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Seward County
	Seward County, Nebraska
	Map
	; Location in the state of Nebraska
	; Nebraska's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	Information needed
Seat	Seward
Largest city	Seward
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 576 sq mi (1,492 km²); 575 sq mi (1,489 km²); 1 sq mi (3 km²), 0.17%
Population; - (2000); - Density	; 16,496; 28/sq mi (11/km²)

Seward County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population was 16,496. Its county seat is Seward^[1].

Seward County is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Seward County is represented by the prefix 16 (it had the sixteenth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 576 square miles (1,491 km²), of which, 575 square miles (1,489 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (3 km²) of it (0.17%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent counties

Butler County, Nebraska - (north)
Lancaster County, Nebraska - (east)
Saline County, Nebraska - (south)
Fillmore County, Nebraska - (southwest point)
York County, Nebraska - (west)
Polk County, Nebraska - (northwest point)

[edit] Demographics

Seward County Population by decade
1870 - 2,953 1880 - 11,147 1890 - 16,140 1900 - 15,690 1910 - 15,895 1920 - 15,867 1930 - 15,938 1940 - 14,167 1950 - 13,155 1960 - 13,581 1970 - 14,460 1980 - 15,789 1990 - 15,450 2000 - 16,496

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 16,496 people, 6,013 households, and 4,215 families residing in the county. The population density was 29 people per square mile (11/km²). There were 6,428 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.05% White, 0.28% Black or African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races. 1.09% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 6,013 households out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.50% were married couples living together, 5.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04. The county has a fairly large amount of gay couples living within it.^{[citation needed]}

In the county the population was spread out with 24.70% under the age of 18, 14.30% from 18 to 24, 24.60% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 103.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,700, and the median income for a family was $51,813. Males had a median income of $32,218 versus $22,329 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,379. About 4.10% of families and 7.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.20% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.