Is Nebraska's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 12,400 between 2024 and 2025. That’s more than the population of the city of Beatrice. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Nebraska’s 0.62% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state. In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Nebraska’s population grew by 5.9%.
+12.4K
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.62%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Nebraska's population increased in 25 of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when it gained 17,500 residents. The state's smallest increase during the 21st century occurred between 2020 and 2021 when it gained 1,400 residents.
Nebraska gained 12,400 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 1901–2025
What contributes to population change in Nebraska?
A state’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 to 2025 natural population change was positive in Nebraska, with births exceeding deaths by 6,100.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Nebraska’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 6,600 more people coming from another country to Nebraska than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between states: Nebraska’s population change from domestic migration was negative, with about 366 more people leaving for another state than moving in.
Between 2024 and 2025, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Nebraska.
Components of population change, 2011–2025
Which counties in Nebraska are growing? Which are shrinking?
Among 93 county equivalents, Douglas County had the largest population growth in Nebraska, welcoming 5,557 new residents. Hall County lost the most, with a loss of 258 residents. County-level population data is available as of 2025.
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Kimball County led Nebraska in percent population increase between 2024 and 2025 at 2.8 percent. Arthur County ranked last with a 5 percent decline.
Between 2024 and 2025, Kimball County gained 2.8% in population, the largest increase in Nebraska.
Population change
How does population change in Nebraska compare to other states?
Between 2015 and 2025, Nebraska’s population has increased by 5.9%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.2%. Nebraska ranks 17th among states in population growth over that decade.
Nebraska ranked 17th in population growth between 2015 and 2025.
Percent change in population
Population change between 2024 and 2025, by county in Nebraska
| County | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kimball County, NE | +2.8% |
| 2. | Banner County, NE | +2.4% |
| 3. | Thurston County, NE | +2.2% |
| 4. | Frontier County, NE | +1.9% |
| 5. | Sarpy County, NE | +1.8% |
| 6. | Perkins County, NE | +1.5% |
| 7. | Wayne County, NE | +1.2% |
| 8. | Furnas County, NE | +1.2% |
| 9. | Saunders County, NE | +1.1% |
| 10. | Douglas County, NE | +0.92% |
Population change between 2015 and 2025, by state
| State | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Idaho | +22% |
| 2. | Utah | +17.9% |
| 3. | Florida | +16.5% |
| 4. | Texas | +15.8% |
| 5. | Nevada | +14.9% |
| 6. | South Carolina | +14.8% |
| 7. | Arizona | +13.7% |
| 8. | North Carolina | +12.4% |
| 9. | Delaware | +12.2% |
| 10. | Washington state | +11.4% |
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