Editing Colfax County, Nebraska

{{Short description|County in Nebraska, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
| county             = Colfax County
| state              = Nebraska
| seal               =
| founded            = 1869
| seat wl            = Schuyler
| largest city       = Schuyler
| area_total_sq_mi   = 417
| area_land_sq_mi    = 412
| area_water_sq_mi   = 4.9
| area percentage    = 1.2%
| census yr          = 2020
| pop                = 10582
| density_sq_mi      = auto
| web                = www.colfaxne.com
| ex image           = Colfax County Courthouse (Nebraska) from NE 1.JPG
| ex image cap       = Colfax County Courthouse in Schuyler
| district           = 1st
| time zone          = Central
| named for          = [[Schuyler Colfax]]
}}
[[File:Colfax County.png|thumb|Colfax County, Nebraska]]
'''Colfax County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Nebraska]]. As of the [[2020 United States census]], the population was 10,582.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colfax County, Nebraska|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Colfax_County,_Nebraska?g=050XX00US31037|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Schuyler, Nebraska|Schuyler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|archive-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> The county and its seat are named after US Vice President (1869–1873) [[Schuyler Colfax]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bain|first=David Haward|title=The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2004|location=New York City NY| pages=65–6|isbn=0-14-303526-6}}</ref>

In the [[Vehicle registration plates of Nebraska|Nebraska license plate system]], Colfax County is represented by the prefix 43 (it had the 43rd largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

==History==
Colfax County was established by the Nebraska legislature in 1869, as part of the division of [[Platte County, Nebraska|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, Nebraska|Schuyler]] also after Colfax.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bowman|first1=J. R.|editor1-last=Shearer|editor1-first=Frederick E.|title=The Pacific tourist. J.R. Bowman's illustrated transcontinental guide of travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean|date=1882|publisher=J.R. Bowman|location=New York|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbsUAAAAYAAJ&q=The%20Pacific%20tourist.%20J.R.%20Bowman's%20illustrated%20transcontinental%20guide%20of%20travel%20from%20the%20Atlantic%20to%20the%20Pacific%20Ocean&pg=PA26|access-date=May 9, 2018|oclc=752667534}}</ref> Schuyler was incorporated in 1870, and the county's first courthouse was constructed in 1872.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colfax County History|url=http://www.colfaxne.com/webpages/about/history.html|website=www.colfaxne.com|access-date=December 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>Griepentrog, Harold.  [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/colfax/schuyler/ "Schuyler: Colfax County".]</ref>

Colfax County in May 2020 had the sixth-highest per capita [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] infection rate of any American county. About one of every 23 residents has tested positive, with 467 cases.<ref>See [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html "Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count" ''The New York Times'' May 15, 2020.]</ref> As of October 2020, one in every 13 residents has tested positive, with 798 cases.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Nebraska Covid Map and Case Count|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/nebraska-coronavirus-cases.html|access-date=October 4, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|US Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|417|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|412|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.9|sqmi}} (1.2%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_31.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113024152/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_31.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 13, 2013|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=December 6, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:US 30.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 30 in Nebraska|U.S. Highway 30]]
* [[File:N-15.svg|20px]] [[Nebraska Highway 15]]
* [[File:N-57.svg|20px]] [[Nebraska Highway 57]]
* [[File:N-91.svg|20px]] [[Nebraska Highway 91]]
{{div col end}}

===Transit===
*[[Express Arrow]]

===Adjacent counties===
{{div col}}
* [[Dodge County, Nebraska|Dodge County]] – east
* [[Butler County, Nebraska|Butler County]] – south
* [[Platte County, Nebraska|Platte County]] – west
* [[Stanton County, Nebraska|Stanton County]] – north
* [[Cuming County, Nebraska|Cuming County]] – northeast
{{div col end}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 1424
|1880= 6588
|1890= 10453
|1900= 11211
|1910= 11610
|1920= 11624
|1930= 11434
|1940= 10627
|1950= 10010
|1960= 9595
|1970= 9498
|1980= 9890
|1990= 9139
|2000= 10441
|2010= 10515
|2020= 10582
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=December 6, 2014}}</ref><br>1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=December 6, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ne190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=December 6, 2014}}</ref><br>1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=December 6, 2014}}</ref> 2010<ref name=QF>{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/31/31037.html|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607145521/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/31/31037.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Colfax County, Nebraska – Racial and Ethnic Composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P004HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE [73] – Colfax County, Nebraska|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=050XX00US31037|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Colfax County, Nebraska|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2010.P2?q=p2&g=050XX00US31037|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Colfax County, Nebraska|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US31037|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|7,617
|6,031
|5,018
|{{percentage|7617|10441|2}}
|{{percentage|6031|10515|2}}
|{{percentage|5018|10582|2}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|5
|49
|375
|{{percentage|5|10441|2}}
|{{percentage|49|10515|2}}
|{{percentage|375|10582|2}}
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|17
|33
|26
|{{percentage|17|10441|2}}
|{{percentage|33|10515|2}}
|{{percentage|26|10582|2}}
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|14
|24
|50
|{{percentage|14|10441|2}}
|{{percentage|24|10515|2}}
|{{percentage|50|10582|2}}
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|3
|4
|2
|{{percentage|3|10441|2}}
|{{percentage|4|10515|2}}
|{{percentage|2|10582|2}}
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|11
|17
|16
|{{percentage|11|10441|2}}
|{{percentage|17|10515|2}}
|{{percentage|16|10582|2}}
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|42
|42
|102
|{{percentage|42|10441|2}}
|{{percentage|42|10515|2}}
|{{percentage|102|10582|2}}
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,732
|4,315
|4,993
|{{percentage|2732|10441|2}}
|{{percentage|4315|10515|2}}
|{{percentage|4993|10582|2}}
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''10,441'''
|'''10,515'''
|'''10,582'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2000 United States census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 10,441 people, 3,682 households, and 2,592 families in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|25|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 4,088 housing units at an average density of {{convert|10|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 81.73% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.07% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.20% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.14% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 15.94% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.73% from two or more races. 26.17% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 28.8% were of [[germans|German]] and 24.2% [[czechs|Czech]] ancestry.

The [[2020 United States census]] said that the county was 47.4% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]], 3.5% black [[African Americans|African-American]], .5% [[Asian people|Asian]] and 47.2% [[Hispanic]].

There were 3,682 households, out of which 35.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.90% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.31.

The county population contained 28.90% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 18.70% from 45 to 64, and 16.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 106.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,849, and the median income for a family was $40,936. Males had a median income of $25,656 versus $20,485 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $15,148. About 7.20% of families and 10.80% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.80% of those under age 18 and 7.90% of those age 65 or over.

==Communities==

=== Cities ===

* [[Clarkson, Nebraska|Clarkson]]
* [[Schuyler, Nebraska|Schuyler]] (county seat)

=== Villages ===

* [[Howells, Nebraska|Howells]]
* [[Leigh, Nebraska|Leigh]]
* [[Richland, Nebraska|Richland]]
* [[Rogers, Nebraska|Rogers]]

==Politics==
Colfax County voters are reliably Republican. In only one national election since 1936 did the county select the Democratic Party candidate.
{{PresHead|place=Colfax County, Nebraska|whig=no|source1=<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS ''Election Results'']</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,636|845|38|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,636|1,025|65|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,171|859|184|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,051|969|49|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,018|1,125|60|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,589|990|54|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,338|863|114|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|1,954|1,065|519|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,915|1,011|1,218|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,329|1,542|27|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,999|981|36|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,259|893|302|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|2,364|1,666|93|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,799|1,107|0|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,264|932|315|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,972|2,207|0|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,504|1,975|0|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,843|1,526|0|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,332|1,458|0|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|1,928|1,897|0|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,314|2,178|0|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|2,587|2,361|0|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,644|3,210|221|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|648|4,076|55|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,432|2,746|16|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,450|1,293|973|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,992|957|56|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|897|1,628|54|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|620|998|482|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,159|1,267|57|Nebraska}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,180|768|277|Nebraska}}
{{PresFoot|1900|Democratic|1,033|1,357|33|Nebraska}}

==See also==
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Colfax County, Nebraska]]

==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Colfax County, Nebraska
|North     = [[Stanton County, Nebraska|Stanton County]]
|Northeast = [[Cuming County, Nebraska|Cuming County]]
|East      = [[Dodge County, Nebraska|Dodge County]]
|South     = [[Butler County, Nebraska|Butler County]]
|West      = [[Platte County, Nebraska|Platte County]]
}}

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[[Category:Schuyler Colfax]]