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Furnas County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 57 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31065

Within Nebraska
Furnas County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
4,524
-100 (-2.2%) since 2020
Land area
719.2
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
6.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Beaver City
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Cambridge city
Population 1,066.

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 Furnas 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 Furnas 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 660 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 Furnas 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
Population4,52457th of 932,854th of 3,144
Land area719.2 sq mi34th of 931,249th of 3,144
Population density6.3 per sq mi55th of 932,714th of 3,144
Median household income$61,04874th of 931,986th of 3,143

Full data for Furnas County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,524Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20204,624Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?4,630Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area719.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area720.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?6.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,048American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$98,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,010American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,516American 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
+5
51 births, 46 deaths
Net migration
+49
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 Furnas 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
Norton CountyKansas29 mi5,288
Harlan CountyNebraska24 mi3,000
Red Willow CountyNebraska24 mi10,307
Gosper CountyNebraska24 mi1,803
Frontier CountyNebraska5.5 mi2,655
Decatur CountyKansas0.8 mi2,716
Phelps CountyNebraska0.6 mi8,994

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.