Demographics of Furnas County, Nebraska

Furnas County, Nebraska had 4,524 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −100 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Furnas County, in four figures

4,524
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.2%
Change since July 2020: −100 people.; 47.3 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $61,048 ±$2,706
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Furnas County, Nebraska's population shrank 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Furnas County, Nebraska's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Furnas County, Nebraska's population shrank 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Furnas County, Nebraska's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	4,624	100.0	100.0
2021	4,605	99.6	100.2
2022	4,571	98.9	100.7
2023	4,548	98.4	101.6
2024	4,471	96.7	102.5
2025	4,524	97.8	103.1

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Population of Furnas County, Nebraska on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	4,624	−6	+4	0	−9
2021	4,605	−19	−16	0	−6
2022	4,571	−34	−21	+5	−17
2023	4,548	−23	+2	+5	−31
2024	4,471	−77	+5	+8	−90
2025	4,524	+53	+5	+3	+46

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 47.3 ±0.4: for men 45.1 ±0.5 and for women 48.1 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Furnas County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Under 5	256 ±16	5.6% ±0.3	6.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	735 ±67	16.1% ±1.5	18.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	342 ±67	7.5% ±1.5	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	867 ±62	19.0% ±1.3	25.9% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,181 ±77	25.9% ±1.7	23.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,187 ±91	26.0% ±2.0	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $61,048 ±$2,706, and income per person $33,240 ±$2,806, in 2024 dollars. The median is $76,475 ±$633 in Nebraska and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Furnas County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Nebraska	United States
Under $25,000	460 ±77	22.9% ±3.7	13.8% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	365 ±65	18.2% ±3.1	18.0% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	368 ±72	18.3% ±3.5	17.3% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	279 ±49	13.9% ±2.4	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	328 ±62	16.3% ±3.0	18.9% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	161 ±40	8.0% ±2.0	9.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	49 ±18	2.4% ±0.9	9.4% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Furnas County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Nebraska	United States
All ages	582 ±115	13.0% ±2.6	10.6% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	131 ±42	13.3% ±4.1	12.0% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	232 ±69	11.8% ±3.5	10.6% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	219 ±47	14.2% ±2.9	9.1% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Furnas County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Furnas County	Nebraska	United States
Housing units	2,516 ±20	863,444 ±628	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	79.9% ±3.6	92.4% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	20.1% ±3.5	7.6% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	76.3% ±1.8	66.5% ±0.5	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	23.7% ±3.4	33.5% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$98,400 ±$10,206	$238,600 ±$1,365	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$763 ±$119	$1,072 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1949 ±6	1975 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Furnas County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Hispanic or Latino	232 ±0	5.1% ±<0.1	12.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	4,177 ±19	91.4% ±0.4	75.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1 to 33	< 0.1% to 0.7%	4.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 14	0% to 0.3%	2.6% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	18 to 72	0.4% to 1.6%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 10	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 10	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	90 ±30	2.0% ±0.7	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Furnas County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Born in the state	3,150 ±124	69.0% ±2.7	64.1% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,283 ±123	28.1% ±2.7	26.9% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 71	0% to 1.6%	1.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	100 ±37	2.2% ±0.8	8.0% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	14 to 56	0.3% to 1.2%	3.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	65 ±26	1.4% ±0.6	4.6% ±0.2	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Furnas County among the counties of Nebraska

57th of 93 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Nebraska page.

Counties of Nebraska near Furnas County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Boone County	5,355	−0.1%
Polk County	5,270	+1.1%
Johnson County	5,218	−1.4%
Thayer County	4,842	−3.6%
Sheridan County	4,809	−5.7%
Furnas County	4,524	−2.2%
Morrill County	4,404	−3.3%
Nuckolls County	4,100	+0.2%
Valley County	4,094	+0.9%
Chase County	3,718	−4.4%
Kimball County	3,391	−0.5%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 57 Counties by population in Nebraska
No. 65 Counties by population growth in Nebraska

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026