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Fastest growing, Nebraska counties · 2000

Nebraska counties ranked by population growth from the 1990 census to 2000. This list covers the 93 counties in Nebraska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS –

01Dawson County, NENE24,452+22.2%–

02Dakota County, NENE21,687+21.0%–

03Sarpy County, NENE208,303+19.5%–

04Lancaster County, NENE334,049+17.2%–

05Colfax County, NENE10,934+14.2%–

06Cass County, NENE27,657+14.1%–

07Washington County, NENE21,302+13.1%–

08Buffalo County, NENE51,172+12.9%–

09Douglas County, NENE606,460+11.3%–

10Gosper County, NENE1,803+11.2%–

11Hall County, NENE63,633+9.4%–

12Saline County, NENE14,996+8.9%–

13Howard County, NENE6,538+8.5%–

14Saunders County, NENE23,702+8.4%–

15Otoe County, NENE16,531+8.0%–

16Madison County, NENE36,106+7.9%–

17Seward County, NENE18,032+6.8%–

18Lincoln County, NENE33,303+6.5%–

19Platte County, NENE35,649+6.2%–

20Hamilton County, NENE9,678+6.1%–

21Wayne County, NENE10,020+5.2%–

22Adams County, NENE31,071+5.2%–

23Dodge County, NENE38,057+4.8%–

24Loup County, NENE570+4.2%–

25Kearney County, NENE6,790+3.8%–

26Cheyenne County, NENE9,528+3.5%–

27Keith County, NENE8,100+3.4%–

28Thurston County, NENE6,752+3.4%–

29Stanton County, NENE5,744+3.4%–

30Dixon County, NENE5,602+3.2%–

31Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,586+2.6%–

32Merrick County, NENE7,905+2.0%–

33Butler County, NENE8,507+1.9%–

34York County, NENE14,564+1.2%–

35Gage County, NENE21,711+0.9%–

36Cuming County, NENE8,823+0.9%–

37Dawes County, NENE7,858+0.4%–

38Pierce County, NENE7,378+0.4%–

39Phelps County, NENE8,994+0.3%–

40Morrill County, NENE4,404+0.3%–

41Frontier County, NENE2,655-0.1%–

42Kimball County, NENE3,391-0.5%–

43Harlan County, NENE3,000-0.6%–

44Polk County, NENE5,270-0.6%–

45Burt County, NENE6,678-1.0%–

46Clay County, NENE6,170-1.2%–

47Hooker County, NENE686-1.3%–

48Knox County, NENE8,335-1.7%–

49Red Willow County, NENE10,307-2.2%–

50McPherson County, NENE369-2.4%–

51Cherry County, NENE5,561-2.5%–

52Grant County, NENE561-2.9%–

53Brown County, NENE2,826-3.6%–

54Banner County, NENE686-3.9%–

55Custer County, NENE10,500-3.9%–

56Arthur County, NENE396-3.9%–

57Johnson County, NENE5,218-4.0%–

58Richardson County, NENE7,530-4.1%–

59Furnas County, NENE4,524-4.1%–

60Keya Paha County, NENE792-4.5%–

61Sioux County, NENE1,188-4.8%–

62Jefferson County, NENE7,070-4.9%–

63Perkins County, NENE2,849-5.0%–

64Nemaha County, NENE7,102-5.1%–

65Cedar County, NENE8,373-5.1%–

66Webster County, NENE3,336-5.1%–

67Nance County, NENE3,290-5.5%–

68Boone County, NENE5,355-6.1%–

69Deuel County, NENE1,862-6.2%–

70Antelope County, NENE6,352-6.4%–

71Wheeler County, NENE789-6.5%–

72Fillmore County, NENE5,458-6.6%–

73Garden County, NENE1,804-6.8%–

74Pawnee County, NENE2,510-6.9%–

75Chase County, NENE3,718-7.1%–

76Box Butte County, NENE10,494-7.4%–

77Sheridan County, NENE4,809-8.2%–

78Holt County, NENE10,067-8.3%–

79Thayer County, NENE4,842-8.7%–

80Franklin County, NENE2,795-9.2%–

81Greeley County, NENE2,154-9.7%–

82Valley County, NENE4,094-10.1%–

83Sherman County, NENE2,924-10.8%–

84Garfield County, NENE1,710-11.2%–

85Dundy County, NENE1,568-11.2%–

86Logan County, NENE669-11.8%–

87Nuckolls County, NENE4,100-12.6%–

88Hayes County, NENE821-12.6%–

89Rock County, NENE1,259-13.0%–

90Blaine County, NENE458-13.6%–

91Boyd County, NENE1,674-14.0%–

92Thomas County, NENE639-14.3%–

93Hitchcock County, NENE2,467-17.0%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS