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Sheridan County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 56 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31161

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

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Population
4,809
-293 (-5.7%) since 2020
Land area
2,440
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
2.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Rushville
Seat of county government.
Established
1885
140 years ago
Largest city
Gordon city
Population 1,417.

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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 502 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 Sheridan 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
Population4,80956th of 932,830th of 3,144
Land area2,440 sq mi4th of 93224th of 3,144
Population density2.0 per sq mi76th of 932,991st of 3,144
Median household income$60,12179th of 932,073rd of 3,143

Full data for Sheridan County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,809Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,102Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,134Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,440 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area29.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,470 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,121American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,108American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,704American 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
-41
56 births, 97 deaths
Net migration
-48
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 7 areas bordering Sheridan 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
Cherry CountyNebraska66 mi5,561
Dawes CountyNebraska40 mi7,858
Oglala Lakota CountySouth Dakota36 mi13,338
Box Butte CountyNebraska33 mi10,494
Garden CountyNebraska31 mi1,804
Grant CountyNebraska9.0 mi561
Morrill CountyNebraska1.0 mi4,404

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.