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Counties in Nebraska by population under 18

Thurston County had the highest population under 18 of 93 counties in 2017, at 34.9%. Loup County had the lowest, at 18%. The median was 23.2% and the figure for Nebraska was 25%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest34.9Thurston County
Lowest18Loup County
Median23.293 counties
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Map of counties, 2017

Adams County: 23.8 %Antelope County: 23.6 %Arthur County: 26.6 %Banner County: 20.2 %Blaine County: 19.7 %Boone County: 23.9 %Box Butte County: 24.6 %Boyd County: 19.1 %Brown County: 21 %Buffalo County: 24.2 %Burt County: 22.1 %Butler County: 24 %Cass County: 24.7 %Cedar County: 25.1 %Chase County: 24.6 %Cherry County: 22 %Cheyenne County: 23.6 %Clay County: 24.4 %Colfax County: 30.1 %Cuming County: 24.3 %Custer County: 23.2 %Dakota County: 28.7 %Dawes County: 19.2 %Dawson County: 28.1 %Deuel County: 21.3 %Dixon County: 25.3 %Dodge County: 24.4 %Douglas County: 25.9 %Dundy County: 20.3 %Fillmore County: 21.7 %Franklin County: 21.1 %Frontier County: 21.9 %Furnas County: 22 %Gage County: 22.5 %Garden County: 18.8 %Garfield County: 20.9 %Gosper County: 22.4 %Grant County: 21.4 %Greeley County: 23.8 %Hall County: 27 %Hamilton County: 25 %Harlan County: 21.5 %Hayes County: 22.3 %Hitchcock County: 22.3 %Holt County: 24 %Hooker County: 20.4 %Howard County: 24.3 %Jefferson County: 21.7 %Johnson County: 18.7 %Kearney County: 24.9 %Keith County: 20.9 %Keya Paha County: 20.2 %Kimball County: 21.5 %Knox County: 24.6 %Lancaster County: 23.3 %Lincoln County: 23.8 %Logan County: 27.8 %Loup County: 18 %McPherson County: 22.8 %Madison County: 24.6 %Merrick County: 24 %Morrill County: 24.1 %Nance County: 23.2 %Nemaha County: 22.2 %Nuckolls County: 20.4 %Otoe County: 24.5 %Pawnee County: 21.5 %Perkins County: 25.9 %Phelps County: 23.7 %Pierce County: 24.9 %Platte County: 26.1 %Polk County: 23.3 %Red Willow County: 22.7 %Richardson County: 21.1 %Rock County: 19 %Saline County: 25.5 %Sarpy County: 28 %Saunders County: 24.8 %Scotts Bluff County: 24.5 %Seward County: 23.5 %Sheridan County: 22.8 %Sherman County: 21.8 %Sioux County: 21.4 %Stanton County: 25.7 %Thayer County: 22.1 %Thomas County: 22.9 %Thurston County: 34.9 %Valley County: 23.2 %Washington County: 24.4 %Wayne County: 20.9 %Webster County: 21.6 %Wheeler County: 21.1 %York County: 23.2 %
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%, 2017. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

Thurston County: 34.9 %Thurston County34.9Colfax County: 30.1 %Colfax County30.1Dakota County: 28.7 %Dakota County28.7Dawson County: 28.1 %Dawson County28.1Sarpy County: 28 %Sarpy County28Logan County: 27.8 %Logan County27.8Hall County: 27 %Hall County27Arthur County: 26.6 %Arthur County26.6Platte County: 26.1 %Platte County26.1Perkins County: 25.9 %Perkins County25.9Douglas County: 25.9 %Douglas County25.9Stanton County: 25.7 %Stanton County25.7Saline County: 25.5 %Saline County25.5Dixon County: 25.3 %Dixon County25.3Cedar County: 25.1 %Cedar County25.1Hamilton County: 25 %Hamilton County25Kearney County: 24.9 %Kearney County24.9Pierce County: 24.9 %Pierce County24.9Saunders County: 24.8 %Saunders County24.8Cass County: 24.7 %Cass County24.7Madison County: 24.6 %Madison County24.6Box Butte County: 24.6 %Box Butte County24.6Chase County: 24.6 %Chase County24.6Knox County: 24.6 %Knox County24.6Scotts Bluff County: 24.5 %Scotts Bluff County24.5Otoe County: 24.5 %Otoe County24.5Washington County: 24.4 %Washington County24.4Clay County: 24.4 %Clay County24.4Dodge County: 24.4 %Dodge County24.4Howard County: 24.3 %Howard County24.3Cuming County: 24.3 %Cuming County24.3Buffalo County: 24.2 %Buffalo County24.2Morrill County: 24.1 %Morrill County24.1Merrick County: 24 %Merrick County24Butler County: 24 %Butler County24Holt County: 24 %Holt County24Boone County: 23.9 %Boone County23.9Lincoln County: 23.8 %Lincoln County23.8Greeley County: 23.8 %Greeley County23.8Adams County: 23.8 %Adams County23.8Thurston County: 34.9 %Thurston County34.9Colfax County: 30.1 %Colfax County30.1Dakota County: 28.7 %Dakota County28.7Dawson County: 28.1 %Dawson County28.1Sarpy County: 28 %Sarpy County28Logan County: 27.8 %Logan County27.8Hall County: 27 %Hall County27Arthur County: 26.6 %Arthur County26.6Platte County: 26.1 %Platte County26.1Perkins County: 25.9 %Perkins County25.9Douglas County: 25.9 %Douglas County25.9Stanton County: 25.7 %Stanton County25.7Saline County: 25.5 %Saline County25.5Dixon County: 25.3 %Dixon County25.3Cedar County: 25.1 %Cedar County25.1Hamilton County: 25 %Hamilton County25Kearney County: 24.9 %Kearney County24.9Pierce County: 24.9 %Pierce County24.9Saunders County: 24.8 %Saunders County24.8Cass County: 24.7 %Cass County24.7Madison County: 24.6 %Madison County24.6Box Butte County: 24.6 %Box Butte County24.6Chase County: 24.6 %Chase County24.6Knox County: 24.6 %Knox County24.6Scotts Bluff County: 24.5 %Scotts Bluff County24.5Otoe County: 24.5 %Otoe County24.5Washington County: 24.4 %Washington County24.4Clay County: 24.4 %Clay County24.4Dodge County: 24.4 %Dodge County24.4Howard County: 24.3 %Howard County24.3Cuming County: 24.3 %Cuming County24.3Buffalo County: 24.2 %Buffalo County24.2Morrill County: 24.1 %Morrill County24.1Merrick County: 24 %Merrick County24Butler County: 24 %Butler County24Holt County: 24 %Holt County24Boone County: 23.9 %Boone County23.9Lincoln County: 23.8 %Lincoln County23.8Greeley County: 23.8 %Greeley County23.8Adams County: 23.8 %Adams County23.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Thurston County34.9-0.5 pts
2Colfax County30.1+0.1 pts
3Dakota County28.7-0.2 pts
4Dawson County28.1-0.1 pts
5Sarpy County28-0.1 pts
6Logan County27.8-0.1 pts
7Hall County27-0.1 pts
8Arthur County26.6-1.8 pts
9Platte County26.1+0.1 pts
10Perkins County25.9+0.5 pts
11Douglas County25.9-0 pts
12Stanton County25.7+0.5 pts
13Saline County25.5+0.5 pts
14Dixon County25.3+0.2 pts
15Cedar County25.10 pts
16Hamilton County25-0.3 pts
17Kearney County24.9+0.3 pts
18Pierce County24.9+0.2 pts
19Saunders County24.80 pts
20Cass County24.7+0.1 pts
21Madison County24.6+0.1 pts
22Box Butte County24.6-0.3 pts
23Chase County24.6-0.2 pts
24Knox County24.6+0.1 pts
25Scotts Bluff County24.5-0 pts
26Otoe County24.5+0.4 pts
27Washington County24.4-0.3 pts
28Clay County24.4+0.3 pts
29Dodge County24.4+0.2 pts
30Howard County24.30 pts
31Cuming County24.3-0.1 pts
32Buffalo County24.2-0 pts
33Morrill County24.1-0.4 pts
34Merrick County24+0.2 pts
35Butler County24+0.3 pts
36Holt County240 pts
37Boone County23.9+0.1 pts
38Lincoln County23.8-0.3 pts
39Greeley County23.8+0.2 pts
40Adams County23.8-0.2 pts
41Phelps County23.7-0.3 pts
42Cheyenne County23.6+0.1 pts
43Antelope County23.6+0.2 pts
44Seward County23.5-0.2 pts
45Lancaster County23.3-0 pts
46Polk County23.3+0.5 pts
47Custer County23.2+0.3 pts
48Nance County23.2+0.4 pts
49Valley County23.20 pts
50York County23.2+0.5 pts
51Thomas County22.9+0.4 pts
52McPherson County22.8-0 pts
53Sheridan County22.8+0.3 pts
54Red Willow County22.7+0.3 pts
55Gage County22.5+0.1 pts
56Gosper County22.4-0.1 pts
57Hitchcock County22.3+0.4 pts
58Hayes County22.3+1.1 pts
59Nemaha County22.2+0.4 pts
60Burt County22.1+0.5 pts
61Thayer County22.1-0.1 pts
62Furnas County22-0.1 pts
63Cherry County22+0.7 pts
64Frontier County21.9+0.4 pts
65Sherman County21.80 pts
66Fillmore County21.7+0.4 pts
67Jefferson County21.7+0.3 pts
68Webster County21.6+0.1 pts
69Harlan County21.50 pts
70Kimball County21.5-0.6 pts
71Pawnee County21.5-0.9 pts
72Sioux County21.4-0.5 pts
73Grant County21.4+1.5 pts
74Deuel County21.3+1 pts
75Wheeler County21.1+1.5 pts
76Richardson County21.1-0.2 pts
77Franklin County21.1+1.1 pts
78Brown County21+1 pts
79Garfield County20.9+0.5 pts
80Wayne County20.9+0.1 pts
81Keith County20.9+0.3 pts
82Hooker County20.4-1 pts
83Nuckolls County20.4+0.2 pts
84Dundy County20.3+0.4 pts
85Keya Paha County20.2+0.5 pts
86Banner County20.2-0.6 pts
87Blaine County19.7-1 pts
88Dawes County19.2+0.2 pts
89Boyd County19.1-1.4 pts
90Rock County19-0.2 pts
91Garden County18.8+0.6 pts
92Johnson County18.7-0.5 pts
93Loup County18-2.2 pts

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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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest population under 18?

Thurston County, with 34.9% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest population under 18?

Loup County, with 18% in 2017.

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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