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Colfax County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 22 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31037

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

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Population
10,934
+375 (+3.6%) since 2020
Land area
411.5
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
26.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Schuyler
Seat of county government.
Established
1869
156 years ago
Largest city
Schuyler city
Population 6,800.

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 Colfax 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 Colfax 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 593 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 Colfax 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
Population10,93422nd of 932,348th of 3,144
Land area411.5 sq mi86th of 932,458th of 3,144
Population density26.6 per sq mi17th of 932,024th of 3,144
Median household income$82,5306th of 93493rd of 3,143

Full data for Colfax County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,934Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,559Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,581Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area411.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area416.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?26.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$82,530American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$144,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,707American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,997American 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
+119
178 births, 59 deaths
Net migration
-96
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 5 areas bordering Colfax 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
Platte CountyNebraska25 mi35,649
Butler CountyNebraska20 mi8,507
Dodge CountyNebraska20 mi38,057
Stanton CountyNebraska12 mi5,744
Cuming CountyNebraska5.9 mi8,823

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.