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Pawnee County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 71 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31133

Within Nebraska
Pawnee County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
2,510
-26 (-1.0%) since 2020
Land area
431.1
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
5.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pawnee City
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Pawnee City city
Population 836.

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 Pawnee 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 Pawnee 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 625 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 Pawnee 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
Population2,51071st of 932,993rd of 3,144
Land area431.1 sq mi84th of 932,358th of 3,144
Population density5.8 per sq mi56th of 932,734th of 3,144
Median household income$62,18872nd of 931,879th of 3,143

Full data for Pawnee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,510Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,536Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,545Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area431.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area433 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?5.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,188American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$79,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,090American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,409American 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
-11
23 births, 34 deaths
Net migration
+5
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 6 areas bordering Pawnee 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
Johnson CountyNebraska21 mi5,218
Gage CountyNebraska18 mi21,711
Richardson CountyNebraska18 mi7,530
Nemaha CountyKansas12 mi10,054
Marshall CountyKansas12 mi9,852
Nemaha CountyNebraska3.0 mi7,102

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.