Wayne County, Nebraska

Wayne County, Nebraska
Wayne County Courthouse in Wayne
Location in the U.S. state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Founded	1870
Named for	Anthony Wayne
Seat	Wayne
Largest city	Wayne
Area
• Total	443 sq mi (1,147 km2)
• Land	443 sq mi (1,147 km2)
• Water	0.4 sq mi (1 km2), 0.09%
Population
• (2010)	9,595
• Density	22/sq mi (8/km²)
Congressional district	3rd
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	www.waynecountyne.org

Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,595. Its county seat is Wayne.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Wayne County is represented by the prefix 27 (it had the 27th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Wayne County was organized by a proclamation of Governor David Butler in the fall of 1870. As the county was settled, precincts were formed and boundaries defined. Precincts were named for officials, early settlers, and neighborhood creeks. There are 13 precincts in Wayne County.

Wayne County, like the City of Wayne, was named for the Revolutionary War hero General Anthony Wayne.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 443 square miles (1,150 km²), of which 443 square miles (1,150 km²) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km²) (0.09%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 9,851 people, 3,437 households, and 2,206 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 people per square mile (9/km²). There were 3,662 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.78% White, 0.94% Black or African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races. 1.48% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 57.5% were of German, 6.0% Irish and 5.9% Swedish ancestry according to Census 2000.

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