Nebraska Department of Natural Resouces Data Bank Population of Nebraska Counties: 1860 to 1990 1 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 2 1940 1930 1920 1910 1900 3 1890 1880 \1 1870 \1 1860 \1 1 Nebraska \2 1,578,385 1,569,825 1,485,333 1,411,330 1,325,510 2 Nebraska \2 1,315,834 1,377,963 1,296,372 1,192,214 1,066,300 3 Nebraska \2 1,058,910 452,402 122,993 28,841 1 Adams 29,625 30,656 30,553 28,944 28,855 2 Adams 24,576 26,275 22,621 20,900 18,840 3 Adams 24,303 10,235 19 0 1 Antelope 7,965 8,675 9,047 10,176 11,624 2 Antelope 13,289 15,206 15,243 14,003 11,344 3 Antelope 10,399 3,953 0 0 1 Arthur 462 513 606 680 803 2 Arthur 1,045 1,344 1,412 0 0 3 Arthur 91 0 0 0 1 Banner 852 918 1,034 1,269 1,325 2 Banner 1,403 1,676 1,435 1,444 1,114 3 Banner 2,435 0 0 0 1 Blaine 675 867 847 1,016 1,203 2 Blaine 1,538 1,584 1,778 1,672 603 3 Blaine 1,146 0 0 0 1 Boone 6,667 7,391 8,190 9,134 10,721 2 Boone 12,127 14,738 14,146 13,145 11,689 3 Boone 8,683 4,170 0 0 1 Box Butte 13,130 13,696 10,094 11,688 12,279 2 Box Butte 10,736 11,861 8,407 6,131 5,572 3 Box Butte 5,494 0 0 0 1 Boyd 2,835 3,331 3,752 4,513 4,911 2 Boyd 6,060 7,169 8,243 8,826 7,332 3 Boyd 695 0 0 0 1 Brown 3,657 4,377 4,021 4,436 5,164 2 Brown 5,962 5,772 6,749 6,083 3,470 3 Brown 4,359 0 0 0 1 Buffalo 37,447 34,797 31,222 26,236 25,134 2 Buffalo 23,655 24,338 23,787 21,907 20,254 3 Buffalo 22,162 7,531 193 114 1 Burt 7,868 8,813 9,247 10,192 11,536 2 Burt 12,546 13,062 12,559 12,726 13,040 3 Burt 11,069 6,937 2,847 388 1 Butler 8,601 9,330 9,461 10,312 11,432 2 Butler 13,106 14,410 14,606 15,403 15,703 3 Butler 15,454 9,194 1,290 27 1 Cass 21,318 20,297 18,076 17,821 16,361 2 Cass 16,992 17,684 18,029 19,786 21,330 3 Cass 24,080 16,683 8,151 3,369 1 Cedar 10,131 11,375 12,192 13,368 13,843 2 Cedar 15,126 16,427 16,225 15,191 12,467 3 Cedar 7,028 2,899 1,032 246 1 Chase 4,381 4,758 4,129 4,317 5,176 2 Chase 5,310 5,484 4,939 3,613 2,559 3 Chase 4,807 70 0 0 1 Cherry 6,307 6,758 6,846 8,218 8,397 2 Cherry 9,637 10,898 11,753 10,414 6,541 3 Cherry 6,428 0 0 0 1 Cheyenne 9,494 10,057 10,778 14,828 12,081 2 Cheyenne 9,505 10,187 8,405 4,551 5,570 3 Cheyenne 5,693 1,558 190 0 1 Clay 7,123 8,106 8,266 8,717 8,700 2 Clay 10,445 13,571 14,486 15,729 15,735 3 Clay 16,310 11,294 54 165 1 Colfax 9,139 9,890 9,498 9,595 10,010 2 Colfax 10,627 11,434 11,624 11,610 11,211 3 Colfax 10,453 6,588 1,424 0 1 Cuming 10,117 11,664 12,034 12,435 12,994 2 Cuming 13,562 14,327 13,769 13,782 14,584 3 Cuming 12,265 5,569 2,964 67 1 Custer 12,270 13,877 14,092 16,517 19,170 2 Custer 22,591 26,189 26,407 25,668 19,758 3 Custer 21,677 2,211 0 0 1 Dakota 16,742 16,573 13,137 12,168 10,401 2 Dakota 9,836 9,505 7,694 6,564 6,286 3 Dakota 5,386 3,213 2,040 819 1 Dawes 9,021 9,609 9,761 9,536 9,708 2 Dawes 10,128 11,493 10,160 8,254 6,215 3 Dawes 9,722 0 0 0 1 Dawson 19,940 22,304 19,771 19,405 19,393 2 Dawson 17,890 17,875 16,004 15,961 12,214 3 Dawson 10,129 2,909 103 16 1 Deuel 2,237 2,462 2,717 3,125 3,330 2 Deuel 3,580 3,992 3,282 1,786 2,630 3 Deuel 2,893 0 0 0 1 Dixon 6,143 7,137 7,453 8,106 9,129 2 Dixon 10,413 11,586 11,815 11,477 10,535 3 Dixon 8,084 4,177 1,345 247 1 Dodge 34,500 35,847 34,782 32,471 26,265 2 Dodge 23,799 25,273 23,197 22,145 22,298 3 Dodge 19,260 11,263 4,212 309 1 Douglas 416,444 397,038 389,455 343,490 281,020 2 Douglas 247,562 232,982 204,524 168,546 140,590 3 Douglas 158,008 37,645 19,982 4,328 1 Dundy 2,582 2,861 2,926 3,570 4,354 2 Dundy 5,122 5,610 4,869 4,098 2,434 3 Dundy 4,012 37 0 0 1 Fillmore 7,103 7,920 8,137 9,425 9,610 2 Fillmore 11,417 12,971 13,671 14,674 15,087 3 Fillmore 16,022 10,204 238 0 1 Franklin 3,938 4,377 4,566 5,449 7,096 2 Franklin 7,740 9,094 10,067 10,303 9,455 3 Franklin 7,693 5,465 26 0 1 Frontier 3,101 3,647 3,982 4,311 5,282 2 Frontier 6,417 8,114 8,540 8,572 8,781 3 Frontier 8,497 934 0 0 1 Furnas 5,553 6,486 6,897 7,711 9,385 2 Furnas 10,098 12,140 11,657 12,083 12,373 3 Furnas 9,840 6,407 0 0 1 Gage 22,794 24,456 25,731 26,818 28,052 2 Gage 29,588 30,242 29,721 30,325 30,051 3 Gage 36,344 13,164 3,359 421 1 Garden 2,460 2,802 2,929 3,472 4,114 2 Garden 4,680 5,099 4,572 3,538 0 3 Garden 0 0 0 0 1 Garfield 2,141 2,363 2,411 2,699 2,912 2 Garfield 3,444 3,207 3,496 3,417 2,127 3 Garfield 1,659 0 0 0 1 Gosper 1,928 2,140 2,178 2,489 2,734 2 Gosper 3,687 4,287 4,669 4,933 5,301 3 Gosper 4,816 1,673 0 0 1 Grant 769 877 1,019 1,009 1,057 2 Grant 1,327 1,427 1,486 1,097 763 3 Grant 458 0 484 0 1 Greeley 3,006 3,462 4,000 4,595 5,575 2 Greeley 6,845 8,442 8,685 8,047 5,691 3 Greeley 4,869 1,461 0 0 1 Hall 48,925 47,690 42,851 35,757 32,186 2 Hall 27,523 27,117 23,720 20,361 17,206 3 Hall 16,513 8,572 1,057 116 1 Hamilton 8,862 9,301 8,867 8,714 8,778 2 Hamilton 9,982 12,159 13,237 13,459 13,330 3 Hamilton 14,096 8,267 130 0 1 Harlan 3,810 4,292 4,357 5,081 7,189 2 Harlan 7,130 8,957 9,220 9,578 9,370 3 Harlan 8,158 6,086 0 0 1 Hayes 1,222 1,356 1,530 1,919 2,404 2 Hayes 2,958 3,603 3,327 3,011 2,708 3 Hayes 3,953 119 0 0 1 Hitchcock 3,750 4,079 4,051 4,829 5,867 2 Hitchcock 6,404 7,269 6,045 5,415 4,409 3 Hitchcock 5,799 1,012 0 0 1 Holt 12,599 13,552 12,933 13,722 14,859 2 Holt 16,552 16,509 17,151 15,545 12,224 3 Holt 13,672 3,287 0 0 1 Hooker 793 990 939 1,130 1,061 2 Hooker 1,253 1,180 1,378 981 432 3 Hooker 426 0 0 0 1 Howard 6,055 6,773 6,807 6,541 7,226 2 Howard 8,422 10,020 10,739 10,783 10,343 3 Howard 9,430 4,391 0 0 1 Jefferson 8,759 9,817 10,436 11,620 13,623 2 Jefferson 15,532 16,409 16,140 16,852 15,196 3 Jefferson 14,850 8,096 2,440 0 1 Johnson 4,673 5,285 5,743 6,281 7,251 2 Johnson 8,662 9,157 8,940 10,187 11,197 3 Johnson 10,333 7,595 3,429 528 1 Kearney 6,629 7,053 6,707 6,580 6,409 2 Kearney 6,854 8,094 8,583 9,106 9,866 3 Kearney 9,061 4,072 58 474 1 Keith 8,584 9,364 8,487 7,958 7,449 2 Keith 8,333 6,721 5,294 3,692 1,951 3 Keith 2,556 194 0 0 1 Keya Paha 1,029 1,301 1,340 1,672 2,160 2 Keya Paha 3,235 3,203 3,594 3,452 3,076 3 Keya Paha 3,920 0 0 0 1 Kimball 4,108 4,882 6,009 7,975 4,283 2 Kimball 3,913 4,675 4,498 1,942 758 3 Kimball 959 0 0 0 1 Knox 9,534 11,457 11,723 13,300 14,820 2 Knox 16,478 19,110 18,894 18,358 14,343 3 Knox 8,582 3,666 261 152 1 Lancaster 213,641 192,884 167,972 155,272 119,742 2 Lancaster 100,585 100,324 85,902 73,793 64,835 3 Lancaster 76,395 28,090 7,074 153 1 Lincoln 32,508 36,455 29,538 28,491 27,380 2 Lincoln 25,425 25,627 23,420 15,684 11,416 3 Lincoln 10,441 3,632 17 0 1 Logan 878 983 991 1,108 1,357 2 Logan 1,742 2,014 1,596 1,521 960 3 Logan 1,378 0 0 0 1 Loup 683 859 854 1,097 1,348 2 Loup 1,777 1,818 1,946 2,188 1,305 3 Loup 1,662 0 0 0 1 Madison 32,655 31,382 27,402 25,145 24,338 2 Madison 24,269 26,037 22,511 19,101 16,976 3 Madison 13,669 5,589 1,133 0 1 McPherson 546 593 623 735 825 2 McPherson 1,175 1,358 1,692 2,470 517 3 McPherson 401 0 0 0 1 Merrick 8,042 8,945 8,751 8,363 8,812 2 Merrick 9,354 10,619 10,763 10,379 9,255 3 Merrick 8,758 5,341 557 109 1 Morrill 5,423 6,085 5,813 7,057 8,263 2 Morrill 9,436 9,950 9,151 4,584 0 3 Morrill 0 0 0 0 1 Nance 4,275 4,740 5,142 5,635 6,512 2 Nance 7,653 8,718 8,712 8,926 8,222 3 Nance 5,773 1,212 44 0 1 Nemaha 7,980 8,367 8,976 9,099 10,973 2 Nemaha 12,781 12,356 12,547 13,095 14,952 3 Nemaha 12,930 10,451 7,593 3,139 1 Nuckolls 5,786 6,726 7,404 8,217 9,609 2 Nuckolls 10,446 12,629 13,236 13,019 12,414 3 Nuckolls 11,417 4,235 8 22 1 Otoe 14,252 15,183 15,576 16,503 17,056 2 Otoe 18,994 19,901 19,494 19,323 22,288 3 Otoe 25,403 15,727 12,345 4,211 1 Pawnee 3,317 3,937 4,473 5,356 6,744 2 Pawnee 8,514 9,423 9,578 10,582 11,770 3 Pawnee 10,340 6,920 4,171 882 1 Perkins 3,367 3,637 3,423 4,189 4,809 2 Perkins 5,197 5,834 3,967 2,570 1,702 3 Perkins 4,364 0 0 0 1 Phelps 9,715 9,769 9,553 9,800 9,048 2 Phelps 8,452 9,261 9,900 10,451 10,772 3 Phelps 9,869 2,447 0 0 1 Pierce 7,827 8,481 8,493 8,722 9,405 2 Pierce 10,211 11,080 10,681 10,122 8,445 3 Pierce 4,864 1,202 152 0 1 Platte 29,820 28,852 26,544 23,992 19,910 2 Platte 20,191 21,181 19,464 19,006 17,747 3 Platte 15,437 9,511 1,899 782 1 Polk 5,675 6,320 6,468 7,210 8,044 2 Polk 8,748 10,092 10,714 10,521 10,542 3 Polk 10,817 6,846 136 19 1 Red Willow 11,705 12,615 12,191 12,940 12,977 2 Red Willow 11,951 13,859 11,434 11,056 9,604 3 Red Willow 8,837 3,044 0 0 1 Richardson 9,937 11,315 12,277 13,903 16,886 2 Richardson 19,178 19,826 18,968 17,448 19,614 3 Richardson 17,574 15,031 9,780 2,835 1 Rock 2,019 2,383 2,231 2,554 3,026 2 Rock 3,977 3,366 3,703 3,627 2,809 3 Rock 3,083 0 0 0 1 Saline 12,715 13,131 12,809 12,542 14,046 2 Saline 15,010 16,356 16,514 17,866 18,252 3 Saline 20,097 14,491 3,106 39 1 Sarpy 102,583 86,015 66,200 31,281 15,693 2 Sarpy 10,835 10,402 9,370 9,274 9,080 3 Sarpy 6,875 4,481 2,913 1,201 1 Saunders 18,285 18,716 17,018 17,270 16,923 2 Saunders 17,892 20,167 20,589 21,179 22,085 3 Saunders 21,577 15,810 4,547 0 1 Scotts Bluff 36,025 38,344 36,432 33,809 33,939 2 Scotts Bluff 33,917 28,644 20,710 8,355 2,552 3 Scotts Bluff 1,888 0 0 0 1 Seward 15,450 15,789 14,460 13,581 13,155 2 Seward 14,167 15,938 15,867 15,895 15,690 3 Seward 16,140 11,147 2,953 0 1 Sheridan 6,750 7,544 7,285 9,049 9,539 2 Sheridan 9,869 10,793 9,625 7,328 6,033 3 Sheridan 8,687 0 0 0 1 Sherman 3,718 4,226 4,725 5,382 6,421 2 Sherman 7,764 9,122 8,877 8,278 6,550 3 Sherman 6,399 2,061 0 0 1 Sioux 1,549 1,845 2,034 2,575 3,124 2 Sioux 4,001 4,667 4,528 5,599 2,055 3 Sioux 2,452 699 0 0 1 Stanton 6,244 6,549 5,758 5,783 6,387 2 Stanton 6,887 7,809 7,756 7,542 6,959 3 Stanton 4,619 1,813 636 0 1 Thayer 6,635 7,582 7,779 9,118 10,563 2 Thayer 12,262 13,684 13,976 14,775 14,325 3 Thayer 12,738 6,113 0 0 1 Thomas 851 973 954 1,078 1,206 2 Thomas 1,553 1,510 1,773 1,191 628 3 Thomas 517 0 0 0 1 Thurston 6,936 7,186 6,942 7,237 8,590 2 Thurston 10,243 10,462 9,589 8,704 6,517 3 Thurston 3,176 109 31 0 1 Valley 5,169 5,633 5,783 6,590 7,252 2 Valley 8,163 9,533 9,823 9,480 7,339 3 Valley 7,092 2,324 0 0 1 Washington 16,607 15,508 13,310 12,103 11,511 2 Washington 11,578 12,095 12,180 12,738 13,086 3 Washington 11,869 8,631 4,452 1,249 1 Wayne 9,364 9,858 10,400 9,959 10,129 2 Wayne 9,880 10,566 9,725 10,397 9,862 3 Wayne 6,169 813 182 0 1 Webster 4,279 4,858 5,396 6,224 7,395 2 Webster 8,071 10,210 10,922 12,008 11,619 3 Webster 11,210 7,104 16 0 1 Wheeler 948 1,060 1,051 1,297 1,526 2 Wheeler 2,170 2,335 2,531 2,292 1,362 3 Wheeler 1,683 644 0 0 1 York 14,428 14,798 13,685 13,724 14,346 2 York 14,874 17,239 17,146 18,721 18,205 3 York 17,279 11,170 604 0 ------------ 1/ The state total is more than the sum of the counties because several areas never had a legal existence and were dropped or reorganized in subsequent years. 2/ The state counts are final resident counts. In December 1990, the Census Bureau released Nebraska's reapportionment count at 1,584,617. This number includes persons who are U.S. military or federal employees and their dependents stationed overseas and who listed Nebraska as their home state. Sources: Nebraska State Data Center, Center for Public Affairs Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha; and U.S. Bureau of the Census, unpublished data for 1990; "1980 Census of Population, Volume 1, Chapter A, (Number of Inhabitants), Nebraska" and similar publications for preceding years.