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Stanton County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 48 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31167

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

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Population
5,744
-79 (-1.4%) since 2020
Land area
427.6
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
13.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Stanton
Seat of county government.
Established
1865
160 years ago
Largest city
Stanton city
Population 1,506.

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 Stanton 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 Stanton 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 619 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 Stanton 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
Population5,74448th of 932,753rd of 3,144
Land area427.6 sq mi85th of 932,375th of 3,144
Population density13.4 per sq mi34th of 932,441st of 3,144
Median household income$80,6879th of 93554th of 3,143

Full data for Stanton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,744Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,823Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,843Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area427.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area431 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$80,687American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$195,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,313American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,483American 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
+12
75 births, 63 deaths
Net migration
-52
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 Stanton 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
Madison CountyNebraska24 mi36,106
Cuming CountyNebraska24 mi8,823
Wayne CountyNebraska18 mi10,020
Colfax CountyNebraska12 mi10,934
Platte CountyNebraska6.0 mi35,649
Pierce CountyNebraskaa single point7,378

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.