COUNTY POPULATIONS, 1960 to 20101
Nebraska - Census Years
	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Adams	28,944	30,553	30,656	29,625	31,151	31,364
Antelope	10,176	9,047	8,675	7,965	7,452	6,685
Arthur	680	606	513	462	444	460
Banner	1,269	1,034	918	852	819	690
Blaine	1,016	847	867	675	583	478
Boone	9,134	8,190	7,391	6,667	6,259	5,505
Box Butte	11,688	10,094	13,696	13,130	12,158	11,308
Boyd	4,513	3,752	3,331	2,835	2,438	2,099
Brown	4,436	4,021	4,377	3,657	3,525	3,145
Buffalo	26,236	31,222	34,797	37,447	42,259	46,102
Burt	10,192	9,247	8,813	7,868	7,791	6,858
Butler	10,312	9,461	9,330	8,601	8,767	8,395
Cass	17,821	18,076	20,297	21,318	24,334	25,241
Cedar	13,368	12,192	11,375	10,131	9,615	8,852
Chase	4,317	4,129	4,758	4,381	4,068	3,966
Cherry	8,218	6,846	6,758	6,307	6,148	5,713
Cheyenne	14,828	10,778	10,057	9,494	9,830	9,998
Clay	8,717	8,266	8,106	7,123	7,039	6,542
Colfax	9,595	9,498	9,890	9,139	10,441	10,515
Cuming	12,435	12,034	11,664	10,117	10,203	9,139
Custer	16,517	14,092	13,877	12,270	11,793	10,939
Dakota	12,168	13,137	16,573	16,742	20,253	21,006
Dawes	9,536	9,761	9,609	9,021	9,060	9,182
Dawson	19,405	19,771	22,304	19,940	24,365	24,326
Deuel	3,125	2,717	2,462	2,237	2,098	1,941
Dixon	8,106	7,453	7,137	6,143	6,339	6,000
Dodge	32,471	34,782	35,847	34,500	36,160	36,691
Douglas	343,490	389,455	397,038	416,444	463,585	517,110
Dundy	3,570	2,926	2,861	2,582	2,292	2,008
Fillmore	9,425	8,137	7,920	7,103	6,634	5,890
Franklin	5,449	4,566	4,377	3,938	3,574	3,225
Frontier	4,311	3,982	3,647	3,101	3,099	2,756
Furnas	7,711	6,897	6,486	5,553	5,324	4,959
Gage	26,818	25,731	24,456	22,794	22,993	22,311
Garden	3,472	2,929	2,802	2,460	2,292	2,057
Garfield	2,699	2,411	2,363	2,141	1,902	2,049
Gosper	2,489	2,178	2,140	1,928	2,143	2,044
Grant	1,009	1,019	877	769	747	614
Greeley	4,595	4,000	3,462	3,006	2,714	2,538
Hall	35,757	42,851	47,690	48,925	53,534	58,607
Hamilton	8,714	8,867	9,301	8,862	9,403	9,124
Harlan	5,081	4,357	4,292	3,810	3,786	3,423
Hayes	1,919	1,530	1,356	1,222	1,068	967
Hitchcock	4,829	4,051	4,079	3,750	3,111	2,908
Holt	13,722	12,933	13,552	12,599	11,551	10,435
Hooker	1,130	939	990	793	783	736
Howard	6,541	6,807	6,773	6,057	6,567	6,274
Jefferson	11,620	10,436	9,817	8,759	8,333	7,547
Johnson	6,281	5,743	5,285	4,673	4,488	5,217
Kearney	6,580	6,707	7,053	6,629	6,882	6,489
Keith	7,958	8,487	9,364	8,584	8,875	8,368
Keya Paha	1,672	1,340	1,301	1,029	983	824
Kimball	7,975	6,009	4,882	4,108	4,089	3,821
Knox	13,300	11,723	11,457	9,534	9,374	8,701
Lancaster	155,272	167,972	192,884	213,641	250,291	285,407
Lincoln	28,491	29,538	36,455	32,508	34,632	36,288
Logan	1,108	991	983	878	774	763
Loup	1,097	854	859	683	712	632
McPherson	735	623	593	546	533	539
Madison	25,145	27,402	31,382	32,655	35,226	34,876
Merrick	8,363	8,751	8,945	8,049	8,204	7,845
Morrill	7,057	5,813	6,085	5,423	5,440	5,042
Nance	5,635	5,142	4,740	4,275	4,038	3,735
Nemaha	9,099	8,976	8,367	7,980	7,576	7,248
Nuckolls	8,217	7,404	6,726	5,786	5,057	4,500
Otoe	16,503	15,576	15,183	14,252	15,396	15,740
Pawnee	5,356	4,473	3,937	3,317	3,087	2,773
Perkins	4,189	3,423	3,637	3,367	3,200	2,970
Phelps	9,800	9,553	9,769	9,715	9,747	9,188
Pierce	8,722	8,493	8,481	7,827	7,857	7,266
Platte	23,992	26,508	28,852	29,820	31,662	32,237
Polk	7,210	6,468	6,320	5,668	5,639	5,406
Red Willow	12,940	12,191	12,615	11,705	11,448	11,055
Richardson	13,903	12,277	11,315	9,937	9,531	8,363
Rock	2,554	2,231	2,383	2,019	1,756	1,526
Saline	12,542	12,809	13,131	12,715	13,843	14,200
Sarpy	31,281	63,696	86,015	102,583	122,595	158,840
Saunders	17,270	17,018	18,716	18,285	19,830	20,780
Scotts Bluff	33,809	36,432	38,344	36,025	36,951	36,970
Seward	13,581	14,460	15,789	15,450	16,496	16,750
Sheridan	9,049	7,285	7,544	6,750	6,198	5,469
Sherman	5,382	4,725	4,226	3,718	3,318	3,152
Sioux	2,575	2,034	1,845	1,549	1,475	1,311
Stanton	5,783	5,758	6,549	6,244	6,455	6,129
Thayer	9,118	7,779	7,582	6,635	6,055	5,228
Thomas	1,078	954	973	851	729	647
Thurston	7,237	6,942	7,186	6,936	7,171	6,940
Valley	6,590	5,783	5,633	5,169	4,647	4,260
Washington	12,103	13,310	15,508	16,607	18,780	20,234
Wayne	9,959	10,400	9,858	9,364	9,851	9,595
Webster	6,224	5,396	4,858	4,279	4,061	3,812
Wheeler	1,297	1,051	1,060	948	886	818
York	13,724	13,685	14,798	14,428	14,598	13,665
Nebraska	1,411,330	1,485,333	1,569,825	1,578,417	1,711,263	1,826,341
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, "1990 Census of Population and Housing, CPH-2-29, Population and Housing Unit Counts,
Nebraska" and Census Web site (www.census.gov)  March 2011
1 1960 to 2010 numbers are Census counts.
Last Updated:	19-Apr-11
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov