RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 93 SHOWN OF 93

Largest by population, Nebraska counties · 1990

The most populous us counties as of the 2023 estimates. This list covers the 93 counties in Nebraska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPTOTAL POPULATIONVS 2000

01Douglas County, NENE606,460416,444−10%

02Lancaster County, NENE334,049213,641−15%

03Sarpy County, NENE208,303102,583−16%

04Hall County, NENE63,63348,925−9%

05Buffalo County, NENE51,17237,447−11%

06Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,58636,025−3%

07Dodge County, NENE38,05734,500−5%

08Madison County, NENE36,10632,655−7%

09Lincoln County, NENE33,30332,508−6%

10Platte County, NENE35,64929,820−6%

11Adams County, NENE31,07129,625−5%

12Gage County, NENE21,71122,794−1%

13Cass County, NENE27,65721,318−12%

14Dawson County, NENE24,45219,940−18%

15Saunders County, NENE23,70218,285−8%

16Dakota County, NENE21,68716,742−17%

17Washington County, NENE21,30216,607−12%

18Seward County, NENE18,03215,450−6%

19York County, NENE14,56414,428−1%

20Otoe County, NENE16,53114,252−7%

21Box Butte County, NENE10,49413,130+8%

22Saline County, NENE14,99612,715−8%

23Holt County, NENE10,06712,599+9%

24Custer County, NENE10,50012,270+4%

25Red Willow County, NENE10,30711,705+2%

26Cedar County, NENE8,37310,131+5%

27Cuming County, NENE8,82310,117−1%

28Richardson County, NENE7,5309,937+4%

29Phelps County, NENE8,9949,715−0%

30Knox County, NENE8,3359,534+2%

31Cheyenne County, NENE9,5289,494−3%

32Wayne County, NENE10,0209,364−5%

33Colfax County, NENE10,9349,139−12%

34Dawes County, NENE7,8589,021−0%

35Hamilton County, NENE9,6788,862−6%

36Jefferson County, NENE7,0708,759+5%

37Butler County, NENE8,5078,601−2%

38Keith County, NENE8,1008,584−3%

39Merrick County, NENE7,9058,042−2%

40Nemaha County, NENE7,1027,980+5%

41Antelope County, NENE6,3527,965+7%

42Burt County, NENE6,6787,868+1%

43Pierce County, NENE7,3787,827−0%

44Clay County, NENE6,1707,123+1%

45Fillmore County, NENE5,4587,103+7%

46Thurston County, NENE6,7526,936−3%

47Sheridan County, NENE4,8096,750+9%

48Boone County, NENE5,3556,667+7%

49Thayer County, NENE4,8426,635+10%

50Kearney County, NENE6,7906,629−4%

51Cherry County, NENE5,5616,307+3%

52Stanton County, NENE5,7446,244−3%

53Dixon County, NENE5,6026,143−3%

54Howard County, NENE6,5386,055−8%

55Nuckolls County, NENE4,1005,786+14%

56Polk County, NENE5,2705,675+1%

57Furnas County, NENE4,5245,553+4%

58Morrill County, NENE4,4045,423−0%

59Valley County, NENE4,0945,169+11%

60Johnson County, NENE5,2184,673+4%

61Chase County, NENE3,7184,381+8%

62Webster County, NENE3,3364,279+5%

63Nance County, NENE3,2904,275+6%

64Kimball County, NENE3,3914,108+0%

65Franklin County, NENE2,7953,938+10%

66Harlan County, NENE3,0003,810+1%

67Hitchcock County, NENE2,4673,750+21%

68Sherman County, NENE2,9243,718+12%

69Brown County, NENE2,8263,657+4%

70Perkins County, NENE2,8493,367+5%

71Pawnee County, NENE2,5103,317+7%

72Frontier County, NENE2,6553,101+0%

73Greeley County, NENE2,1543,006+11%

74Boyd County, NENE1,6742,835+16%

75Dundy County, NENE1,5682,582+13%

76Garden County, NENE1,8042,460+7%

77Deuel County, NENE1,8622,237+7%

78Garfield County, NENE1,7102,141+13%

79Rock County, NENE1,2592,019+15%

80Gosper County, NENE1,8031,928−10%

81Sioux County, NENE1,1881,549+5%

82Hayes County, NENE8211,222+14%

83Keya Paha County, NENE7921,029+5%

84Wheeler County, NENE789948+7%

85Logan County, NENE669878+13%

86Banner County, NENE686852+4%

87Thomas County, NENE639851+17%

88Hooker County, NENE686793+1%

89Grant County, NENE561769+3%

90Loup County, NENE570683−4%

91Blaine County, NENE458675+16%

92McPherson County, NENE369546+2%

93Arthur County, NENE396462+4%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES