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Butler County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 32 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31023

Within Nebraska
Butler County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
8,507
+152 (+1.8%) since 2020
Land area
584.8
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
14.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
David City
Seat of county government.
Established
1868
157 years ago
Largest city
David City city
Population 3,068.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Butler County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Butler County, Nebraska from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 691 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Butler County ranks

Position among the 93 counties of Nebraska, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn NebraskaNationally
Population8,50732nd of 932,536th of 3,144
Land area584.8 sq mi44th of 931,682nd of 3,144
Population density14.5 per sq mi29th of 932,411th of 3,144
Median household income$79,26812th of 93613th of 3,143

Full data for Butler County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,507Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,355Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,369Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area584.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area590.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?14.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$79,268American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$184,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,524American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,039American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+7
112 births, 105 deaths
Net migration
+35
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering Butler County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Saunders CountyNebraska28 mi23,702
Polk CountyNebraska24 mi5,270
Seward CountyNebraska24 mi18,032
Colfax CountyNebraska20 mi10,934
Platte CountyNebraska6.6 mi35,649
Dodge CountyNebraska0.2 mi38,057
Lancaster CountyNebraska0.1 mi334,049
York CountyNebraskaa single point14,564

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 93 counties of Nebraska

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.