Demographics of Nuckolls County, Nebraska

Nuckolls County, Nebraska had 4,100 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +7 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.

Nuckolls County, in four figures

4,100
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +0.2%
Change since July 2020: +7 people.; 50.6 ±0.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $73,976 ±$4,975
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.

Nuckolls County, Nebraska's population grew 0.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Nuckolls 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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Nuckolls County, Nebraska's population grew 0.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Nuckolls 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	4,093	100.0	100.0
2021	4,072	99.5	100.2
2022	4,076	99.6	100.7
2023	4,100	100.2	101.6
2024	4,096	100.1	102.5
2025	4,100	100.2	103.1

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Population of Nuckolls 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	4,093	−5	−6	0	+1
2021	4,072	−21	−35	+1	+10
2022	4,076	+4	−13	0	+20
2023	4,100	+24	−15	0	+39
2024	4,096	−4	−8	0	+7
2025	4,100	+4	−7	0	+10

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 50.6 ±0.7: for men 50.1 ±0.7 and for women 51.6 ±3.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Nuckolls County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Under 5	199 ±11	4.9% ±0.3	6.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	552 ±62	13.5% ±1.5	18.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	220 ±87	5.4% ±2.1	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	846 ±91	20.7% ±2.2	25.9% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,072 ±96	26.2% ±2.4	23.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,198 ±119	29.3% ±2.9	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $73,976 ±$4,975, and income per person $40,896 ±$2,745, 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 Nuckolls County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Nebraska	United States
Under $25,000	262 ±75	13.7% ±3.9	13.8% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	392 ±84	20.4% ±4.3	18.0% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	335 ±72	17.5% ±3.6	17.3% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	341 ±67	17.8% ±3.4	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	305 ±64	15.9% ±3.3	18.9% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	148 ±64	7.7% ±3.3	9.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	136 ±42	7.1% ±2.2	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 Nuckolls County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Nebraska	United States
All ages	230 ±83	5.7% ±2.1	10.6% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	6 to 34	0.9% to 4.5%	12.0% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	42 to 172	2.4% to 9.7%	10.6% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	103 ±43	6.8% ±2.8	9.1% ±0.3	11.0% ±<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%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Nuckolls County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Nuckolls County	Nebraska	United States
Housing units	2,220 ±24	863,444 ±628	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	86.4% ±3.9	92.4% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	13.6% ±4.0	7.6% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	83.5% ±3.2	66.5% ±0.5	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	16.5% ±4.0	33.5% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$96,500 ±$12,478	$238,600 ±$1,365	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$585 ±$154	$1,072 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1948 ±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 Nuckolls County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Hispanic or Latino	146 ±0	3.6% ±<0.1	12.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	3,784 ±21	92.6% ±0.5	75.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.6%	4.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 10	0% to 0.2%	2.6% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 37	0% to 0.9%	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	134 ±34	3.3% ±0.8	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 Nuckolls County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Nebraska	United States
Born in the state	2,946 ±150	72.1% ±3.7	64.1% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,073 ±159	26.3% ±3.9	26.9% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	4 to 36	0.1% to 0.9%	1.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	14 to 82	0.3% to 2.0%	8.0% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	3 to 61	0.1% to 1.5%	3.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 34	0% to 0.8%	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%.

Nuckolls County among the counties of Nebraska

59th of 93 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Nebraska page.

Counties of Nebraska near Nuckolls County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
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%
Webster County	3,336	−1.6%
Nance County	3,290	−3.0%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 43 Counties by population growth in Nebraska
No. 59 Counties by population 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