COUNTY POPULATIONS, 1960 to 2007 ¹
Nebraska - Selected Years
	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Adams	28,944	30,553	30,656	29,625	31,151	31,595	31,724	32,187	32,710	33,017	32,963	32,990
Antelope	10,176	9,047	8,675	7,965	7,452	7,235	7,211	7,139	7,022	6,940	6,826	6,757
Arthur	680	606	513	462	444	408	394	400	385	370	368	356
Banner	1,269	1,034	918	852	819	811	772	764	749	731	744	734
Blaine	1,016	847	867	675	583	560	542	532	500	474	472	448
Boone	9,134	8,190	7,391	6,667	6,259	6,134	6,032	5,853	5,768	5,690	5,575	5,527
Box Butte	11,688	10,094	13,696	13,130	12,158	11,836	11,771	11,502	11,277	11,135	10,991	11,001
Boyd	4,513	3,752	3,331	2,835	2,438	2,386	2,348	2,298	2,240	2,213	2,140	2,119
Brown	4,436	4,021	4,377	3,657	3,525	3,492	3,474	3,448	3,406	3,290	3,292	3,207
Buffalo	26,236	31,222	34,797	37,447	42,259	42,433	42,970	43,255	43,739	44,081	44,569	44,976
Burt	10,192	9,247	8,813	7,868	7,791	7,664	7,492	7,369	7,402	7,229	7,157	7,059
Butler	10,312	9,461	9,330	8,601	8,767	8,913	8,855	8,755	8,670	8,518	8,418	8,377
Cass	17,821	18,076	20,297	21,318	24,334	24,528	24,716	25,028	25,264	25,394	25,491	25,577
Cedar	13,368	12,192	11,375	10,131	9,615	9,389	9,256	9,097	8,999	8,935	8,698	8,530
Chase	4,317	4,129	4,758	4,381	4,068	3,966	3,976	3,985	3,886	3,822	3,773	3,698
Cherry	8,218	6,846	6,758	6,307	6,148	6,036	6,010	5,964	5,975	5,926	5,807	5,718
Cheyenne	14,828	10,778	10,057	9,494	9,830	9,907	9,908	9,837	9,844	9,963	9,794	9,972
Clay	8,717	8,266	8,106	7,123	7,039	6,906	6,830	6,754	6,656	6,498	6,408	6,330
Colfax	9,595	9,498	9,890	9,139	10,441	10,432	10,464	10,412	10,428	10,192	10,005	9,974
Cuming	12,435	12,034	11,664	10,117	10,203	10,057	9,961	9,825	9,703	9,634	9,486	9,365
Custer	16,517	14,092	13,877	12,270	11,793	11,571	11,463	11,316	11,234	11,127	10,967	10,849
Dakota	12,168	13,137	16,573	16,742	20,253	20,285	20,301	20,386	20,292	20,054	20,156	20,312
Dawes	9,536	9,761	9,609	9,021	9,060	9,093	9,104	9,125	8,889	8,794	8,715	8,818
Dawson	19,405	19,771	22,304	19,940	24,365	24,401	24,263	24,342	24,356	24,379	24,706	24,744
Deuel	3,125	2,717	2,462	2,237	2,098	2,084	2,013	1,994	1,976	1,936	1,903	1,893
Dixon	8,106	7,453	7,137	6,143	6,339	6,250	6,186	6,131	6,078	6,153	6,172	6,243
Dodge	32,471	34,782	35,847	34,500	36,160	36,025	35,840	35,840	35,817	35,873	35,921	36,004
Douglas	343,490	389,455	397,038	416,444	463,585	468,121	471,908	476,440	481,780	487,545	492,610	497,416
Dundy	3,570	2,926	2,861	2,582	2,292	2,197	2,172	2,180	2,156	2,086	2,058	2,031
Fillmore	9,425	8,137	7,920	7,103	6,634	6,514	6,401	6,404	6,325	6,181	6,121	6,051
Franklin	5,449	4,566	4,377	3,938	3,574	3,459	3,463	3,409	3,369	3,366	3,300	3,158
Frontier	4,311	3,982	3,647	3,101	3,099	3,041	2,977	2,890	2,869	2,793	2,721	2,663
Furnas	7,711	6,897	6,486	5,553	5,324	5,185	5,175	5,079	4,949	4,853	4,823	4,732
Gage	26,818	25,731	24,456	22,794	22,993	23,096	23,126	23,180	23,216	23,061	23,158	23,219
Garden	3,472	2,929	2,802	2,460	2,292	2,266	2,211	2,196	2,110	1,956	1,919	1,834
Garfield	2,699	2,411	2,363	2,141	1,902	1,872	1,869	1,826	1,810	1,788	1,758	1,722
Gosper	2,489	2,178	2,140	1,928	2,143	2,074	2,057	2,070	2,029	2,008	1,957	1,971
Grant	1,009	1,019	877	769	747	747	720	684	660	648	638	613
Greeley	4,595	4,000	3,462	3,006	2,714	2,663	2,627	2,564	2,517	2,426	2,399	2,326
Hall	35,757	42,851	47,690	48,925	53,534	53,427	53,641	53,939	54,310	54,413	55,030	55,642
Hamilton	8,714	8,867	9,301	8,862	9,403	9,328	9,359	9,394	9,383	9,348	9,261	9,298
Harlan	5,081	4,357	4,292	3,810	3,786	3,718	3,640	3,654	3,555	3,459	3,404	3,392
Hayes	1,919	1,530	1,356	1,222	1,068	1,086	1,095	1,087	1,058	1,043	992	980
Hitchcock	4,829	4,051	4,079	3,750	3,111	3,086	3,035	3,014	3,010	2,900	2,886	2,844
Holt	13,722	12,933	13,552	12,599	11,551	11,303	11,125	10,912	10,700	10,631	10,414	10,312
Hooker	1,130	939	990	793	783	753	735	739	749	742	748	736
Howard	6,541	6,807	6,773	6,057	6,567	6,486	6,481	6,580	6,554	6,535	6,542	6,612
Jefferson	11,620	10,436	9,817	8,759	8,333	8,248	8,164	8,019	7,932	7,795	7,704	7,516
Johnson	6,281	5,743	5,285	4,673	4,488	4,361	4,331	4,495	4,760	4,605	4,598	4,476
Kearney	6,580	6,707	7,053	6,629	6,882	6,830	6,769	6,775	6,745	6,659	6,568	6,602
Keith	7,958	8,487	9,364	8,584	8,875	8,724	8,650	8,348	8,216	8,130	8,045	8,024
Keya Paha	1,672	1,340	1,301	1,029	983	962	951	955	932	892	871	850
Kimball	7,975	6,009	4,882	4,108	4,089	4,026	3,986	3,873	3,808	3,783	3,716	3,602
Knox	13,300	11,723	11,457	9,534	9,374	9,142	9,040	8,960	8,888	8,726	8,677	8,665
Lancaster	155,272	167,972	192,884	213,641	250,291	254,453	258,242	262,378	264,834	268,571	271,793	275,665
Lincoln	28,491	29,538	36,455	32,508	34,632	34,583	34,374	34,543	34,876	35,192	35,491	35,500
Logan	1,108	991	983	878	774	779	761	732	732	740	747	745
Loup	1,097	854	859	683	712	722	745	735	685	670	645	644
McPherson	735	623	593	546	533	528	536	520	509	495	482	502
Madison	25,145	27,402	31,382	32,655	35,226	35,540	35,779	35,733	35,576	35,441	35,223	34,134
Merrick	8,363	8,751	8,945	8,049	8,204	8,039	8,032	7,990	7,959	7,829	7,771	7,690
Morrill	7,057	5,813	6,085	5,423	5,440	5,345	5,210	5,168	5,095	5,043	5,012	5,047
Nance	5,635	5,142	4,740	4,275	4,038	3,992	3,872	3,734	3,652	3,663	3,625	3,572
Nemaha	9,099	8,976	8,367	7,980	7,576	7,394	7,243	7,085	7,018	7,059	7,128	7,039
Nuckolls	8,217	7,404	6,726	5,786	5,057	4,926	4,804	4,809	4,783	4,681	4,596	4,533
Otoe	16,503	15,576	15,183	14,252	15,396	15,475	15,421	15,340	15,347	15,385	15,545	15,647
Pawnee	5,356	4,473	3,937	3,317	3,087	3,001	2,983	2,856	2,841	2,804	2,712	2,686
Perkins	4,189	3,423	3,637	3,367	3,200	3,100	3,074	3,014	3,046	3,035	2,949	2,928
Phelps	9,800	9,553	9,769	9,715	9,747	9,693	9,662	9,537	9,487	9,341	9,334	9,175
Pierce	8,722	8,493	8,481	7,827	7,857	7,736	7,623	7,597	7,453	7,472	7,376	7,284
Platte	23,992	26,508	28,852	29,820	31,662	31,407	31,079	30,944	30,908	31,173	31,408	31,849
Polk	7,210	6,468	6,320	5,668	5,639	5,499	5,483	5,417	5,319	5,284	5,213	5,208
Red Willow	12,940	12,191	12,615	11,705	11,448	11,400	11,308	11,207	11,125	11,036	10,876	10,748
Richardson	13,903	12,277	11,315	9,937	9,531	9,233	9,075	8,868	8,776	8,672	8,536	8,351
Rock	2,554	2,231	2,383	2,019	1,756	1,712	1,669	1,584	1,576	1,527	1,520	1,515
Saline	12,542	12,809	13,131	12,715	13,843	13,963	14,045	14,133	14,083	13,982	13,824	13,873
Sarpy	31,281	63,696	86,015	102,583	122,595	126,047	129,104	132,024	135,650	139,245	142,713	146,756
Saunders	17,270	17,018	18,716	18,285	19,830	19,921	19,841	19,967	20,065	20,228	20,103	20,184
Scotts Bluff	33,809	36,432	38,344	36,025	36,951	36,539	36,587	36,476	36,290	36,286	36,201	36,370
Seward	13,581	14,460	15,789	15,450	16,496	16,626	16,598	16,546	16,707	16,626	16,700	16,554
Sheridan	9,049	7,285	7,544	6,750	6,198	5,975	5,950	5,770	5,745	5,590	5,496	5,450
Sherman	5,382	4,725	4,226	3,718	3,318	3,259	3,169	3,133	3,138	3,093	3,039	3,013
Sioux	2,575	2,034	1,845	1,549	1,475	1,401	1,432	1,469	1,414	1,406	1,371	1,351
Stanton	5,783	5,758	6,549	6,244	6,455	6,399	6,492	6,487	6,490	6,452	6,467	6,395
Thayer	9,118	7,779	7,582	6,635	6,055	5,869	5,685	5,561	5,415	5,349	5,196	5,163
Thomas	1,078	954	973	851	729	704	669	655	622	608	608	600
Thurston	7,237	6,942	7,186	6,936	7,171	7,158	7,107	7,154	7,146	7,247	7,228	7,208
Valley	6,590	5,783	5,633	5,169	4,647	4,607	4,514	4,538	4,431	4,333	4,298	4,263
Washington	12,103	13,310	15,508	16,607	18,780	19,089	19,180	19,369	19,420	19,646	19,808	19,959
Wayne	9,959	10,400	9,858	9,364	9,851	9,718	9,570	9,560	9,456	9,465	9,546	9,317
Webster	6,224	5,396	4,858	4,279	4,061	3,983	3,892	3,833	3,787	3,698	3,628	3,609
Wheeler	1,297	1,051	1,060	948	886	850	824	798	790	805	801	809
York	13,724	13,685	14,798	14,428	14,598	14,503	14,327	14,278	14,053	14,130	14,321	14,370
Nebraska	1,411,330	1,485,333	1,569,825	1,578,417	1,711,263	1,718,280	1,725,545	1,734,746	1,743,954	1,754,042	1,763,735	1,774,571
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, "1990 Census of Population and Housing, CPH-2-29, Population and Housing Unit Counts,
Nebraska" and Census Web site (www.census.gov) March 16, 2007
¹ 1960 to 2000 numbers are Census counts; 2001 to 2007 numbers are Census estimates subject to annual revision.
Last Updated:	20-Mar-08
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov