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Webster County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 63 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31181

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

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Population
3,336
-53 (-1.6%) since 2020
Land area
574.9
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
5.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Red Cloud
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Red Cloud city
Population 946.

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 Webster 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 Webster 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 796 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 Webster 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
Population3,33663rd of 932,932nd of 3,144
Land area574.9 sq mi49th of 931,730th of 3,144
Population density5.8 per sq mi57th of 932,735th of 3,144
Median household income$64,34763rd of 931,683rd of 3,143

Full data for Webster County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,336Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,389Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,395Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area574.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.13 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area575 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?5.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,347American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$117,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,493American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,764American 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
-22
37 births, 59 deaths
Net migration
+34
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 Webster 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
Franklin CountyNebraska24 mi2,795
Nuckolls CountyNebraska24 mi4,100
Adams CountyNebraska24 mi31,071
Jewell CountyKansas12 mi2,830
Smith CountyKansas12 mi3,566
Clay CountyNebraska0.2 mi6,170
Kearney CountyNebraska0.2 mi6,790

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.