Rank |
County |
Population (2012) |
1 |
Douglas County, Nebraska
|
531,265
|
2 |
Lancaster County, Nebraska
|
293,407
|
3 |
Sarpy County, Nebraska
|
165,853
|
4 |
Hall County, Nebraska
|
60,345
|
5 |
Buffalo County, Nebraska
|
47,463
|
6 |
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
|
36,964
|
7 |
Dodge County, Nebraska
|
36,427
|
8 |
Lincoln County, Nebraska
|
36,099
|
9 |
Madison County, Nebraska
|
35,031
|
10 |
Platte County, Nebraska
|
32,681
|
11 |
Adams County, Nebraska
|
31,459
|
12 |
Cass County, Nebraska
|
25,133
|
13 |
Dawson County, Nebraska
|
24,220
|
14 |
Gage County, Nebraska
|
21,806
|
15 |
Dakota County, Nebraska
|
20,918
|
16 |
Saunders County, Nebraska
|
20,823
|
17 |
Washington County, Nebraska
|
20,252
|
18 |
Seward County, Nebraska
|
16,935
|
19 |
Otoe County, Nebraska
|
15,747
|
20 |
Saline County, Nebraska
|
14,557
|
21 |
York County, Nebraska
|
13,746
|
22 |
Box Butte County, Nebraska
|
11,317
|
23 |
Red Willow County, Nebraska
|
10,975
|
24 |
Custer County, Nebraska
|
10,740
|
25 |
Colfax County, Nebraska
|
10,653
|
26 |
Holt County, Nebraska
|
10,396
|
27 |
Cheyenne County, Nebraska
|
10,068
|
28 |
Wayne County, Nebraska
|
9,554
|
29 |
Phelps County, Nebraska
|
9,215
|
30 |
Dawes County, Nebraska
|
9,152
|
31 |
Cuming County, Nebraska
|
9,072
|
32 |
Hamilton County, Nebraska
|
9,011
|
33 |
Cedar County, Nebraska
|
8,746
|
34 |
Knox County, Nebraska
|
8,573
|
35 |
Butler County, Nebraska
|
8,295
|
36 |
Richardson County, Nebraska
|
8,290
|
37 |
Keith County, Nebraska
|
8,220
|
38 |
Merrick County, Nebraska
|
7,780
|
39 |
Jefferson County, Nebraska
|
7,521
|
40 |
Pierce County, Nebraska
|
7,166
|
41 |
Nemaha County, Nebraska
|
7,154
|
42 |
Thurston County, Nebraska
|
7,020
|
43 |
Burt County, Nebraska
|
6,659
|
44 |
Antelope County, Nebraska
|
6,545
|
45 |
Kearney County, Nebraska
|
6,485
|
46 |
Clay County, Nebraska
|
6,411
|
47 |
Howard County, Nebraska
|
6,336
|
48 |
Stanton County, Nebraska
|
6,089
|
49 |
Dixon County, Nebraska
|
5,918
|
50 |
Fillmore County, Nebraska
|
5,771
|
51 |
Cherry County, Nebraska
|
5,727
|
52 |
Boone County, Nebraska
|
5,417
|
53 |
Polk County, Nebraska
|
5,320
|
54 |
Sheridan County, Nebraska
|
5,319
|
55 |
Johnson County, Nebraska
|
5,140
|
56 |
Thayer County, Nebraska
|
5,134
|
57 |
Furnas County, Nebraska
|
4,907
|
58 |
Morrill County, Nebraska
|
4,889
|
59 |
Nuckolls County, Nebraska
|
4,438
|
60 |
Valley County, Nebraska
|
4,229
|
61 |
Chase County, Nebraska
|
4,064
|
62 |
Kimball County, Nebraska
|
3,783
|
63 |
Webster County, Nebraska
|
3,725
|
64 |
Nance County, Nebraska
|
3,715
|
65 |
Harlan County, Nebraska
|
3,410
|
66 |
Franklin County, Nebraska
|
3,188
|
67 |
Sherman County, Nebraska
|
3,108
|
68 |
Brown County, Nebraska
|
3,023
|
69 |
Perkins County, Nebraska
|
2,931
|
70 |
Hitchcock County, Nebraska
|
2,887
|
71 |
Pawnee County, Nebraska
|
2,765
|
72 |
Frontier County, Nebraska
|
2,741
|
73 |
Greeley County, Nebraska
|
2,458
|
74 |
Boyd County, Nebraska
|
2,054
|
75 |
Gosper County, Nebraska
|
2,029
|
76 |
Dundy County, Nebraska
|
2,021
|
77 |
Garfield County, Nebraska
|
2,007
|
78 |
Deuel County, Nebraska
|
1,972
|
79 |
Garden County, Nebraska
|
1,953
|
80 |
Rock County, Nebraska
|
1,376
|
81 |
Sioux County, Nebraska
|
1,315
|
82 |
Hayes County, Nebraska
|
953
|
83 |
Wheeler County, Nebraska
|
805
|
84 |
Keya Paha County, Nebraska
|
804
|
85 |
Logan County, Nebraska
|
765
|
86 |
Banner County, Nebraska
|
760
|
87 |
Hooker County, Nebraska
|
727
|
88 |
Thomas County, Nebraska
|
676
|
89 |
Grant County, Nebraska
|
629
|
90 |
Loup County, Nebraska
|
589
|
91 |
Blaine County, Nebraska
|
514
|
92 |
McPherson County, Nebraska
|
509
|
93 |
Arthur County, Nebraska
|
486
|