Scottsbluff, Nebraska Scottsbluff, Nebraska Location of Scottsbluff, Nebraska Location of Scottsbluff, Nebraska State Nebraska Scottsbluff is a town/city in Scotts Bluff County, in the part of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States.
Scottsbluff is the biggest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the 13th biggest city in Nebraska.
Scottsbluff was established in 1899 athwart the North Platte River from its namesake, a bluff that is now a U.S.
National Park called Scotts Bluff National Monument.
The two metros/cities have since grown together to form the 7th biggest urban region (Scottsbluff Micropolitan Statistical Area) in Nebraska.
In the Lakota language, Scottsbluff is called p aekeska wakpa ot uewahe ("Platte River City", lit.
Scottsbluff is positioned at 41 52 2 N 103 39 39 W (41.867140, 103.660709). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.27 square miles (16.24 km2), of which, 6.22 square miles (16.11 km2) is territory and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) is water. Scottsbluff has a semi-arid climate (Koppen climate classification BSk), with wide cyclic and day-to-day variation as well as a large diurnal temperature variation, and is positioned in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5. Summers are hot, and winters dry and cold, though chinook winds can loosen the cold's grip, often bringing temperatures above 50 F (10 C).
The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 26.1 F ( 3.3 C) in January to 74.1 F (23.4 C) in July.
Over the course of a year, there is an average 4.2 days with 100 F (38 C)+ highs, 43 with 90 F (32 C)+ highs, and 13 with sub-0 F ( 18 C) lows. Precipitation is heavily concentrated in the spring and summer months.
Extremes in temperature have ranged from 110 F (43 C) on 11 July 1939, down to 45 F ( 43 C) on 12 February 1899.
The year 1989 saw temperatures as extreme as 109 F (43 C) and 42 F ( 41 C). Climate data for Scottsbluff, Nebraska Average high F ( C) 40.8 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 4.4 4.4 4.7 2.9 .3 0 0 0 .3 1.5 3.6 4.9 27.0 Overlooking Scottsbluff (to the left) and Gering (to the right) from Scotts Bluff National Monument As of the census of 2010, there were 15,039 citizens , 6,168 homeholds, and 3,672 families residing in the city.
There were 6,712 housing units at an average density of 1,079.1 per square mile (416.6/km2).
There were 6,168 homeholds of which 30.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.7% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.5% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.04.
The median age in the town/city was 36 years.
24.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 10.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.8% were from 25 to 44; 23.7% were from 45 to 64; and 16.7% were 65 years of age or older.
According to a 2009 article in Quality Health entitled 10 Fattest Cities in America, 31% of Scottsbluff's populace is obese, making it the 7th fattest town/city in America. As of the census of 2000, there were 14,732 citizens , 6,088 homeholds, and 3,841 families residing in the city.
There were 6,559 housing units at an average density of 1,115.1 per square mile (430.7/km ).
The average homehold size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 14.5% of families and 18.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 28.5% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.
Scottsbluff is home to the chief campus of Western Nebraska Community College.
In addition, a several other Nebraska establishments maintain centers and offer select courses or programs in the city, including the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, Chadron State College, and the University of Nebraska (Panhandle Research and Extension Center).
Scotts Bluff National Monument.
Scotts Bluff National Monument The Midwest Theater in downtown Scottsbluff is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The Scottsbluff region is served by Western Nebraska Regional Airport.
Brook Berringer, the former University of Nebraska quarterback was born in Scottsbluff in 1973.
Teresa Scanlan, Miss America 2011 (graduated from Scottsbluff High School) United States Enumeration Bureau.
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