| COMPONENTS OF COUNTY POPULATION CHANGE | ||||||||
| Nebraska - 1990 to 2000 & 2000 to 2009 | ||||||||
| April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 | ||||||||
| Area | 2009 Population Estimate | Population Change 2000 to 2009 3 | Natural Change 1 | Births | Deaths | Total Net Migration | Net International Migration | Net Internal Migration |
| Nebraska | 1,796,619 | 85,354 | 102,206 | 241,832 | 139,626 | -9,156 | 31,988 | -41,144 |
| Adams | 33,324 | 2,173 | 1,141 | 3,919 | 2,778 | -645 | 816 | -1,461 |
| Antelope | 6,652 | -800 | -11 | 688 | 699 | -753 | 6 | -759 |
| Arthur | 339 | -105 | 14 | 47 | 33 | -122 | 6 | -128 |
| Banner | 647 | -172 | 6 | 42 | 36 | -185 | 6 | -191 |
| Blaine | 458 | -125 | 14 | 46 | 32 | -142 | 6 | -148 |
| Boone | 5,427 | -832 | -84 | 544 | 628 | -727 | 16 | -743 |
| Box Butte | 10,891 | -1,267 | 294 | 1,418 | 1,124 | -1,525 | 156 | -1,681 |
| Boyd | 2,063 | -375 | -133 | 164 | 297 | -229 | 6 | -235 |
| Brown | 3,062 | -463 | -91 | 289 | 380 | -355 | 6 | -361 |
| Buffalo | 45,814 | 3,555 | 2,855 | 5,975 | 3,120 | 953 | 314 | 639 |
| Burt | 6,922 | -869 | -249 | 725 | 974 | -587 | -4 | -583 |
| Butler | 8,400 | -461 | -45 | 887 | 932 | -370 | 13 | -383 |
| Cass | 25,485 | 1,151 | 995 | 2,944 | 1,949 | 306 | 43 | 263 |
| Cedar | 8,362 | -1,253 | 17 | 1,000 | 983 | -1,234 | 6 | -1,240 |
| Chase | 3,625 | -443 | -48 | 438 | 486 | -376 | 6 | -382 |
| Cherry | 5,474 | -674 | 60 | 643 | 583 | -712 | 21 | -733 |
| Cheyenne | 9,720 | -110 | 207 | 1,241 | 1,034 | -273 | 16 | -289 |
| Clay | 6,205 | -834 | -20 | 690 | 710 | -780 | 32 | -812 |
| Colfax | 10,332 | -109 | 964 | 1,833 | 869 | -1,074 | 749 | -1,823 |
| Cuming | 9,132 | -1,071 | 52 | 1,134 | 1,082 | -1,085 | 175 | -1,260 |
| Custer | 10,784 | -1,009 | -243 | 1,197 | 1,440 | -709 | -2 | -707 |
| Dakota | 20,651 | 398 | 2,160 | 3,623 | 1,463 | -1,698 | 1,224 | -2,922 |
| Dawes | 8,735 | -325 | 131 | 931 | 800 | -398 | 32 | -430 |
| Dawson | 25,076 | 711 | 1,941 | 3,959 | 2,018 | -1,113 | 1,918 | -3,031 |
| Deuel | 1,839 | -259 | -78 | 181 | 259 | -172 | 6 | -178 |
| Dixon | 6,289 | -49 | 99 | 734 | 635 | -149 | 93 | -242 |
| Dodge | 35,640 | -520 | 823 | 4,571 | 3,748 | -1,134 | 262 | -1,396 |
| Douglas | 510,199 | 46,614 | 42,784 | 76,137 | 33,353 | 6,992 | 13,259 | -6,267 |
| Dundy | 1,957 | -335 | -84 | 182 | 266 | -244 | -4 | -240 |
| Fillmore | 5,962 | -672 | -215 | 621 | 836 | -418 | 10 | -428 |
| Franklin | 3,089 | -485 | -178 | 291 | 469 | -295 | 6 | -301 |
| Frontier | 2,516 | -582 | 18 | 257 | 239 | -603 | 6 | -609 |
| Furnas | 4,556 | -768 | -260 | 465 | 725 | -489 | 6 | -495 |
| Gage | 22,653 | -340 | -27 | 2,556 | 2,583 | -171 | 13 | -184 |
| Garden | 1,739 | -553 | -156 | 148 | 304 | -400 | 6 | -406 |
| Garfield | 1,709 | -193 | -137 | 164 | 301 | -45 | 8 | -53 |
| Gosper | 1,844 | -299 | -41 | 200 | 241 | -253 | 6 | -259 |
| Grant | 560 | -187 | 19 | 57 | 38 | -210 | 6 | -216 |
| Greeley | 2,251 | -463 | -18 | 278 | 296 | -440 | 6 | -446 |
| Hall | 57,487 | 3,953 | 4,134 | 8,782 | 4,648 | 114 | 1,970 | -1,856 |
| Hamilton | 9,280 | -123 | 107 | 976 | 869 | -170 | 6 | -176 |
| Harlan | 3,234 | -552 | -113 | 289 | 402 | -429 | 6 | -435 |
| Hayes | 959 | -109 | 17 | 85 | 68 | -132 | 6 | -138 |
| Hitchcock | 2,806 | -307 | -98 | 284 | 382 | -196 | -2 | -194 |
| Holt | 10,011 | -1,540 | -79 | 1,127 | 1,206 | -1,425 | -5 | -1,420 |
| Hooker | 723 | -60 | -37 | 69 | 106 | -20 | 6 | -26 |
| Howard | 6,443 | -124 | 54 | 677 | 623 | -142 | 6 | -148 |
| Jefferson | 7,238 | -1,102 | -232 | 772 | 1,004 | -843 | 6 | -849 |
| Johnson | 5,077 | 589 | -41 | 476 | 517 | 636 | 77 | 559 |
| Kearney | 6,460 | -422 | 87 | 705 | 618 | -476 | -3 | -473 |
| Keith | 7,760 | -1,115 | -67 | 828 | 895 | -1,028 | 22 | -1,050 |
| Keya Paha | 802 | -181 | 25 | 96 | 71 | -207 | 6 | -213 |
| Kimball | 3,576 | -513 | -128 | 374 | 502 | -372 | 20 | -392 |
| Knox | 8,378 | -996 | -262 | 937 | 1,199 | -697 | 14 | -711 |
| Lancaster | 281,531 | 31,240 | 21,536 | 37,359 | 15,823 | 11,351 | 6,784 | 4,567 |
| Lincoln | 35,670 | 1,038 | 1,409 | 4,577 | 3,168 | -169 | 151 | -320 |
| Logan | 732 | -42 | 20 | 91 | 71 | -63 | 6 | -69 |
| Loup | 661 | -51 | 2 | 57 | 55 | -52 | 6 | -58 |
| McPherson | 488 | -45 | 27 | 51 | 24 | -73 | 6 | -79 |
| Madison | 34,505 | -721 | 1,939 | 5,153 | 3,214 | -2,528 | 824 | -3,352 |
| Merrick | 7,666 | -538 | 26 | 799 | 773 | -522 | 9 | -531 |
| Morrill | 4,911 | -529 | 49 | 562 | 513 | -550 | 6 | -556 |
| Nance | 3,460 | -578 | -121 | 383 | 504 | -447 | 6 | -453 |
| Nemaha | 6,856 | -720 | -67 | 744 | 811 | -626 | 6 | -632 |
| Nuckolls | 4,334 | -723 | -209 | 473 | 682 | -492 | 65 | -557 |
| Otoe | 15,214 | -182 | 89 | 1,772 | 1,683 | -175 | 35 | -210 |
| Pawnee | 2,614 | -473 | -186 | 226 | 412 | -283 | 6 | -289 |
| Perkins | 2,769 | -431 | -28 | 327 | 355 | -392 | 6 | -398 |
| Phelps | 9,032 | -715 | 44 | 1,079 | 1,035 | -714 | 30 | -744 |
| Pierce | 7,184 | -673 | 53 | 813 | 760 | -689 | 15 | -704 |
| Platte | 32,515 | 947 | 1,989 | 4,265 | 2,276 | -954 | 495 | -1,449 |
| Polk | 5,079 | -560 | -13 | 567 | 580 | -518 | 18 | -536 |
| Red Willow | 10,651 | -799 | 62 | 1,281 | 1,219 | -798 | 12 | -810 |
| Richardson | 8,125 | -1,406 | -536 | 771 | 1,307 | -834 | 15 | -849 |
| Rock | 1,509 | -247 | -51 | 135 | 186 | -196 | 6 | -202 |
| Saline | 13,872 | 29 | 359 | 1,782 | 1,423 | -247 | 475 | -722 |
| Sarpy | 153,504 | 30,909 | 16,513 | 22,402 | 5,889 | 15,076 | 378 | 14,698 |
| Saunders | 20,057 | 227 | 606 | 2,306 | 1,700 | -256 | 102 | -358 |
| Scotts Bluff | 36,865 | -86 | 1,000 | 5,026 | 4,026 | -867 | 575 | -1,442 |
| Seward | 16,481 | -15 | 285 | 1,807 | 1,522 | -204 | 44 | -248 |
| Sheridan | 5,264 | -934 | -105 | 626 | 731 | -811 | 6 | -817 |
| Sherman | 2,881 | -437 | -83 | 308 | 391 | -345 | 6 | -351 |
| Sioux | 1,281 | -194 | 30 | 94 | 64 | -232 | 6 | -238 |
| Stanton | 6,311 | -144 | 294 | 767 | 473 | -404 | 65 | -469 |
| Thayer | 5,003 | -1,045 | -281 | 499 | 780 | -740 | 6 | -746 |
| Thomas | 565 | -164 | 3 | 57 | 54 | -165 | 6 | -171 |
| Thurston | 7,306 | 135 | 819 | 1,491 | 672 | -651 | 99 | -750 |
| Valley | 4,108 | -539 | -115 | 434 | 549 | -403 | 6 | -409 |
| Washington | 19,718 | 938 | 574 | 2,070 | 1,496 | 474 | 94 | 380 |
| Wayne | 9,249 | -602 | 347 | 944 | 597 | -899 | 77 | -976 |
| Webster | 3,431 | -630 | -247 | 329 | 576 | -367 | 6 | -373 |
| Wheeler | 763 | -123 | 7 | 72 | 65 | -129 | 6 | -135 |
| York | 13,837 | -761 | 323 | 1,637 | 1,314 | -1,011 | 133 | -1,144 |
| 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 | |
| Wheeler | -62 | 886 | 948 | 54 | 133 | 79 | -116 | |
| York | 170 | 14,598 | 14,428 | 284 | 1,807 | 1,523 | -114 | |
| 1 Natural change is the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths. | ||||||||
| 2 Includes alien immigration, refugees, legal emigrants, and net movement of Puerto Ricans and federal civilian citizens. | ||||||||
| 3 The estimated components of population change will not equal the numerical population change because of a small residual after controlling the national totals. Dash (-) represents zero or rounds to zero. | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2001 and Population Division, March 2010 | ||||||||
| Last Updated: | October 6, 2010 | |||||||
| by Nebraska Databook | ||||||||
| email: | michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov | |||||||