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AREA AND POPULATION OF NEBRASKA BY COUNTIES
Population 1855-1930
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Counties
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Area in Square Miles
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1930
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1920
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1910
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1900
|
1890
|
1885 1
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1880
|
I 870
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1860
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1856
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1855 2
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| The State |
76808
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1,377,963
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1,296,372
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1,192,214
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1,066,300
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1,058,910
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740,645
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1,452,402
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122,993
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28,841
|
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| Counties |
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| Adams |
565
|
26,275
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22,621
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20,900
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18,840
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24,303
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18,004
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10,235
|
19
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| Antelope |
872
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15,206
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15,243
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14,003
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11,344
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10,399
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9,463
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3,953
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|
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| Arthur |
721
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1,844
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1,412
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| Banner |
742
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1,676
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1,435
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1,444
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1,114
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2,435
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| Blaine |
711
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1,584
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1,778
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1,672
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603
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1,146
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275
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|
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| Boone |
692
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14,738
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14,146
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13,145
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11,689
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8,683
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645
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4,170
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| Box Butte |
1,076
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11,861
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8,407
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6,131
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6,572
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5,494
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|
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|
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| Boyd |
535
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7,169
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8,243
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8,826
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7,382
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695
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| Brown |
1,235
|
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5,772
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6,749
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6,083
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3,470
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4,359
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6,689
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| Buffalo |
945
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24,338
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23,787
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21,907
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20,254
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22,162
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14,543
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7,531
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193
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114
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| Burt |
475
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13,062
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12,559
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12,726
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13,040
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11,069
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10,437
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6,937
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2,847
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388
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146
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86
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| Butler |
583
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14,410
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14,606
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15,403
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15,703
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15,454
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13,314
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9,194
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1,290
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27
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| Calhoun |
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41
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| Cass |
538
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17,684
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18,029
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19,786
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21,330
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24,080
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20,705
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16,683
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8,151
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3,369
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1,251
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712
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| Cedar |
715
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16,427
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16,225
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16,191
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12,467
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7,028
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4,948
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2,899
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1,032
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246
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| Chase |
899
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5,484
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4,939
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8,613
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2,559
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4,807
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170
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70
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| Cherry |
5,979
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10,898
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11,753
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10,414
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6,541
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6,428
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2,919
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| Cheyenne |
1,194
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10,187
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8,405
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4,551
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5,570
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5,693
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1,653
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1,558
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190
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| Clay |
579
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13,571
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14,486
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15,729
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15,735
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16,310
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14,201
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11,294
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54
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165
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| Colfax |
405
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11,434
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11,624
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11,610
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11,211
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10,453
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9,260
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6,588
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1,424
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8
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| Cuming |
577
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14,327
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13,769
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13,782
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14,584
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12,265
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10,170
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5,569
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2,964
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67
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| Custer |
2,588
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26,189
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26,407
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25,668
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19,758
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21,677
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12,399
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2,211
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646
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86
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| Dakota |
253
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9,505
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7,644
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6,564
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6,286
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6,386
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4,507
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3,213
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2,040
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819
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| Dawes |
1,402
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11,493
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10,160
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8,254
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6,215
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9,722
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2,516
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| Dawson |
985
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17,875
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16,004
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15,961
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12,214
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10,129
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6,710
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I 2,909
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103
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16
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| Deuel |
439
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3,992
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3,282
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1,786
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2,630
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2,893
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2,865
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| Dixon |
472
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11,586
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11,815
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11,477
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10,535
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8,084
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6,990
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4,177
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1,345
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247
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| Dodge |
531
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25,273
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23,197
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22,145
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22,298
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19,260
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15,499
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11,263
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4,212
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309
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313
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139
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| Douglas |
927
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232,982
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204,524
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168,546
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140,590
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158,008
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72,658
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37,645
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19,982
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4,328
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3,465
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1,028
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| Dundy |
927
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5,610
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4,869
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4,098
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2,434
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4,012
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432
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37
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| Fillmore |
576
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12,971
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13,671
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14,674
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15,087
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16,022
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13,452
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10,204
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238
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| Fort Randall |
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353
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| Franklin |
578
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9,094
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10,067
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10,303
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9,455
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7,693
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6,588
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5,465
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26
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| Frontier |
975
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8,114
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8,540
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8,572
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8,781
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8,497
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4,107
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934
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1 State census.
2 For census figures of 1854, see Nebraska Blue Book, 1928.
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AREA AND POPULATION OF NEBRASKA BY COUNTIES--Continued
Population, 1855-1930
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Counties
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Area in Square Miles
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1930
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1920
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1910
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1900
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1890
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1885 1
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1880
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I 870
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1860
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1856
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18553
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| Furnas |
721
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12,140
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11,657
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12,083
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12,373
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9,840
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7,063
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6,407
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| Gage |
862
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10,242
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29,721
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10,325
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30,051
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36,344
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26,164 1
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13,164
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3,359
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421
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| Garden |
1,687
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5,099
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4,572
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1,538
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| Garfield |
575
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3,207
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3,496
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3,417
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2,127
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1,659
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1,137
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| Gosper |
464
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4,287
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4,669
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4,933
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5,301
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4,816
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3,839
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1,673
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| Grant |
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484
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| Grant |
780
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1,427
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1,486
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1,097
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763
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458
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| Greeley |
571
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8,442
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8,685
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8,047
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5,691
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4,869
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3,536
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1 1,461
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| Green |
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16
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| Hall |
528
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27,117
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23,720
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20,361
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17,206
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16,513
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13,130 I
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8,572
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1,057
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116
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| Hamilton |
538
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12,159
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13,237
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13,459
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13,330
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14,096
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12,065
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8,267
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130
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| Harlan |
574
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8,957
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9,220
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9,578
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9,370
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8,158
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7,150
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6,086
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| Harrison |
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631
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| Hayes |
722
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3,603
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3,327
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3,011
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2,708
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3,953
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668
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1,119
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| Hitchcock |
724
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7,269
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6,045
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5,415
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4,409
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5,799
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2,388
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1,012
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| Holt |
2,393
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16,509
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17,151
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15,545
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12,224
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13,672
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16,605
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3,287
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| Hooker |
722
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3,180
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1,378
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981
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432
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426
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425
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| Howard |
561
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10,020
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10,739
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10,783
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10,343
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9,430
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7,129
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4,391
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| Jefferson |
578
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16,409
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16,140
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16,852
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15,196
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14,850
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11,893
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8,096
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2,440
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| Johnson |
374
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9,157
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8,940
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10,187
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11,197
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10,333
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10,089
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7,595
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3,429
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528
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| Jones |
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122
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| Kearney |
516
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8,094
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8,583
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9,106
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9,866
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9,061
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7,787
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4,072
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58
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474
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| Keith |
1,068
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6,721
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5,294
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3,692
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1,951
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2,556
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1,140
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194
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| Keya Paha |
775
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3,203
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3,594
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3,452
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3,076
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3,920
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1,413
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| Kimball |
958
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4,675
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4,498
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1,942
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758 1
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959
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942
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| Knox |
1,114
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19,110
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18,894
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18,358
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14,343
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8,582
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7,279
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1 3,666
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261
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152
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| Lancaster |
853
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100,324
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85,902
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73,793
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64,835
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76,395
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39,719
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28,090
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7,074
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153
|
125
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| Lincoln |
2,536
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25,627
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23,420
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15,684
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11,416
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10,441
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5,002
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3,632
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17
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| Logan |
573
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2014
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1,596
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1,521
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960
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1,378
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456
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| Loup |
576
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1,818
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1,946
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2,188
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1,305
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1,662
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976
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| Lyon |
|
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78
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| McPherson |
846
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1,358
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1,692
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2,470
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517
|
401
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394
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| Madison |
576
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26037
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22,511
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19,101
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16,976
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13,669
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9,871
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5,589
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1,133
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2
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| Merrick |
463
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10,619
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10,763
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10,379
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9,255
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8,758
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7,223
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5,341
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557
|
109
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| Monroe |
|
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235
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| Morrill |
1,417
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9,50
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9,151
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4,584
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|
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| Nance |
446
|
8,718
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8,712
|
8,926
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8,222
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5,773
|
3,829
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1,212
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44
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1 State census.
2 With Platte county.
3 For census figures of 1854, see Nebraska Blue Book, 1928,
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