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Box Butte County, Nebraska

Box Butte County had 10,703 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,075.2 square miles of land. It ranks 23rd of 93 in Nebraska by population and 13th by land area.

Population
10,703
#23 of 93 in Nebraska · #2,364 in US
Area
1,075.2 sq mi
#13 of 93 in Nebraska · #593 in US
Density
10.0 / sq mi
#44 of 93 in Nebraska · #2,569 in US
Median household income
$66,613
#40 of 93 in Nebraska · #1,241 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Box Butte County within Nebraska. Pin: Lincoln.

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Box Butte County population, land area and income

Box Butte County had 10,703 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,075.2 square miles of land. It ranks 23rd of 93 in Nebraska by population and 13th by land area. That works out to 10.0 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Nebraska has 6,103 residents; Box Butte County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $66,613 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

10,703

3144th1st

2364th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

1,075 sq mi

3144th1st

593rd of 3,144 (US)

Density

10.0 / sq mi

3144th1st

2569th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$66,613

3143rd1st

1241st of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Nebraska (93)

Population

10,703

93rd1st

23rd of 93 (NE)

Land area

1,075 sq mi

93rd1st

13th of 93 (NE)

Density

10.0 / sq mi

93rd1st

44th of 93 (NE)

Median household income

$66,613

93rd1st

40th of 93 (NE)

How Box Butte County's population changed since 2020

Box Butte County lost 116 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.1%. That ranks 56th of 93 in Nebraska for growth. The median Nebraska county changed by -0.6%, and the state as a whole by +2.1%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Box Butte County recorded 490 births and 557 deaths, a natural change of -67. Net international migration added +191 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -236. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 236 people.

10.8k202010.7k202110.7k202210.7k202310.7k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
490
Deaths
557
Net international migration
+191
Net domestic migration
-236
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
-2

Where Box Butte County is

The Census internal point of Box Butte County is at 42.210400, -103.081800. It sits in UTM zone 13N. The map shades Nebraska's 93 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Box Butte County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

York County: +1.9%Boone County: -0.1%Grant County: -7.0%Saline County: +0.2%Adams County: +0.1%Clay County: -0.1%Logan County: -3.3%Hamilton County: +1.7%Thomas County: -5.9%Lancaster County: +3.0%Sherman County: -0.1%Lincoln County: -3.5%Stanton County: -1.1%Dawes County: -1.9%Madison County: +0.1%Perkins County: -2.9%Arthur County: -2.1%Deuel County: +3.2%Banner County: -1.9%Dundy County: -4.2%Garfield County: -5.4%Wheeler County: +4.3%Seward County: +0.9%Johnson County: -1.4%Wayne County: +1.7%Hayes County: -0.4%Gosper County: -4.6%Blaine County: +6.1%Valley County: -0.6%Keith County: -2.1%Antelope County: +1.3%Hooker County: -1.3%Hitchcock County: -6.1%Box Butte County: -1.1%Morrill County: -1.6%Chase County: -3.2%Howard County: +1.3%Holt County: +0.1%Phelps County: +0.7%Cuming County: -0.7%Jefferson County: -1.7%Garden County: -4.5%Dodge County: +2.1%Buffalo County: +1.9%Butler County: +1.0%Fillmore County: -1.0%Boyd County: -5.7%Nuckolls County: +0.1%Loup County: -3.8%Sioux County: -3.7%Thayer County: -3.1%Cheyenne County: +1.2%Rock County: -1.9%Nance County: -3.9%Greeley County: +0.8%Hall County: +0.1%Brown County: -0.9%Dakota County: -1.0%Kearney County: +0.9%Webster County: -1.9%Nemaha County: -0.6%Franklin County: -2.5%Furnas County: -3.5%Sarpy County: +7.1%Platte County: +3.5%Kimball County: -3.0%Polk County: +1.0%Dixon County: -1.1%Knox County: -1.0%Thurston County: -1.8%Douglas County: +2.7%Scotts Bluff County: -0.9%Pierce County: -0.1%Burt County: +0.0%Merrick County: +2.3%Sheridan County: -3.5%Washington County: +1.6%Frontier County: +1.3%Colfax County: +2.6%Cass County: +3.3%Pawnee County: -0.8%Richardson County: -2.5%Cedar County: -1.3%Gage County: +0.2%Dawson County: +2.0%Keya Paha County: +7.8%Cherry County: +1.9%McPherson County: -5.1%Otoe County: +4.3%Red Willow County: -2.6%Custer County: -0.0%Harlan County: -1.2%Saunders County: +4.6%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -3.0%
  2. < -1.1%
  3. < +0.1%
  4. < +1.7%
  5. ≥ +1.7%
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Orange pin: Box Butte County internal point. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Internal point

Decimal
42.210400, -103.081800
DMS
42°12'37.44"N 103°04'54.48"W
UTM
13N 658339.3E 4674918.2N
Geohash
9xw8nk4j7
Plus code
85JR6W69+57

Towns in Box Butte County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Box Butte County, 8,071 people together, or 75% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Box Butte County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Alliance with 8,071.

  1. 01Alliance8,071
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Box Butte County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Box Butte County. The most populous is Scotts Bluff County, NE, with 35,734 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Lincoln and the nearest big city

Lincoln is 344.0 miles ESE of Box Butte County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO (population 114,363), 151.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Scottsbluff, NE (population 14,323), 38.0 miles away.

Box Butte County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Box Butte County is 31013: state code 31 for Nebraska plus county code 013. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $66,613.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Box Butte County, Nebraska?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 10,703. That is down 116 people (1.1%) from the July 2020 estimate of 10,819.

What is the FIPS code of Box Butte County?

31013. The first two digits (31) are Nebraska; the last three (013) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Box Butte County?

Alliance, with 8,071 residents inside Box Butte County in 2024.

Which counties border Box Butte County?

5 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Scotts Bluff County, NE; Dawes County, NE; Sheridan County, NE; Morrill County, NE; Sioux County, NE.

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 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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