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Dawson County, NE

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 91% of Nebraska's ($76,475); poverty 10.8% against 10.6%; 1.2% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

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Places in the county

• Lexington 10,862 · median household income $67,666
• Cozad 3,937 · median household income $54,471
• Gothenburg 3,452 · median household income $79,219
• Overton 689 · median household income $55,000
• Sumner 353 · median household income $70,000
• Farnam 257 · median household income $45,417
• Eddyville 125 · median household income $95,461
• Willow Island 0 · median household income $-666,666,666

FURP records in Dawson County, NE

Cross-reference: 247 nonprofits for 24,202 residents is 102.1 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $33,443,785 is $1,382 per resident, 5.2% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $69,880.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

• GOTHENBURG IMPACT CENTER Gothenburg, NE · $5,937,095
• SOUTH CENTRAL DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES INC Cozad, NE · $4,999,838
• GOTHENBURG EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING COALITION Gothenburg, NE · $3,050,693
• COZAD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Cozad, NE · $2,458,498
• RIDGEWAY SENIOR LIVING Lexington, NE · $1,535,018
• GOTHENBURG IMPROVEMENT COMPANY Gothenburg, NE · $1,090,241
• LEARNING ADVENTURES CHILD CARE CENTER Gothenburg, NE · $1,036,903
• COZAD CREATES CARING Cozad, NE · $911,626
• COZAD CAMPING MINISTRY Cozad, NE · $694,373
• LITTLE EAGLES LEARNING CENTER Overton, NE · $654,733

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

• ANESTHESIA SERVICES OF NEBRASKA LLC Lexington, NE · $1,787,567
• DOWNEY DRILLING INC Lexington, NE · $541,877
• STERLING WEST Gothenburg, NE · $120,779
• PROSTAR VENTURES INC Gothnburg, NE · $117,107

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

• First Gothenburg Bancshares, Inc. Gothenburg, NE · $12,000,000
• Orthman Manufacturing Inc Lexington, NE · $3,000,000

Political committees

• BARRETT COMMITTEE Lexington, NE
• DAVE ELSE FOR CONGRESS Overton, NE
• MARILYN FOWLER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE Lexington, NE
• RACEK FOR CONGRESS Lexington, NE

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

• NEBRASKA PLASTICS, INC. Cozad, NE · 6
• ORTHMAN CONVEYING SYSTEMS (OCS) Lexington, NE · 5
• ALL POINTS COOPERATIVE Gothenburg, NE · 3
• COUNTRY PARTNERS COOPERATIVE Gothenburg, NE · 3
• CRAIG D. BARTRUFF, M.D., P.C. Gothenburg, NE · 2
• DAWSON TIRE AND WHEEL, LLC Gothenburg, NE · 2
• DAYSPRING BANK Gothenburg, NE · 2
• HUNT CLEANERS, INC. Cozad, NE · 2
• LUTHER FAMILY FARMS, GP Overton, NE · 2
• NEBRASKALAND TIRE, INC. Lexington, NE · 2

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

• TARA L LAWLESS Lexington, NE · $4,068
• BRITNEY R WEVER Gothenburg, NE · $3,724
• EDWARD M FORD Lexington, NE · $3,198
• JOHN M FORD Lexington, NE · $2,608
• GREGORY KLOCH Lexington, NE · $2,375
• BLAINE M CORNELIUS Gothenburg, NE · $2,314
• FRANCISCA ACOSTA CARLSON Lexington, NE · $2,065
• ADAM M DANNEHL Lexington, NE · $1,859
• ANN M YOUNG Lexington, NE · $1,572
• KYLE Frederick KLAMMER Lexington, NE · $1,494

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

• Nebraska Plastics, Inc. Cozad, NE · 45
• Orthman Manufacturing, Inc. Lexington, NE · 12
• Dawson Tire Service, Inc. Gothenburg, NE · 9
• Dawson Tire and Wheel Company, Inc. Gothenburg, NE · 6
• SCENNCO, INC. Gothenburg, NE · 6
• Elite Endeavors, LLC Lexington, NE · 5
• KENFORD INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. Gothenburg, NE · 3
• UNISAN NEBRASKA, LLC Gothenburg, NE · 3
• Absolute Aeration, LLC Lexington, NE · 2
• CENTRED TECHNOLOGY LLC Gothenburg, NE · 2

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

• PROMAC INC Lexington, NE · $36,017,888
• EILERS MACHINE & WELDING INC Lexington, NE · $30,492,940
• COZAD TELEPHONE COMPANY Cozad, NE · $18,955,971
• HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LEXINGTON Lexington, NE · $16,743,884
• COZAD HOUSING AUTHORITY Cozad, NE · $8,487,690
• GOTHENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY Gothenburg, NE · $5,319,909
• ADEN DIVERSIFIED AG PARTNERSHIP Gothenburg, NE · $5,240,313
• DAWSON COUNTY Lexington, NE · $4,934,491
• CITY OF LEXINGTON Lexington, NE · $4,289,230
• PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL Lexington, NE · $4,107,438

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0