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Holt County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 26 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31089

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

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Population
10,067
-28 (-0.3%) since 2020
Land area
2,412
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
4.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
O'Neill
Seat of county government.
Established
1876
149 years ago
Largest city
O'Neill city
Population 3,567.

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 Holt 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 Holt 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 709 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 Holt 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
Population10,06726th of 932,400th of 3,144
Land area2,412 sq mi5th of 93226th of 3,144
Population density4.2 per sq mi63rd of 932,812th of 3,144
Median household income$68,51348th of 931,299th of 3,143

Full data for Holt County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,067Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,095Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,119Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,412 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,418 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?4.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,513American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$165,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,050American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,900American 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
-17
113 births, 130 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 8 areas bordering Holt 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
Boyd CountyNebraska55 mi1,674
Rock CountyNebraska51 mi1,259
Antelope CountyNebraska24 mi6,352
Garfield CountyNebraska24 mi1,710
Wheeler CountyNebraska24 mi789
Knox CountyNebraska23 mi8,335
Loup CountyNebraska0.6 mi570
Keya Paha CountyNebraskaa single point792

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.