| PROJECTED COUNTY POPULATIONS | ||||||
| Nebraska - 1990 to 2020* | ||||||
| County | 1990 |
2000 |
2005 |
2010 |
2015 |
2020 |
| Adams | 29,625 | 31,151 | 32,206 | 33,306 | 34,441 | 35,528 |
| Antelope | 7,965 | 7,452 | 7,135 | 6,838 | 6,584 | 6,330 |
| Arthur | 462 | 444 | 428 | 414 | 397 | 385 |
| Banner | 852 | 819 | 796 | 773 | 753 | 737 |
| Blaine | 675 | 583 | 527 | 478 | 433 | 394 |
| Boone | 6,667 | 6,259 | 5,948 | 5,681 | 5,510 | 5,359 |
| Box Butte | 13,130 | 12,158 | 11,759 | 11,387 | 11,048 | 10,662 |
| Boyd | 2,835 | 2,438 | 2,222 | 2,031 | 1,857 | 1,695 |
| Brown | 3,657 | 3,525 | 3,399 | 3,283 | 3,188 | 3,100 |
| Buffalo | 37,447 | 42,259 | 45,006 | 47,896 | 50,951 | 53,978 |
| Burt | 7,868 | 7,791 | 7,779 | 7,758 | 7,729 | 7,686 |
| Butler | 8,601 | 8,767 | 8,867 | 9,010 | 9,215 | 9,448 |
| Cass | 21,318 | 24,334 | 25,829 | 27,416 | 29,452 | 31,658 |
| Cedar | 10,131 | 9,615 | 9,209 | 8,852 | 8,601 | 8,341 |
| Chase | 4,381 | 4,068 | 3,887 | 3,727 | 3,579 | 3,441 |
| Cherry | 6,307 | 6,148 | 5,993 | 5,824 | 5,668 | 5,505 |
| Cheyenne | 9,494 | 9,830 | 10,043 | 10,254 | 10,509 | 10,744 |
| Clay | 7,123 | 7,039 | 6,979 | 6,928 | 6,907 | 6,874 |
| Colfax | 9,139 | 10,441 | 10,963 | 11,623 | 12,328 | 13,135 |
| Cuming | 10,117 | 10,203 | 10,160 | 10,218 | 10,415 | 10,663 |
| Custer | 12,270 | 11,793 | 11,402 | 11,048 | 10,734 | 10,435 |
| Dakota | 16,742 | 20,253 | 22,131 | 24,255 | 26,530 | 29,185 |
| Dawes | 9,021 | 9,060 | 9,168 | 9,273 | 9,339 | 9,368 |
| Dawson | 19,940 | 24,365 | 26,048 | 28,095 | 30,214 | 32,623 |
| Deuel | 2,237 | 2,098 | 2,025 | 1,966 | 1,924 | 1,884 |
| Dixon | 6,143 | 6,339 | 6,376 | 6,427 | 6,520 | 6,622 |
| Dodge | 34,500 | 36,160 | 37,558 | 39,262 | 41,384 | 43,650 |
| Douglas | 416,444 | 463,585 | 492,255 | 522,772 | 555,255 | 589,659 |
| Dundy | 2,582 | 2,292 | 2,151 | 2,013 | 1,886 | 1,767 |
| Fillmore | 7,103 | 6,634 | 6,417 | 6,219 | 6,091 | 5,969 |
| Franklin | 3,938 | 3,574 | 3,421 | 3,284 | 3,172 | 3,074 |
| Frontier | 3,101 | 3,099 | 3,096 | 3,109 | 3,117 | 3,097 |
| Furnas | 5,553 | 5,324 | 5,202 | 5,086 | 5,009 | 4,944 |
| Gage | 22,794 | 22,993 | 23,205 | 23,554 | 24,128 | 24,763 |
| Garden | 2,460 | 2,292 | 2,209 | 2,138 | 2,075 | 2,006 |
| Garfield | 2,141 | 1,902 | 1,768 | 1,646 | 1,542 | 1,450 |
| Gosper | 1,928 | 2,143 | 2,144 | 2,155 | 2,156 | 2,162 |
| Grant | 769 | 747 | 709 | 674 | 642 | 613 |
| Greeley | 3,006 | 2,714 | 2,526 | 2,358 | 2,192 | 2,034 |
| Hall | 48,925 | 53,534 | 56,473 | 59,658 | 63,500 | 68,029 |
| Hamilton | 8,862 | 9,403 | 9,670 | 9,968 | 10,354 | 10,760 |
| Harlan | 3,810 | 3,786 | 3,708 | 3,656 | 3,634 | 3,623 |
| Hayes | 1,222 | 1,068 | 978 | 894 | 814 | 735 |
| Hitchcock | 3,750 | 3,111 | 2,839 | 2,592 | 2,365 | 2,143 |
| Holt | 12,599 | 11,551 | 10,896 | 10,285 | 9,775 | 9,271 |
| Hooker | 793 | 783 | 748 | 731 | 734 | 744 |
| Howard | 6,057 | 6,567 | 6,750 | 6,957 | 7,181 | 7,414 |
| Jefferson | 8,759 | 8,333 | 8,083 | 7,853 | 7,643 | 7,437 |
| Johnson | 4,673 | 4,488 | 4,478 | 4,499 | 4,530 | 4,581 |
| Kearney | 6,629 | 6,882 | 7,010 | 7,149 | 7,323 | 7,477 |
| Keith | 8,584 | 8,875 | 9,056 | 9,230 | 9,374 | 9,505 |
| Keya Paha | 1,029 | 983 | 925 | 868 | 811 | 756 |
| Kimball | 4,108 | 4,089 | 4,061 | 4,043 | 4,027 | 4,017 |
| Knox | 9,534 | 9,374 | 9,171 | 8,977 | 8,799 | 8,633 |
| Lancaster | 213,641 | 250,291 | 272,118 | 295,423 | 322,057 | 351,596 |
| Lincoln | 32,508 | 34,632 | 36,070 | 37,736 | 39,728 | 41,807 |
| Logan | 878 | 774 | 725 | 680 | 641 | 605 |
| Loup | 683 | 712 | 689 | 671 | 656 | 647 |
| McPherson | 546 | 533 | 516 | 504 | 499 | 499 |
| Madison | 32,655 | 35,226 | 36,653 | 38,373 | 40,539 | 42,801 |
| Merrick | 8,049 | 8,204 | 8,246 | 8,314 | 8,435 | 8,561 |
| Morrill | 5,423 | 5,440 | 5,499 | 5,582 | 5,674 | 5,751 |
| Nance | 4,275 | 4,038 | 3,903 | 3,784 | 3,672 | 3,566 |
| Nemaha | 7,980 | 7,576 | 7,430 | 7,300 | 7,137 | 6,957 |
| Nuckolls | 5,786 | 5,057 | 4,721 | 4,415 | 4,114 | 3,823 |
| Otoe | 14,252 | 15,396 | 16,101 | 16,937 | 17,966 | 19,111 |
| Pawnee | 3,317 | 3,087 | 2,959 | 2,858 | 2,791 | 2,740 |
| Perkins | 3,367 | 3,200 | 3,107 | 3,033 | 2,969 | 2,910 |
| Phelps | 9,715 | 9,747 | 9,715 | 9,691 | 9,699 | 9,709 |
| Pierce | 7,827 | 7,857 | 7,885 | 7,908 | 7,957 | 7,987 |
| Platte | 29,820 | 31,662 | 32,636 | 33,873 | 35,444 | 37,201 |
| Polk | 5,668 | 5,639 | 5,594 | 5,557 | 5,558 | 5,576 |
| Red Willow | 11,705 | 11,448 | 11,301 | 11,170 | 11,075 | 10,954 |
| Richardson | 9,937 | 9,531 | 9,328 | 9,157 | 9,039 | 8,929 |
| Rock | 2,019 | 1,756 | 1,615 | 1,485 | 1,363 | 1,244 |
| Saline | 12,715 | 13,843 | 14,507 | 15,300 | 16,175 | 17,125 |
| Sarpy | 102,583 | 122,595 | 134,156 | 146,352 | 159,143 | 173,032 |
| Saunders | 18,285 | 19,830 | 20,580 | 21,435 | 22,529 | 23,729 |
| Scotts Bluff | 36,025 | 36,951 | 38,254 | 39,858 | 41,842 | 43,966 |
| Seward | 15,450 | 16,496 | 16,844 | 17,267 | 17,790 | 18,298 |
| Sheridan | 6,750 | 6,198 | 5,962 | 5,732 | 5,540 | 5,368 |
| Sherman | 3,718 | 3,318 | 3,105 | 2,904 | 2,721 | 2,552 |
| Sioux | 1,549 | 1,475 | 1,424 | 1,364 | 1,294 | 1,215 |
| Stanton | 6,244 | 6,455 | 6,519 | 6,586 | 6,679 | 6,761 |
| Thayer | 6,635 | 6,055 | 5,738 | 5,443 | 5,181 | 4,949 |
| Thomas | 851 | 729 | 666 | 607 | 554 | 509 |
| Thurston | 6,936 | 7,171 | 7,421 | 7,683 | 7,970 | 8,265 |
| Valley | 5,169 | 4,647 | 4,392 | 4,148 | 3,947 | 3,760 |
| Washington | 16,607 | 18,780 | 20,111 | 21,637 | 23,464 | 25,404 |
| Wayne | 9,364 | 9,851 | 10,155 | 10,487 | 10,834 | 11,158 |
| Webster | 4,279 | 4,061 | 3,926 | 3,823 | 3,757 | 3,706 |
| Wheeler | 948 | 886 | 824 | 767 | 725 | 689 |
| York | 14,428 | 14,598 | 14,752 | 14,978 | 15,340 | 15,660 |
| Nebraska | 1,578,417 | 1,711,263 | 1,789,942 | 1,877,214 | 1,976,842 | 2,085,210 |
| Source: University of Nebraska, Bureau of Business Research, | ||||||
| Nebraska County Population Projections, May 2002. | ||||||
| * 1990 and 2000 numbers are Census counts; other numbers are projections. | ||||||
| Last Updated: 4-Jun-02 | ||||||
| by Nebraska Databook | ||||||
| email: mlundeen@neded.org | ||||||