| NET MIGRATION OF POPULATION BY COUNTY | ||||||||||
| Nebraska - Selected Years | ||||||||||
| 1960 to 1970 | 1970 to 1980 | 1980 to 1990 | 1990 to 2000 | 2000 to 2005 2 | ||||||
| Net | % of 1960 | Net | % of 1970 | Net | % of 1980 | Net | % of 1990 | Net | % of 2000 | |
| County | Migration 1 | Population | Migration 1 | Population | Migration 1 | Population | Migration 1 | Population | Migration 1 | Population |
| Adams | -313 | -1.1 | -861 | -2.8 | -2,224 | -7.3 | 618 | 2.1% | -340 | -1.1% |
| Antelope | -1,553 | -15.3 | -654 | -7.2 | -1,197 | -13.8 | -515 | -6.5% | -370 | -5.0% |
| Arthur | -128 | -18.8 | -122 | -20.1 | -69 | -13.5 | -26 | -5.6% | -75 | -16.9% |
| Banner | -316 | -24.9 | -192 | -18.6 | -155 | -16.9 | -43 | -5.0% | -80 | -9.8% |
| Blaine | -249 | -24.5 | -26 | -3.1 | -224 | -25.8 | -125 | -18.5% | -108 | -18.5% |
| Boone | -1,466 | -16.0 | -988 | -12.1 | -1,036 | -14.0 | -433 | -6.5% | -404 | -6.5% |
| Box Butte | -2,355 | -20.1 | 2,880 | 28.5 | -1,967 | -14.4 | -1,460 | -11.1% | -909 | -7.5% |
| Boyd | -960 | -21.3 | -406 | -10.8 | -464 | -13.9 | -304 | -10.7% | -92 | -3.8% |
| Brown | -568 | -12.8 | 238 | 5.9 | -748 | -17.1 | -105 | -2.9% | -107 | -3.0% |
| Buffalo | 2,615 | 10.0 | 1,004 | 3.2 | -175 | -0.5 | 2,312 | 6.2% | -21 | 0.0% |
| Burt | -1,250 | -12.3 | -373 | -4.0 | -768 | -8.7 | 253 | 3.2% | -130 | -1.7% |
| Butler | -1,213 | -11.8 | -205 | -2.2 | -940 | -10.1 | 191 | 2.2% | -146 | -1.7% |
| Cass | -1,529 | -8.6 | 898 | 5.0 | -556 | -2.7 | 1,845 | 8.7% | 977 | 4.0% |
| Cedar | -2,601 | -19.5 | -1,870 | -15.3 | -1,887 | -16.6 | -642 | -6.3% | -467 | -4.9% |
| Chase | -373 | -8.6 | 440 | 10.7 | -589 | -12.4 | -255 | -5.8% | -155 | -3.8% |
| Cherry | -2,207 | -26.8 | -540 | -7.9 | -874 | -12.9 | -353 | -5.6% | -49 | -0.8% |
| Cheyenne | -5,435 | -36.7 | -1,132 | -10.5 | -1,005 | -10.0 | 177 | 1.9% | 145 | 1.5% |
| Clay | -669 | -7.7 | -442 | -5.3 | -1,130 | -13.9 | -70 | -1.0% | -284 | -4.0% |
| Colfax | -384 | -4.0 | 263 | 2.8 | -1,032 | -10.4 | 945 | 10.3% | -501 | -4.8% |
| Cuming | -1,360 | -10.9 | -842 | -7.0 | -2,000 | -17.2 | -29 | -0.3% | -522 | -5.1% |
| Custer | -2,932 | -17.8 | -460 | -3.3 | -1,715 | -12.4 | -207 | -1.7% | -243 | -2.1% |
| Dakota | -828 | -6.8 | 1,684 | 12.8 | -1,525 | -9.2 | 1,700 | 10.2% | -1,117 | -5.5% |
| Dawes | -355 | -3.7 | -576 | -5.9 | -1,043 | -10.9 | -89 | -1.0% | -486 | -5.4% |
| Dawson | -1,533 | -7.9 | 990 | 5.0 | -3,400 | -15.2 | 2,934 | 14.7% | -864 | -3.5% |
| Deuel | -513 | -16.4 | -239 | -8.8 | -220 | -8.9 | -35 | -1.6% | -26 | -1.2% |
| Dixon | -962 | -11.9 | -478 | -6.4 | -1,177 | -16.5 | 115 | 1.9% | -254 | -4.0% |
| Dodge | -1,128 | -3.5 | -798 | -2.3 | -2,754 | -7.7 | 1,229 | 3.6% | -409 | -1.1% |
| Douglas | -8,116 | -2.4 | -26,555 | -6.8 | -17,493 | -4.4 | 11,588 | 2.8% | 1,635 | 0.4% |
| Dundy | -693 | -19.4 | -42 | -1.4 | -253 | -8.8 | -186 | -7.2% | -105 | -4.6% |
| Fillmore | -1,435 | -15.2 | -60 | -0.7 | -731 | -9.2 | -289 | -4.1% | -141 | -2.1% |
| Franklin | -797 | -14.6 | 34 | 0.7 | -314 | -7.2 | -112 | -2.8% | -5 | -0.1% |
| Frontier | -484 | -11.2 | -453 | -11.4 | -696 | -19.1 | -26 | -0.8% | -290 | -9.4% |
| Furnas | -795 | -10.3 | -149 | -2.2 | -575 | -8.9 | 176 | 3.2% | -148 | -2.8% |
| Gage | -1,854 | -6.9 | -1,363 | -5.3 | -1,945 | -8.0 | 580 | 2.5% | 408 | 1.8% |
| Garden | -657 | -18.9 | -90 | -3.1 | -296 | -10.6 | 46 | 1.9% | -155 | -6.8% |
| Garfield | -406 | -15.0 | -7 | -0.3 | -178 | -7.5 | -123 | -5.7% | 31 | 1.6% |
| Gosper | -795 | -15.6 | -140 | -6.4 | -212 | -9.9 | 250 | 13.0% | -85 | -4.0% |
| Grant | -121 | -12.0 | -226 | -22.2 | -175 | -20.0 | -65 | -8.5% | -81 | -10.8% |
| Greeley | -817 | -17.8 | -583 | -14.6 | -488 | -14.1 | -276 | -9.2% | -191 | -7.0% |
| Hall | 3,199 | 8.9 | 1,554 | 3.6 | -2,423 | -5.1 | 1,156 | 2.4% | -578 | -1.1% |
| Hamilton | -288 | -3.3 | 71 | 0.8 | -1,005 | -10.8 | 326 | 3.7% | 36 | 0.4% |
| Harlan | -805 | -15.8 | 68 | 1.6 | -531 | -12.4 | 116 | 3.0% | -219 | -5.8% |
| Hayes | -480 | -25.0 | -265 | -17.3 | -226 | -16.7 | -166 | -13.6% | -32 | -3.0% |
| Hitchcock | -922 | -19.1 | -82 | -2.0 | -435 | -10.7 | -535 | -14.3% | -77 | -2.5% |
| Holt | -2,054 | -15.0 | -166 | -1.3 | -1,961 | -14.5 | -1,215 | -9.6% | -690 | -6.0% |
| Hooker | -238 | -21.1 | 57 | 6.1 | -194 | -19.6 | 71 | 9.0% | -2 | -0.3% |
| Howard | -185 | -2.8 | -283 | -4.2 | -889 | -13.1 | 457 | 7.5% | 55 | 0.8% |
| Jefferson | -1,202 | -10.3 | -461 | -4.4 | -1,093 | -11.1 | -34 | -0.4% | -274 | -3.3% |
| Johnson | -711 | -11.3 | -412 | -7.2 | -480 | -9.1 | -20 | -0.4% | 298 | 6.6% |
| Kearney | -96 | -1.5 | 137 | 2.0 | -752 | -10.7 | 170 | 2.6% | -129 | -1.9% |
| Keith | -503 | -6.3 | 222 | 2.6 | -1,312 | -14.0 | 284 | 3.3% | -474 | -5.3% |
| Keya Paha | -448 | -26.8 | -144 | -10.7 | -325 | -25.0 | -53 | -5.2% | -106 | -10.8% |
| Kimball | -3,094 | -38.8 | 1,491 | -24.8 | -1,034 | -21.2 | 65 | 1.6% | -210 | -5.1% |
| Knox | -2,264 | -17.0 | -345 | -2.9 | -1,993 | -17.4 | 112 | 1.2% | -287 | -3.1% |
| Lancaster | -9,371 | -6.0 | 11,060 | 6.6 | 3,808 | 2.0 | 19,898 | 9.3% | 3,548 | 1.4% |
| Lincoln | -1,606 | -5.6 | 3,922 | 13.3 | -6,463 | -17.7 | 977 | 3.0% | 371 | 1.1% |
| Logan | -160 | -14.4 | -95 | 9.6 | -162 | -16.5 | -108 | -12.3% | -30 | -3.9% |
| Loup | -287 | -26.2 | -8 | -0.9 | -215 | -25.0 | 35 | 5.1% | -18 | -2.5% |
| McPherson | -154 | -21.0 | -68 | -10.9 | -77 | -13.0 | -22 | -4.0% | -34 | -6.4% |
| Madison | -269 | -1.1 | 2,374 | 8.7 | -1,171 | -3.7 | 512 | 1.6% | -762 | -2.2% |
| Merrick | -249 | -3.0 | -276 | -3.2 | -1,216 | -13.6 | 55 | 0.7% | -180 | -2.2% |
| Morrill | -1,683 | -23.8 | 54 | 0.9 | -881 | -14.5 | 66 | 1.2% | -291 | -5.3% |
| Nance | -713 | -12.7 | -477 | -9.3 | -493 | -10.4 | -189 | -4.4% | -257 | -6.4% |
| Nemaha | -286 | -3.1 | -740 | -8.2 | -516 | -6.2 | -236 | -3.0% | -472 | -6.2% |
| Nuckolls | -1,038 | -12.6 | -664 | -9.0 | -982 | -14.6 | -445 | -7.7% | -197 | -3.9% |
| Otoe | -1,616 | -9.8 | -500 | -3.2 | -1,021 | -6.7 | 1,339 | 9.4% | 111 | 0.7% |
| Pawnee | -721 | -13.5 | -328 | -7.3 | -476 | -12.1 | 14 | 0.4% | -83 | -2.7% |
| Perkins | -968 | -23.1 | 59 | 1.7 | -386 | -10.6 | -57 | -1.7% | -107 | -3.3% |
| Phelps | -725 | -7.4 | -26 | -0.3 | -352 | -3.6 | -65 | -0.7% | -272 | -2.8% |
| Pierce | -805 | -9.2 | -316 | -3.7 | -1,127 | -13.3 | -18 | -0.2% | -239 | -3.0% |
| Platte | -895 | -3.8 | -322 | -1.2 | -1,959 | -6.8 | -373 | -1.3% | -1,174 | -3.7% |
| Polk | -878 | -12.2 | -120 | -1.9 | -633 | -10.0 | 117 | 2.1% | -208 | -3.7% |
| Red Willow | -1,980 | -15.3 | -186 | -1.5 | -1,533 | -12.2 | -463 | -4.0% | -405 | -3.5% |
| Richardson | -1,775 | -12.8 | -533 | -4.3 | -1,074 | -9.5 | 53 | 0.5% | -448 | -4.7% |
| Rock | -507 | -19.9 | 70 | 3.1 | -475 | -19.9 | -218 | -10.8% | -150 | -8.5% |
| Saline | 225 | 1.8 | 430 | 3.4 | -509 | -3.9 | 1,354 | 10.6% | 293 | 2.1% |
| Sarpy | 24,017 | 76.8 | 7,720 | 11.7 | 2,042 | 2.4 | 5,093 | 5.0% | 8,308 | 6.8% |
| Saunders | -1,194 | -6.9 | 1,172 | 6.9 | -1,095 | -5.9 | 959 | 5.2% | 317 | 1.6% |
| Scotts Bluff | -1,720 | -5.1 | -1,302 | -3.6 | -4,817 | -12.6 | -331 | -0.9% | -657 | -1.8% |
| Seward | 1,606 | 11.8 | 676 | 4.7 | -1,103 | -7.0 | 897 | 5.8% | 108 | 0.7% |
| Sheridan | -2,262 | -25.0 | -27 | -0.4 | -1,052 | -13.9 | -413 | -6.1% | -460 | -7.4% |
| Sherman | -985 | -18.3 | -565 | -12.0 | -489 | -11.6 | -320 | -8.6% | -159 | -4.8% |
| Sioux | -657 | -25.5 | -287 | -14.1 | -353 | -19.1 | -91 | -5.9% | -25 | -1.7% |
| Stanton | -426 | -7.4 | 337 | 5.9 | -876 | -13.4 | -144 | -2.3% | -72 | -1.1% |
| Thayer | -1,331 | -14.6 | -48 | -0.6 | -829 | -10.9 | -215 | -3.2% | -405 | -6.7% |
| Thomas | -165 | -15.3 | -30 | -3.1 | -191 | -19.6 | -129 | -15.2% | -100 | -13.7% |
| Thurston | -1,197 | -16.5 | -236 | -3.4 | -1,183 | -16.5 | -470 | -6.8% | -242 | -3.4% |
| Valley | -939 | -14.2 | -136 | -2.4 | -544 | -9.7 | -361 | -7.0% | -142 | -3.1% |
| Washington | 483 | 4.0 | 1,462 | 11.0 | 374 | 2.4 | 1,706 | 10.3% | 768 | 4.1% |
| Wayne | -334 | -3.4 | -894 | 8.6 | -1,120 | -11.4 | 43 | 0.5% | -789 | -8.0% |
| Webster | -745 | -12.0 | -262 | -4.9 | -385 | -7.9 | 89 | 2.1% | -162 | -4.0% |
| Wheeler | -380 | -29.3 | -73 | -6.9 | -242 | -22.8 | -116 | -12.2% | -63 | -7.1% |
| York | -648 | -4.7 | 496 | 3.6 | -1,354 | -9.2 | -114 | -0.8% | -375 | -2.6% |
| Nebraska | -72,700 | -5.2 | -12,616 | -0.8 | -100,126 | -6.4 | 48,234 | 3.1% | -4,007 | -0.2% |
| 1 Net Migration is the difference between the population for the end year and the beginning year less the natural increase (births minus deaths) | ||||||||||
| for the period. Negatives denote outmigration. Includes a residual so county totals equal state total and state total is consistent with national numbers. | ||||||||||
| 2 2002 numbers are estimates; other years are Census counts. | ||||||||||
| Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1960 and 1970, and March 9, 2000 data computed; and March 2006. | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | 3/16/06 | |||||||||
| by Nebraska Databook | ||||||||||
| email: | michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov | |||||||||