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Wayne County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 27 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31179

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

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Population
10,020
+315 (+3.2%) since 2020
Land area
442.9
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
22.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wayne
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Wayne city
Population 6,338.

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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 548 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 Wayne 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
Population10,02027th of 932,405th of 3,144
Land area442.9 sq mi80th of 932,296th of 3,144
Population density22.6 per sq mi22nd of 932,141st of 3,144
Median household income$66,21556th of 931,507th of 3,143

Full data for Wayne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,020Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,705Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,704Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area442.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.42 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area443.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,215American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$221,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age30.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,753American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,991American 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
+34
102 births, 68 deaths
Net migration
+85
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 7 areas bordering Wayne 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
Pierce CountyNebraska18 mi7,378
Stanton CountyNebraska18 mi5,744
Cedar CountyNebraska18 mi8,373
Dixon CountyNebraska16 mi5,602
Thurston CountyNebraska12 mi6,752
Cuming CountyNebraska10 mi8,823
Madison CountyNebraskaa single point36,106

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.