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City & MSA Population:

Population

  2000

2006

% Change

Lexington

10,011

10,011

0

Cozad

4,163

4,284

2.90%

Gothenburg

3,619

3,746

3.5%

Elwood

761

698

-8.30%

Overton

464

663

2.60%

Eustis

464

400

-13.80%

Sumner

237

244

3.00%

Farnam

223

235

5.40%

Miller

153

153

-1.90%

Eddyville

96

101

5.20%

Dawson County

24,365

25,018

2.70%

Area Market Population

128,038

130,228

1.70%

Note: Area market population is the county population plus the contiguous county population.
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Estimates of the Population, Released April 2006.

2006 Snapshot

Dawson County

Population

24,615

Households

9,170

Families

6,399

Average Household Size

2.5

Average Family Size

3.0

Per Capita Income

$18,764

County Age Distribution (2006):

Age

0-17

18-24

25-44

45-64

65+

85+

Total

% Split

Male

3,573

1,178

3,263

3,113

1,299

165

12,646

50.5%

Female

3,512

958

2,940

2,892

1,889

387

12,372

49.5%

    Total

7,085

2,136

6,203

6,005

3,188

552

25,018

 

DAWSON AREA DEVELOPMENT
PO Box 106 - Cozad, NE 69130
Phone: (308) 784.3902   Fax: (308) 784.3941
E-mail: jwdad@cozadtel.net