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Nebraska county map

Nebraska has 93 counties. Cherry County is the largest by land at 5,960 square miles, and Douglas County is the most populous with 601,158 residents.

Population 2024
2,005,465
#37 of 51
Land area
76,815 sq mi
#15 of 51
Density
26.1 / sq mi
#44 of 51
Counties
93
Capital: Lincoln
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Lincoln 40.81° N, 96.70° W

Map of all 93 counties in Nebraska

Every county is labeled on Census 2024 boundaries. Download it as a PDF to print, a PNG, or an editable SVG. For blank, colored or city versions, see the printable Nebraska map sheets.

AdamsAntelopeArthurBannerBlaineBooneBox ButteBoydBrownBuffaloBurtButlerCassCedarChaseCherryCheyenneClayColfaxCumingCusterDakotaDawesDawsonDeuelDixonDodgeDouglasDundyFillmoreFranklinFrontierFurnasGageGardenGarfieldGosperGrantGreeleyHallHamiltonHarlanHayesHitchcockHoltHookerHowardJeffersonJohnsonKearneyKeithKeya PahaKimballKnoxLancasterLincolnLoganLoupMcPhersonMadisonMerrickMorrillNanceNemahaNuckollsOtoePawneePerkinsPhelpsPiercePlattePolkRed WillowRichardsonRockSalineSarpySaundersScotts BluffSewardSheridanShermanSiouxStantonThayerThomasThurstonValleyWashingtonWayneWebsterWheelerYorkNebraska county map. Online Map Tools (onlinemaptools.com), Census 2024 boundaries, free to reuse with credit.
93 units labeled. The orange dot marks the capital.

Nebraska population and land area

Nebraska had 2,005,465 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates, the sum of its counties. That ranks 37th of the 50 states and DC. Its 76,815 square miles of land rank 15th. Nebraska averages 26.1 people per square mile of land, about 3.7 times sparser than the national figure of 96.3. By density it ranks 44th.

Population, 2024
2,005,46537th of 51
Land area
76,815 sq mi15th of 51
Density
26.1 per sq mi44th of 51
Number of counties
93
Capital
Lincoln40.808° N, 96.700° W
State FIPS code
31

Nebraska counties by population, density and income

Each shape is shaded by quintile, darker for higher values. Switch the measure above the map. Select a shape to open that county's page. The pin marks the capital, Lincoln.

York County: 25Boone County: 7.8Grant County: 0.7Saline County: 26Adams County: 55Clay County: 11Logan County: 1.2Hamilton County: 18Thomas County: 0.9Lancaster County: 397Sherman County: 5.2Lincoln County: 13Stanton County: 13Dawes County: 5.7Madison County: 62Perkins County: 3.1Arthur County: 0.6Deuel County: 4.3Banner County: 0.9Dundy County: 1.7Garfield County: 3.0Wheeler County: 1.4Seward County: 31Johnson County: 14Wayne County: 22Hayes County: 1.2Gosper County: 3.9Blaine County: 0.6Valley County: 7.1Keith County: 7.7Antelope County: 7.4Hooker County: 1.0Hitchcock County: 3.5Box Butte County: 10.0Morrill County: 3.2Chase County: 4.2Howard County: 12Holt County: 4.2Phelps County: 17Cuming County: 16Jefferson County: 13Garden County: 1.1Dodge County: 72Buffalo County: 53Butler County: 14Fillmore County: 9.6Boyd County: 3.2Nuckolls County: 7.1Loup County: 1.0Sioux County: 0.5Thayer County: 8.5Cheyenne County: 8.0Rock County: 1.2Nance County: 7.4Greeley County: 3.9Hall County: 115Brown County: 2.4Dakota County: 81Kearney County: 13Webster County: 5.8Nemaha County: 17Franklin County: 4.9Furnas County: 6.2Sarpy County: 861Platte County: 53Kimball County: 3.5Polk County: 12Dixon County: 12Knox County: 7.5Thurston County: 17Douglas County: 1,841Scotts Bluff County: 48Pierce County: 13Burt County: 14Merrick County: 16Sheridan County: 2.0Washington County: 55Frontier County: 2.6Colfax County: 26Cass County: 49Pawnee County: 5.8Richardson County: 14Cedar County: 11Gage County: 25Dawson County: 24Keya Paha County: 1.1Cherry County: 0.9McPherson County: 0.4Otoe County: 27Red Willow County: 15Custer County: 4.1Harlan County: 5.5Saunders County: 31
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Largest county in Nebraska by land area

Cherry County ranks first at 5,960 square miles and Sarpy County last at 238 square miles. The top value is 25 times the bottom one.

  1. 01Cherry County5,960
  2. 02Custer County2,575
  3. 03Lincoln County2,564
  4. 04Sheridan County2,440
  5. 05Holt County2,412
  6. 06Sioux County2,067
  7. 07Garden County1,705
  8. 08Morrill County1,424
  9. 09Dawes County1,396
  10. 10Brown County1,221

Most populous county in Nebraska

Douglas County ranks first at 601,158 residents and McPherson County last at 376 residents. The gap is more than a hundredfold.

  1. 01Douglas County601,158
  2. 02Lancaster County332,857
  3. 03Sarpy County204,828
  4. 04Hall County62,869
  5. 05Buffalo County51,156
  6. 06Dodge County37,884
  7. 07Scotts Bluff County35,734
  8. 08Madison County35,579
  9. 09Platte County35,499
  10. 10Lincoln County33,319

Least populous county in Nebraska

The smallest populations, fewest first. Estimates for small counties carry more uncertainty than those for large ones.

  1. 01McPherson County376
  2. 02Arthur County423
  3. 03Blaine County454
  4. 04Grant County573
  5. 05Loup County582
Log scale, so small counties stay visible next to the largest.

Most densely populated county in Nebraska

Douglas County ranks first at 1,840.9 people per square mile and McPherson County last at 0.4 people per square mile. The gap is more than a hundredfold.

  1. 01Douglas County1,840.9
  2. 02Sarpy County860.6
  3. 03Lancaster County397.4
  4. 04Hall County115.0
  5. 05Dakota County80.7
  6. 06Dodge County71.6
  7. 07Madison County62.1
  8. 08Adams County55.4
  9. 09Washington County54.5
  10. 10Buffalo County52.8
People per square mile of land, log scale.

Highest median household income in Nebraska

Sarpy County ranks first at $101,902 and Garden County last at $44,135. The top value is 2.3 times the bottom one.

  1. 01Sarpy County$101,902
  2. 02Washington County$88,234
  3. 03Saunders County$85,732
  4. 04Hamilton County$84,805
  5. 05Cass County$83,291
  6. 06Seward County$81,819
  7. 07Polk County$79,938
  8. 08Pierce County$78,454
  9. 09Stanton County$78,112
  10. 10Douglas County$77,747

Towns and cities in Nebraska

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 109 incorporated places in Nebraska with 1,000 or more residents, holding 1,434,909 people together, or 72% of the state total. 32 of them have 5,000 or more. The northernmost is Valentine at 42.876° N and the southernmost is Superior at 40.022° N. Among places of 5,000+, Lexington grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, by 5.1%.

  1. 01Omaha489,265
  2. 02Lincoln300,619
  3. 03Bellevue64,777
  4. 04Grand Island53,250
  5. 05Kearney34,741
  6. 06Fremont28,190
  7. 07Norfolk26,162
  8. 08Papillion25,248
  9. 09Hastings25,152
  10. 10Columbus25,126
  11. 11North Platte22,549
  12. 12La Vista16,543
Largest incorporated places, Vintage 2024 estimates.

Lincoln, the capital

85.6% of Nebraska's place population, 1,228,584 of 1,434,909 people, lives in places within 100 miles of Lincoln. That ranks 16th of 51 for how central the capital is. The most remote town of 1,000 to 9,999 people is Ainsworth, 109 miles in a straight line from the nearest place of 10,000+ (North Platte).

See all states in the capital radius ranking and the most remote towns ranking. Sunrise and sunset times for Lincoln, month by month, are on the Lincoln daylight page.

States bordering Nebraska

Nebraska borders 6 states or districts. The nearest neighboring capital is Topeka, 133 miles SSE of Lincoln in a straight line.

UTM zones in Nebraska

The internal points of Nebraska's counties fall in UTM zones 13, 14, 15. Zones are 6 degrees of longitude wide, numbered from 180° W: zone = floor((longitude + 180) / 6) + 1. Because Nebraska spans 3 zones, no single UTM zone covers the whole state.

All 93 counties in Nebraska

Sort by any column. The small orange number marks the top 3 in the state by population.

FIPS
31055Douglas County601,158#13271,840.9$77,747
31109Lancaster County332,857#2838397.4$71,171
31153Sarpy County204,828#3238860.6$101,902
31079Hall County62,869547115.0$69,725
31019Buffalo County51,15696852.8$76,686
31053Dodge County37,88452971.6$66,833
31157Scotts Bluff County35,73474048.3$57,571
31119Madison County35,57957362.1$68,218
31141Platte County35,49967552.6$76,785
31111Lincoln County33,3192,56413.0$63,632
31001Adams County31,19656355.4$66,695
31025Cass County27,49255749.4$83,291
31047Dawson County24,5541,01424.2$67,619
31155Saunders County23,40674931.3$85,732
31067Gage County21,68785125.5$66,947
31043Dakota County21,33526480.7$70,126
31177Washington County21,25439054.5$88,234
31159Seward County17,76957131.1$81,819
31131Otoe County16,59161627.0$76,448
31151Saline County14,74057425.7$76,586
31185York County14,37557325.1$73,671
31037Colfax County10,82641126.3$70,792
31013Box Butte County10,7031,07510.0$66,613
31041Custer County10,4872,5754.1$65,151
31145Red Willow County10,40971714.5$60,614
31089Holt County10,1202,4124.2$65,815
31179Wayne County9,87044322.3$68,309
31033Cheyenne County9,6021,1968.0$60,177
31081Hamilton County9,56454217.6$84,805
31137Phelps County9,04254016.8$70,550
31039Cuming County8,95257015.7$65,814
31023Butler County8,43958514.4$74,710
31107Knox County8,3061,1087.5$60,057
31027Cedar County8,26274011.2$69,895
31101Keith County8,1481,0627.7$57,160
31045Dawes County8,0031,3965.7$54,925
31121Merrick County7,83748816.1$72,297
31147Richardson County7,66655213.9$60,839
31139Pierce County7,33457312.8$78,454
31095Jefferson County7,13657012.5$63,707
31127Nemaha County7,04640717.3$65,868
31099Kearney County6,74951613.1$77,458
31021Burt County6,72749213.7$67,113
31173Thurston County6,63739416.9$57,810
31093Howard County6,57256911.5$68,795
31003Antelope County6,3588577.4$65,907
31035Clay County6,10357210.7$67,568
31167Stanton County5,75642813.5$78,112
31031Cherry County5,5585,9600.9$55,132
31051Dixon County5,52647611.6$67,521
31059Fillmore County5,5125759.6$69,021
31011Boone County5,3546877.8$66,345
31143Polk County5,26943912.0$79,938
31097Johnson County5,21937613.9$64,134
31161Sheridan County4,9272,4402.0$59,842
31169Thayer County4,8705748.5$63,574
31123Morrill County4,4851,4243.2$62,245
31065Furnas County4,4687196.2$59,530
31129Nuckolls County4,0945757.1$58,951
31175Valley County4,0325687.1$56,604
31029Chase County3,7648944.2$67,334
31181Webster County3,3265755.8$57,002
31105Kimball County3,3059523.5$59,686
31125Nance County3,2624427.4$61,228
31083Harlan County3,0185535.5$63,159
31163Sherman County2,9495665.2$57,592
31017Brown County2,8771,2212.4$58,896
31061Franklin County2,8175764.9$58,346
31135Perkins County2,7798833.1$71,521
31063Frontier County2,5369752.6$62,676
31133Pawnee County2,5214315.8$55,574
31087Hitchcock County2,4607103.5$55,551
31077Greeley County2,1975703.9$60,686
31049Deuel County1,8924404.3$58,676
31073Gosper County1,8084583.9$73,056
31069Garden County1,8041,7051.1$44,135
31071Garfield County1,7075693.0$51,135
31015Boyd County1,7005393.2$49,077
31057Dundy County1,5819201.7$55,818
31149Rock County1,2411,0081.2$56,969
31165Sioux County1,0992,0670.5$61,344
31085Hayes County8467131.2$59,966
31103Keya Paha County8197731.1$52,077
31183Wheeler County8085751.4$56,377
31091Hooker County6987211.0$53,010
31113Logan County6945711.2$66,333
31007Banner County6657460.9$67,307
31171Thomas County6347130.9$56,844
31115Loup County5825631.0$61,608
31075Grant County5737770.7$63,607
31009Blaine County4547110.6$52,512
31005Arthur County4237150.6$54,974
31117McPherson County3768590.4$55,174

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Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.