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Kearney County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 42 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31099

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

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Population
6,790
+100 (+1.5%) since 2020
Land area
516.2
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
13.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Minden
Seat of county government.
Established
1860
165 years ago
Largest city
Minden city
Population 3,133.

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 Kearney 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 Kearney 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 786 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 Kearney 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
Population6,79042nd of 932,671st of 3,144
Land area516.2 sq mi75th of 932,021st of 3,144
Population density13.2 per sq mi35th of 932,446th of 3,144
Median household income$78,63115th of 93643rd of 3,143

Full data for Kearney County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,790Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,690Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,686Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area516.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.16 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area516.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,631American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$223,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,814American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,988American 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
+6
81 births, 75 deaths
Net migration
+19
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 6 areas bordering Kearney 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
Buffalo CountyNebraska26 mi51,172
Franklin CountyNebraska24 mi2,795
Adams CountyNebraska23 mi31,071
Phelps CountyNebraska21 mi8,994
Webster CountyNebraska0.2 mi3,336
Harlan CountyNebraskaa single point3,000

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.