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Population (year 2000): 4,163. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,222 (+1.4% change)
Males: 2,004 (48.1%), Females: 2,159 (51.9%)
Dawson County
Zip code:
69130
Median resident age: 37.2 years
Median household income: $32,392 (year 2000)
Median house value: $57,100 (year 2000)
Races in Cozad:
- White Non-Hispanic (87.4%)
- Hispanic (11.0%)
- Other race (3.8%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (30.0%), English (9.6%),
Irish (9.4%), United States (9.2%), Swedish (4.8%), Danish
(3.2%).
Elevation: 2487 feet
Land area: 2.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Cozad
- High school or higher: 80.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
- Unemployed: 3.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 12.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Cozad city
- Never married: 21.2%
- Now married: 60.7%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 8.9%
- Divorced: 8.3%
3.0% Foreign born (2.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +260 (+6.7%).
Hospital/medical center in Cozad:
- COZAD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (PO BOX 108, 300
EAST 12TH STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Cozad:
- GOTHENBURG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles;
GOTHENBURG, NE)
- TRI-COUNTY AREA HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 18 miles;
LEXINGTON, NE)
- CALLAWAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL (about 30 miles;
CALLAWAY, NE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Cozad:
- NORTH PLATTE RGNL AIRPORT LEE BIRD FIELD (about 52
miles; NORTH PLATTE, NE; ID: LBF)
- MC COOK MUNI (about 62 miles; MC COOK, NE; ID: MCK)
- KEARNEY MUNI (about 69 miles; KEARNEY, NE; ID: EAR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cozad:
- COZAD MUNI (about 2 miles; COZAD, NE; ID: CZD)
- QUINN FIELD (about 11 miles; GOTHENBURG, NE; ID:
GTE)
- JIM KELLY FIELD (about 16 miles; LEXINGTON, NE; ID:
LXN)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Cozad:
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY (about 63 miles;
KEARNEY, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,588)
- CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 103 miles; GRAND
ISLAND, NE; FT enrollment: 3,730)
- FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 144 miles; HAYS,
KS; FT enrollment: 4,572)
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 181 miles;
NORFOLK, NE; FT enrollment: 2,732)
- BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 191 miles;
GREAT BEND, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 225 miles; WAYNE, NE; FT
enrollment: 3,026)
- SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 227 miles;
LINCOLN, NE; FT enrollment: 5,137)
Public high school in Cozad:
- COZAD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 314; Grades: 09
- 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Cozad:
- COZAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 347;
Grades: PK - 06)
- COZAD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 231; Grades:
04 - 08)
- COZAD EARLY EDUCATION CENTER (Students: 87;
Grades: PK - 06)
- DIST 029 - DAWSON COUNTY (Students: 25;
Grades: PK - 08)
- DIST 016 - DAWSON COUNTY (Students: 19;
Grades: PK - 08)
- DIST 013 - DAWSON COUNTY (Students: 15;
Grades: PK - 08)
- DIST 027 - DAWSON COUNTY (Students: 1;
Grades: PK - 08)
Library in Cozad:
- WILSON PL (Operating income: $170,295;
Location: 910 MERIDIAN; 32,482 books; 843 audio
materials; 624 video materials; 72 serial subscriptions)
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