Butler County, Nebraska
| Butler County, Nebraska | |
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Butler County Courthouse in David City
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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 | 1868 |
| Seat | David City |
| Largest city | David City |
| Area | |
| • Total | 591 sq mi (1,531 km2) |
| • Land | 585 sq mi (1,515 km2) |
| • Water | 5.9 sq mi (15 km2), 1.0% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 8,395 |
| • Density | 14/sq mi (5/km²) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Butler County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,395. Its county seat is David City. The county was created in 1856 and organized in 1868.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Butler County is represented by the prefix 25 (when the license plate system was established in 1922, it had the 25th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county).
In 2010, Nebraska's center of population was in Butler County, near the village of Rising City.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 591 square miles (1,530 km2), of which 585 square miles (1,520 km2) is land and 5.9 square miles (15 km2) (1.0%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,767 people, 3,426 households, and 2,350 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 people per square mile (6/km²). There were 3,901 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.38% White, 0.10% Black or African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.81% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. 1.65% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 33.1% were of German and 32.0% Czech ancestry according to Census 2000.
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