Stanton County, Nebraska
| Stanton County, Nebraska | |
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Stanton County courthouse in Stanton
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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 | 1867 |
| Named for | Edwin M. Stanton |
| Seat | Stanton |
| Largest city | Stanton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 431 sq mi (1,116 km2) |
| • Land | 428 sq mi (1,109 km2) |
| • Water | 3.1 sq mi (8 km2), 0.7% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 6,129 |
| • Density | 14/sq mi (5/km²) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
Stanton County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,129. Its county seat is Stanton. The county was formed in 1856 and organized in 1867. It was first called Izard County until 1862, when it was renamed for Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War during the administration of President Abraham Lincoln.
Stanton County is part of the Norfolk, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Stanton County is represented by the prefix 53 (it had the 53rd-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 431 square miles (1,120 km2), of which 428 square miles (1,110 km2) is land and 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) (0.7%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,455 people, 2,297 households, and 1,784 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 people per square mile (6/km²). There were 2,452 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.72% White, 0.42% Black or African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 1.38% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. 2.31% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 55.8% were of German, 9.7% Czech and 5.6% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000.
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