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Keith County, Nebraska

Keith County had 8,148 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,062.1 square miles of land. It ranks 35th of 93 in Nebraska by population and 14th by land area.

Population
8,148
#35 of 93 in Nebraska · #2,566 in US
Area
1,062.1 sq mi
#14 of 93 in Nebraska · #611 in US
Density
7.7 / sq mi
#49 of 93 in Nebraska · #2,657 in US
Median household income
$57,160
#75 of 93 in Nebraska · #2,112 in US

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

Keith County within Nebraska. Pin: Lincoln.

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Keith County population, land area and income

Keith County had 8,148 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,062.1 square miles of land. It ranks 35th of 93 in Nebraska by population and 14th by land area. That works out to 7.7 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; Keith County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $57,160 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

8,148

3144th1st

2566th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

1,062 sq mi

3144th1st

611th of 3,144 (US)

Density

7.7 / sq mi

3144th1st

2657th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$57,160

3143rd1st

2112th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Nebraska (93)

Population

8,148

93rd1st

35th of 93 (NE)

Land area

1,062 sq mi

93rd1st

14th of 93 (NE)

Density

7.7 / sq mi

93rd1st

49th of 93 (NE)

Median household income

$57,160

93rd1st

75th of 93 (NE)

How Keith County's population changed since 2020

Keith County lost 178 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.1%. That ranks 70th 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, Keith County recorded 352 births and 503 deaths, a natural change of -151. Net international migration added +11 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -45. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 151 people.

8,32620208,25920218,20520228,15520238,1482024
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
352
Deaths
503
Net international migration
+11
Net domestic migration
-45
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
-7

Where Keith County is

The Census internal point of Keith County is at 41.194200, -101.644400. It sits in UTM zone 14N. The map shades Nebraska's 93 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Keith 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: Keith County internal point. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Internal point

Decimal
41.194200, -101.644400
DMS
41°11'39.12"N 101°38'39.84"W
UTM
14N 278245.4E 4563687.1N
Geohash
9xrdr50v9
Plus code
85HW59V4+M6

Towns in Keith County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Keith County, 4,751 people together, or 58% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Keith County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Ogallala with 4,751.

  1. 01Ogallala4,751
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Keith County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Keith County. The most populous is Lincoln County, NE, with 33,319 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Lincoln and the nearest big city

Lincoln is 259.2 miles E of Keith County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO (population 114,363), 172.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is North Platte, NE (population 22,549), 46.7 miles away.

Keith County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Keith County is 31101: state code 31 for Nebraska plus county code 101. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $57,160.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Keith County, Nebraska?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 8,148. That is down 178 people (2.1%) from the July 2020 estimate of 8,326.

What is the FIPS code of Keith County?

31101. The first two digits (31) are Nebraska; the last three (101) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Keith County?

Ogallala, with 4,751 residents inside Keith County in 2024.

Which counties border Keith County?

6 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Lincoln County, NE; Perkins County, NE; Deuel County, NE; Garden County, NE; Arthur County, NE; McPherson 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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