WASHINGTON COUNTY GENERAL INFORMATION

REGION SIZE:                Douglas County                   331.0 square miles

                                          Mills County                         436.6 square miles

                                          Pottawattamie County         954.3 square miles

                                          Sarpy County                         240.7 square miles

                                         Washington County               390.5 square miles

 

 

POPULATION:

 

 

1990         7-1-92         7-1-94       7-1-96       7-1-97       7-1-98       4/2000       7/2000       7/2001       7/2002       4/2004       7/2005       7/2006    7/2007

 

County                    16607      16975          17498        18175        18470       18661        18780        18795        19125        19211         19605       19772        20044     19959     

 

Arlington                1178          1171            1179           1193                                            1197                                                                  1202          1192        1199        1189

Blair                         6860         6932            7282           7558                                            7512                                                                  7706           7765       7916        7870

Fort Calhoun             648           758              791             832                                              856                                                                    908            917         924           916

Herman                      256           251             241             249                                              310                                                                     304            301        304           301

Kennard                      371          372             377             382                                              371                                                                     389            386        387           389

Washington                125          127             138             144                                              126                                                                     134            134        138           137

 

Incorporated            9438        9611           10008          10358                                          10372                                                             10643          10695       10868      10802

Unincorporated        7169       7364              7490            7817                                              8408                                                            8962           9077          9176         9176

 

 

HOUSING UNITS:

 

Washington County                                                                                       7408        7431       7523

 

POPULATION HISTORY:

                                                2000                1990                1980                1970                1960                1950       

 

Washington County            18780              16607             15508              13310               12103               11511     

 

                Arlington              1197                   1178              1117                  910                   740                    593         

                Blair                        7512                  6860              6418                6106                 4931                  3815       

                Fort Calhoun           856                    648                641                  642                   458                    314          

                Herman                    310                    256                340                  323                   335                    380         

                Kennard                   371                    371                372                  336                   331                    273         

                Washington             126                    125                113                    76                     44                      55           

 

Incorporated                         10372                 9438              9001                10358                 6839                  5430       

Unincorporated                      8408                 7169              6507                 7817                  5264                  6081

  

2002 Census of Agriculture                2002                        1997

 

Farms:                                                    760                          749

1 – 9 acres                                    44                            48

2,000 acres or more                    10                              7

Avg. farm size in acres                        319                          301

Avg. age of operator:                          54.4                         53.7

  < 25 operators                                          3                             7

  70 > operators                                      108                          118

Type of Farm:

                family owned                         638                          597

                partnership                               49                            55

                family-held corporation         68                            90           

                other than family corporation 5                              4

                institutional, estate, etc            -                               3