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Antelope County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 46 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31003

Within Nebraska
Antelope County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Neligh, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
6,352
+65 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
857.2
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
7.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Neligh
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Neligh city
Population 1,551.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Antelope County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Antelope County, Nebraska from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 559 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Antelope County ranks

Position among the 93 counties of Nebraska, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn NebraskaNationally
Population6,35246th of 932,708th of 3,144
Land area857.2 sq mi24th of 93970th of 3,144
Population density7.4 per sq mi52nd of 932,667th of 3,144
Median household income$66,10558th of 931,527th of 3,143

Full data for Antelope County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,352Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,287Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,300Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area857.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area858.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?7.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,105American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$130,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,636American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,149American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+18
89 births, 71 deaths
Net migration
-36
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Antelope County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Holt CountyNebraska24 mi10,067
Pierce CountyNebraska24 mi7,378
Boone CountyNebraska24 mi5,355
Knox CountyNebraska24 mi8,335
Wheeler CountyNebraska12 mi789
Madison CountyNebraska12 mi36,106

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 93 counties of Nebraska

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.