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Morrill County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 58 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31123

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

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Population
4,404
-150 (-3.3%) since 2020
Land area
1,424
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
3.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bridgeport
Seat of county government.
Established
1908
117 years ago
Largest city
Bridgeport city
Population 1,421.

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 Morrill 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 Morrill 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 777 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 Morrill 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
Population4,40458th of 932,862nd of 3,144
Land area1,424 sq mi8th of 93423rd of 3,144
Population density3.1 per sq mi72nd of 932,895th of 3,144
Median household income$58,50084th of 932,224th of 3,143

Full data for Morrill County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,404Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20204,554Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?4,555Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,424 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,430 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$116,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,918American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,271American 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
-21
43 births, 64 deaths
Net migration
-21
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 Morrill 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
Garden CountyNebraska41 mi1,804
Cheyenne CountyNebraska38 mi9,528
Box Butte CountyNebraska34 mi10,494
Scotts Bluff CountyNebraska21 mi35,586
Banner CountyNebraska18 mi686
Sheridan CountyNebraska1.0 mi4,809

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.