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Garden County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 75 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31069

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

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Population
1,804
-85 (-4.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,705
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
1.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Oshkosh
Seat of county government.
Established
1909
116 years ago
Largest city
Oshkosh city
Population 775.

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 Garden 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 Garden 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 556 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 Garden 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
Population1,80475th of 933,055th of 3,144
Land area1,705 sq mi7th of 93354th of 3,144
Population density1.1 per sq mi82nd of 933,062nd of 3,144
Median household income$41,88293rd of 933,033rd of 3,143

Full data for Garden County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,804Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,889Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,873Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,705 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area26.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,731 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$41,882American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$110,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households858American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,173American 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
-10
12 births, 22 deaths
Net migration
+3
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 Garden 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
Morrill CountyNebraska41 mi4,404
Sheridan CountyNebraska31 mi4,809
Deuel CountyNebraska29 mi1,862
Arthur CountyNebraska24 mi396
Grant CountyNebraska23 mi561
Cheyenne CountyNebraska16 mi9,528
Keith CountyNebraska16 mi8,100

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.