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Greeley County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 73 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31077

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

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Population
2,154
-29 (-1.3%) since 2020
Land area
569.8
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
3.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Greeley Center
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Spalding village
Population 411.

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 Greeley 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 Greeley 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 795 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 Greeley 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
Population2,15473rd of 933,031st of 3,144
Land area569.8 sq mi60th of 931,779th of 3,144
Population density3.8 per sq mi67th of 932,843rd of 3,144
Median household income$63,92965th of 931,714th of 3,143

Full data for Greeley County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,154Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,183Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,193Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area569.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.83 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area570.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,929American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$120,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households958American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,215American 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
24 births, 29 deaths
Net migration
-24
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Greeley 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
Valley CountyNebraska24 mi4,094
Wheeler CountyNebraska24 mi789
Howard CountyNebraska24 mi6,538
Boone CountyNebraska18 mi5,355
Nance CountyNebraska6.0 mi3,290
Sherman CountyNebraska0.4 mi2,924

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.