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Deuel County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 74 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31049

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

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Population
1,862
+29 (+1.6%) since 2020
Land area
439.8
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
4.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Chappell
Seat of county government.
Established
1889
136 years ago
Largest city
Chappell city
Population 839.

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 Deuel 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 Deuel 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 452 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 Deuel 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
Population1,86274th of 933,051st of 3,144
Land area439.8 sq mi82nd of 932,305th of 3,144
Population density4.2 per sq mi62nd of 932,807th of 3,144
Median household income$70,09639th of 931,193rd of 3,143

Full data for Deuel County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,862Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,833Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,839Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area439.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.89 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area440.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?4.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,096American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$100,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households837American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,013American 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
-11
6 births, 17 deaths
Net migration
+11
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 5 areas bordering Deuel 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
Sedgwick CountyColorado30 mi2,247
Garden CountyNebraska29 mi1,804
Cheyenne CountyNebraska16 mi9,528
Keith CountyNebraska15 mi8,100
Perkins CountyNebraska0.1 mi2,849

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.