Walthill, Nebraska
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Walthill is a village in Thurston County
Thurston County, Nebraska
-History:Varying cultures of indigenous peoples lived along the rivers for thousands of years before European encounter.Thurston County was organized by European Americans in 1889 from land that had been divided between Dakota and Burt counties since the dissolution of Blackbird County in 1879. It...

, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

, United States
United States
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, within the Omaha Reservation
Omaha Reservation
The Omaha Reservation of the Omaha tribe is located mostly in Thurston County, Nebraska, with sections in neighboring Cuming County and Burt County, in addition to Monona County in Iowa. The tribal seat of government is in Macy, with the towns of Rosalie, Thurston, Pender and Walthill located in...

. The population was 909 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Walthill is located at 42°8′55"N 96°29′26"W (42.148744, -96.490434). It is located within the Omaha
Omaha (tribe)
The Omaha are a federally recognized Native American nation which lives on the Omaha Reservation in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa, United States...

 Reservation.

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 909 people, 284 households, and 205 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 2,116.1 people per square mile (816.2/km²). There were 308 housing units at an average density of 717.0 per square mile (276.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 27.61% White, 67.88% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.99% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 3.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.38% of the population.
There were 284 households out of which 40.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.2% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 22.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.20 and the average family size was 3.80.

In the village the population was spread out with 41.3% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 14.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $29,500. Males had a median income of $26,719 versus $21,500 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the village was $10,051. About 18.2% of families and 23.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.1% of those under age 18 and 16.5% of those age 65 or over.

Notable natives

  • Russell Crowell, labor leader
  • Susan La Flesche Picotte
    Susan La Flesche Picotte
    Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first American Indian woman to become a physician in the United States. She grew up with her parents on the Omaha Reservation. She went to college at the Hampton Institute and got her medical degree at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia...

    , first Native American female physician
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