-families. 32.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.00% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 21.20% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 24.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 93.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,075, and the median income for a family was $32,000. Males had a median income of $20,859 versus $17,688 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,840. About 12.90% of families and 15.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.60% of those under age 18 and 11.20% of those age 65 or over.

Villages

*Anoka
*Bristow
*Butte
*Gross
*Lynch
*Monowi
*Naper
*Spencer

Townships

*Basin
*Bristow
*Bush
*Butte
*Lynch
*McCulley
*Morton
*Mullen
*Spencer

References