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Total Population in Nebraska, by County

Total Population for every county in Nebraska, ranked. The highest is Douglas County at 590,736 and the lowest is Blaine County at 422.

Nebraska: 1,978,707 · United States: 334,922,499 · median county in Nebraska: 6,095

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#County Total Population
1Douglas County590,736
2Lancaster County326,696
3Sarpy County197,389
4Hall County62,536
5Buffalo County50,579
6Dodge County37,351
7Scotts Bluff County35,843
8Madison County35,532
9Platte County34,716
10Lincoln County33,802
11Adams County31,052
12Cass County27,161
13Dawson County24,202
14Saunders County23,048
15Gage County21,629
16Dakota County21,354
17Washington County21,106
18Seward County17,641
19Otoe County16,241
20Saline County14,650
21York County14,286
22Box Butte County10,714
23Colfax County10,641
24Red Willow County10,557
25Custer County10,518
26Holt County10,102
27Wayne County9,844
28Cheyenne County9,533
29Hamilton County9,464
30Phelps County9,009
31Cuming County8,975
32Butler County8,424
33Knox County8,363
34Cedar County8,315
35Keith County8,219
36Dawes County8,140
37Richardson County7,751
38Merrick County7,724
39Pierce County7,325
40Jefferson County7,161
41Nemaha County7,046
42Burt County6,740
43Kearney County6,713
44Thurston County6,627
45Howard County6,534
46Antelope County6,305
47Clay County6,095
48Stanton County5,796
49Dixon County5,545
50Fillmore County5,541
51Cherry County5,498
52Boone County5,356
53Johnson County5,261
54Polk County5,225
55Sheridan County5,014
56Thayer County4,901
57Furnas County4,568
58Morrill County4,534
59Nuckolls County4,087
60Valley County4,066
61Chase County3,671
62Webster County3,360
63Nance County3,324
64Kimball County3,248
65Sherman County2,967
66Brown County2,869
67Harlan County2,847
68Franklin County2,846
69Perkins County2,821
70Frontier County2,569
71Hitchcock County2,569
72Pawnee County2,530
73Greeley County2,202
74Gosper County2,040
75Deuel County1,847
76Garden County1,761
77Dundy County1,736
78Garfield County1,718
79Boyd County1,688
80Rock County1,319
81Sioux County1,171
82Wheeler County847
83Hayes County843
84Keya Paha County822
85Logan County773
86Banner County742
87Hooker County647
88Grant County626
89Loup County578
90Thomas County564
91Arthur County484
92McPherson County475
93Blaine County422

Everyone living in the area, from the 5-year American Community Survey.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Nebraska ranks 38th of 52 states for total population.

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