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Kimball County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 62 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31105

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

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Population
3,391
-18 (-0.5%) since 2020
Land area
951.9
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
3.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kimball
Seat of county government.
Established
1888
137 years ago
Largest city
Kimball city
Population 2,271.

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 Kimball 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 Kimball 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 636 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 Kimball 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
Population3,39162nd of 932,930th of 3,144
Land area951.9 sq mi19th of 93740th of 3,144
Population density3.6 per sq mi68th of 932,863rd of 3,144
Median household income$56,71287th of 932,359th of 3,143

Full data for Kimball County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,391Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,409Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,434Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area951.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.56 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area952.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,712American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$109,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,489American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,782American 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
+3
45 births, 42 deaths
Net migration
+90
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 5 areas bordering Kimball 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
Banner CountyNebraska35 mi686
Cheyenne CountyNebraska27 mi9,528
Laramie CountyWyoming27 mi102,938
Weld CountyColorado25 mi378,426
Logan CountyColorado10 mi20,654

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.