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Garfield County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 77 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31071

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

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Population
1,710
-97 (-5.4%) since 2020
Land area
569.4
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
3.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Burwell
Seat of county government.
Established
1884
141 years ago
Largest city
Burwell city
Population 1,018.

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 Garfield 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 Garfield 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 793 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 Garfield 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
Population1,71077th of 933,065th of 3,144
Land area569.4 sq mi61st of 931,785th of 3,144
Population density3.0 per sq mi73rd of 932,905th of 3,144
Median household income$62,80471st of 931,820th of 3,143

Full data for Garfield County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,710Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,807Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,814Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area569.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area571.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,804American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$176,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households701American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units990American 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
-27
21 births, 48 deaths
Net migration
+38
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 Garfield 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
Wheeler CountyNebraska24 mi789
Loup CountyNebraska24 mi570
Holt CountyNebraska24 mi10,067
Valley CountyNebraska23 mi4,094
Custer CountyNebraska0.5 mi10,500

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.