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Hooker County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 85 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31091Sparse data

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

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Population
686
-20 (-2.8%) since 2020
Land area
721
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
0.95
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mullen
Seat of county government.
Established
1889
136 years ago
Largest city
Mullen village
Population 457.

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 Hooker 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 Hooker 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 664 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 Hooker 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
Population68685th of 933,125th of 3,144
Land area721 sq mi33rd of 931,241st of 3,144
Population density0.95 per sq mi85th of 933,079th of 3,144
Median household income$49,46492nd of 932,799th of 3,143

Full data for Hooker County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population686Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020706Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?710Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area721 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.54 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area721.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?0.95 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,464American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$93,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households327American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units428American 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
-1
6 births, 7 deaths
Net migration
-10
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 Hooker 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
Cherry CountyNebraska30 mi5,561
McPherson CountyNebraska29 mi369
Grant CountyNebraska24 mi561
Thomas CountyNebraska24 mi639
Arthur CountyNebraska1.0 mi396

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.