Demographics of Lincoln County, Nebraska

Lincoln County, Nebraska had 33,303 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −1,231 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.

Lincoln County, in four figures

33,303
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −3.6%
Change since July 2020: −1,231 people.; 42.4 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $65,148 ±$4,966
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.

Lincoln County, Nebraska's population shrank 3.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Lincoln 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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Lincoln County, Nebraska's population shrank 3.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Lincoln 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	34,534	100.0	100.0
2021	34,084	98.7	100.2
2022	33,629	97.4	100.7
2023	33,479	96.9	101.6
2024	33,285	96.4	102.5
2025	33,303	96.4	103.1

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Population of Lincoln 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	34,534	−142	−40	0	−97
2021	34,084	−450	−123	+7	−335
2022	33,629	−455	−173	+32	−312
2023	33,479	−150	−98	+84	−131
2024	33,285	−194	−97	+63	−155
2025	33,303	+18	−100	+38	+82

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.4 ±0.4: for men 42.0 ±1.3 and for women 42.9 ±0.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Lincoln County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Under 5	1,870 ±25	5.5% ±0.1	6.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,868 ±362	17.4% ±1.1	18.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,518 ±244	7.4% ±0.7	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,894 ±441	23.4% ±1.3	25.9% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,526 ±423	25.2% ±1.3	23.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	7,126 ±481	21.1% ±1.4	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $65,148 ±$4,966, and income per person $35,420 ±$1,444, 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 Lincoln County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Nebraska	United States
Under $25,000	2,599 ±395	17.5% ±2.6	13.8% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,109 ±411	20.9% ±2.7	18.0% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,680 ±419	18.0% ±2.8	17.3% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,205 ±289	14.8% ±1.9	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,479 ±294	16.6% ±2.0	18.9% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,101 ±197	7.4% ±1.3	9.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	717 ±159	4.8% ±1.1	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 Lincoln County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Nebraska	United States
All ages	4,071 ±756	12.4% ±2.3	10.6% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,181 ±411	15.9% ±5.4	12.0% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,729 ±395	10.9% ±2.5	10.6% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,161 ±263	12.1% ±2.7	9.1% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Lincoln County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lincoln County	Nebraska	United States
Housing units	16,624 ±104	863,444 ±628	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.6% ±1.5	92.4% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.4% ±1.9	7.6% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	65.6% ±2.7	66.5% ±0.5	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	34.4% ±3.0	33.5% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$189,500 ±$7,482	$238,600 ±$1,365	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$900 ±$44	$1,072 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1970 ±2	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 Lincoln County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Hispanic or Latino	3,136 ±0	9.3% ±<0.1	12.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	29,064 ±137	86.0% ±0.4	75.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	275 ±91	0.8% ±0.3	4.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	222 ±55	0.7% ±0.2	2.6% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	202 ±75	0.6% ±0.2	0.6% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 14	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	7 to 233	< 0.1% to 0.7%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	779 ±152	2.3% ±0.4	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 Lincoln County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Born in the state	24,062 ±669	71.2% ±2.0	64.1% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,685 ±581	25.7% ±1.7	26.9% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	47 to 155	0.1% to 0.5%	1.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	954 ±282	2.8% ±0.8	8.0% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	400 ±155	1.2% ±0.5	3.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	554 ±226	1.6% ±0.7	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%.

Lincoln County among the counties of Nebraska

10th of 93 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Nebraska page.

Counties of Nebraska near Lincoln County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Buffalo County	51,172	+1.9%
Dodge County	38,057	+2.6%
Madison County	36,106	+1.6%
Platte County	35,649	+3.9%
Scotts Bluff County	35,586	−1.3%
Lincoln County	33,303	−3.6%
Adams County	31,071	−0.3%
Cass County	27,657	+3.9%
Dawson County	24,452	+1.5%
Saunders County	23,702	+6.0%
Gage County	21,711	+0.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 10 Counties by population in Nebraska
No. 76 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