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Counties in Nebraska by population under 18

Thurston County had the highest population under 18 of 93 counties in 2014, at 35.1%. Garden County had the lowest, at 16.9%. The median was 23.3% and the figure for Nebraska was 25%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest35.1Thurston County
Lowest16.9Garden County
Median23.393 counties
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Map of counties, 2014

Adams County: 23.7 %Antelope County: 23.4 %Arthur County: 29.7 %Banner County: 17.4 %Blaine County: 22.1 %Boone County: 22.9 %Box Butte County: 25 %Boyd County: 21 %Brown County: 19.5 %Buffalo County: 23.9 %Burt County: 22 %Butler County: 24.1 %Cass County: 24.8 %Cedar County: 24.6 %Chase County: 24.2 %Cherry County: 21.1 %Cheyenne County: 24.3 %Clay County: 24.2 %Colfax County: 29.8 %Cuming County: 24.7 %Custer County: 23 %Dakota County: 29.2 %Dawes County: 19.1 %Dawson County: 28.3 %Deuel County: 21 %Dixon County: 25 %Dodge County: 23.7 %Douglas County: 26 %Dundy County: 21.2 %Fillmore County: 21.1 %Franklin County: 19.8 %Frontier County: 21.4 %Furnas County: 22.3 %Gage County: 22.2 %Garden County: 16.9 %Garfield County: 20 %Gosper County: 22.4 %Grant County: 19.8 %Greeley County: 24.3 %Hall County: 26.8 %Hamilton County: 24.9 %Harlan County: 21.2 %Hayes County: 21.2 %Hitchcock County: 21.1 %Holt County: 23.5 %Hooker County: 21 %Howard County: 23.9 %Jefferson County: 21.8 %Johnson County: 19.3 %Kearney County: 24.3 %Keith County: 20.8 %Keya Paha County: 19.6 %Kimball County: 21.8 %Knox County: 24.5 %Lancaster County: 23.3 %Lincoln County: 24.3 %Logan County: 24.9 %Loup County: 19.6 %McPherson County: 25.1 %Madison County: 24.6 %Merrick County: 24 %Morrill County: 24.2 %Nance County: 22.5 %Nemaha County: 21.5 %Nuckolls County: 20.6 %Otoe County: 23.7 %Pawnee County: 21.7 %Perkins County: 24.7 %Phelps County: 23.9 %Pierce County: 24.8 %Platte County: 26 %Polk County: 23.6 %Red Willow County: 22.5 %Richardson County: 20.9 %Rock County: 19.3 %Saline County: 24.5 %Sarpy County: 28.5 %Saunders County: 25.1 %Scotts Bluff County: 24.4 %Seward County: 23.5 %Sheridan County: 22.8 %Sherman County: 21.6 %Sioux County: 22.7 %Stanton County: 26.3 %Thayer County: 21.8 %Thomas County: 23 %Thurston County: 35.1 %Valley County: 23.4 %Washington County: 24.4 %Wayne County: 20.1 %Webster County: 21.6 %Wheeler County: 20 %York County: 22.5 %
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%, 2014. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2014

Thurston County: 35.1 %Thurston County35.1Colfax County: 29.8 %Colfax County29.8Arthur County: 29.7 %Arthur County29.7Dakota County: 29.2 %Dakota County29.2Sarpy County: 28.5 %Sarpy County28.5Dawson County: 28.3 %Dawson County28.3Hall County: 26.8 %Hall County26.8Stanton County: 26.3 %Stanton County26.3Platte County: 26 %Platte County26Douglas County: 26 %Douglas County26McPherson County: 25.1 %McPherson County25.1Saunders County: 25.1 %Saunders County25.1Dixon County: 25 %Dixon County25Box Butte County: 25 %Box Butte County25Logan County: 24.9 %Logan County24.9Hamilton County: 24.9 %Hamilton County24.9Pierce County: 24.8 %Pierce County24.8Cass County: 24.8 %Cass County24.8Perkins County: 24.7 %Perkins County24.7Cuming County: 24.7 %Cuming County24.7Madison County: 24.6 %Madison County24.6Cedar County: 24.6 %Cedar County24.6Knox County: 24.5 %Knox County24.5Saline County: 24.5 %Saline County24.5Scotts Bluff County: 24.4 %Scotts Bluff County24.4Washington County: 24.4 %Washington County24.4Greeley County: 24.3 %Greeley County24.3Kearney County: 24.3 %Kearney County24.3Lincoln County: 24.3 %Lincoln County24.3Cheyenne County: 24.3 %Cheyenne County24.3Chase County: 24.2 %Chase County24.2Morrill County: 24.2 %Morrill County24.2Clay County: 24.2 %Clay County24.2Butler County: 24.1 %Butler County24.1Merrick County: 24 %Merrick County24Howard County: 23.9 %Howard County23.9Buffalo County: 23.9 %Buffalo County23.9Phelps County: 23.9 %Phelps County23.9Otoe County: 23.7 %Otoe County23.7Adams County: 23.7 %Adams County23.7Thurston County: 35.1 %Thurston County35.1Colfax County: 29.8 %Colfax County29.8Arthur County: 29.7 %Arthur County29.7Dakota County: 29.2 %Dakota County29.2Sarpy County: 28.5 %Sarpy County28.5Dawson County: 28.3 %Dawson County28.3Hall County: 26.8 %Hall County26.8Stanton County: 26.3 %Stanton County26.3Platte County: 26 %Platte County26Douglas County: 26 %Douglas County26McPherson County: 25.1 %McPherson County25.1Saunders County: 25.1 %Saunders County25.1Dixon County: 25 %Dixon County25Box Butte County: 25 %Box Butte County25Logan County: 24.9 %Logan County24.9Hamilton County: 24.9 %Hamilton County24.9Pierce County: 24.8 %Pierce County24.8Cass County: 24.8 %Cass County24.8Perkins County: 24.7 %Perkins County24.7Cuming County: 24.7 %Cuming County24.7Madison County: 24.6 %Madison County24.6Cedar County: 24.6 %Cedar County24.6Knox County: 24.5 %Knox County24.5Saline County: 24.5 %Saline County24.5Scotts Bluff County: 24.4 %Scotts Bluff County24.4Washington County: 24.4 %Washington County24.4Greeley County: 24.3 %Greeley County24.3Kearney County: 24.3 %Kearney County24.3Lincoln County: 24.3 %Lincoln County24.3Cheyenne County: 24.3 %Cheyenne County24.3Chase County: 24.2 %Chase County24.2Morrill County: 24.2 %Morrill County24.2Clay County: 24.2 %Clay County24.2Butler County: 24.1 %Butler County24.1Merrick County: 24 %Merrick County24Howard County: 23.9 %Howard County23.9Buffalo County: 23.9 %Buffalo County23.9Phelps County: 23.9 %Phelps County23.9Otoe County: 23.7 %Otoe County23.7Adams County: 23.7 %Adams County23.7
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Thurston County35.1+0.3 pts
2Colfax County29.8+0.5 pts
3Arthur County29.7+0.9 pts
4Dakota County29.2-0 pts
5Sarpy County28.5-0.1 pts
6Dawson County28.3-0.1 pts
7Hall County26.8-0.1 pts
8Stanton County26.3-0.4 pts
9Platte County26-0.1 pts
10Douglas County260 pts
11McPherson County25.1-0.7 pts
12Saunders County25.1-0.1 pts
13Dixon County25-0.3 pts
14Box Butte County250 pts
15Logan County24.9+1.3 pts
16Hamilton County24.9-0.1 pts
17Pierce County24.8+0.1 pts
18Cass County24.8-0.1 pts
19Perkins County24.7+0.9 pts
20Cuming County24.70 pts
21Madison County24.60 pts
22Cedar County24.6-0.1 pts
23Knox County24.5+0.1 pts
24Saline County24.5-0.1 pts
25Scotts Bluff County24.4-0.1 pts
26Washington County24.4+0.1 pts
27Greeley County24.3+0.2 pts
28Kearney County24.3+0.2 pts
29Lincoln County24.3-0.2 pts
30Cheyenne County24.3-0.2 pts
31Chase County24.2-0.2 pts
32Morrill County24.2-0.1 pts
33Clay County24.2-0 pts
34Butler County24.1-0.1 pts
35Merrick County24+0.1 pts
36Howard County23.90 pts
37Buffalo County23.90 pts
38Phelps County23.9-0.7 pts
39Otoe County23.7+0.1 pts
40Adams County23.70 pts
41Dodge County23.7+0.2 pts
42Polk County23.60 pts
43Holt County23.5-0.1 pts
44Seward County23.5-0.1 pts
45Antelope County23.4+0.1 pts
46Valley County23.4+0.6 pts
47Lancaster County23.3-0 pts
48Custer County23+0.4 pts
49Thomas County23-1.2 pts
50Boone County22.9-0.1 pts
51Sheridan County22.8+0.1 pts
52Sioux County22.7-0.7 pts
53Red Willow County22.5-0.4 pts
54York County22.5+0.2 pts
55Nance County22.5-0.1 pts
56Gosper County22.4-0.3 pts
57Furnas County22.30 pts
58Gage County22.2-0.2 pts
59Blaine County22.1+1.6 pts
60Burt County220 pts
61Thayer County21.8+0.8 pts
62Kimball County21.8-0 pts
63Jefferson County21.8-0.3 pts
64Pawnee County21.7-0.1 pts
65Sherman County21.6-0.3 pts
66Webster County21.6-0.1 pts
67Nemaha County21.50 pts
68Frontier County21.4-0.2 pts
69Harlan County21.2-0.3 pts
70Hayes County21.2-1 pts
71Dundy County21.2-1.6 pts
72Fillmore County21.10 pts
73Cherry County21.1-0.5 pts
74Hitchcock County21.1+0.2 pts
75Hooker County21+0.5 pts
76Deuel County21-0.5 pts
77Boyd County21+0.6 pts
78Richardson County20.9+0.5 pts
79Keith County20.8-0.4 pts
80Nuckolls County20.6+0.2 pts
81Wayne County20.1-0 pts
82Wheeler County20+0.4 pts
83Garfield County20+0.4 pts
84Grant County19.8-1.1 pts
85Franklin County19.8-0.2 pts
86Keya Paha County19.6-1.1 pts
87Loup County19.6-0.9 pts
88Brown County19.5-1 pts
89Johnson County19.3-0.1 pts
90Rock County19.3-0.1 pts
91Dawes County19.1+0.1 pts
92Banner County17.4-0.1 pts
93Garden County16.9+0.1 pts

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About this ranking

Residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by age; states and the nation are sums of their counties.

Uses the US age of majority. Not comparable with population_0_14_share, which stops at 14.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (Counties in Nebraska by population under 18, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html

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Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Nebraska by population under 18, 2014. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-under-18/nebraska-counties?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Counties in Nebraska by population under 18, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-under-18/nebraska-counties?period=2014.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Nebraska by population under 18, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-under-18/nebraska-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest population under 18?

Thurston County, with 35.1% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest population under 18?

Garden County, with 16.9% in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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