RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 93 SHOWN OF 93

Most population lost, Nebraska counties · 2000

Nebraska counties that lost 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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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01Holt County, NENE10,067-1,048–

02Box Butte County, NENE10,494-972–

03Nuckolls County, NENE4,100-729–

04Hitchcock County, NENE2,467-639–

05Thayer County, NENE4,842-580–

06Sheridan County, NENE4,809-552–

07Valley County, NENE4,094-522–

08Cedar County, NENE8,373-516–

09Antelope County, NENE6,352-513–

10Custer County, NENE10,500-477–

11Fillmore County, NENE5,458-469–

12Jefferson County, NENE7,070-426–

13Boone County, NENE5,355-408–

14Richardson County, NENE7,530-406–

15Nemaha County, NENE7,102-404–

16Sherman County, NENE2,924-400–

17Boyd County, NENE1,674-397–

18Franklin County, NENE2,795-364–

19Chase County, NENE3,718-313–

20Greeley County, NENE2,154-292–

21Dundy County, NENE1,568-290–

22Rock County, NENE1,259-263–

23Red Willow County, NENE10,307-257–

24Garfield County, NENE1,710-239–

25Nance County, NENE3,290-237–

26Pawnee County, NENE2,510-230–

27Furnas County, NENE4,524-229–

28Webster County, NENE3,336-218–

29Johnson County, NENE5,218-185–

30Garden County, NENE1,804-168–

31Perkins County, NENE2,849-167–

32Knox County, NENE8,335-160–

33Cherry County, NENE5,561-159–

34Hayes County, NENE821-154–

35Deuel County, NENE1,862-139–

36Brown County, NENE2,826-132–

37Thomas County, NENE639-122–

38Logan County, NENE669-104–

39Blaine County, NENE458-92–

40Clay County, NENE6,170-84–

41Burt County, NENE6,678-77–

42Sioux County, NENE1,188-74–

43Wheeler County, NENE789-62–

44Keya Paha County, NENE792-46–

45Polk County, NENE5,270-36–

46Banner County, NENE686-33–

47Harlan County, NENE3,000-24–

48Grant County, NENE561-22–

49Kimball County, NENE3,391-19–

50Arthur County, NENE396-18–

51McPherson County, NENE369-13–

52Hooker County, NENE686-10–

53Frontier County, NENE2,655-2–

54Morrill County, NENE4,404+17–

55Loup County, NENE570+29–

56Pierce County, NENE7,378+30–

57Phelps County, NENE8,994+32–

58Dawes County, NENE7,858+39–

59Cuming County, NENE8,823+86–

60Merrick County, NENE7,905+162–

61Butler County, NENE8,507+166–

62York County, NENE14,564+170–

63Dixon County, NENE5,602+196–

64Gage County, NENE21,711+199–

65Stanton County, NENE5,744+211–

66Gosper County, NENE1,803+215–

67Thurston County, NENE6,752+235–

68Kearney County, NENE6,790+253–

69Keith County, NENE8,100+291–

70Cheyenne County, NENE9,528+336–

71Wayne County, NENE10,020+487–

72Howard County, NENE6,538+512–

73Hamilton County, NENE9,678+541–

74Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,586+926–

75Seward County, NENE18,032+1,046–

76Saline County, NENE14,996+1,128–

77Otoe County, NENE16,531+1,144–

78Colfax County, NENE10,934+1,302–

79Adams County, NENE31,071+1,526–

80Saunders County, NENE23,702+1,545–

81Dodge County, NENE38,057+1,660–

82Platte County, NENE35,649+1,842–

83Lincoln County, NENE33,303+2,124–

84Washington County, NENE21,302+2,173–

85Madison County, NENE36,106+2,571–

86Cass County, NENE27,657+3,016–

87Dakota County, NENE21,687+3,511–

88Dawson County, NENE24,452+4,425–

89Hall County, NENE63,633+4,609–

90Buffalo County, NENE51,172+4,812–

91Sarpy County, NENE208,303+20,012–

92Lancaster County, NENE334,049+36,650–

93Douglas County, NENE606,460+47,141–

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