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Richardson County, Nebraska

A county in Nebraska, ranked 38 of 93 by population.

CountyFIPS 31147

Within Nebraska
Richardson County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
7,530
-332 (-4.2%) since 2020
Land area
551.8
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
13.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Falls City
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Falls City city
Population 3,988.

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 Richardson 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 Richardson 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 434 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 Richardson 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
Population7,53038th of 932,611th of 3,144
Land area551.8 sq mi69th of 931,893rd of 3,144
Population density13.6 per sq mi32nd of 932,434th of 3,144
Median household income$60,10880th of 932,074th of 3,143

Full data for Richardson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,530Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,862Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,874Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area551.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area554.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,108American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$100,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,554American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,073American 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
-71
78 births, 149 deaths
Net migration
+8
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 Richardson 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
Holt CountyMissouri29 mi4,200
Nemaha CountyNebraska24 mi7,102
Brown CountyKansas24 mi9,104
Pawnee CountyNebraska18 mi2,510
Nemaha CountyKansas12 mi10,054
Doniphan CountyKansas1.7 mi7,594

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.