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Nebraska counties

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Nebraska has 93 counties and county equivalents holding 1,965,926 residents. The statewide sales tax base rate is 5.5%, before county and city add-ons.

All 93 counties

Ranked by population, Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

CountyPopulationMedian incomeMedian home valueMedian rent
Douglas County585,461$79,081$245,800$1,162
Lancaster County323,673$72,625$258,900$1,045
Sarpy County194,051$101,402$287,600$1,284
Hall County62,431$67,549$207,900$911
Buffalo County50,323$74,570$236,800$911
Dodge County37,146$71,294$188,100$985
Scotts Bluff County35,937$60,960$161,400$889
Madison County35,535$64,637$196,000$851
Platte County34,358$72,335$207,800$867
Lincoln County34,122$64,342$183,100$867
Adams County31,034$65,680$185,800$853
Cass County26,963$88,255$247,200$987
Dawson County24,020$65,383$157,800$861
Saunders County22,761$89,395$241,100$930
Gage County21,646$64,426$167,100$770
Dakota County21,331$71,655$168,100$1,053
Washington County20,989$90,188$278,300$958
Seward County17,636$81,122$232,400$969
Otoe County16,075$81,430$185,000$905
Saline County14,642$77,027$180,700$833
York County14,231$74,058$175,900$885
Box Butte County10,754$68,778$161,100$771
Red Willow County10,611$60,000$143,500$778
Custer County10,544$66,310$160,500$794
Colfax County10,541$79,720$128,800$902
Holt County10,093$67,225$152,000$724
Wayne County9,786$67,687$203,700$732
Cheyenne County9,478$57,594$129,100$912
Hamilton County9,438$79,884$238,700$776
Phelps County8,983$65,988$173,300$724
Cuming County8,976$70,708$174,900$800
Butler County8,413$82,603$165,700$753
Knox County8,362$64,821$116,900$692
Cedar County8,344$73,977$175,500$683
Keith County8,239$58,132$157,000$772
Dawes County8,212$54,381$146,500$1,014
Richardson County7,797$55,578$96,500$692
Merrick County7,696$62,849$168,000$772
Pierce County7,312$75,938$182,700$850
Jefferson County7,155$60,568$117,600$659
Nemaha County7,035$60,132$125,100$727
Burt County6,730$57,303$125,400$688
Kearney County6,697$79,167$218,300$787
Thurston County6,666$64,838$105,100$698
Howard County6,492$74,508$205,200$811
Antelope County6,302$63,750$116,900$746
Clay County6,084$75,938$146,300$701
Stanton County5,835$78,275$184,300$817
Dixon County5,561$69,156$141,400$661
Fillmore County5,551$76,354$131,200$667
Cherry County5,468$63,750$136,000$873
Boone County5,366$71,367$164,700$734
Johnson County5,263$59,457$131,500$777
Polk County5,209$71,771$177,800$692
Sheridan County5,058$56,900$102,900$771
Thayer County4,938$63,095$106,200$738
Furnas County4,605$60,625$91,800$805
Morrill County4,544$59,773$112,000$744
Valley County4,094$58,902$122,200$616
Nuckolls County4,089$70,201$90,900$616
Chase County3,639$62,782$178,700$749
Webster County3,385$65,197$102,000$673
Kimball County3,348$59,438$109,900$853
Nance County3,342$65,438$122,800$776
Harlan County3,006$70,536$147,200$708
Sherman County2,974$61,935$135,000$866
Franklin County2,868$57,692$99,100$613
Perkins County2,835$67,500$149,200$783
Brown County2,739$51,538$100,200$932
Hitchcock County2,601$52,016$88,800$715
Frontier County2,562$68,207$138,800$605
Pawnee County2,539$54,926$74,800$616
Greeley County2,211$58,894$87,800$643
Gosper County1,929$79,145$202,700$797
Deuel County1,865$61,438$97,200$827
Dundy County1,811$56,563$118,200$588
Garfield County1,797$68,611$144,900$519
Boyd County1,704$58,984$104,000$650
Garden County1,620$44,777$95,500$675
Rock County1,335$57,500$124,400$608
Sioux County1,197$54,076$141,700$743
Keya Paha County939$60,313$108,800$867
Hayes County854$60,313$112,800$419
Logan County812$71,650$160,000$725
Wheeler County785$55,893$135,900$525
Grant County695$69,063$113,900$883
Banner County657$71,250$166,300$975
Thomas County626$72,708$113,000$685
Hooker County613$45,854$85,400$581
Loup County564$60,156$120,700$650
Arthur County540$67,500$188,800$850
McPherson County463$61,316$124,200$653
Blaine County385$61,250$102,100$786

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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