Brown County, Nebraska
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Brown County Courthouse in Ainsworth
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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 | 1883 |
| Seat | Ainsworth |
| Largest city | Ainsworth |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,225 sq mi (3,173 km2) |
| • Land | 1,221 sq mi (3,162 km2) |
| • Water | 3.8 sq mi (10 km2), 0.31% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 3,145 |
| • Density | 2.6/sq mi (1/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Brown County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,145. Its county seat is Ainsworth. The county was established in 1883 and named for two members of the legislature who reported the bill for the county's organization.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Brown County is represented by the prefix 75 (it had the 75th-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 1,225 square miles (3,170 km2), of which 1,221 square miles (3,160 km2) is land and 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2) (0.3%) is water.
Brown County is located in Nebraska's Outback region.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,525 people, 1,530 households, and 996 families residing in the county. The population density was 3 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 1,916 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.64% White, 0.03% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 43.0% were of German, 11.7% American, 11.6% English and 8.2% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000.
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