Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Total Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 7, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated Nebraska county as at April 2020 was Douglas County (584.53K), followed by Lancaster County (322.61K), and Sarpy County (190.60K).

The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of Nebraska.

You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
Douglas
Lancaster
Sarpy
Hall
Buffalo
Dodge
Scotts Bluff
Madison
Lincoln
Platte
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Population
1 Douglas County 584526
2 Lancaster County 322608
3 Sarpy County 190604
4 Hall County 62895
5 Buffalo County 50084
6 Dodge County 37167
7 Scotts Bluff County 36084
8 Madison County 35585
9 Lincoln County 34676
10 Platte County 34296
11 Adams County 31205
12 Cass County 26598
13 Dawson County 24111
14 Saunders County 22278
15 Gage County 21704
16 Dakota County 21582
17 Washington County 20865
18 Seward County 17609
19 Otoe County 15912
20 Saline County 14292
21 York County 14125
22 Box Butte County 10842
23 Red Willow County 10702
24 Colfax County 10582
25 Custer County 10545
26 Holt County 10127
27 Wayne County 9697
28 Cheyenne County 9468
29 Hamilton County 9429
30 Cuming County 9013
31 Phelps County 8968
32 Knox County 8391
33 Cedar County 8380
34 Butler County 8369
35 Keith County 8335
36 Dawes County 8199
37 Richardson County 7871
38 Merrick County 7668
39 Pierce County 7317
40 Jefferson County 7240
41 Nemaha County 7074
42 Thurston County 6773
43 Burt County 6722
44 Kearney County 6688
45 Howard County 6475
46 Antelope County 6295
47 Clay County 6104
48 Stanton County 5842
49 Dixon County 5606
50 Fillmore County 5551
51 Cherry County 5455
52 Boone County 5379
53 Johnson County 5290
54 Polk County 5214
55 Sheridan County 5127
56 Thayer County 5034
57 Furnas County 4636
58 Morrill County 4555
59 Nuckolls County 4095
60 Valley County 4059
61 Chase County 3893
62 Kimball County 3434
63 Webster County 3395
64 Nance County 3380
65 Harlan County 3073
66 Sherman County 2959
67 Brown County 2903
68 Franklin County 2889
69 Perkins County 2858
70 Hitchcock County 2616
71 Pawnee County 2544
72 Frontier County 2519
73 Greeley County 2188
74 Gosper County 1893
75 Garden County 1874
76 Deuel County 1838
77 Garfield County 1813
78 Boyd County 1810
79 Dundy County 1654
80 Rock County 1262
81 Sioux County 1135
82 Hayes County 856
83 Wheeler County 774
84 Keya Paha County 769
85 Logan County 716
86 Hooker County 711
87 Banner County 674
88 Thomas County 669
89 Grant County 611
90 Loup County 607
91 Arthur County 434
92 Blaine County 431
93 McPherson County 399