Lancaster County, Nebraska
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Lancaster County Courthouse in Lincoln
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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 | 1859 | ||
| Seat | Lincoln | ||
| Largest city | Lincoln | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 846 sq mi (2,191 km2) | ||
| • Land | 838 sq mi (2,170 km2) | ||
| • Water | 8.8 sq mi (23 km2), 1.0% | ||
| Population | |||
| • (2010) | 285,407 | ||
| • Density | 341/sq mi (132/km²) | ||
| Congressional district | 1st | ||
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 | ||
| Website | lancaster |
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Lancaster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 285,407, making it the second-most populous county in Nebraska. Its county seat is Lincoln, the state capital. The county was created in 1859, and the original county seat was the village of Lancaster.
Lancaster County is part of the Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Lancaster County was represented by the prefix 2 (it had the second-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). In 2002, the state discontinued the 1922 system in Lancaster, Douglas and Sarpy counties.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 846 square miles (2,190 km2), of which 838 square miles (2,170 km2) is land and 8.8 square miles (23 km2) (1.0%) is water.
In 2004, Lancaster County was named a StormReady county by the National Weather Service.
As of the census of 2000, there were 250,291 people, 99,187 households, and 60,702 families residing in the county. The population density was 298 people per square mile (115/km²). There were 104,217 housing units at an average density of 124 per square mile (48/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 90.07% White, 2.82% Black or African American, 0.64% Native American, 2.86% Asian American, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.69% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. 3.37% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 39.1% were of German, 7.9% English and 7.8% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000.
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