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Saunders County, Nebraska

Saunders County had 23,406 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 748.7 square miles of land. It ranks 14th of 93 in Nebraska by population and 29th by land area.

Population
23,406
#14 of 93 in Nebraska · #1,669 in US
Area
748.7 sq mi
#29 of 93 in Nebraska · #1,178 in US
Density
31 / sq mi
#14 of 93 in Nebraska · #1,885 in US
Median household income
$85,732
#3 of 93 in Nebraska · #316 in US

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

Saunders County within Nebraska. Pin: Lincoln.

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Saunders County population, land area and income

Saunders County had 23,406 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 748.7 square miles of land. It ranks 14th of 93 in Nebraska by population and 29th by land area. That works out to 31.3 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Nebraska has 6,103 residents, so Saunders County is 3.8 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $85,732 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

23,406

3144th1st

1669th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

749 sq mi

3144th1st

1178th of 3,144 (US)

Density

31.3 / sq mi

3144th1st

1885th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$85,732

3143rd1st

316th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Nebraska (93)

Population

23,406

93rd1st

14th of 93 (NE)

Land area

749 sq mi

93rd1st

29th of 93 (NE)

Density

31.3 / sq mi

93rd1st

14th of 93 (NE)

Median household income

$85,732

93rd1st

3rd of 93 (NE)

How Saunders County's population changed since 2020

Saunders County gained 1,036 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 4.6%. That ranks 4th 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, Saunders County recorded 1,077 births and 1,022 deaths, a natural change of +55. Net international migration added +25 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,061. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,061 people.

22.4k202022.8k202123.2k202223.5k202323.4k2024
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
1,077
Deaths
1,022
Net international migration
+25
Net domestic migration
+1,061
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
-65

Where Saunders County is

The Census internal point of Saunders County is at 41.223000, -96.642700. 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 Saunders 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: Saunders County internal point. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Internal point

Decimal
41.223000, -96.642700
DMS
41°13'22.80"N 96°38'33.72"W
UTM
14N 697590.3E 4566192.1N
Geohash
9z768b6vm
Plus code
86H569F4+6W

Towns in Saunders County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Saunders County, 9,781 people together, or 42% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Saunders County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Wahoo with 4,970.

  1. 01Wahoo4,970
  2. 02Ashland3,369
  3. 03Yutan1,442
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Saunders County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Saunders County. The most populous is Douglas County, NE, with 601,158 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Lincoln and the nearest big city

Lincoln is 28.8 miles S of Saunders County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE (population 300,619), 28.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Fremont, NE (population 28,190), 17.0 miles away.

Saunders County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Saunders County is 31155: state code 31 for Nebraska plus county code 155. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $85,732.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Saunders County, Nebraska?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 23,406. That is up 1,036 people (4.6%) from the July 2020 estimate of 22,370.

What is the FIPS code of Saunders County?

31155. The first two digits (31) are Nebraska; the last three (155) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Saunders County?

Wahoo, with 4,970 residents inside Saunders County in 2024.

Which counties border Saunders County?

6 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Douglas County, NE; Lancaster County, NE; Sarpy County, NE; Dodge County, NE; Cass County, NE; Butler 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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