Dakota County, Nebraska
13 public bodies govern here, 2 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 21,354
- Median household income
- $70,329
- ±4,068
- Unemployed
- 4.8%
- 533 of 11,079 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 85.8%
- 6,400 of 7,459 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Dakota | 21,241 (2021) | Po Box 39, Dakota City | Website |
Cities, towns and villages 5
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Dakota City | 2,058 (2021) | Po Box 482, Dakota City | Website |
| City of South Sioux City | 13,814 (2021) | 1615 1st Ave, South Sioux City | Website |
| Village of Homer | 517 (2021) | Po Box 386, Homer | — |
| Village of Hubbard | 163 (2021) | Po Box 100, Hubbard | — |
| Village of Jackson | 202 (2021) | Po Box 149, Jackson | — |
Special districts 7
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Nebraska Public Power District | Electric power utility | Po Box 350, Wayne | Website |
| Omadi Drainage District | Flood control | Po Box 355, Homer | — |
| Emerson Housing Authority | Housing and community development | Po Box 148, Emerson | — |
| South Sioux City Housing Authority | Housing and community development | 118 E 21st St, South Sioux City | — |
| Dakota-Covington Rural Fire District | Local fire protection | 208 S 21st, Dakota City | — |
| Emerson Rural Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 101, Emerson | — |
| Homer Rural Fire Protection District 1 | Local fire protection | 2283 S Bluff Rd, Homer | — |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
HOMER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
School district2 schools
212 S 3RD, Homer, NE, 68030
SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS
School district8 schools
210 WEST 39TH ST, So Sioux City, NE, 68776
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
Dixon County Farmer's Market (119 W 3rd Street Ponca)
Elk Point Farmers' Market (Elk Point)
Moville Farmers Market (Main Street and Pearl Street Moville) · Downtown Sioux City Farmers' Market (Sioux City) · Sioux City Farmers Market (Sioux City)
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.