Cheyenne County, Nebraska
| Cheyenne County, Nebraska | |
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Cheyenne County Courthouse in Sidney
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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 | 1871 |
| Named for | Cheyenne people |
| Seat | Sidney |
| Largest city | Sidney |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,196 sq mi (3,098 km2) |
| • Land | 1,196 sq mi (3,098 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0 km2), 0.01% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 9,998 |
| • Density | 8.4/sq mi (3/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 |
| Website | www |
Cheyenne County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,998. Its county seat is Sidney. The county was formed in 1871 and named after the Cheyenne Native American tribe.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Cheyenne County is represented by the prefix 39 as it had the thirty-ninth-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 1,196 square miles (3,100 km2), of which 1,196 square miles (3,100 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.01%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,830 people, 4,071 households, and 2,686 families residing in the county. The population density was 8 people per square mile (3/km²). There were 4,569 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.34% White, 0.14% Black or African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.46% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. 4.46% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 45.3% were of German, 9.1% English, 7.6% Irish and 7.5% American ancestry according to Census 2000.
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