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Most densely populated, Nebraska counties

Nebraska counties ranked by residents per square mile (2025). This list covers the 93 counties in Nebraska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 93 is 8.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Douglas County, NENE606,4601,858+31%

02Sarpy County, NENE208,303875+70%

03Lancaster County, NENE334,049399+33%

04Hall County, NENE63,633116+19%

05Dakota County, NENE21,68782+7%

06Dodge County, NENE38,05772+5%

07Madison County, NENE36,10663+2%

08Adams County, NENE31,071550%

09Washington County, NENE21,30255+13%

10Buffalo County, NENE51,17253+21%

11Platte County, NENE35,64953+13%

12▲1Cass County, NENE27,65750+14%

13▼1Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,58648−4%

14▲1Saunders County, NENE23,70232+20%

15▼1Seward County, NENE18,03232+9%

16Otoe County, NENE16,53127+7%

17Colfax County, NENE10,93427+5%

18▲1Saline County, NENE14,99626+8%

19▼1Gage County, NENE21,71125−6%

20York County, NENE14,564250%

21Dawson County, NENE24,452240%

22Wayne County, NENE10,02023+2%

23Hamilton County, NENE9,67818+3%

24Nemaha County, NENE7,10217−6%

25Thurston County, NENE6,75217−6%

26Phelps County, NENE8,99417−8%

27▲1Merrick County, NENE7,90516−4%

28▼1Cuming County, NENE8,82315−14%

29▲1Butler County, NENE8,50715−3%

30▼1Red Willow County, NENE10,30714−10%

31▲1Johnson County, NENE5,21814+16%

32▼1Richardson County, NENE7,53014−21%

33Burt County, NENE6,67814−14%

34Stanton County, NENE5,74413−11%

35▲1Kearney County, NENE6,79013−1%

36▼1Lincoln County, NENE33,30313−4%

37Pierce County, NENE7,37813−6%

38Jefferson County, NENE7,07012−15%

39Polk County, NENE5,27012−7%

40Dixon County, NENE5,60212−12%

41Howard County, NENE6,538110%

42Cedar County, NENE8,37311−13%

43Clay County, NENE6,17011−12%

44Box Butte County, NENE10,49410−14%

45Fillmore County, NENE5,4589−18%

46Thayer County, NENE4,8428−20%

47Cheyenne County, NENE9,5288−3%

48▲1Boone County, NENE5,3558−14%

49▼1Keith County, NENE8,1008−9%

50▲1Knox County, NENE8,3358−11%

51▼1Nance County, NENE3,2907−19%

52Antelope County, NENE6,3527−15%

53Valley County, NENE4,0947−12%

54Nuckolls County, NENE4,1007−19%

55Furnas County, NENE4,5246−15%

56▲1Pawnee County, NENE2,5106−19%

57▼1Webster County, NENE3,3366−18%

58Dawes County, NENE7,8586−13%

59Harlan County, NENE3,0005−21%

60Sherman County, NENE2,9245−12%

61Franklin County, NENE2,7955−22%

62▲2Deuel County, NENE1,8624−11%

63Holt County, NENE10,0674−13%

64▼2Chase County, NENE3,7184−9%

65▲1Custer County, NENE10,5004−11%

66▼1Gosper County, NENE1,8034−16%

67Greeley County, NENE2,1544−21%

68▲1Kimball County, NENE3,3914−17%

69▼1Hitchcock County, NENE2,4673−21%

70▲1Perkins County, NENE2,8493−11%

71▼1Boyd County, NENE1,6743−31%

72Morrill County, NENE4,4043−19%

73Garfield County, NENE1,7103−10%

74Frontier County, NENE2,6553−14%

75Brown County, NENE2,8262−20%

76Sheridan County, NENE4,8092−22%

77Dundy County, NENE1,5682−32%

78Wheeler County, NENE7891−11%

79▲1Rock County, NENE1,2591−28%

80▼1Logan County, NENE6691−14%

81Hayes County, NENE8211−23%

82Garden County, NENE1,8041−21%

83▲1Keya Paha County, NENE7921−19%

84▼1Loup County, NENE5701−20%

85Hooker County, NENE6861−12%

86▲1Cherry County, NENE5,5611−10%

87▲1Banner County, NENE6861−16%

88▼2Thomas County, NENE6391−12%

89Grant County, NENE5611−25%

90▲1Blaine County, NENE4581−21%

91▲1Sioux County, NENE1,1881−19%

92▼2Arthur County, NENE3961−11%

93McPherson County, NENE3690−31%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES