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Burt County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 44 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31021

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

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Population
6,678
-43 (-0.6%) since 2020
Land area
491.6
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
13.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tekamah
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Tekamah city
Population 1,705.

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 Burt 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 Burt 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 800 by 798 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 Burt 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
Population6,67844th of 932,683rd of 3,144
Land area491.6 sq mi76th of 932,116th of 3,144
Population density13.6 per sq mi32nd of 932,434th of 3,144
Median household income$63,68567th of 931,734th of 3,143

Full data for Burt County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,678Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,721Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,727Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area491.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area497.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,685American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$147,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,929American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,333American 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
-29
68 births, 97 deaths
Net migration
-18
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 Burt 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
Monona CountyIowa24 mi8,539
Cuming CountyNebraska19 mi8,823
Harrison CountyIowa19 mi14,623
Washington CountyNebraska17 mi21,302
Thurston CountyNebraska17 mi6,752
Dodge CountyNebraska9.7 mi38,057

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.