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Nebraska County Map

Nebraska has 93 counties. Together they cover 76,815 sq mi of land and 2,018,006 people.

Neighbouring areas are given different colours so their shared borders read clearly. These colours carry no data.

Boundaries from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, generalised so that no point moves by more than half a pixel at this width. Select any area to open its page.
Counties
93
11th most of the 51 states and DC
Population
2,018,006
38th largest
Land area
76,815
square miles
Density
26.3
people per square mile, computed

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. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Aerial imagery of Nebraska with the state boundary drawn on top. County lines are not drawn here: at this scale they would bury the picture, and the map above already carries them.

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The extremes of Nebraska

Most populous

Douglas County

606,460

Least populous

McPherson County

369

Largest by land area

Cherry County

5,960 sq mi

Smallest by land area

Sarpy County

238 sq mi

Most densely populated

Douglas County

1,857 per sq mi

Highest median household income

Sarpy County

$103,321

Which is the largest county in Nebraska? The answer depends on whether you mean area or population.

The counties, by shape

Every one, drawn to its own scale so the small ones stay recognisable. Shape alone is not a size comparison; the table below carries the areas.

What the map does not say

The counties of Nebraska are nowhere near the same size. Cherry County covers 5,960 sq mi of land, 25.0 times the 238 sq mi of Sarpy County. People are spread even less evenly: Douglas County packs 1,857 per sq mi while McPherson County holds 0.43 per sq mi.

They were not drawn in one sitting either. Washington County dates to 1854, and the boundaries were still being redrawn when Garden County was organised in 1909, 55 years later. Founding years come from Wikidata and are worth checking against the county's own history before citing.

Water is part of the picture too: 4.3% of Keith County is water, the most in the state, which is why its land area and total area disagree. And 59 of the 93 counties here share their names with counties in other states, so searching by name alone can land in the wrong place; the A to Z index lists every duplicate.

All 93 counties of Nebraska

Sortable on any column. This table doubles as the text alternative to the map above: every area is a link, in alphabetical order, whether or not the map renders.

The 93 counties of Nebraska, with population, land area, density, median household income, county seat and FIPS code.
NamePopulationLand areaDensityMedian incomeSeatFIPS
Adams County31,071563.3 sq mi55.2 per sq mi$68,365Hastings31001
Antelope County6,352857.2 sq mi7.4 per sq mi$66,105Neligh31003
Arthur County396715.2 sq mi0.55 per sq mi$76,250Arthur31005
Banner County686746 sq mi0.92 per sq mi$78,839Harrisburg31007
Blaine County458710.7 sq mi0.64 per sq mi$69,583Brewster31009
Boone County5,355686.5 sq mi7.8 per sq mi$74,947Albion31011
Box Butte County10,4941,075 sq mi9.8 per sq mi$68,892Alliance31013
Boyd County1,674539.4 sq mi3.1 per sq mi$67,045Butte31015
Brown County2,8261,221 sq mi2.3 per sq mi$54,676Ainsworth31017
Buffalo County51,172968.2 sq mi52.9 per sq mi$75,911Kearney31019
Burt County6,678491.6 sq mi13.6 per sq mi$63,685Tekamah31021
Butler County8,507584.8 sq mi14.5 per sq mi$79,268David City31023
Cass County27,657556.9 sq mi49.7 per sq mi$91,836Plattsmouth31025
Cedar County8,373740.2 sq mi11.3 per sq mi$73,578Hartington31027
Chase County3,718894.4 sq mi4.2 per sq mi$68,173Imperial31029
Cherry County5,5615,960 sq mi0.93 per sq mi$66,270Valentine31031
Cheyenne County9,5281,196 sq mi8.0 per sq mi$60,348Sidney31033
Clay County6,170572.3 sq mi10.8 per sq mi$78,986Clay Center31035
Colfax County10,934411.5 sq mi26.6 per sq mi$82,530Schuyler31037
Cuming County8,823570.5 sq mi15.5 per sq mi$71,104West Point31039
Custer County10,5002,575 sq mi4.1 per sq mi$67,906Broken Bow31041
Dakota County21,687264.4 sq mi82.0 per sq mi$70,329Dakota City31043
Dawes County7,8581,396 sq mi5.6 per sq mi$56,280Chadron31045
Dawson County24,4521,014 sq mi24.1 per sq mi$69,880Lexington31047
Deuel County1,862439.8 sq mi4.2 per sq mi$70,096Chappell31049
Dixon County5,602475.6 sq mi11.8 per sq mi$72,454Ponca31051
Dodge County38,057528.8 sq mi72.0 per sq mi$74,329Fremont31053
Douglas County606,460326.5 sq mi1,857 per sq mi$80,391Omaha31055
Dundy County1,568919.7 sq mi1.7 per sq mi$58,922Benkelman31057
Fillmore County5,458575.4 sq mi9.5 per sq mi$76,295Geneva31059
Franklin County2,795575.8 sq mi4.9 per sq mi$60,195Franklin31061
Frontier County2,655974.7 sq mi2.7 per sq mi$70,132Stockville31063
Furnas County4,524719.2 sq mi6.3 per sq mi$61,048Beaver City31065
Gage County21,711851.5 sq mi25.5 per sq mi$67,247Beatrice31067
Garden County1,8041,705 sq mi1.1 per sq mi$41,882Oshkosh31069
Garfield County1,710569.4 sq mi3.0 per sq mi$62,804Burwell31071
Gosper County1,803458.2 sq mi3.9 per sq mi$77,500Elwood31073
Grant County561776.7 sq mi0.72 per sq mi$70,147Hyannis31075
Greeley County2,154569.8 sq mi3.8 per sq mi$63,929Greeley Center31077
Hall County63,633546.5 sq mi116 per sq mi$69,251Grand Island31079
Hamilton County9,678542 sq mi17.9 per sq mi$83,994Aurora31081
Harlan County3,000553.5 sq mi5.4 per sq mi$70,625Alma31083
Hayes County821713.1 sq mi1.2 per sq mi$69,250Hayes Center31085
Hitchcock County2,467710 sq mi3.5 per sq mi$51,567Trenton31087
Holt County10,0672,412 sq mi4.2 per sq mi$68,513O'Neill31089
Hooker County686721 sq mi0.95 per sq mi$49,464Mullen31091
Howard County6,538569.3 sq mi11.5 per sq mi$76,767St. Paul31093
Jefferson County7,070570.2 sq mi12.4 per sq mi$59,044Fairbury31095
Johnson County5,218376.1 sq mi13.9 per sq mi$57,632Tecumseh31097
Kearney County6,790516.2 sq mi13.2 per sq mi$78,631Minden31099
Keith County8,1001,062 sq mi7.6 per sq mi$60,645Ogallala31101
Keya Paha County792772.9 sq mi1.0 per sq mi$64,000Springview31103
Kimball County3,391951.9 sq mi3.6 per sq mi$56,712Kimball31105
Knox County8,3351,108 sq mi7.5 per sq mi$64,636Center31107
Lancaster County334,049837.6 sq mi399 per sq mi$74,793Lincoln31109
Lincoln County33,3032,564 sq mi13.0 per sq mi$65,148North Platte31111
Logan County669570.7 sq mi1.2 per sq mi$74,271Stapleton31113
Loup County570563.3 sq mi1.0 per sq mi$71,667Taylor31115
Madison County36,106572.6 sq mi63.1 per sq mi$63,128Madison31119
McPherson County369859.3 sq mi0.43 per sq mi$58,684Tryon31117
Merrick County7,905487.8 sq mi16.2 per sq mi$68,354Central City31121
Morrill County4,4041,424 sq mi3.1 per sq mi$58,500Bridgeport31123
Nance County3,290441.6 sq mi7.5 per sq mi$65,179Fullerton31125
Nemaha County7,102407.3 sq mi17.4 per sq mi$60,924Auburn31127
Nuckolls County4,100575.2 sq mi7.1 per sq mi$73,976Nelson31129
Otoe County16,531615.6 sq mi26.9 per sq mi$82,188Nebraska City31131
Pawnee County2,510431.1 sq mi5.8 per sq mi$62,188Pawnee City31133
Perkins County2,849883.3 sq mi3.2 per sq mi$72,778Grant31135
Phelps County8,994539.8 sq mi16.7 per sq mi$68,919Holdrege31137
Pierce County7,378573.2 sq mi12.9 per sq mi$72,357Pierce31139
Platte County35,649675.1 sq mi52.8 per sq mi$71,552Columbus31141
Polk County5,270438.8 sq mi12.0 per sq mi$69,768Osceola31143
Red Willow County10,307717.2 sq mi14.4 per sq mi$63,697McCook31145
Richardson County7,530551.8 sq mi13.6 per sq mi$60,108Falls City31147
Rock County1,2591,008 sq mi1.3 per sq mi$58,125Bassett31149
Saline County14,996574.1 sq mi26.1 per sq mi$79,910Wilber31151
Sarpy County208,303238 sq mi875 per sq mi$103,321Papillion31153
Saunders County23,702748.7 sq mi31.7 per sq mi$94,066Wahoo31155
Scotts Bluff County35,586739.6 sq mi48.1 per sq mi$63,614Gering31157
Seward County18,032571.4 sq mi31.6 per sq mi$82,444Seward31159
Sheridan County4,8092,440 sq mi2.0 per sq mi$60,121Rushville31161
Sherman County2,924565.9 sq mi5.2 per sq mi$63,578Loup City31163
Sioux County1,1882,067 sq mi0.58 per sq mi$53,929Harrison31165
Stanton County5,744427.6 sq mi13.4 per sq mi$80,687Stanton31167
Thayer County4,842573.8 sq mi8.4 per sq mi$66,213Hebron31169
Thomas County639712.6 sq mi0.90 per sq mi$65,000Thedford31171
Thurston County6,752393.6 sq mi17.2 per sq mi$69,177Pender31173
Valley County4,094568.1 sq mi7.2 per sq mi$61,852Ord31175
Washington County21,302389.9 sq mi54.6 per sq mi$94,396Blair31177
Wayne County10,020442.9 sq mi22.6 per sq mi$66,215Wayne31179
Webster County3,336574.9 sq mi5.8 per sq mi$64,347Red Cloud31181
Wheeler County789575.2 sq mi1.4 per sq mi$70,250Bartlett31183
York County14,564572.5 sq mi25.4 per sq mi$77,757York31185

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; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The ten most populous

  1. Douglas County606,460
  2. Lancaster County334,049
  3. Sarpy County208,303
  4. Hall County63,633
  5. Buffalo County51,172
  6. Dodge County38,057
  7. Madison County36,106
  8. Platte County35,649
  9. Scotts Bluff County35,586
  10. Lincoln County33,303

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.