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Nebraska County Map With Cities

By Marko Visic · Updated Oct 5, 2026

Nebraska has 93 counties, covering 76,815 square miles of land. The Census Bureau estimates its population at 2,018,006 as of July 1, 2025. The largest county by land area is Cherry County; the most populous is Douglas County; the least populous is McPherson County.

Counties
93
Population
2,018,006
Land area
76,815 sq mi
Capital
Lincoln
Time Zone
Central (CT), Mountain (MT)

Tap or click any county for details. Need a printable version? Blank Nebraska map (PDF/PNG/SVG).

All 93 Nebraska counties

County FIPS code Population (July 1, 2025) ▼Change since April 2020 Land area (sq mi) People per sq mi Median household income (2020–2024)
Douglas County31055606,460+3.8%3271,857$80,391
Lancaster County31109334,049+3.5%838399$74,793
Sarpy County31153208,303+9.3%238875$103,321
Hall County3107963,633+1.2%547116$69,251
Buffalo County3101951,172+2.2%96853$75,911
Dodge County3105338,057+2.4%52972$74,329
Madison County3111936,106+1.5%57363$63,128
Platte County3114135,649+3.9%67553$71,552
Scotts Bluff County3115735,586-1.4%74048$63,614
Lincoln County3111133,303-4.0%2,56413$65,148
Adams County3100131,071-0.4%56355$68,365
Cass County3102527,657+4.0%55750$91,836
Dawson County3104724,452+1.4%1,01424$69,880
Saunders County3115523,702+6.4%74932$94,066
Gage County3106721,7110.0%85125$67,247
Dakota County3104321,687+0.5%26482$70,329
Washington County3117721,302+2.1%39055$94,396
Seward County3115918,032+2.4%57132$82,444
Otoe County3113116,531+3.9%61627$82,188
Saline County3115114,996+1.6%57426$79,910
York County3118514,564+3.2%57325$77,757
Colfax County3103710,934+3.3%41127$82,530
Custer County3104110,500-0.4%2,5754$67,906
Box Butte County3101310,494-3.1%1,07510$68,892
Red Willow County3114510,307-3.7%71714$63,697
Holt County3108910,067-0.5%2,4124$68,513
Wayne County3117910,020+3.3%44323$66,215
Hamilton County310819,678+2.7%54218$83,994
Cheyenne County310339,528+0.6%1,1968$60,348
Phelps County311378,994+0.3%54017$68,919
Cuming County310398,823-2.1%57015$71,104
Butler County310238,507+1.6%58515$79,268
Cedar County310278,373-0.1%74011$73,578
Knox County311078,335-0.6%1,1088$64,636
Keith County311018,100-2.7%1,0628$60,645
Merrick County311217,905+3.2%48816$68,354
Dawes County310457,858-4.1%1,3966$56,280
Richardson County311477,530-4.4%55214$60,108
Pierce County311397,378+0.9%57313$72,357
Nemaha County311277,102+0.4%40717$60,924
Jefferson County310957,070-2.4%57012$59,044
Kearney County310996,790+1.6%51613$78,631
Thurston County311736,752-0.3%39417$69,177
Burt County310216,678-0.7%49214$63,685
Howard County310936,538+1.0%56911$76,767
Antelope County310036,352+0.8%8577$66,105
Clay County310356,170+1.1%57211$78,986
Stanton County311675,744-1.7%42813$80,687
Dixon County310515,602+0.1%47612$72,454
Cherry County310315,561+1.9%5,9601$66,270
Fillmore County310595,458-1.7%5759$76,295
Boone County310115,355-0.4%6878$74,947
Polk County311435,270+1.1%43912$69,768
Johnson County310975,218-1.3%37614$57,632
Thayer County311694,842-3.8%5748$66,213
Sheridan County311614,809-6.3%2,4402$60,121
Furnas County310654,524-2.3%7196$61,048
Morrill County311234,404-3.3%1,4243$58,500
Nuckolls County311294,1000.0%5757$73,976
Valley County311754,094+0.9%5687$61,852
Chase County310293,718-4.6%8944$68,173
Kimball County311053,391-1.3%9524$56,712
Webster County311813,336-1.7%5756$64,347
Nance County311253,290-2.6%4427$65,179
Harlan County310833,000-2.5%5535$70,625
Sherman County311632,924-1.3%5665$63,578
Perkins County311352,849-0.3%8833$72,778
Brown County310172,826-2.6%1,2212$54,676
Franklin County310612,795-3.1%5765$60,195
Frontier County310632,655+5.4%9753$70,132
Pawnee County311332,510-1.4%4316$62,188
Hitchcock County310872,467-5.8%7103$51,567
Greeley County310772,154-1.8%5704$63,929
Deuel County310491,862+1.3%4404$70,096
Garden County310691,804-3.7%1,7051$41,882
Gosper County310731,803-4.8%4584$77,500
Garfield County310711,710-5.7%5693$62,804
Boyd County310151,674-8.0%5393$67,045
Dundy County310571,568-5.4%9202$58,922
Rock County311491,259-0.6%1,0081$58,125
Sioux County311651,188+4.5%2,0671$53,929
Hayes County31085821-3.4%7131$69,250
Keya Paha County31103792+3.1%7731$64,000
Wheeler County31183789+2.3%5751$70,250
Banner County31007686+1.5%7461$78,839
Hooker County31091686-3.4%7211$49,464
Logan County31113669-6.4%5711$74,271
Thomas County31171639-4.5%7131$65,000
Loup County31115570-6.1%5631$71,667
Grant County31075561-8.2%7771$70,147
Blaine County31009458+6.5%7111$69,583
Arthur County31005396-8.1%7151$76,250
McPherson County31117369-7.5%8590$58,684

FIPS code: the Census Bureau’s five-digit county ID, a two-digit state code plus a three-digit county code. It is not a ZIP code.

How many counties does Nebraska have?

Nebraska has 93 counties covering 76,815 square miles. The state was admitted to the Union in 1867 as the 37th state.

The largest county by land area is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles, home to 5,561 residents. The most populous is Douglas County with 606,460 residents — a density of 1,857 people per square mile. At the other end of the scale, McPherson County has 369 residents.

Nebraska’s capital is Lincoln, while the largest city is Omaha.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of Nebraska’s county boundaries from our blank map of Nebraska page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Nebraska county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Nebraska address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Nebraska specifically: the 100-mile radius around Lincoln measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Nebraska ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Nebraska’s 93 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

Nebraska has 93 counties. The state was admitted to the Union in 1867 as the 37th state. County boundaries have shifted over time as the population spread and new administrative units were carved from existing ones.
Cherry County is the largest by land area at 5,960 square miles, with 5,561 residents.
Douglas County is the most populous, with 606,460 residents over 327 square miles.
McPherson County has the smallest population at 369 residents.
Lincoln is the state capital of Nebraska. The largest city is Omaha.
County population is the US Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025; land and water area are from the 2026 Census Gazetteer; median household income is from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. The county boundaries drawn on the map are the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. All figures are US Census Bureau data in the public domain.
Data sources

Neighboring states

Colorado
64 counties
Iowa
99 counties
Kansas
105 counties
Missouri
114 counties + 1 city
South Dakota
66 counties
Wyoming
23 counties