Sioux County, Nebraska | |
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Sioux County Courthouse in Harrison
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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 | 1877 |
Named for | Sioux people |
Seat | Harrison |
Largest village | Harrison |
Area | |
• Total | 2,067 sq mi (5,354 km2) |
• Land | 2,067 sq mi (5,354 km2) |
• Water | 0.7 sq mi (2 km2), 0.03% |
Population | |
• (2010) | 1,311 |
• Density | 0.6/sq mi (0/km²) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 |
Sioux County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,311. Its county seat is Harrison.
Sioux County is included in the Scottsbluff, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Sioux County is represented by the prefix 80 (it had the 80th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 2,067 square miles (5,350 km2), of which 2,067 square miles (5,350 km2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) (0.03%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,475 people, 605 households, and 444 families residing in the county. The population density was 1 people per square mile (0/km²). There were 780 housing units at an average density of 0 per square mile (0/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.63% White, 0.14% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 1.15% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. 2.31% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 36.9% were of German, 11.3% Irish, 11.0% American and 10.6% English ancestry according to Census 2000.