Custer County, Nebraska
| Custer County, Nebraska | |
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Custer County Courthouse in Broken Bow
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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 | February 17, 1877 |
| Named for | George Armstrong Custer |
| Seat | Broken Bow |
| Largest city | Broken Bow |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,576 sq mi (6,672 km2) |
| • Land | 2,576 sq mi (6,672 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (1 km2), 0.01% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 10,939 |
| • Density | 4.2/sq mi (2/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Custer County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,939. Its county seat is Broken Bow. The county was formed in 1877 and named after General George Armstrong Custer, who was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Custer County is represented by the prefix 4 (it had the fourth-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 a total area of 2,576 square miles (6,670 km2), of which 2,576 square miles (6,670 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (0.01%) is water. In area, it is the second largest county in Nebraska, behind only Cherry County.
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,793 people, 4,826 households, and 3,320 families residing in the county. The population density was 5 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 5,585 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.63% White, 0.07% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.20% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. 0.92% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 37.3% were of German, 11.9% English, 10.6% Irish and 8.9% American ancestry according to Census 2000.
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