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Hall County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 4 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31079

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

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Population
63,633
+866 (+1.4%) since 2020
Land area
546.5
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
116
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Grand Island
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Grand Island city
Population 53,943.

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 Hall 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 Hall 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 767 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 Hall 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
Population63,6334th of 93859th of 3,144
Land area546.5 sq mi70th of 931,910th of 3,144
Population density116 per sq mi4th of 93819th of 3,144
Median household income$69,25143rd of 931,254th of 3,143

Full data for Hall County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population63,633Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202062,767Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?62,899Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area546.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area552.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?116 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,251American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$224,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households24,587American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,569American 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
+310
910 births, 600 deaths
Net migration
-554
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 5 areas bordering Hall 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
Buffalo CountyNebraska24 mi51,172
Adams CountyNebraska23 mi31,071
Howard CountyNebraska23 mi6,538
Merrick CountyNebraska13 mi7,905
Hamilton CountyNebraska12 mi9,678

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.