RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 93 SHOWN OF 93

Most population gained, Nebraska counties · 2000

Nebraska counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 93 counties in Nebraska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 93 is -24.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01Douglas County, NENE606,460+47,141–

02Lancaster County, NENE334,049+36,650–

03Sarpy County, NENE208,303+20,012–

04Buffalo County, NENE51,172+4,812–

05Hall County, NENE63,633+4,609–

06Dawson County, NENE24,452+4,425–

07Dakota County, NENE21,687+3,511–

08Cass County, NENE27,657+3,016–

09Madison County, NENE36,106+2,571–

10Washington County, NENE21,302+2,173–

11Lincoln County, NENE33,303+2,124–

12Platte County, NENE35,649+1,842–

13Dodge County, NENE38,057+1,660–

14Saunders County, NENE23,702+1,545–

15Adams County, NENE31,071+1,526–

16Colfax County, NENE10,934+1,302–

17Otoe County, NENE16,531+1,144–

18Saline County, NENE14,996+1,128–

19Seward County, NENE18,032+1,046–

20Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,586+926–

21Hamilton County, NENE9,678+541–

22Howard County, NENE6,538+512–

23Wayne County, NENE10,020+487–

24Cheyenne County, NENE9,528+336–

25Keith County, NENE8,100+291–

26Kearney County, NENE6,790+253–

27Thurston County, NENE6,752+235–

28Gosper County, NENE1,803+215–

29Stanton County, NENE5,744+211–

30Gage County, NENE21,711+199–

31Dixon County, NENE5,602+196–

32York County, NENE14,564+170–

33Butler County, NENE8,507+166–

34Merrick County, NENE7,905+162–

35Cuming County, NENE8,823+86–

36Dawes County, NENE7,858+39–

37Phelps County, NENE8,994+32–

38Pierce County, NENE7,378+30–

39Loup County, NENE570+29–

40Morrill County, NENE4,404+17–

41Frontier County, NENE2,655-2–

42Hooker County, NENE686-10–

43McPherson County, NENE369-13–

44Arthur County, NENE396-18–

45Kimball County, NENE3,391-19–

46Grant County, NENE561-22–

47Harlan County, NENE3,000-24–

48Banner County, NENE686-33–

49Polk County, NENE5,270-36–

50Keya Paha County, NENE792-46–

51Wheeler County, NENE789-62–

52Sioux County, NENE1,188-74–

53Burt County, NENE6,678-77–

54Clay County, NENE6,170-84–

55Blaine County, NENE458-92–

56Logan County, NENE669-104–

57Thomas County, NENE639-122–

58Brown County, NENE2,826-132–

59Deuel County, NENE1,862-139–

60Hayes County, NENE821-154–

61Cherry County, NENE5,561-159–

62Knox County, NENE8,335-160–

63Perkins County, NENE2,849-167–

64Garden County, NENE1,804-168–

65Johnson County, NENE5,218-185–

66Webster County, NENE3,336-218–

67Furnas County, NENE4,524-229–

68Pawnee County, NENE2,510-230–

69Nance County, NENE3,290-237–

70Garfield County, NENE1,710-239–

71Red Willow County, NENE10,307-257–

72Rock County, NENE1,259-263–

73Dundy County, NENE1,568-290–

74Greeley County, NENE2,154-292–

75Chase County, NENE3,718-313–

76Franklin County, NENE2,795-364–

77Boyd County, NENE1,674-397–

78Sherman County, NENE2,924-400–

79Nemaha County, NENE7,102-404–

80Richardson County, NENE7,530-406–

81Boone County, NENE5,355-408–

82Jefferson County, NENE7,070-426–

83Fillmore County, NENE5,458-469–

84Custer County, NENE10,500-477–

85Antelope County, NENE6,352-513–

86Cedar County, NENE8,373-516–

87Valley County, NENE4,094-522–

88Sheridan County, NENE4,809-552–

89Thayer County, NENE4,842-580–

90Hitchcock County, NENE2,467-639–

91Nuckolls County, NENE4,100-729–

92Box Butte County, NENE10,494-972–

93Holt County, NENE10,067-1,048–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS