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Nebraska County Map with Cities — All 93 Counties

All 93 of Nebraska's counties, mapped from official U.S. Census boundaries with population, income, and unemployment for every one. Colour the map by any measure, tap a county for its data, or download a print-ready copy.

Nebraska CountiesFIPS 31
Adams CountyAntelope CountyArthur CountyBanner CountyBlaine CountyBoone CountyBox Butte CountyBoyd CountyBrown CountyBuffalo CountyBurt CountyButler CountyCass CountyCedar CountyChase CountyCherry CountyCheyenne CountyClay CountyColfax CountyCuming CountyCuster CountyDakota CountyDawes CountyDawson CountyDeuel CountyDixon CountyDodge CountyDouglas CountyDundy CountyFillmore CountyFranklin CountyFrontier CountyFurnas CountyGage CountyGarden CountyGarfield CountyGosper CountyGrant CountyGreeley CountyHall CountyHamilton CountyHarlan CountyHayes CountyHitchcock CountyHolt CountyHooker CountyHoward CountyJefferson CountyJohnson CountyKearney CountyKeith CountyKeya Paha CountyKimball CountyKnox CountyLancaster CountyLincoln CountyLogan CountyLoup CountyMcPherson CountyMadison CountyMerrick CountyMorrill CountyNance CountyNemaha CountyNuckolls CountyOtoe CountyPawnee CountyPerkins CountyPhelps CountyPierce CountyPlatte CountyPolk CountyRed Willow CountyRichardson CountyRock CountySaline CountySarpy CountySaunders CountyScotts Bluff CountySeward CountySheridan CountySherman CountySioux CountyStanton CountyThayer CountyThomas CountyThurston CountyValley CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWebster CountyWheeler CountyYork County
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Nebraska’s 93 counties, projected equal-area. Hover or tap a county for its name; select it for full data.
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Nebraska at a glance

  • Scale. Nebraska is divided into 93 counties across 76,815 sq mi of land — an average of 826 sq mi each. Census TIGER
  • People. Its counties are home to 1,978,379 residents — an average of 21,273 each, or 26 per square mile statewide. Census PEP 2023
  • Water. Another 532 sq mi is water — 0.7% of the state’s area, led by Cherry County. Census TIGER

Nebraska’s 93 counties, by the numbers

Every county’s population, median household income, unemployment, density, and land area — sortable by any column, so you can find yours or rank by what matters to you. A few patterns run through the data:

  • Concentrated. Half of Nebraska’s 1,978,379 residents live in just 3 of 93 counties, and the five largest hold 62.1% of the total. Census PEP 2023
  • Income tracks poverty. The gap from richest to poorest runs 2.3×, and the 10 highest-income counties average 7.4% in poverty against 13.4% for the 10 lowest. Census SAIPE 2023
  • Mostly small. Half of Nebraska’s counties have fewer than 6,116 residents, and half report a median household income below $65,151 — a few metros lift the statewide totals well above both. Census PEP 2023 · SAIPE 2023
  • Lopsided density. Only 16 of 93 counties are denser than Nebraska’s statewide average of 26 people per square mile — the rest are more rural. Census PEP 2023 · TIGER
Adams County30,899$66,6952.6%55/sq mi563 sq miHastings
Antelope County6,302$65,9072.3%7/sq mi857 sq miNeligh
Arthur County412$54,9743.3%1/sq mi715 sq miArthur
Banner County674$67,3073.6%1/sq mi746 sq miHarrisburg
Blaine County436$52,5122.6%1/sq mi711 sq miBrewster
Boone County5,310$66,3452.0%8/sq mi687 sq miAlbion
Box Butte County10,692$66,6132.9%10/sq mi1,075 sq miAlliance
Boyd County1,725$49,0772.5%3/sq mi539 sq miButte
Brown County2,853$58,8962.3%2/sq mi1,221 sq miAinsworth
Buffalo County50,697$76,6862.3%52/sq mi968 sq miKearney
Burt County6,727$67,1133.2%14/sq mi492 sq miTekamah
Butler County8,459$74,7102.2%14/sq mi585 sq miDavid City
Cass County27,446$83,2912.6%49/sq mi557 sq miPlattsmouth
Cedar County8,262$69,8952.2%11/sq mi740 sq miHartington
Chase County3,724$67,3342.9%4/sq mi894 sq miImperial
Cherry County5,492$55,1321.9%1/sq mi5,960 sq miValentine
Cheyenne County9,541$60,1772.7%8/sq mi1,196 sq miSidney
Clay County6,116$67,5682.4%11/sq mi572 sq miClay Center
Colfax County10,566$70,7922.7%26/sq mi411 sq miSchuyler
Cuming County8,918$65,8141.9%16/sq mi570 sq miWest Point
Custer County10,581$65,1512.4%4/sq mi2,575 sq miBroken Bow
Dakota County21,268$70,1262.6%80/sq mi264 sq miDakota City
Dawes County8,133$54,9252.9%6/sq mi1,396 sq miChadron
Dawson County24,085$67,61915.5%24/sq mi1,014 sq miLexington
Deuel County1,871$58,6762.7%4/sq mi440 sq miChappell
Dixon County5,491$67,5212.5%12/sq mi476 sq miPonca
Dodge County37,187$66,8332.7%70/sq mi529 sq miFremont
Douglas County589,540$77,7472.8%1,805/sq mi327 sq miOmaha
Dundy County1,561$55,8182.0%2/sq mi920 sq miBenkelman
Fillmore County5,548$69,0212.0%10/sq mi575 sq miGeneva
Franklin County2,825$58,3462.5%5/sq mi576 sq miFranklin
Frontier County2,585$62,6763.1%3/sq mi975 sq miStockville
Furnas County4,556$59,5302.3%6/sq mi719 sq miBeaver City
Gage County21,634$66,9472.4%25/sq mi851 sq miBeatrice
Garden County1,794$44,1352.8%1/sq mi1,705 sq miOshkosh
Garfield County1,763$51,1352.9%3/sq mi569 sq miBurwell
Gosper County1,847$73,0562.6%4/sq mi458 sq miElwood
Grant County565$63,6072.2%1/sq mi777 sq miHyannis
Greeley County2,219$60,6862.8%4/sq mi570 sq miGreeley Center
Hall County62,197$69,7252.8%114/sq mi547 sq miGrand Island
Hamilton County9,537$84,8052.0%18/sq mi542 sq miAurora
Harlan County3,045$63,1591.9%6/sq mi553 sq miAlma
Hayes County846$59,9662.8%1/sq mi713 sq miHayes Center
Hitchcock County2,552$55,5513.0%4/sq mi710 sq miTrenton
Holt County10,093$65,8152.0%4/sq mi2,412 sq miO'Neill
Hooker County679$53,0103.5%1/sq mi721 sq miMullen
Howard County6,527$68,7952.3%11/sq mi569 sq miSt. Paul
Jefferson County7,054$63,7072.7%12/sq mi570 sq miFairbury
Johnson County5,198$64,1342.9%14/sq mi376 sq miTecumseh
Kearney County6,770$77,4582.4%13/sq mi516 sq miMinden
Keith County8,113$57,1602.4%8/sq mi1,062 sq miOgallala
Keya Paha County805$52,0773.5%1/sq mi773 sq miSpringview
Kimball County3,289$59,6862.0%3/sq mi952 sq miKimball
Knox County8,298$60,0572.3%7/sq mi1,108 sq miCenter
Lancaster County326,716$71,1712.6%390/sq mi838 sq miLincoln
Lincoln County33,365$63,6322.4%13/sq mi2,564 sq miNorth Platte
Logan County655$66,3333.6%1/sq mi571 sq miStapleton
Loup County592$61,6084.3%1/sq mi563 sq miTaylor
Madison County35,627$68,2182.4%62/sq mi573 sq miMadison
McPherson County383$55,1744.2%0/sq mi859 sq mi—
Merrick County7,755$72,2972.1%16/sq mi488 sq miCentral City
Morrill County4,504$62,2452.9%3/sq mi1,424 sq miBridgeport
Nance County3,274$61,2282.6%7/sq mi442 sq miFullerton
Nemaha County7,076$65,8683.3%17/sq mi407 sq miAuburn
Nuckolls County4,095$58,9512.2%7/sq mi575 sq miNelson
Otoe County16,335$76,4482.4%27/sq mi616 sq miNebraska City
Pawnee County2,512$55,5742.8%6/sq mi431 sq miPawnee City
Perkins County2,795$71,5212.5%3/sq mi883 sq miGrant
Phelps County9,057$70,5502.1%17/sq mi540 sq miHoldrege
Pierce County7,299$78,4542.2%13/sq mi573 sq miPierce
Platte County34,609$76,7852.4%51/sq mi675 sq miColumbus
Polk County5,228$79,9382.4%12/sq mi439 sq miOsceola
Red Willow County10,457$60,6142.4%15/sq mi717 sq miMcCook
Richardson County7,689$60,8392.3%14/sq mi552 sq miFalls City
Rock County1,271$56,9692.1%1/sq mi1,008 sq miBassett
Saline County14,555$76,5863.1%25/sq mi574 sq miWilber
Sarpy County199,886$101,9022.5%840/sq mi238 sq miPapillion
Saunders County23,463$85,7322.2%31/sq mi749 sq miWahoo
Scotts Bluff County35,699$57,5713.0%48/sq mi740 sq miGering
Seward County17,671$81,8192.6%31/sq mi571 sq miSeward
Sheridan County4,928$59,8422.3%2/sq mi2,440 sq miRushville
Sherman County2,983$57,5922.9%5/sq mi566 sq miLoup City
Sioux County1,154$61,3442.7%1/sq mi2,067 sq miHarrison
Stanton County5,856$78,1122.2%14/sq mi428 sq miStanton
Thayer County4,829$63,5742.2%8/sq mi574 sq miHebron
Thomas County677$56,8443.7%1/sq mi713 sq miThedford
Thurston County6,557$57,8103.3%17/sq mi394 sq miPender
Valley County4,012$56,6042.2%7/sq mi568 sq miOrd
Washington County21,152$88,2342.3%54/sq mi390 sq miBlair
Wayne County9,874$68,3092.9%22/sq mi443 sq miWayne
Webster County3,351$57,0022.4%6/sq mi575 sq miRed Cloud
Wheeler County775$56,3772.2%1/sq mi575 sq miBartlett
York County14,356$73,6712.4%25/sq mi573 sq miYork

All 93 counties, sortable by any column — click a heading. A suppressed estimate (coefficient of variation ≥ 0.30) shows a marker, never a guess. County seats are from Wikidata (CC0), each validated to a Census place inside its county; a county with no validated seat is left blank. See the methodology.

Download & print this Nebraska map

Map of Nebraska's 93 counties — on official U.S. Census boundaries

Free, print-ready maps of Nebraska — all 93 counties on official U.S. Census boundaries, no watermark. Public domain (CC0).

  • Full map — counties + major cities: PNG · PDF
  • Blank outline — print & label it yourself: PNG · PDF
  • Counties only — clean labeled reference: PNG · PDF

Nebraska maps, coloured by the data

Map of Nebraska counties shaded by population — official U.S. Census data
Population Map by County · Census PEP 2023
Map of Nebraska counties shaded by median household income — official U.S. Census data
Median Household Income Map by County · Census SAIPE 2023
Map of Nebraska counties shaded by unemployment rate — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Unemployment Rate Map by County · BLS LAUS

Cities in Nebraska

Nebraska has 528 incorporated cities and villages. The largest is Omaha in Douglas County with 488,197 residents. Use the search on the map above to find any city and highlight the county it sits in.

OmahaDouglas County488,197
LincolnLancaster County291,932
BellevueSarpy County64,355
Grand IslandHall County52,761
KearneyBuffalo County34,024
FremontDodge County27,321
NorfolkMadison County25,962
HastingsAdams County25,005
ColumbusPlatte County24,188
PapillionSarpy County24,063
North PlatteLincoln County23,030
La VistaSarpy County16,594
ScottsbluffScotts Bluff County14,406
South Sioux CityDakota County13,871
BeatriceGage County12,233
LexingtonDawson County10,693
GretnaSarpy County9,117
GeringScotts Bluff County8,567
YorkYork County8,114
AllianceBox Butte County8,089
BlairWashington County7,868
SewardSeward County7,665
CreteSaline County7,521
McCookRed Willow County7,360
Nebraska CityOtoe County7,287
PlattsmouthCass County6,680
SchuylerColfax County6,517
RalstonDouglas County6,445
SidneyCheyenne County6,396
WayneWayne County6,055
HoldregePhelps County5,503
ChadronDawes County5,207
WahooSaunders County4,885
OgallalaKeith County4,800
AuroraHamilton County4,665
WaverlyLancaster County4,363
Falls CityRichardson County4,099
CozadDawson County3,944
FairburyJefferson County3,905
O'NeillHolt County3,574
Broken BowCuster County3,524
West PointCuming County3,479
AuburnNemaha County3,468
GothenburgDawson County3,436
ValleyDouglas County3,113
AshlandSaunders County3,083
Central CityMerrick County3,039
MindenKearney County3,020
David CityButler County3,013
Dakota CityDakota County2,980

Showing the 50 most populous — and 478 more. Search the map above for any Nebraska city or village.

A city can span more than one county; each is listed in its primary county — the one its center falls in.

Which Nebraska county is the richest, largest, most crowded? The answers

  • Nebraska’s highest median household income is in Sarpy County ($101,902); the lowest is in Garden County ($44,135). Census SAIPE 2023
  • Nebraska’s most populous county is Douglas County (589,540); the least populous is McPherson County (383) — a 1,539× spread. Census PEP 2023
  • Nebraska’s largest county by land area is Cherry County (5,960 sq mi); the smallest is Sarpy County (238 sq mi). Census TIGER
  • Nebraska’s highest population density is in Douglas County (1,805/sq mi); the lowest is in McPherson County (0/sq mi). Census PEP 2023 · TIGER
  • Nebraska’s highest poverty rate is in Thurston County (19.6%); the lowest is in Sarpy County (4.9%). Census SAIPE 2023
  • In Nebraska, unemployment is highest in Dawson County (15.5%) and lowest in Cherry County (1.9%), for May 2026. BLS LAUS
  • Nebraska’s highest median age is in Wheeler County (59.9); the lowest is in Thurston County (28.7). Census ACS 2019–2023
  • Nebraska’s highest share of bachelor’s degrees is in Douglas County (42.2% of adults); the lowest is in Colfax County (14.1%). Census ACS 2019–2023

Every figure is a current official estimate from the source named — not a crowd-sourced or copied value. Suppressed estimates (coefficient of variation ≥ 0.30) are omitted, never guessed. See the full methodology.

Nebraska counties: common questions

How many counties are in Nebraska?

Nebraska has 93 counties covering 76,815 sq mi and about 2.0M residents. Every one is on the map above and in the table below.

What is the largest county in Nebraska?

It depends on the measure. By land area it’s Cherry County (5,960 sq mi); by population it’s Douglas County (589,540 residents).

What county is Omaha in?

Omaha (population 488,197) is in Douglas County. Use the search on the map to find any Nebraska city’s county.

What is the richest county in Nebraska?

By median household income, Sarpy County is the richest at $101,902; the poorest is Garden County at $44,135 (Census SAIPE 2023).

What is the most populous county in Nebraska?

Douglas County, with 589,540 residents — about 29.8% of Nebraska’s people, and 1,539× the least populous, McPherson County (383).

Sources & vintages

  • Population — PEP Vintage 2023 (July 1, 2023) — pep/charv
  • Median household income & poverty — SAIPE 2023
  • Unemployment — BLS LAUS May 2026 (preliminary)
  • Geometry & boundaries — Census TIGERweb
  • Cities & city population — Census TIGERweb Incorporated Places + ACS 5-year 2019–2023

Data current through .