| COMPONENTS OF COUNTY POPULATION CHANGE | ||||||||
| Nebraska - 1990 to 2000 & 2000 to 2005 | ||||||||
| April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 | ||||||||
| Area | 2005 Population Estimate | Population Change 2000 to 2005 3 | Natural Change 1 | Births | Deaths | Total Net Migration | Net International Migration | Net Internal Migration |
| Nebraska | 1,758,787 | 47,522 | 52,104 | 132,394 | 80,290 | -4,007 | 22,199 | -26,206 |
| Adams | 33,070 | 1,919 | 546 | 2,098 | 1,552 | -340 | 605 | -945 |
| Antelope | 7,004 | -448 | -66 | 359 | 425 | -370 | -1 | -369 |
| Arthur | 378 | -66 | 13 | 29 | 16 | -75 | -1 | -74 |
| Banner | 733 | -86 | -2 | 19 | 21 | -80 | -1 | -79 |
| Blaine | 484 | -99 | 14 | 30 | 16 | -108 | -1 | -107 |
| Boone | 5,772 | -487 | -69 | 282 | 351 | -404 | 3 | -407 |
| Box Butte | 11,374 | -784 | 141 | 808 | 667 | -909 | 87 | -996 |
| Boyd | 2,261 | -177 | -83 | 97 | 180 | -92 | -1 | -91 |
| Brown | 3,328 | -197 | -77 | 178 | 255 | -107 | -1 | -106 |
| Buffalo | 43,572 | 1,313 | 1,400 | 3,191 | 1,791 | -21 | 275 | -296 |
| Burt | 7,455 | -336 | -183 | 425 | 608 | -130 | - | -130 |
| Butler | 8,720 | -141 | 19 | 549 | 530 | -146 | 28 | -174 |
| Cass | 25,734 | 1,400 | 454 | 1,588 | 1,134 | 977 | 48 | 929 |
| Cedar | 9,066 | -549 | -72 | 543 | 615 | -467 | -1 | -466 |
| Chase | 3,866 | -202 | -41 | 252 | 293 | -155 | -1 | -154 |
| Cherry | 6,098 | -50 | 10 | 373 | 363 | -49 | 15 | -64 |
| Cheyenne | 9,993 | 163 | 28 | 653 | 625 | 145 | 20 | 125 |
| Clay | 6,733 | -306 | -12 | 399 | 411 | -284 | 22 | -306 |
| Colfax | 10,433 | -8 | 511 | 1,009 | 498 | -501 | 456 | -957 |
| Cuming | 9,688 | -515 | 21 | 670 | 649 | -522 | 106 | -628 |
| Custer | 11,410 | -383 | -127 | 704 | 831 | -243 | - | -243 |
| Dakota | 20,349 | 96 | 1,243 | 2,026 | 783 | -1,117 | 790 | -1,907 |
| Dawes | 8,636 | -424 | 77 | 550 | 473 | -486 | 18 | -504 |
| Dawson | 24,617 | 252 | 1,150 | 2,326 | 1,176 | -864 | 1,083 | -1,947 |
| Deuel | 2,004 | -94 | -65 | 108 | 173 | -26 | -1 | -25 |
| Dixon | 6,155 | -184 | 76 | 420 | 344 | -254 | 62 | -316 |
| Dodge | 36,078 | -82 | 375 | 2,555 | 2,180 | -409 | 188 | -597 |
| Douglas | 486,929 | 23,344 | 22,190 | 41,320 | 19,130 | 1,635 | 8,691 | -7,056 |
| Dundy | 2,133 | -159 | -52 | 106 | 158 | -105 | 13 | -118 |
| Fillmore | 6,385 | -249 | -96 | 384 | 480 | -141 | 13 | -154 |
| Franklin | 3,421 | -153 | -143 | 150 | 293 | -5 | 3 | -8 |
| Frontier | 2,795 | -304 | -3 | 138 | 141 | -290 | 3 | -293 |
| Furnas | 5,019 | -305 | -145 | 271 | 416 | -148 | -1 | -147 |
| Gage | 23,306 | 313 | -58 | 1,414 | 1,472 | 408 | 23 | 385 |
| Garden | 1,997 | -295 | -128 | 73 | 201 | -155 | -1 | -154 |
| Garfield | 1,816 | -86 | -114 | 90 | 204 | 31 | 3 | 28 |
| Gosper | 2,020 | -123 | -34 | 124 | 158 | -85 | -1 | -84 |
| Grant | 670 | -77 | 5 | 40 | 35 | -81 | -1 | -80 |
| Greeley | 2,512 | -202 | -7 | 178 | 185 | -191 | -1 | -190 |
| Hall | 55,104 | 1,570 | 2,212 | 4,850 | 2,638 | -578 | 1,361 | -1,939 |
| Hamilton | 9,568 | 165 | 139 | 603 | 464 | 36 | -1 | 37 |
| Harlan | 3,462 | -324 | -88 | 165 | 253 | -219 | -1 | -218 |
| Hayes | 1,027 | -41 | -3 | 48 | 51 | -32 | -1 | -31 |
| Hitchcock | 2,970 | -141 | -59 | 179 | 238 | -77 | - | -77 |
| Holt | 10,784 | -767 | -63 | 596 | 659 | -690 | 15 | -705 |
| Hooker | 744 | -39 | -33 | 33 | 66 | -2 | -1 | -1 |
| Howard | 6,708 | 141 | 99 | 412 | 313 | 55 | 3 | 52 |
| Jefferson | 7,925 | -408 | -119 | 431 | 550 | -274 | -1 | -273 |
| Johnson | 4,695 | 207 | -55 | 253 | 308 | 298 | 21 | 277 |
| Kearney | 6,774 | -108 | 39 | 393 | 354 | -129 | - | -129 |
| Keith | 8,330 | -545 | -51 | 480 | 531 | -474 | 26 | -500 |
| Keya Paha | 902 | -81 | 31 | 70 | 39 | -106 | -1 | -105 |
| Kimball | 3,782 | -307 | -92 | 210 | 302 | -210 | 4 | -214 |
| Knox | 8,916 | -458 | -159 | 514 | 673 | -287 | 3 | -290 |
| Lancaster | 264,814 | 14,523 | 11,266 | 20,146 | 8,880 | 3,548 | 5,301 | -1,753 |
| Lincoln | 35,636 | 1,004 | 677 | 2,501 | 1,824 | 371 | 105 | 266 |
| Logan | 740 | -34 | -1 | 54 | 55 | -30 | - | -30 |
| Loup | 686 | -26 | -5 | 39 | 44 | -18 | - | -18 |
| McPherson | 507 | -26 | 12 | 23 | 11 | -34 | - | -34 |
| Madison | 35,488 | 262 | 1,093 | 2,924 | 1,831 | -762 | 435 | -1,197 |
| Merrick | 8,066 | -138 | 54 | 486 | 432 | -180 | 10 | -190 |
| Morrill | 5,165 | -275 | 25 | 330 | 305 | -291 | 9 | -300 |
| Nance | 3,666 | -372 | -109 | 208 | 317 | -257 | - | -257 |
| Nemaha | 6,965 | -611 | -128 | 369 | 497 | -472 | - | -472 |
| Nuckolls | 4,739 | -318 | -110 | 278 | 388 | -197 | 21 | -218 |
| Otoe | 15,509 | 113 | 21 | 967 | 946 | 111 | 21 | 90 |
| Pawnee | 2,878 | -209 | -121 | 127 | 248 | -83 | - | -83 |
| Perkins | 3,057 | -143 | -30 | 183 | 213 | -107 | - | -107 |
| Phelps | 9,449 | -298 | -12 | 577 | 589 | -272 | 5 | -277 |
| Pierce | 7,600 | -257 | 6 | 458 | 452 | -239 | 5 | -244 |
| Platte | 31,262 | -306 | 926 | 2,258 | 1,332 | -1,174 | 347 | -1,521 |
| Polk | 5,421 | -218 | 3 | 361 | 358 | -208 | 13 | -221 |
| Red Willow | 11,060 | -390 | 30 | 706 | 676 | -405 | 21 | -426 |
| Richardson | 8,732 | -799 | -339 | 440 | 779 | -448 | 4 | -452 |
| Rock | 1,567 | -189 | -37 | 81 | 118 | -150 | - | -150 |
| Saline | 14,195 | 352 | 76 | 926 | 850 | 293 | 322 | -29 |
| Sarpy | 139,371 | 16,776 | 8,634 | 11,861 | 3,227 | 8,308 | 800 | 7,508 |
| Saunders | 20,458 | 628 | 342 | 1,249 | 907 | 317 | 59 | 258 |
| Scotts Bluff | 36,752 | -199 | 497 | 2,788 | 2,291 | -657 | 327 | -984 |
| Seward | 16,739 | 243 | 152 | 996 | 844 | 108 | 73 | 35 |
| Sheridan | 5,668 | -530 | -61 | 383 | 444 | -460 | - | -460 |
| Sherman | 3,112 | -206 | -38 | 186 | 224 | -159 | - | -159 |
| Sioux | 1,458 | -17 | 17 | 47 | 30 | -25 | - | -25 |
| Stanton | 6,534 | 79 | 160 | 449 | 289 | -72 | 37 | -109 |
| Thayer | 5,436 | -619 | -209 | 282 | 491 | -405 | - | -405 |
| Thomas | 623 | -106 | - | 31 | 31 | -100 | - | -100 |
| Thurston | 7,365 | 194 | 444 | 865 | 421 | -242 | 44 | -286 |
| Valley | 4,402 | -245 | -96 | 250 | 346 | -142 | - | -142 |
| Washington | 19,772 | 992 | 246 | 1,102 | 856 | 768 | 105 | 663 |
| Wayne | 9,211 | -640 | 166 | 542 | 376 | -789 | 59 | -848 |
| Webster | 3,762 | -299 | -132 | 176 | 308 | -162 | 4 | -166 |
| Wheeler | 820 | -66 | 1 | 52 | 51 | -63 | - | -63 |
| York | 14,397 | -201 | 190 | 927 | 737 | -375 | 104 | -479 |
| 1990 to 2000 | ||||||||
| Area | Population Change 1990 to 2000 | 2000 Census | Revised 1990 Census | Natural Change 1 | Births | Deaths | Net Migration 2 | |
| Nebraska | 132,846 | 1,711,263 | 1,578,417 | 84,611 | 235,210 | 150,599 | 48,234 | |
| Adams | 1,526 | 31,151 | 29,625 | 908 | 4,119 | 3,211 | 618 | |
| Antelope | -513 | 7,452 | 7,965 | 2 | 925 | 923 | -515 | |
| Arthur | -18 | 444 | 462 | 8 | 49 | 41 | -26 | |
| Banner | -33 | 819 | 852 | 10 | 64 | 54 | -43 | |
| Blaine | -92 | 583 | 675 | 33 | 93 | 60 | -125 | |
| Boone | -408 | 6,259 | 6,667 | 25 | 784 | 759 | -433 | |
| Box Butte | -972 | 12,158 | 13,130 | 488 | 1,746 | 1,258 | -1,460 | |
| Boyd | -397 | 2,438 | 2,835 | -93 | 302 | 395 | -304 | |
| Brown | -132 | 3,525 | 3,657 | -27 | 442 | 469 | -105 | |
| Buffalo | 4,812 | 42,259 | 37,447 | 2,500 | 5,516 | 3,016 | 2,312 | |
| Burt | -77 | 7,791 | 7,868 | -330 | 817 | 1,147 | 253 | |
| Butler | 166 | 8,767 | 8,601 | -25 | 1,060 | 1,085 | 191 | |
| Cass | 3,016 | 24,334 | 21,318 | 1,171 | 3,176 | 2,005 | 1,845 | |
| Cedar | -516 | 9,615 | 10,131 | 126 | 1,314 | 1,188 | -642 | |
| Chase | -313 | 4,068 | 4,381 | -58 | 499 | 557 | -255 | |
| Cherry | -159 | 6,148 | 6,307 | 194 | 800 | 606 | -353 | |
| Cheyenne | 336 | 9,830 | 9,494 | 159 | 1,210 | 1,051 | 177 | |
| Clay | -84 | 7,039 | 7,123 | -14 | 859 | 873 | -70 | |
| Colfax | 1,302 | 10,441 | 9,139 | 357 | 1,449 | 1,092 | 945 | |
| Cuming | 86 | 10,203 | 10,117 | 115 | 1,327 | 1,212 | -29 | |
| Custer | -477 | 11,793 | 12,270 | -270 | 1,455 | 1,725 | -207 | |
| Dakota | 3,511 | 20,253 | 16,742 | 1,811 | 3,381 | 1,570 | 1,700 | |
| Dawes | 39 | 9,060 | 9,021 | 128 | 1,053 | 925 | -89 | |
| Dawson | 4,425 | 24,365 | 19,940 | 1,491 | 3,840 | 2,349 | 2,934 | |
| Deuel | -139 | 2,098 | 2,237 | -104 | 187 | 291 | -35 | |
| Dixon | 196 | 6,339 | 6,143 | 81 | 786 | 705 | 115 | |
| Dodge | 1,660 | 36,160 | 34,500 | 431 | 4,334 | 3,903 | 1,229 | |
| Douglas | 47,141 | 463,585 | 416,444 | 35,553 | 70,563 | 35,010 | 11,588 | |
| Dundy | -290 | 2,292 | 2,582 | -104 | 248 | 352 | -186 | |
| Fillmore | -469 | 6,634 | 7,103 | -180 | 789 | 969 | -289 | |
| Franklin | -364 | 3,574 | 3,938 | -252 | 393 | 645 | -112 | |
| Frontier | -2 | 3,099 | 3,101 | 24 | 339 | 315 | -26 | |
| Furnas | -229 | 5,324 | 5,553 | -405 | 603 | 1,008 | 176 | |
| Gage | 199 | 22,993 | 22,794 | -381 | 2,602 | 2,983 | 580 | |
| Garden | -168 | 2,292 | 2,460 | -214 | 198 | 412 | 46 | |
| Garfield | -239 | 1,902 | 2,141 | -116 | 210 | 326 | -123 | |
| Gosper | 215 | 2,143 | 1,928 | -35 | 237 | 272 | 250 | |
| Grant | -22 | 747 | 769 | 43 | 106 | 63 | -65 | |
| Greeley | -292 | 2,714 | 3,006 | -16 | 362 | 378 | -276 | |
| Hall | 4,609 | 53,534 | 48,925 | 3,453 | 8,352 | 4,899 | 1,156 | |
| Hamilton | 541 | 9,403 | 8,862 | 215 | 1,175 | 960 | 326 | |
| Harlan | -24 | 3,786 | 3,810 | -140 | 401 | 541 | 116 | |
| Hayes | -154 | 1,068 | 1,222 | 12 | 102 | 90 | -166 | |
| Hitchcock | -639 | 3,111 | 3,750 | -104 | 333 | 437 | -535 | |
| Holt | -1,048 | 11,551 | 12,599 | 167 | 1,531 | 1,364 | -1,215 | |
| Hooker | -10 | 783 | 793 | -81 | 72 | 153 | 71 | |
| Howard | 510 | 6,567 | 6,057 | 53 | 779 | 726 | 457 | |
| Jefferson | -426 | 8,333 | 8,759 | -392 | 854 | 1,246 | -34 | |
| Johnson | -185 | 4,488 | 4,673 | -165 | 479 | 644 | -20 | |
| Kearney | 253 | 6,882 | 6,629 | 83 | 856 | 773 | 170 | |
| Keith | 291 | 8,875 | 8,584 | 7 | 964 | 957 | 284 | |
| Keya Paha | -46 | 983 | 1,029 | 7 | 119 | 112 | -53 | |
| Kimball | -19 | 4,089 | 4,108 | -84 | 420 | 504 | 65 | |
| Knox | -190 | 9,374 | 9,564 | -302 | 1,123 | 1,425 | 112 | |
| Lancaster | 36,650 | 250,291 | 213,641 | 16,752 | 32,408 | 15,656 | 19,898 | |
| Lincoln | 2,124 | 34,632 | 32,508 | 1,147 | 4,468 | 3,321 | 977 | |
| Logan | -104 | 774 | 878 | 4 | 79 | 75 | -108 | |
| Loup | 29 | 712 | 683 | -6 | 60 | 66 | 35 | |
| McPherson | -13 | 533 | 546 | 9 | 49 | 40 | -22 | |
| Madison | 2,571 | 35,226 | 32,655 | 2,059 | 5,477 | 3,418 | 512 | |
| Merrick | 142 | 8,204 | 8,062 | 100 | 1,067 | 967 | 55 | |
| Morrill | 17 | 5,440 | 5,423 | -49 | 674 | 723 | 66 | |
| Nance | -237 | 4,038 | 4,275 | -48 | 501 | 549 | -189 | |
| Nemaha | -404 | 7,576 | 7,980 | -168 | 771 | 939 | -236 | |
| Nuckolls | -729 | 5,057 | 5,786 | -284 | 510 | 794 | -445 | |
| Otoe | 1,144 | 15,396 | 14,252 | -195 | 1,751 | 1,946 | 1,339 | |
| Pawnee | -230 | 3,087 | 3,317 | -244 | 295 | 539 | 14 | |
| Perkins | -167 | 3,200 | 3,367 | -110 | 299 | 409 | -57 | |
| Phelps | 32 | 9,747 | 9,715 | 97 | 1,281 | 1,184 | -65 | |
| Pierce | 30 | 7,857 | 7,827 | 48 | 953 | 905 | -18 | |
| Platte | 1,842 | 31,662 | 29,820 | 2,215 | 4,606 | 2,391 | -373 | |
| Polk | -16 | 5,639 | 5,655 | -146 | 653 | 799 | 117 | |
| Red Willow | -257 | 11,448 | 11,705 | 206 | 1,465 | 1,259 | -463 | |
| Richardson | -406 | 9,531 | 9,937 | -459 | 1,100 | 1,559 | 53 | |
| Rock | -263 | 1,756 | 2,019 | -45 | 175 | 220 | -218 | |
| Saline | 1,128 | 13,843 | 12,715 | -226 | 1,476 | 1,702 | 1,354 | |
| Sarpy | 20,012 | 122,595 | 102,583 | 14,919 | 19,453 | 4,534 | 5,093 | |
| Saunders | 1,545 | 19,830 | 18,285 | 586 | 2,430 | 1,844 | 959 | |
| Scotts Bluff | 926 | 36,951 | 36,025 | 1,257 | 5,289 | 4,032 | -331 | |
| Seward | 1,046 | 16,496 | 15,450 | 149 | 1,748 | 1,599 | 897 | |
| Sheridan | -552 | 6,198 | 6,750 | -139 | 753 | 892 | -413 | |
| Sherman | -400 | 3,318 | 3,718 | -80 | 394 | 474 | -320 | |
| Sioux | -74 | 1,475 | 1,549 | 17 | 115 | 98 | -91 | |
| Stanton | 211 | 6,455 | 6,244 | 355 | 825 | 470 | -144 | |
| Thayer | -580 | 6,055 | 6,635 | -365 | 652 | 1,017 | -215 | |
| Thomas | -122 | 729 | 851 | 7 | 85 | 78 | -129 | |
| Thurston | 235 | 7,171 | 6,936 | 705 | 1,514 | 809 | -470 | |
| Valley | -522 | 4,647 | 5,169 | -161 | 524 | 685 | -361 | |
| Washington | 2,173 | 18,780 | 16,607 | 467 | 2,002 | 1,535 | 1,706 | |
| Wayne | 487 | 9,851 | 9,364 | 444 | 1,129 | 685 | 43 | |
| Webster | -218 | 4,061 | 4,279 | -307 | 442 | 749 | 89 | |