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Keith County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 35 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31101

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

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Population
8,100
-223 (-2.7%) since 2020
Land area
1,062
square miles. A further 4.3% of the total area is water
Population density
7.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ogallala
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Ogallala city
Population 4,698.

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 Keith 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 Keith 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 548 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 Keith 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
Population8,10035th of 932,565th of 3,144
Land area1,062 sq mi14th of 93611th of 3,144
Population density7.6 per sq mi49th of 932,657th of 3,144
Median household income$60,64576th of 932,025th of 3,143

Full data for Keith County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,100Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,323Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,328Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,062 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area47.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,110 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?7.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,645American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$168,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,051American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,435American 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
-25
74 births, 99 deaths
Net migration
-35
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 Keith 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
Perkins CountyNebraska42 mi2,849
Arthur CountyNebraska30 mi396
Lincoln CountyNebraska28 mi33,303
Garden CountyNebraska16 mi1,804
Deuel CountyNebraska15 mi1,862
McPherson CountyNebraska7.1 mi369

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.