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Hayes County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 82 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31085Sparse data

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

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Population
821
-27 (-3.2%) since 2020
Land area
713.1
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
1.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hayes Center
Seat of county government.
Established
1877
148 years ago
Largest city
Hayes Center village
Population 218.

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 Hayes 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 Hayes 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 666 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 Hayes 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
Population82182nd of 933,116th of 3,144
Land area713.1 sq mi37th of 931,280th of 3,144
Population density1.2 per sq mi81st of 933,057th of 3,144
Median household income$69,25044th of 931,255th of 3,143

Full data for Hayes County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population821Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020848Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?850Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area713.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.22 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area713.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,250American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$128,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households377American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units487American 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
+2
10 births, 8 deaths
Net migration
-19
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 Hayes 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
Hitchcock CountyNebraska29 mi2,467
Lincoln CountyNebraska25 mi33,303
Frontier CountyNebraska24 mi2,655
Chase CountyNebraska24 mi3,718
Perkins CountyNebraska5.1 mi2,849
Dundy CountyNebraska1.0 mi1,568

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.