Nebraska Counties

Complete list of all 93 counties in Nebraska with population, area, median income, and county seats — plus a free printable blank map.

Counties

Population

1,979,558

Area

76,824 sq mi

Capital

Lincoln

Time Zone

Central (CT)

Labeled outline map of Nebraska counties. Download a printable version in SVG, PNG, or PDF.

All 93 Nebraska counties

County	County Seat	Population ▼	Area	Median Income	Cities
Douglas	—	591,749	328 mi²	$87,512	6
Lancaster	—	325,418	838 mi²	$78,768	15
Sarpy	—	197,878	239 mi²	$105,300	8
Hall	—	63,391	546 mi²	$70,123	5
Buffalo	—	51,664	968 mi²	$76,215	10
Dodge	—	39,063	529 mi²	$75,034	10
Madison	—	37,750	573 mi²	$64,657	5
Platte	—	36,775	674 mi²	$71,671	8
Lincoln	—	33,547	2,564 mi²	$65,629	9
Adams	—	30,849	563 mi²	$70,014	6
Cass	—	27,153	557 mi²	$91,990	15
Dawson	—	23,848	1,013 mi²	$71,927	7
Sioux	—	23,516	2,067 mi²	$60,111	5
Saunders	—	22,538	750 mi²	$93,678	14
Gage	—	22,402	851 mi²	$69,681	13

How many counties does Nebraska have?

Nebraska has 93 counties covering 76,824 square miles and roughly 1,979,558 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1867 as the 37th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.

The largest county by land area is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles, home to about 8,198 residents. The most populous is Douglas County with approximately 591,749 residents — a density of about 1,804 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Blaine County has only about 336 residents.

Nebraska’s capital is Lincoln, while the largest city is Omaha — a common pattern in the United States, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

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 about 8,198 residents.

Douglas County is the most populous, with approximately 591,749 residents over 328 square miles.

Blaine County has the smallest population at about 336 residents.

Lincoln is the state capital. The largest city is Omaha — a common pattern in the US, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.

Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,143). All sources are public domain.

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