Hayes County, Nebraska

Hayes County, Nebraska
Hayes County courthouse in Hayes Center
Location in the U.S. state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Founded	February 19, 1884
Named for	Rutherford B. Hayes
Seat	Hayes Center
Largest village	Hayes Center
Area
• Total	713 sq mi (1,847 km2)
• Land	713 sq mi (1,847 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (1 km2), 0.03%
Population
• (2010)	967
• Density	1.4/sq mi (1/km²)
Congressional district	3rd
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	www.hayescounty.ne.gov

Hayes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 967. Its county seat is Hayes Center. The county was created in 1877 and later organized in 1884. It was named after President Rutherford B. Hayes.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Hayes County is represented by the prefix 79 (it had the seventy-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 a total area of 713 square miles (1,850 km²), of which 713 square miles (1,850 km²) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²) (0.03%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,068 people, 430 households, and 312 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 526 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile (0/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.19% White, 0.19% Black or African American, 0.28% Asian, 1.78% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. 2.53% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.