Hadar

Hadar, variant of Hadad 1, 3.

Hadar or Beta Centauri, bright star in the constellation Centaurus; 1992 position R.A. 14^h01.7^m, dec. -60°13'. A bluish-white giant of spectral class B1 II, it has an apparent magnitude of 0.63, making it one of the 10 brightest stars in the sky. Its distance from the earth is more than 400 light-years. Hadar is a visual binary star.

Hominin fossils found since 1973 near the Awash River, about 185 mi (300 km) from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. The remains—representing at least 30 hominin individuals, including “Lucy” and the “First Family” of 13 Australopithecus afarensis individuals who probably perished together—date from 3.4 to 2.9 million years ago. In the Middle Awash region just to the south, researchers have found some of the oldest known (circa 4 million years old) hominin fossils, and in the adjacent Gona area some of the oldest known (circa 2.3 million years old) stone tools have been identified. The lower valley of the Awash is a World Heritage site.

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Hadar is a village in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 312 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Hadar is located at (42.104536, -97.450660).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 312 people, 117 households, and 82 families residing in the village. The population density was 784.9 people per square mile (301.2/km²). There were 123 housing units at an average density of 309.4/sq mi (118.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.79% White, 0.32% Asian, 2.24% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.88% of the population.

There were 117 households out of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the village the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 113.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $42,679, and the median income for a family was $48,750. Males had a median income of $28,214 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the village was $16,743. About 1.1% of families and 0.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

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