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Most population gained, Nebraska counties

Nebraska counties that added the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 93 counties in Nebraska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Douglas County, NENE606,460+21,934−53%

02Sarpy County, NENE208,303+17,699−12%

03Lancaster County, NENE334,049+11,441−69%

04Saunders County, NENE23,702+1,424−8%

05Platte County, NENE35,649+1,353−27%

06Buffalo County, NENE51,172+1,088−77%

07Cass County, NENE27,657+1,059−65%

08Dodge County, NENE38,057+890−46%

09Hall County, NENE63,633+738−84%

10Saline County, NENE14,996+704−38%

11Otoe County, NENE16,531+619−46%

12Madison County, NENE36,106+521−80%

13York County, NENE14,564+439+158%

14Washington County, NENE21,302+437−80%

15Seward County, NENE18,032+423−60%

16Colfax County, NENE10,934+352−73%

17Dawson County, NENE24,452+341−92%

18Wayne County, NENE10,020+323−34%

19Hamilton County, NENE9,678+249−54%

20Merrick County, NENE7,905+237+46%

21Butler County, NENE8,507+138−17%

22Frontier County, NENE2,655+136−6900%

23Cherry County, NENE5,561+106−167%

24Dakota County, NENE21,687+105−97%

25Kearney County, NENE6,790+102−60%

26Clay County, NENE6,170+66−179%

27Howard County, NENE6,538+63−88%

28Pierce County, NENE7,378+61+103%

29Cheyenne County, NENE9,528+60−82%

30Antelope County, NENE6,352+57−111%

31Polk County, NENE5,270+56−256%

32Sioux County, NENE1,188+53−172%

33Valley County, NENE4,094+35−107%

34Nemaha County, NENE7,102+28−107%

35Blaine County, NENE458+27−129%

36Phelps County, NENE8,994+26−19%

37Deuel County, NENE1,862+24−117%

38Keya Paha County, NENE792+23−150%

39Wheeler County, NENE789+15−124%

40Banner County, NENE686+12−136%

41Gage County, NENE21,711+7−96%

42Nuckolls County, NENE4,100+5−101%

43Rock County, NENE1,259-3−99%

44Dixon County, NENE5,602-4−102%

45Cedar County, NENE8,373-7−99%

46Perkins County, NENE2,849-9−95%

47Thurston County, NENE6,752-21−109%

48Boone County, NENE5,355-24−94%

49Hooker County, NENE686-25+150%

50Thomas County, NENE639-30−75%

51McPherson County, NENE369-30+131%

52Greeley County, NENE2,154-34−88%

53Pawnee County, NENE2,510-34−85%

54Hayes County, NENE821-35−77%

55Sherman County, NENE2,924-35−91%

56Loup County, NENE570-37−228%

57Arthur County, NENE396-38+111%

58Kimball County, NENE3,391-43+126%

59Burt County, NENE6,678-44−43%

60Custer County, NENE10,500-45−91%

61Logan County, NENE669-47−55%

62Grant County, NENE561-50+127%

63Knox County, NENE8,335-56−65%

64Webster County, NENE3,336-59−73%

65Holt County, NENE10,067-60−94%

66Garden County, NENE1,804-70−58%

67Johnson County, NENE5,218-72−61%

68Harlan County, NENE3,000-73+204%

69Brown County, NENE2,826-77−42%

70Dundy County, NENE1,568-86−70%

71Gosper County, NENE1,803-90−142%

72Nance County, NENE3,290-90−62%

73Fillmore County, NENE5,458-93−80%

74Franklin County, NENE2,795-94−74%

75Stanton County, NENE5,744-98−146%

76Garfield County, NENE1,710-103−57%

77Furnas County, NENE4,524-112−51%

78Adams County, NENE31,071-134−109%

79Boyd County, NENE1,674-136−66%

80Hitchcock County, NENE2,467-149−77%

81Morrill County, NENE4,404-151−988%

82Jefferson County, NENE7,070-170−60%

83Chase County, NENE3,718-175−44%

84Cuming County, NENE8,823-190−321%

85Thayer County, NENE4,842-192−67%

86Keith County, NENE8,100-235−181%

87Sheridan County, NENE4,809-318−42%

88Dawes County, NENE7,858-341−974%

89Richardson County, NENE7,530-341−16%

90Box Butte County, NENE10,494-348−64%

91Red Willow County, NENE10,307-395+54%

92Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,586-498−154%

93Lincoln County, NENE33,303-1,373−165%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES