Decennial Census Data -- Nebraska

Population of Counties -- Nebraska: 1890-1990
County	1990	1980	1970	1960	1950	1940	1930	1920	1910	1900	1890
NEBRASKA	1,578,385	1,569,825	1,483,493	1,411,330	1,325,510	1,315,834	1,377,963	1,296,372	1,192,214	1,066,300	1,062,656
Adams	29,625	30,656	30,553	28,944	28,855	24,576	26,275	22,621	20,900	18,840	24,303
Antelope	7,965	8,675	9,047	10,176	11,624	13,289	15,206	15,243	14,003	11,344	10,399
Arthur	462	513	606	680	803	1,045	1,344	1,412	---	---	91
Banner	852	918	1,034	1,269	1,325	1,403	1,676	1,435	1,444	1,114	2,435
Blaine	675	867	847	1,016	1,203	1,538	1,584	1,778	1,672	603	1,146
Boone	6,667	7,391	8,190	9,134	10,721	12,127	14,738	14,146	13,145	11,689	8,683
Box Butte	13,130	13,696	10,094	11,688	12,279	10,736	11,861	8,407	6,131	5,572	5,494
Boyd	2,835	3,331	3,752	4,513	4,911	6,060	7,169	8,243	8,826	7,332	695
Brown	3,657	4,377	4,021	4,436	5,164	5,962	5,772	6,749	6,083	3,470	4,359
Buffalo	37,447	34,797	31,222	26,236	25,134	23,655	24,338	23,787	21,907	20,254	22,162
Burt	7,868	8,813	9,247	10,192	11,536	12,546	13,062	12,559	12,726	13,040	11,069
Butler	8,601	9,330	9,461	10,312	11,432	13,106	14,410	14,606	15,403	15,703	15,454
Cass	21,318	20,297	18,076	17,821	16,361	16,992	17,684	18,029	19,786	21,330	24,080
Cedar	10,131	11,375	12,192	13,368	13,843	15,126	16,427	16,225	15,191	12,467	7,028
Chase	4,381	4,758	4,129	4,317	5,176	5,310	5,484	4,939	3,613	2,559	4,807
Cherry	6,307	6,758	6,846	8,218	8,397	9,637	10,898	11,753	10,414	6,541	6,428
Cheyenne	9,494	10,057	10,778	14,828	12,081	9,505	10,187	8,405	4,551	5,570	5,693
Clay (old)	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Clay	7,123	8,106	8,266	8,717	8,700	10,445	13,571	14,486	15,729	15,735	16,310
Colfax	9,139	9,890	9,498	9,595	10,010	10,627	11,434	11,624	11,610	11,211	10,453
Cuming	10,117	11,664	12,034	12,435	12,994	13,562	14,327	13,769	13,782	14,584	12,265
Custer	12,270	13,877	14,092	16,517	19,170	22,591	26,189	26,407	25,668	19,758	21,677
Dakota	16,742	16,573	13,137	12,168	10,401	9,836	9,505	7,694	6,564	6,286	5,386
Dawes	9,021	9,609	9,693	9,536	9,708	10,128	11,493	10,160	8,254	6,215	9,722
Dawson	19,940	22,304	19,467	19,405	19,393	17,890	17,875	16,004	15,961	12,214	10,129
Deuel	2,237	2,462	2,717	3,125	3,330	3,580	3,992	3,282	1,786	2,630	2,893
Dixon	6,143	7,137	7,453	8,106	9,129	10,413	11,586	11,815	11,477	10,535	8,084
Dodge	34,500	35,847	34,782	32,471	26,265	23,799	25,273	23,197	22,145	22,298	19,260
Douglas	416,444	397,038	389,455	343,490	281,020	247,562	232,982	204,524	168,546	140,590	158,008
Dundy	2,582	2,861	2,926	3,570	4,354	5,122	5,610	4,869	4,098	2,434	4,012
Fillmore	7,103	7,920	8,137	9,425	9,610	11,417	12,971	13,671	14,674	15,087	16,022
Franklin	3,938	4,377	4,566	5,449	7,096	7,740	9,094	10,067	10,303	9,455	7,693
Frontier	3,101	3,647	3,982	4,311	5,282	6,417	8,114	8,540	8,572	8,781	8,497
Furnas	5,553	6,486	6,897	7,711	9,385	10,098	12,140	11,657	12,083	12,373	9,840
Gage	22,794	24,456	25,719	26,818	28,052	29,588	30,242	29,721	30,325	30,051	36,344
Garden	2,460	2,802	2,929	3,472	4,114	4,680	5,099	4,572	3,538	---	---
Garfield	2,141	2,363	2,411	2,699	2,912	3,444	3,207	3,496	3,417	2,127	1,659
Gosper	1,928	2,140	2,178	2,489	2,734	3,687	4,287	4,669	4,933	5,301	4,816
Grant (old)	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Grant	769	877	1,019	1,009	1,057	1,327	1,427	1,486	1,097	763	458
Greeley	3,006	3,462	4,000	4,595	5,575	6,845	8,442	8,685	8,047	5,691	4,869
Hall	48,925	47,690	42,851	35,757	32,186	27,523	27,117	23,720	20,361	17,206	16,513
Hamilton	8,862	9,301	8,867	8,714	8,778	9,982	12,159	13,237	13,459	13,330	14,096
Harlan	3,810	4,292	4,357	5,081	7,189	7,130	8,957	9,220	9,578	9,370	8,158
Harrison	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Hayes	1,222	1,356	1,530	1,919	2,404	2,958	3,603	3,327	3,011	2,708	3,953
Hitchcock	3,750	4,079	4,051	4,829	5,867	6,404	7,269	6,045	5,415	4,409	5,799
Holt	12,599	13,552	12,933	13,722	14,859	16,552	16,509	17,151	15,545	12,224	13,672
Hooker	793	990	939	1,130	1,061	1,253	1,180	1,378	981	432	426
Howard	6,055	6,773	6,807	6,541	7,226	8,422	10,020	10,739	10,783	10,343	9,430
Jackson	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Jefferson	8,759	9,817	10,436	11,620	13,623	15,532	16,409	16,140	16,852	15,196	14,850
Johnson	4,673	5,285	5,743	6,281	7,251	8,662	9,157	8,940	10,187	11,197	10,333
Jones	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Kearney	6,629	7,053	6,707	6,580	6,409	6,854	8,094	8,583	9,106	9,866	9,061
Keith	8,584	9,364	8,487	7,958	7,449	8,333	6,721	5,294	3,692	1,951	2,556
Keya Paha	1,029	1,301	1,340	1,672	2,160	3,235	3,203	3,594	3,452	3,076	3,920
Kimball	4,108	4,882	6,009	7,975	4,283	3,913	4,675	4,498	1,942	758	959
Knox	9,534	11,457	11,723	13,300	14,820	16,478	19,110	18,894	18,358	14,343	8,582
Lancaster	213,641	192,884	167,972	155,272	119,742	100,585	100,324	85,902	73,793	64,835	76,395
Lincoln	32,508	36,455	29,538	28,491	27,380	25,425	25,627	23,420	15,684	11,416	10,441
Logan	878	983	991	1,108	1,357	1,742	2,014	1,596	1,521	960	1,378
Loup	683	859	854	1,097	1,348	1,777	1,818	1,946	2,188	1,305	1,662
Lyon	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
McPherson	546	593	623	735	825	1,175	1,358	1,692	2,470	517	401
Madison	32,655	31,382	27,402	25,145	24,338	24,269	26,037	22,511	19,101	16,976	13,669
Merrick	8,042	8,945	8,751	8,363	8,812	9,354	10,619	10,763	10,379	9,255	8,758
Monroe	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Morrill	5,423	6,085	5,813	7,057	8,263	9,436	9,950	9,151	4,584	---	---
Nance	4,275	4,740	5,142	5,635	6,512	7,653	8,718	8,712	8,926	8,222	5,773
Nemaha	7,980	8,367	8,976	9,099	10,973	12,781	12,356	12,547	13,095	14,952	12,930
Nuckolls (old)	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Nuckolls	5,786	6,726	7,404	8,217	9,609	10,446	12,629	13,236	13,019	12,414	11,417
Otoe	14,252	15,183	15,576	16,503	17,056	18,994	19,901	19,494	19,323	22,288	25,403
Pawnee	3,317	3,937	4,473	5,356	6,744	8,514	9,423	9,578	10,582	11,770	10,340
Perkins	3,367	3,637	3,423	4,189	4,809	5,197	5,834	3,967	2,570	1,702	4,364
Phelps	9,715	9,769	9,553	9,800	9,048	8,452	9,261	9,900	10,451	10,772	9,869
Pierce	7,827	8,481	8,493	8,722	9,405	10,211	11,080	10,681	10,122	8,445	4,864
Platte	29,820	28,852	26,508	23,992	19,910	20,191	21,181	19,464	19,006	17,747	15,437
Polk	5,675	6,320	6,468	7,210	8,044	8,748	10,092	10,714	10,521	10,542	10,817
Red Willow	11,705	12,615	12,191	12,940	12,977	11,951	13,859	11,434	11,056	9,604	8,837
Richardson	9,937	11,315	12,277	13,903	16,886	19,178	19,826	18,968	17,448	19,614	17,574
Rock	2,019	2,383	2,231	2,554	3,026	3,977	3,366	3,703	3,627	2,809	3,083
Saline	12,715	13,131	12,809	12,542	14,046	15,010	16,356	16,514	17,866	18,252	20,097
Sarpy	102,583	86,015	63,696	31,281	15,693	10,835	10,402	9,370	9,274	9,080	6,875
Saunders	18,285	18,716	17,018	17,270	16,923	17,892	20,167	20,589	21,179	22,085	21,577
Scotts Bluff	36,025	38,344	36,432	33,809	33,939	33,917	28,644	20,710	8,355	2,552	1,888
Seward	15,450	15,789	14,460	13,581	13,155	14,167	15,938	15,867	15,895	15,690	16,140
Sheridan	6,750	7,544	7,285	9,049	9,539	9,869	10,793	9,625	7,328	6,033	8,687
Sherman	3,718	4,226	4,725	5,382	6,421	7,764	9,122	8,877	8,278	6,550	6,399
Shorter	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Sioux	1,549	1,845	2,034	2,575	3,124	4,001	4,667	4,528	5,599	2,055	2,452
Stanton	6,244	6,549	5,758	5,783	6,387	6,887	7,809	7,756	7,542	6,959	4,619
Taylor	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Thayer	6,635	7,582	7,779	9,118	10,563	12,262	13,684	13,976	14,775	14,325	12,738
Thomas	851	973	954	1,078	1,206	1,553	1,510	1,773	1,191	628	517
Thurston	6,936	7,186	6,942	7,237	8,590	10,243	10,462	9,589	8,704	6,517	3,176
Valley	5,169	5,633	5,783	6,590	7,252	8,163	9,533	9,823	9,480	7,339	7,092
Washington	16,607	15,508	13,310	12,103	11,511	11,578	12,095	12,180	12,738	13,086	11,869
Wayne	9,364	9,858	10,400	9,959	10,129	9,880	10,566	9,725	10,397	9,862	6,169
Webster	4,279	4,858	6,477	6,224	7,395	8,071	10,210	10,922	12,008	11,619	11,210
Wheeler	948	1,060	1,054	1,297	1,526	2,170	2,335	2,531	2,292	1,362	1,683
Winnebago Ind. Res.	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
York	14,428	14,798	13,685	13,724	14,346	14,874	17,239	17,146	18,721	18,205	17,279

Nebraska Notes
Nebraska was acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and became part of Louisiana (later Missouri) Territory. It was established as a territory in 1854, including extensive areas northwest and west of the present State; it underwent various reductions in area in 1861 and 1863. Nebraska was admitted as a State on March 1, 1867, with nearly its present boundaries. Its last significant boundary change was the transfer of an area from Dakota Territory in 1882.
Census coverage of Nebraska began in 1860 in the eastern part of the present State. The 1860 census of Nebraska Territory also included scattered forts and settlements in present-day Wyoming and the Dakotas west of the Missouri River. Other such settlements in the portion of the Territory included in present-day Montana were reported with Dakota Territory, and those in present-day Colorado were reported with Colorado Territory, although these two territories were not established until 1861. By 1890, census coverage included the entire State.

Population of Counties -- Nebraska: 1860-1880

County 1880 1870 1860 Notes

NEBRASKA 452,402 122,993 28,841 See note 1

Adams 10,235 19 ---

Antelope 3,953 --- --- *Knox

Arthur --- --- --- See note 2

Banner --- --- --- *Cheyenne

Blaine --- --- ---

Boone 4,170 --- ---

Box Butte --- --- --- *Sioux

Boyd --- --- --- See note 3

Brown --- --- ---

Buffalo 7,531 193 114

Burt 6,937 2,847 388

Butler 9,194 1,290 27

Cass 16,683 8,151 3,369

Cedar 2,899 1,032 246

Chase 70 --- --- *Jackson

Cherry --- --- ---

Cheyenne 1,558 190 ---

Clay (old) --- --- 165 To Gage, Lawrence

Clay 11,294 54 ---

Colfax 6,588 1,424 --- *Platte

Cuming 5,569 2,964 67

Custer 2,211 --- --- *Dawson; Harrison

Dakota 3,213 2,040 819

Dawes --- --- --- *Sioux

Dawson 2,909 103 16

Deuel --- --- --- *Cheyenne

Dixon 4,177 1,345 247

Dodge 11,263 4,212 309

Douglas 37,645 19,982 4,328

Dundy 37 --- --- *Jackson

Fillmore 10,204 238 ---

Franklin 5,465 26 --- *Kearney

Frontier 934 --- --- *Grant

Furnas 6,407 --- --- *Lincoln, Grant, Kearney

Gage 13,164 3,359 421

Garden --- --- --- *Deuel

Garfield --- --- --- *Wheeler

Gosper 1,673 --- --- *Lincoln, Grant, Kearney

Grant (old) --- 484 --- *Shorter; see note 4

Grant --- --- ---

Greeley 1,461 --- ---

Hall 8,572 1,057 116

Hamilton 8,267 130 ---

Harlan 6,086 --- --- *Kearney

Harrison --- 631 --- To Lincoln; Custer

Hayes 119 --- --- *Jackson, Grant

Hitchcock 1,012 --- --- *Jackson, Grant

Holt 3,287 --- ---

Hooker --- --- ---

Howard 4,391 --- --- *Hall

Jackson --- 9 --- To Keith, Dundy, Chase, Hitchcock, Hayes, Lincoln

Jefferson 8,096 2,440 --- *Jones, Nuckolls (old)

Johnson 7,595 3,429 528

Jones --- --- 122 To Jefferson

Kearney 4,072 58 474

Keith 194 --- --- *Jackson, Monroe

Keya Paha --- --- ---

Kimball --- --- --- *Cheyenne

Knox 3,666 261 152 1860-70: L'Eau Qui Court

Lancaster 28,090 7,074 153

Lincoln 3,632 17 ---

Logan --- --- ---

Loup --- --- ---

Lyon --- 78 --- To Cheyenne

McPherson --- --- --- See note 2

Madison 5,589 1,133 --- *Platte

Merrick 5,341 557 109

Monroe --- 235 --- To Keith, Lincoln

Morrill --- --- --- *Cheyenne

Nance 1,212 44 --- 1870: Pawnee Indian Reservation

Nemaha 10,451 7,593 3,139

Nuckolls (old) --- --- 22 To Jefferson

Nuckolls 4,235 8 ---

Otoe 15,727 12,345 4,211

Pawnee 6,920 4,171 882

Perkins --- --- ---

Phelps 2,447 --- --- *Kearney

Pierce 1,202 152 ---

Platte 9,511 1,899 782

Polk 6,846 136 19

Red Willow 3,044 --- --- *Grant

Richardson 15,031 9,780 2,835

Rock --- --- ---

Saline 14,491 3,106 39

Sarpy 4,481 2,913 1,201

Saunders 15,810 4,547 41 1860: Calhoun

Scotts Bluff --- --- --- *Cheyenne

Seward 11,147 2,953 16 1860: Greene

Sheridan --- --- --- *Sioux

Sherman 2,061 --- --- *Buffalo

Shorter --- --- 117 To Grant, Lincoln

Sioux 699 --- ---

Stanton 1,813 636 ---

Taylor --- 97 --- To Cheyenne

Thayer 6,113 --- --- *Jefferson

Thomas --- --- ---

Thurston 109 31 --- 1870-80: Blackbird

Valley 2,324 --- ---

Washington 8,631 4,452 1,249

Wayne 813 182 ---

Webster 7,104 16 ---

Wheeler 644 --- ---

Winnebago Ind. Res. --- 31 --- To Blackbird (Thurston), Wayne; Dixon

York 11,170 604 ---

County	1880	1870	1860	Notes
NEBRASKA	452,402	122,993	28,841	See note 1
Adams	10,235	19	---
Antelope	3,953	---	---	*Knox
Arthur	---	---	---	See note 2
Banner	---	---	---	*Cheyenne
Blaine	---	---	---
Boone	4,170	---	---
Box Butte	---	---	---	*Sioux
Boyd	---	---	---	See note 3
Brown	---	---	---
Buffalo	7,531	193	114
Burt	6,937	2,847	388
Butler	9,194	1,290	27
Cass	16,683	8,151	3,369
Cedar	2,899	1,032	246
Chase	70	---	---	*Jackson
Cherry	---	---	---
Cheyenne	1,558	190	---
Clay (old)	---	---	165	To Gage, Lawrence
Clay	11,294	54	---
Colfax	6,588	1,424	---	*Platte
Cuming	5,569	2,964	67
Custer	2,211	---	---	*Dawson; Harrison
Dakota	3,213	2,040	819
Dawes	---	---	---	*Sioux
Dawson	2,909	103	16
Deuel	---	---	---	*Cheyenne
Dixon	4,177	1,345	247
Dodge	11,263	4,212	309
Douglas	37,645	19,982	4,328
Dundy	37	---	---	*Jackson
Fillmore	10,204	238	---
Franklin	5,465	26	---	*Kearney
Frontier	934	---	---	*Grant
Furnas	6,407	---	---	*Lincoln, Grant, Kearney
Gage	13,164	3,359	421
Garden	---	---	---	*Deuel
Garfield	---	---	---	*Wheeler
Gosper	1,673	---	---	*Lincoln, Grant, Kearney
Grant (old)	---	484	---	*Shorter; see note 4
Grant	---	---	---
Greeley	1,461	---	---
Hall	8,572	1,057	116
Hamilton	8,267	130	---
Harlan	6,086	---	---	*Kearney
Harrison	---	631	---	To Lincoln; Custer
Hayes	119	---	---	*Jackson, Grant
Hitchcock	1,012	---	---	*Jackson, Grant
Holt	3,287	---	---
Hooker	---	---	---
Howard	4,391	---	---	*Hall
Jackson	---	9	---	To Keith, Dundy, Chase, Hitchcock, Hayes, Lincoln
Jefferson	8,096	2,440	---	*Jones, Nuckolls (old)
Johnson	7,595	3,429	528
Jones	---	---	122	To Jefferson
Kearney	4,072	58	474
Keith	194	---	---	*Jackson, Monroe
Keya Paha	---	---	---
Kimball	---	---	---	*Cheyenne
Knox	3,666	261	152	1860-70: L'Eau Qui Court
Lancaster	28,090	7,074	153
Lincoln	3,632	17	---
Logan	---	---	---
Loup	---	---	---
Lyon	---	78	---	To Cheyenne
McPherson	---	---	---	See note 2
Madison	5,589	1,133	---	*Platte
Merrick	5,341	557	109
Monroe	---	235	---	To Keith, Lincoln
Morrill	---	---	---	*Cheyenne
Nance	1,212	44	---	1870: Pawnee Indian Reservation
Nemaha	10,451	7,593	3,139
Nuckolls (old)	---	---	22	To Jefferson
Nuckolls	4,235	8	---
Otoe	15,727	12,345	4,211
Pawnee	6,920	4,171	882
Perkins	---	---	---
Phelps	2,447	---	---	*Kearney
Pierce	1,202	152	---
Platte	9,511	1,899	782
Polk	6,846	136	19
Red Willow	3,044	---	---	*Grant
Richardson	15,031	9,780	2,835
Rock	---	---	---
Saline	14,491	3,106	39
Sarpy	4,481	2,913	1,201
Saunders	15,810	4,547	41	1860: Calhoun
Scotts Bluff	---	---	---	*Cheyenne
Seward	11,147	2,953	16	1860: Greene
Sheridan	---	---	---	*Sioux
Sherman	2,061	---	---	*Buffalo
Shorter	---	---	117	To Grant, Lincoln
Sioux	699	---	---
Stanton	1,813	636	---
Taylor	---	97	---	To Cheyenne
Thayer	6,113	---	---	*Jefferson
Thomas	---	---	---
Thurston	109	31	---	1870-80: Blackbird
Valley	2,324	---	---
Washington	8,631	4,452	1,249
Wayne	813	182	---
Webster	7,104	16	---
Wheeler	644	---	---
Winnebago Ind. Res.	---	31	---	To Blackbird (Thurston), Wayne; Dixon
York	11,170	604	---

Population of Counties -- Nebraska: 1890-1990

Population of Counties -- Nebraska: 1860-1880

Nebraska Notes