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Dakota County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- March 16, 1855
- Named after
- Dakota people
- Seat
- Dakota City
- Largest city
- South Sioux City
- Total
- 267.421 sq mi (692.62 km )
- Land
- 264.431 sq mi (684.87 km )
- Water
- 2.990 sq mi (7.74 km ) 1.12%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,687
- Density
- 81.617/sq mi (31.512/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 402 and 531
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- dakotacounty.ne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Dakota people
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nebraska
- Contains
- Dakota City
- Capital
- Dakota City
- Population
- 21582
- Area
- 693
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Union County
- Official website
- www.dakotacountyne.org
- Image
- Dakota County Courthouse (Nebraska) 3 center.JPG
- Households
- 7350
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- Commons category
- Dakota County, Nebraska
- topic's main category
- Category:Dakota County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1855-00-00
- different from
- Dakota County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Dakota County
- per capita income
- 26416
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Dakota County, Nebraska
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Encyclopedic overview
Dakota County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,582, and was estimated to be 21,687 in 2025. The county seat is Dakota City and the largest city is South Sioux City.
Dakota County is part of the Sioux City metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dakota County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.