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York County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 21 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31185

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

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Population
14,564
+469 (+3.3%) since 2020
Land area
572.5
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
25.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
York
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
York city
Population 8,284.

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 York 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 York 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 York 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
Population14,56421st of 932,114th of 3,144
Land area572.5 sq mi54th of 931,750th of 3,144
Population density25.4 per sq mi20th of 932,059th of 3,144
Median household income$77,75716th of 93683rd of 3,143

Full data for York County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,564Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,095Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,119Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area572.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area575.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?25.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$77,757American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$189,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,712American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,370American 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
+29
171 births, 142 deaths
Net migration
+100
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 York 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
Seward CountyNebraska24 mi18,032
Hamilton CountyNebraska24 mi9,678
Fillmore CountyNebraska24 mi5,458
Polk CountyNebraska24 mi5,270
Clay CountyNebraska262 ft6,170
Butler CountyNebraskaa single point8,507
Saline CountyNebraskaa single point14,996

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.