| 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
|