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Pierce County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 39 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31139

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

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Population
7,378
+34 (+0.5%) since 2020
Land area
573.2
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
12.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pierce
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Pierce city
Population 1,849.

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 Pierce 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 Pierce 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 794 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 Pierce 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
Population7,37839th of 932,629th of 3,144
Land area573.2 sq mi52nd of 931,743rd of 3,144
Population density12.9 per sq mi37th of 932,464th of 3,144
Median household income$72,35730th of 931,021st of 3,143

Full data for Pierce County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,378Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,344Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,315Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area573.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area574.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?12.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,357American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$196,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,842American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,136American 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
+35
87 births, 52 deaths
Net migration
-7
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 Pierce 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
Antelope CountyNebraska24 mi6,352
Madison CountyNebraska24 mi36,106
Wayne CountyNebraska18 mi10,020
Knox CountyNebraska18 mi8,335
Cedar CountyNebraska12 mi8,373
Stanton CountyNebraskaa single point5,744

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.