U.S. Census Bureau · Vintage 2024
Nebraska: population and components of change
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024: County Population Totals and Components of Change 2020-2024 (CO-EST2024-ALLDATA). Figures cover the April 1, 2020 estimates base through July 1, 2024; data fetched 2026-10-30T08:41:21Z.
Values are printed as the U.S. Census Bureau reports them. A blank source value is printed as “not available”.
| Item | Value | As reported |
|---|---|---|
| State | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| State FIPS code | 31 | 31 |
| Census region (code) | 2 | 2 |
| Census division (code) | 4 | 4 |
| Estimates base, April 1, 2020 | 1,961,996 | 1961996 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2020 | 1,963,387 | 1963387 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2021 | 1,964,537 | 1964537 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2022 | 1,972,246 | 1972246 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2023 | 1,987,864 | 1987864 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2024 | 2,005,465 | 2005465 |
| Numeric population change, 2023 to 2024 | 17,601 | 17601 |
| Births, year to July 1, 2024 | 24,443 | 24443 |
| Deaths, year to July 1, 2024 | 18,308 | 18308 |
| Natural change (births minus deaths), year to July 1, 2024 | 6,135 | 6135 |
| International migration, year to July 1, 2024 | 12,978 | 12978 |
| Domestic migration, year to July 1, 2024 | -1,498 | -1498 |
| Residual, year to July 1, 2024 | -14 | -14 |
| Birth rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 12.2419 | 12.241916456 |
| Death rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 9.1693 | 9.1692920869 |
| Natural change rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 3.0726 | 3.0726243693 |
| International migration rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 6.4998 | 6.4998401083 |
| Domestic migration rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | -0.7503 | -0.750251231 |
| Group quarters population, July 1, 2024 | 47,789 | 47789 |
Values as reported by the source: state_name=Nebraska, state_fips=31, region=2, division=4, estimates_base_2020=1961996, pop_2020=1963387, pop_2021=1964537, pop_2022=1972246, pop_2023=1987864, pop_2024=2005465, npopchg_2024=17601, births_2024=24443, deaths_2024=18308, naturalchg_2024=6135, internationalmig_2024=12978, domesticmig_2024=-1498, residual_2024=-14, rbirth_2024=12.241916456, rdeath_2024=9.1692920869, rnaturalchg_2024=3.0726243693, rinternationalmig_2024=6.4998401083, rdomesticmig_2024=-0.750251231, gq_estimates_2024=47789
Counties and county equivalents in Nebraska
These county records carry the same state FIPS code as this state record.
| County FIPS code | County | Resident population, July 1, 2020 | Resident population, July 1, 2024 | Numeric population change, 2023 to 2024 | Births, year to July 1, 2024 | Deaths, year to July 1, 2024 | Natural change (births minus deaths), year to July 1, 2024 | International migration, year to July 1, 2024 | Domestic migration, year to July 1, 2024 | Residual, year to July 1, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Adams County | 31,176 | 31,196 | 304 | 364 | 363 | 1 | 71 | 235 | -3 |
| 003 | Antelope County | 6,279 | 6,358 | 67 | 74 | 52 | 22 | 3 | 42 | 0 |
| 005 | Arthur County | 432 | 423 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 007 | Banner County | 678 | 665 | -6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | -7 | 0 |
| 009 | Blaine County | 428 | 454 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 011 | Boone County | 5,357 | 5,354 | 34 | 66 | 69 | -3 | 9 | 30 | -2 |
| 013 | Box Butte County | 10,819 | 10,703 | -2 | 117 | 127 | -10 | 60 | -53 | 1 |
| 015 | Boyd County | 1,803 | 1,700 | -39 | 8 | 24 | -16 | 4 | -26 | -1 |
| 017 | Brown County | 2,903 | 2,877 | 0 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 20 | -23 | 1 |
| 019 | Buffalo County | 50,204 | 51,156 | 460 | 586 | 393 | 193 | 108 | 159 | 0 |
| 021 | Burt County | 6,724 | 6,727 | -3 | 65 | 111 | -46 | 2 | 43 | -2 |
| 023 | Butler County | 8,356 | 8,439 | -3 | 87 | 100 | -13 | -3 | 13 | 0 |
| 025 | Cass County | 26,608 | 27,492 | 34 | 257 | 264 | -7 | 26 | 15 | 0 |
| 027 | Cedar County | 8,373 | 8,262 | 18 | 62 | 112 | -50 | 2 | 67 | -1 |
| 029 | Chase County | 3,889 | 3,764 | 3 | 46 | 52 | -6 | 32 | -22 | -1 |
| 031 | Cherry County | 5,457 | 5,558 | 31 | 74 | 58 | 16 | 20 | -6 | 1 |
| 033 | Cheyenne County | 9,486 | 9,602 | 53 | 99 | 95 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 1 |
| 035 | Clay County | 6,110 | 6,103 | -41 | 72 | 78 | -6 | 10 | -45 | 0 |
| 037 | Colfax County | 10,556 | 10,826 | 130 | 164 | 76 | 88 | 196 | -154 | 0 |
| 039 | Cuming County | 9,011 | 8,952 | 1 | 136 | 113 | 23 | 9 | -31 | 0 |
| 041 | Custer County | 10,492 | 10,487 | -125 | 149 | 129 | 20 | 3 | -148 | 0 |
| 043 | Dakota County | 21,556 | 21,335 | -5 | 423 | 213 | 210 | 119 | -333 | -1 |
| 045 | Dawes County | 8,155 | 8,003 | -142 | 69 | 104 | -35 | -2 | -107 | 2 |
| 047 | Dawson County | 24,082 | 24,554 | 161 | 376 | 212 | 164 | 476 | -475 | -4 |
| 049 | Deuel County | 1,833 | 1,892 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 11 | -1 |
| 051 | Dixon County | 5,585 | 5,526 | -4 | 56 | 67 | -11 | 66 | -58 | -1 |
| 053 | Dodge County | 37,121 | 37,884 | 407 | 531 | 454 | 77 | 233 | 96 | 1 |
| 055 | Douglas County | 585,451 | 601,158 | 7,513 | 8,017 | 4,734 | 3,283 | 5,307 | -1,083 | 6 |
| 057 | Dundy County | 1,651 | 1,581 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 059 | Fillmore County | 5,569 | 5,512 | -27 | 64 | 77 | -13 | 1 | -15 | 0 |
| 061 | Franklin County | 2,890 | 2,817 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 063 | Frontier County | 2,503 | 2,536 | -62 | 18 | 38 | -20 | 0 | -41 | -1 |
| 065 | Furnas County | 4,632 | 4,468 | -87 | 51 | 44 | 7 | 7 | -100 | -1 |
| 067 | Gage County | 21,652 | 21,687 | 50 | 229 | 324 | -95 | 3 | 143 | -1 |
| 069 | Garden County | 1,889 | 1,804 | 0 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 0 | 8 | -1 |
| 071 | Garfield County | 1,805 | 1,707 | -51 | 21 | 39 | -18 | 0 | -34 | 1 |
| 073 | Gosper County | 1,895 | 1,808 | -29 | 13 | 28 | -15 | 0 | -14 | 0 |
| 075 | Grant County | 616 | 573 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 077 | Greeley County | 2,179 | 2,197 | -21 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1 | -31 | 2 |
| 079 | Hall County | 62,776 | 62,869 | 211 | 943 | 550 | 393 | 676 | -853 | -5 |
| 081 | Hamilton County | 9,402 | 9,564 | 36 | 94 | 104 | -10 | -1 | 47 | 0 |
| 083 | Harlan County | 3,054 | 3,018 | -28 | 30 | 46 | -16 | 8 | -21 | 1 |
| 085 | Hayes County | 849 | 846 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -1 |
| 087 | Hitchcock County | 2,621 | 2,460 | -90 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 1 | -77 | -1 |
| 089 | Holt County | 10,105 | 10,120 | -32 | 142 | 120 | 22 | 26 | -79 | -1 |
| 091 | Hooker County | 707 | 698 | 21 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 23 | -1 |
| 093 | Howard County | 6,486 | 6,572 | 8 | 85 | 76 | 9 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 095 | Jefferson County | 7,260 | 7,136 | 39 | 85 | 110 | -25 | 23 | 44 | -3 |
| 097 | Johnson County | 5,295 | 5,219 | 4 | 37 | 65 | -28 | 4 | 29 | -1 |
| 099 | Kearney County | 6,692 | 6,749 | 22 | 79 | 71 | 8 | -1 | 14 | 1 |
| 101 | Keith County | 8,326 | 8,148 | -7 | 84 | 117 | -33 | 6 | 20 | 0 |
| 103 | Keya Paha County | 760 | 819 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 105 | Kimball County | 3,408 | 3,305 | -11 | 32 | 44 | -12 | 26 | -25 | 0 |
| 107 | Knox County | 8,392 | 8,306 | -35 | 62 | 125 | -63 | 7 | 21 | 0 |
| 109 | Lancaster County | 323,171 | 332,857 | 4,063 | 3,661 | 2,610 | 1,051 | 3,080 | -81 | 13 |
| 111 | Lincoln County | 34,535 | 33,319 | -138 | 348 | 433 | -85 | 105 | -156 | -2 |
| 113 | Logan County | 718 | 694 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 |
| 115 | Loup County | 605 | 582 | -5 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 0 | -4 | 2 |
| 119 | Madison County | 35,530 | 35,579 | -148 | 466 | 392 | 74 | 185 | -404 | -3 |
| 117 | McPherson County | 396 | 376 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | -1 |
| 121 | Merrick County | 7,660 | 7,837 | 91 | 85 | 89 | -4 | 6 | 92 | -3 |
| 123 | Morrill County | 4,558 | 4,485 | -46 | 59 | 63 | -4 | 26 | -68 | 0 |
| 125 | Nance County | 3,394 | 3,262 | 1 | 33 | 57 | -24 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 127 | Nemaha County | 7,085 | 7,046 | -18 | 70 | 108 | -38 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 129 | Nuckolls County | 4,091 | 4,094 | -9 | 40 | 55 | -15 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 131 | Otoe County | 15,903 | 16,591 | 143 | 176 | 211 | -35 | 192 | -13 | -1 |
| 133 | Pawnee County | 2,541 | 2,521 | 10 | 26 | 50 | -24 | 4 | 30 | 0 |
| 135 | Perkins County | 2,861 | 2,779 | -23 | 22 | 35 | -13 | 7 | -16 | -1 |
| 137 | Phelps County | 8,977 | 9,042 | -57 | 120 | 101 | 19 | 10 | -85 | -1 |
| 139 | Pierce County | 7,344 | 7,334 | 30 | 99 | 64 | 35 | 5 | -10 | 0 |
| 141 | Platte County | 34,291 | 35,499 | 465 | 462 | 258 | 204 | 535 | -271 | -3 |
| 143 | Polk County | 5,218 | 5,269 | 57 | 56 | 86 | -30 | 8 | 81 | -2 |
| 145 | Red Willow County | 10,684 | 10,409 | -103 | 108 | 159 | -51 | 14 | -67 | 1 |
| 147 | Richardson County | 7,860 | 7,666 | -42 | 71 | 96 | -25 | -1 | -14 | -2 |
| 149 | Rock County | 1,265 | 1,241 | -18 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 0 | -8 | 1 |
| 151 | Saline County | 14,715 | 14,740 | 89 | 173 | 151 | 22 | 106 | -39 | 0 |
| 153 | Sarpy County | 191,181 | 204,828 | 4,351 | 2,402 | 1,296 | 1,106 | 899 | 2,348 | -2 |
| 155 | Saunders County | 22,370 | 23,406 | -65 | 256 | 213 | 43 | 7 | -113 | -2 |
| 157 | Scotts Bluff County | 36,051 | 35,734 | 13 | 436 | 427 | 9 | 61 | -57 | 0 |
| 159 | Seward County | 17,610 | 17,769 | 123 | 161 | 181 | -20 | 9 | 134 | 0 |
| 161 | Sheridan County | 5,104 | 4,927 | -5 | 38 | 54 | -16 | 4 | 8 | -1 |
| 163 | Sherman County | 2,953 | 2,949 | -21 | 31 | 42 | -11 | 0 | -11 | 1 |
| 165 | Sioux County | 1,141 | 1,099 | -52 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 2 | -46 | 1 |
| 167 | Stanton County | 5,822 | 5,756 | -69 | 58 | 49 | 9 | 0 | -78 | 0 |
| 169 | Thayer County | 5,024 | 4,870 | 15 | 52 | 78 | -26 | 0 | 42 | -1 |
| 171 | Thomas County | 674 | 634 | -41 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 0 | -29 | 0 |
| 173 | Thurston County | 6,759 | 6,637 | 75 | 142 | 105 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 1 |
| 175 | Valley County | 4,058 | 4,032 | 3 | 48 | 50 | -2 | 1 | 5 | -1 |
| 177 | Washington County | 20,926 | 21,254 | 72 | 228 | 210 | 18 | 15 | 41 | -2 |
| 179 | Wayne County | 9,702 | 9,870 | -12 | 102 | 67 | 35 | 36 | -84 | 1 |
| 181 | Webster County | 3,392 | 3,326 | -18 | 29 | 60 | -31 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 183 | Wheeler County | 775 | 808 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 185 | York County | 14,105 | 14,375 | -11 | 152 | 195 | -43 | 49 | -18 | 1 |