Demographics of Hitchcock County, Nebraska

Hitchcock County, Nebraska had 2,467 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −156 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.

Hitchcock County, in four figures

2,467
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −5.9%
Change since July 2020: −156 people.; 45.5 ±1.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $51,567 ±$2,481
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.

Hitchcock County, Nebraska's population shrank 5.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Hitchcock 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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Hitchcock County, Nebraska's population shrank 5.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Hitchcock 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	2,623	100.0	100.0
2021	2,605	99.3	100.2
2022	2,615	99.7	100.7
2023	2,563	97.7	101.6
2024	2,485	94.7	102.5
2025	2,467	94.1	103.1

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Population of Hitchcock 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	2,623	+5	−3	0	+8
2021	2,605	−18	−18	0	−1
2022	2,615	+10	−21	0	+31
2023	2,563	−52	−3	+1	−50
2024	2,485	−78	−8	+1	−73
2025	2,467	−18	−8	+1	−10

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 45.5 ±1.2: for men 43.8 ±1.6 and for women 46.9 ±2.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Hitchcock County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Under 5	145 ±8	5.6% ±0.3	6.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	459 ±30	17.9% ±1.2	18.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	140 ±43	5.4% ±1.7	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	525 ±45	20.4% ±1.8	25.9% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	622 ±47	24.2% ±1.8	23.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	678 ±70	26.4% ±2.7	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $51,567 ±$2,481, and income per person $29,954 ±$2,106, 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 Hitchcock County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Nebraska	United States
Under $25,000	257 ±52	23.1% ±4.4	13.8% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	259 ±60	23.3% ±5.2	18.0% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	260 ±59	23.4% ±5.1	17.3% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	91 ±27	8.2% ±2.4	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	155 ±44	14.0% ±3.8	18.9% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	38 ±16	3.4% ±1.4	9.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	51 ±24	4.6% ±2.1	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 Hitchcock County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Nebraska	United States
All ages	323 ±91	12.8% ±3.6	10.6% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	79 ±31	13.3% ±5.0	12.0% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	142 ±52	13.2% ±4.7	10.6% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	102 ±31	11.8% ±3.5	9.1% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Hitchcock County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Hitchcock County	Nebraska	United States
Housing units	1,561 ±26	863,444 ±628	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	71.2% ±4.4	92.4% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	28.8% ±4.1	7.6% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	78.7% ±3.5	66.5% ±0.5	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	21.3% ±4.9	33.5% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$96,700 ±$7,058	$238,600 ±$1,365	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$714 ±$98	$1,072 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1950 ±5	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 Hitchcock County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Hispanic or Latino	108 ±0	4.2% ±<0.1	12.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	2,362 ±15	91.9% ±0.6	75.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 4	0% to 0.2%	4.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	17 ±7	0.7% ±0.3	2.6% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	2 to 12	0.1% to 0.5%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 10	0% to 0.4%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 15	0% to 0.6%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	67 ±17	2.6% ±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 Hitchcock County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Born in the state	1,626 ±108	63.3% ±4.2	64.1% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	902 ±102	35.1% ±4.0	26.9% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 20	0% to 0.8%	1.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	14 to 48	0.5% to 1.9%	8.0% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	7 to 37	0.3% to 1.4%	3.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2 to 16	0.1% to 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%.

Hitchcock County among the counties of Nebraska

72nd of 93 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Nebraska page.

Counties of Nebraska near Hitchcock County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Perkins County	2,849	−0.3%
Brown County	2,826	−2.6%
Franklin County	2,795	−3.1%
Frontier County	2,655	+5.9%
Pawnee County	2,510	−1.0%
Hitchcock County	2,467	−5.9%
Greeley County	2,154	−1.3%
Deuel County	1,862	+1.6%
Garden County	1,804	−4.5%
Gosper County	1,803	−4.9%
Garfield County	1,710	−5.4%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Counties in Nebraska by poverty rate
No. 3 Counties in Nebraska by homeownership rate
No. 8 Counties in Nebraska by median age
No. 24 Counties in Nebraska by median rent
No. 49 Counties in Nebraska by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 60 Counties in Nebraska by per capita income

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