Dawson County, Nebraska
| Dawson County, Nebraska | |
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Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington
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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 | Jacob Dawson |
| Seat | Lexington |
| Largest city | Lexington |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,019 sq mi (2,639 km2) |
| • Land | 1,013 sq mi (2,624 km2) |
| • Water | 6.3 sq mi (16 km2), 0.6% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 23,886 |
| • Density | 24/sq mi (9/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,326. Its county seat is Lexington.
Dawson County is part of the Lexington, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Dawson County is represented by the prefix 18 (it had the eighteenth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
Dawson County was formed in 1860. Sources differ on the origin of its name: some hold it was named after a Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman, John Littleton Dawson, while others believe it was named after Jacob Dawson, an early Nebraska settler.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 1,019 square miles (2,640 km2), of which 1,013 square miles (2,620 km2) is land and 6.3 square miles (16 km2) (0.6%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 24,365 people, 8,824 households, and 6,273 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile (9/km²). There were 9,805 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 82.32% White, 0.31% Black or African American, 0.67% Native American, 0.66% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 14.49% from other races, and 1.53% from two or more races. 25.36% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 32.0% were of German, 6.7% American, 6.7% Irish and 6.4% English ancestry according to Census 2000.
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