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Chase County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 61 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31029

Within Nebraska
Chase County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Imperial, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
3,718
-173 (-4.4%) since 2020
Land area
894.4
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
4.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Imperial
Seat of county government.
Established
1886
139 years ago
Largest city
Imperial city
Population 1,962.

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 Chase 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 Chase 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 800 by 551 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 Chase 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
Population3,71861st of 932,902nd of 3,144
Land area894.4 sq mi21st of 93878th of 3,144
Population density4.2 per sq mi64th of 932,813th of 3,144
Median household income$68,17351st of 931,326th of 3,143

Full data for Chase County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,718Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,891Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,897Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area894.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area897.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?4.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,173American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$165,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,476American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,870American 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
-16
46 births, 62 deaths
Net migration
+18
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 5 areas bordering Chase 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
Dundy CountyNebraska37 mi1,568
Perkins CountyNebraska37 mi2,849
Hayes CountyNebraska24 mi821
Phillips CountyColorado18 mi4,420
Yuma CountyColorado6.3 mi9,896

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.