Holt County, Nebraska
| Holt County, Nebraska | |
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Holt County Courthouse in O'Neill
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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 | 1876 |
| Named for | Joseph Holt |
| Seat | O'Neill |
| Largest city | O'Neill |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,417 sq mi (6,260 km2) |
| • Land | 2,412 sq mi (6,247 km2) |
| • Water | 5.1 sq mi (13 km2), 0.2% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 10,435 |
| • Density | 4.3/sq mi (2/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Holt County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,435. Its county seat is O'Neill.
Holt County is in the Outback area of Nebraska.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Holt County is represented by the prefix 36 (it had the 36th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
The county was created by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1862 and was organized in 1876. It is named for Joseph Holt of Kentucky, who was Postmaster General and Secretary of War under President James Buchanan. It shares its name with Holt County, Missouri, though it is named for a different Holt.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 2,417 square miles (6,260 km2), of which 2,412 square miles (6,250 km2) is land and 5.1 square miles (13 km2) (0.2%) is water. It is Nebraska's fifth-largest county by area.
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,551 people, 4,608 households, and 3,170 families residing in the county. The population density was 5 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 5,281 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.86% White, 0.03% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. 0.71% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 46.0% were of German, 12.5% Irish, 8.6% American, 7.5% English and 5.4% Czech ancestry according to Census 2000.
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