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Dodge County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 6 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31053

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

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Population
38,057
+958 (+2.6%) since 2020
Land area
528.8
square miles. A further 2.6% of the total area is water
Population density
72.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fremont
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Fremont city
Population 28,350.

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 Dodge 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 Dodge 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 664 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 Dodge 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
Population38,0576th of 931,239th of 3,144
Land area528.8 sq mi74th of 931,982nd of 3,144
Population density72.0 per sq mi6th of 931,160th of 3,144
Median household income$74,32924th of 93884th of 3,143

Full data for Dodge County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population38,057Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202037,099Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?37,159Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area528.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area543 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?72.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,329American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$208,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,168American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,725American 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
-2
499 births, 501 deaths
Net migration
+125
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 7 areas bordering Dodge 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
Washington CountyNebraska26 mi21,302
Saunders CountyNebraska26 mi23,702
Colfax CountyNebraska20 mi10,934
Cuming CountyNebraska18 mi8,823
Burt CountyNebraska9.7 mi6,678
Douglas CountyNebraska7.4 mi606,460
Butler CountyNebraska0.2 mi8,507

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.