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Fillmore County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 51 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31059

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

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Population
5,458
-109 (-2.0%) since 2020
Land area
575.4
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
9.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Geneva
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Geneva city
Population 2,100.

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 Fillmore 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 Fillmore 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 797 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 Fillmore 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
Population5,45851st of 932,780th of 3,144
Land area575.4 sq mi46th of 931,723rd of 3,144
Population density9.5 per sq mi45th of 932,583rd of 3,144
Median household income$76,29519th of 93760th of 3,143

Full data for Fillmore County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,458Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,567Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,552Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area575.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area576.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$76,295American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$151,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,357American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,724American 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
-47
49 births, 96 deaths
Net migration
+39
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 7 areas bordering Fillmore 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
Saline CountyNebraska24 mi14,996
Clay CountyNebraska24 mi6,170
York CountyNebraska24 mi14,564
Thayer CountyNebraska24 mi4,842
Nuckolls CountyNebraska0.2 mi4,100
Jefferson CountyNebraskaa single point7,070
Seward CountyNebraskaa single point18,032

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.