Nebraska County

Nebraska Counties

Here is a table, ranked by population, of the 93 counties in Nebraska. Also included is each county's 1922 population rank, which is the basis for the state's license plate numbering system.

Some counties have links to a photo of the sign seen at the county line, taken by me on travels through the state.


rank name seat 2000 pop1922 rankphoto
1 DOUGLAS Omaha 463585 1photo
2 LANCASTER Lincoln 250291 2photo
3 SARPY Papillion 12259559photo
4 HALL Grand Island 53534 8photo
5 BUFFALO Kearney 42259 9photo
6 SCOTTS BLUFF Gering 3695121
7 DODGE Fremont 36160 5photo
8 MADISON Madison 35226 7photo
9 LINCOLN North Platte 3463215photo
10 PLATTE Columbus 3166210photo
11 ADAMS Hastings 3115114photo
12 DAWSON Lexington 2436518photo
13 CASS Plattsmouth 2433420photo
14 GAGE Beatrice 22993 3photo
15 DAKOTA Dakota City 2025370photo
16 SAUNDERS Wahoo 19830 6photo
17 WASHINGTON Blair 1878029photo
18 SEWARD Seward 1649616photo
19 YORK York 1459817photo
20 OTOE Nebraska City 1539611photo
21 SALINE Wilber 1384322photo
22 BOX BUTTE Alliance 1215865
23 CUSTER Broken Bow 11793 4photo
24 HOLT O'Neill 1155136
25 RED WILLOW McCook 1144848photo
26 COLFAX Schuyler 1044143photo
27 CUMING West Point 1020324photo
28 WAYNE Wayne 985127
29 CHEYENNE Sidney 983039photo
30 PHELPS Holdrege 974737photo
31 CEDAR Hartington 961513photo
32 RICHARDSON Falls City 953119photo
33 HAMILTON Aurora 940328photo
34 KNOX Center 937412photo
35 DAWES Chadron 906069
36 KEITH Ogallala 887568photo
37 BUTLER David City 876725photo
38 JEFFERSON Fairbury 833333photo
39 MERRICK Central City 820446photo
40 PIERCE Pierce 785740
41 BURT Tekamah 779131photo
42 NEMAHA Auburn 757644photo
43 ANTELOPE Neligh 745226
44 THURSTON Pender 717155photo
45 CLAY Clay Center 703930photo
46 KEARNEY Minden 688252photo
47 FILLMORE Geneva 663434photo
48 HOWARD Saint Paul 656749photo
49 STANTON Stanton 645553photo
50 DIXON Ponca 633935
51 BOONE Albion 625923
52 SHERIDAN Rushville 619861photo
53 CHERRY Valentine 614866photo
54 THAYER Hebron 605532photo
55 POLK Osceola 563941photo
56 MORRILL Bridgeport 544064photo
57 FURNAS Beaver City 532438photo
58 NUCKOLLS Nelson 505742photo
59 VALLEY Ord 464747photo
60 JOHNSON Tecumseh 448857photo
61 KIMBALL Kimball 408971photo
62 CHASE Imperial 406872photo
63 WEBSTER Red Cloud 406145photo
64 NANCE Fullerton 403858photo
65 HARLAN Alma 378651photo
66 FRANKLIN Franklin 357450photo
67 BROWN Ainsworth 352575photo
68 SHERMAN Loup City 331856photo
69 PERKINS Grant 320074photo
70 HITCHCOCK Trenton 311167photo
71 FRONTIER Stockville 309960photo
72 PAWNEE Pawnee City 308754photo
73 GREELEY Greeley 271462photo
74 BOYD Butte 243863
75 DUNDY Benkelman 229276
76 GARDEN Oshkosh 229277
77 GOSPER Elwood 214373photo
78 DEUEL Chappell 209878photo
79 GARFIELD Burwell 190283photo
80 ROCK Bassett 175681photo
81 SIOUX Harrison 147580
82 HAYES Hayes Center 106879photo
83 KEYA PAHA Springview 98382photo
84 WHEELER Bartlett 88684photo
85 BANNER Harrisburg 81985
86 HOOKER Mullen 78393photo
87 LOGAN Stapleton 77487photo
88 GRANT Hyannis 74792photo
89 THOMAS Thedford 72989photo
90 LOUP Taylor 71288photo
91 BLAINE Brewster 58386photo
92 MCPHERSON Tryon 53390photo
93 ARTHUR Arthur 44491photo