Box Butte County, Nebraska
| Box Butte County, Nebraska | |
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Box Butte County Courthouse in Alliance
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 Location in the U.S. state of Nebraska |
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 Nebraska's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1886 |
| Seat | Alliance |
| Largest city | Alliance |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,078 sq mi (2,792 km2) |
| • Land | 1,075 sq mi (2,784 km2) |
| • Water | 2.5 sq mi (6 km2), 0.2% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 11,308 |
| • Density | 11/sq mi (4/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 |
| Website | boxbuttecounty |
Box Butte County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,308. Its county seat is Alliance. The county was formed in 1886. Box Butte is the name of a geological formation in the county's eastern part.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Box Butte County is represented by the prefix 65 (it had the sixty-fifth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 1,078 square miles (2,790 km2), of which 1,075 square miles (2,780 km2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2) (11%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,158 people, 4,780 households, and 3,298 families residing in the county. The population density was 11 people per square mile (4/km²). There were 5,488 housing units at an average density of 5 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 90.84% White, 0.37% Black or African American, 2.74% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 3.55% from other races, and 1.96% from two or more races. 7.65% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 36.4% were of German, 8.4% English, 8.1% Irish and 5.3% American ancestry according to Census 2000.
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