# Counties in Nebraska by population, 2025

All 93 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/nebraska-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/nebraska-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Douglas County | 606,460 |
| 2 | Lancaster County | 334,049 |
| 3 | Sarpy County | 208,303 |
| 4 | Hall County | 63,633 |
| 5 | Buffalo County | 51,172 |
| 6 | Dodge County | 38,057 |
| 7 | Madison County | 36,106 |
| 8 | Platte County | 35,649 |
| 9 | Scotts Bluff County | 35,586 |
| 10 | Lincoln County | 33,303 |
| 11 | Adams County | 31,071 |
| 12 | Cass County | 27,657 |
| 13 | Dawson County | 24,452 |
| 14 | Saunders County | 23,702 |
| 15 | Gage County | 21,711 |
| 16 | Dakota County | 21,687 |
| 17 | Washington County | 21,302 |
| 18 | Seward County | 18,032 |
| 19 | Otoe County | 16,531 |
| 20 | Saline County | 14,996 |
| 21 | York County | 14,564 |
| 22 | Colfax County | 10,934 |
| 23 | Custer County | 10,500 |
| 24 | Box Butte County | 10,494 |
| 25 | Red Willow County | 10,307 |
| 26 | Holt County | 10,067 |
| 27 | Wayne County | 10,020 |
| 28 | Hamilton County | 9,678 |
| 29 | Cheyenne County | 9,528 |
| 30 | Phelps County | 8,994 |
| 31 | Cuming County | 8,823 |
| 32 | Butler County | 8,507 |
| 33 | Cedar County | 8,373 |
| 34 | Knox County | 8,335 |
| 35 | Keith County | 8,100 |
| 36 | Merrick County | 7,905 |
| 37 | Dawes County | 7,858 |
| 38 | Richardson County | 7,530 |
| 39 | Pierce County | 7,378 |
| 40 | Nemaha County | 7,102 |
| 41 | Jefferson County | 7,070 |
| 42 | Kearney County | 6,790 |
| 43 | Thurston County | 6,752 |
| 44 | Burt County | 6,678 |
| 45 | Howard County | 6,538 |
| 46 | Antelope County | 6,352 |
| 47 | Clay County | 6,170 |
| 48 | Stanton County | 5,744 |
| 49 | Dixon County | 5,602 |
| 50 | Cherry County | 5,561 |
| 51 | Fillmore County | 5,458 |
| 52 | Boone County | 5,355 |
| 53 | Polk County | 5,270 |
| 54 | Johnson County | 5,218 |
| 55 | Thayer County | 4,842 |
| 56 | Sheridan County | 4,809 |
| 57 | Furnas County | 4,524 |
| 58 | Morrill County | 4,404 |
| 59 | Nuckolls County | 4,100 |
| 60 | Valley County | 4,094 |
| 61 | Chase County | 3,718 |
| 62 | Kimball County | 3,391 |
| 63 | Webster County | 3,336 |
| 64 | Nance County | 3,290 |
| 65 | Harlan County | 3,000 |
| 66 | Sherman County | 2,924 |
| 67 | Perkins County | 2,849 |
| 68 | Brown County | 2,826 |
| 69 | Franklin County | 2,795 |
| 70 | Frontier County | 2,655 |
| 71 | Pawnee County | 2,510 |
| 72 | Hitchcock County | 2,467 |
| 73 | Greeley County | 2,154 |
| 74 | Deuel County | 1,862 |
| 75 | Garden County | 1,804 |
| 76 | Gosper County | 1,803 |
| 77 | Garfield County | 1,710 |
| 78 | Boyd County | 1,674 |
| 79 | Dundy County | 1,568 |
| 80 | Rock County | 1,259 |
| 81 | Sioux County | 1,188 |
| 82 | Hayes County | 821 |
| 83 | Keya Paha County | 792 |
| 84 | Wheeler County | 789 |
| 85 | Banner County | 686 |
| 85 | Hooker County | 686 |
| 87 | Logan County | 669 |
| 88 | Thomas County | 639 |
| 89 | Loup County | 570 |
| 90 | Grant County | 561 |
| 91 | Blaine County | 458 |
| 92 | Arthur County | 396 |
| 93 | McPherson County | 369 |