Colfax County, Nebraska
Colfax County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 10,582. Its county seat is Schuyler. The county and its seat are named after US Vice President Schuyler Colfax.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Colfax County is represented by the prefix 43.
History
Colfax County was established by the Nebraska legislature in 1869, as part of the division of Platte County into three parts. The new county was named for Schuyler Colfax, then the vice-president of the United States. The site of Shell Creek Station on the Union Pacific Railroad was chosen as the county seat, and renamed Schuyler also after Colfax. Schuyler was incorporated in 1870, and the county's first courthouse was constructed in 1872.Colfax County in May 2020 had the sixth-highest per capita COVID-19 infection rate of any American county. About one of every 23 residents has tested positive, with 467 cases. As of October 2020, one in every 13 residents has tested positive, with 798 cases.
Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has an area of, of which is land and is water.Major highways
Transit
- Express Arrow
Adjacent counties
- Dodge County – east
- Butler County – south
- Platte County – west
- Stanton County – north
- Cuming County – northeast
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 10,582. The median age was 34.5 years. 30.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 104.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 107.6 males age 18 and over.The racial makeup of the county was 55.2% White, 3.6% Black or African American, 2.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 28.2% from some other race, and 9.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 47.2% of the population.
61.6% of residents lived in urban areas, while 38.4% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,615 households in the county, of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 19.1% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 3,976 housing units, of which 9.1% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 72.2% were owner-occupied and 27.8% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.1%.