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Most sparsely populated, Nebraska counties

Nebraska counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 93 counties in Nebraska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01McPherson County, NENE3690−31%

02Arthur County, NENE3961−11%

03Sioux County, NENE1,1881−19%

04Blaine County, NENE4581−21%

05Grant County, NENE5611−25%

06Thomas County, NENE6391−12%

07Banner County, NENE6861−16%

08Cherry County, NENE5,5611−10%

09Hooker County, NENE6861−12%

10Loup County, NENE5701−20%

11Keya Paha County, NENE7921−19%

12Garden County, NENE1,8041−21%

13Hayes County, NENE8211−23%

14Logan County, NENE6691−14%

15Rock County, NENE1,2591−28%

16Wheeler County, NENE7891−11%

17Dundy County, NENE1,5682−32%

18Sheridan County, NENE4,8092−22%

19Brown County, NENE2,8262−20%

20Frontier County, NENE2,6553−14%

21Garfield County, NENE1,7103−10%

22Morrill County, NENE4,4043−19%

23Boyd County, NENE1,6743−31%

24Perkins County, NENE2,8493−11%

25Hitchcock County, NENE2,4673−21%

26Kimball County, NENE3,3914−17%

27Greeley County, NENE2,1544−21%

28Gosper County, NENE1,8034−16%

29Custer County, NENE10,5004−11%

30Chase County, NENE3,7184−9%

31Holt County, NENE10,0674−13%

32Deuel County, NENE1,8624−11%

33Franklin County, NENE2,7955−22%

34Sherman County, NENE2,9245−12%

35Harlan County, NENE3,0005−21%

36Dawes County, NENE7,8586−13%

37Webster County, NENE3,3366−18%

38Pawnee County, NENE2,5106−19%

39Furnas County, NENE4,5246−15%

40Nuckolls County, NENE4,1007−19%

41Valley County, NENE4,0947−12%

42Antelope County, NENE6,3527−15%

43Nance County, NENE3,2907−19%

44Knox County, NENE8,3358−11%

45Keith County, NENE8,1008−9%

46Boone County, NENE5,3558−14%

47Cheyenne County, NENE9,5288−3%

48Thayer County, NENE4,8428−20%

49Fillmore County, NENE5,4589−18%

50Box Butte County, NENE10,49410−14%

51Clay County, NENE6,17011−12%

52Cedar County, NENE8,37311−13%

53Howard County, NENE6,53811−0%

54Dixon County, NENE5,60212−12%

55Polk County, NENE5,27012−7%

56Jefferson County, NENE7,07012−15%

57Pierce County, NENE7,37813−6%

58Lincoln County, NENE33,30313−4%

59Kearney County, NENE6,79013−1%

60Stanton County, NENE5,74413−11%

61Burt County, NENE6,67814−14%

62Richardson County, NENE7,53014−21%

63Johnson County, NENE5,21814+16%

64Red Willow County, NENE10,30714−10%

65Butler County, NENE8,50715−3%

66Cuming County, NENE8,82315−14%

67Merrick County, NENE7,90516−4%

68Phelps County, NENE8,99417−8%

69Thurston County, NENE6,75217−6%

70Nemaha County, NENE7,10217−6%

71Hamilton County, NENE9,67818+3%

72Wayne County, NENE10,02023+2%

73Dawson County, NENE24,45224+0%

74York County, NENE14,56425−0%

75Gage County, NENE21,71125−6%

76Saline County, NENE14,99626+8%

77Colfax County, NENE10,93427+5%

78Otoe County, NENE16,53127+7%

79Seward County, NENE18,03232+9%

80Saunders County, NENE23,70232+20%

81Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,58648−4%

82Cass County, NENE27,65750+14%

83Platte County, NENE35,64953+13%

84Buffalo County, NENE51,17253+21%

85Washington County, NENE21,30255+13%

86Adams County, NENE31,07155−0%

87Madison County, NENE36,10663+2%

88Dodge County, NENE38,05772+5%

89Dakota County, NENE21,68782+7%

90Hall County, NENE63,633116+19%

91Lancaster County, NENE334,049399+33%

92Sarpy County, NENE208,303875+70%

93Douglas County, NENE606,4601,858+31%

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