Garfield County, Nebraska

Garfield County, Nebraska
Garfield County Courthouse in Burwell
Location in the U.S. state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Founded	1884
Named for	James A. Garfield
Seat	Burwell
Largest city	Burwell
Area
• Total	571 sq mi (1,479 km2)
• Land	570 sq mi (1,476 km2)
• Water	1.6 sq mi (4 km2), 0.3%
Population
• (2010)	2,049
• Density	3.6/sq mi (1/km²)
Congressional district	3rd
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	www.garfieldcounty.ne.gov

Garfield County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,049. Its county seat is Burwell. The county was organized in 1884 and named for James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Garfield County is represented by the prefix 83 (it had the eighty-third-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 571 square miles (1,480 km²), of which 570 square miles (1,500 km²) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²) (0.3%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,902 people, 813 households, and 529 families residing in the county. The population density was 3 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 1,021 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.79% White, 0.21% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. 1.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.