Johnson's History of Nebraska

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POPULATION.

The following statement shows the population of Nebraska, by Counties, as taken from the census returns, from 1855--one year after the organization of the Territory--to 1879.

COUNTIES.	1855.	1856.	1860.	1870.	1874.	1875.	1876.	1878.	1879.
Adams	......	........	........	19	2,694	3,093	3,940	5,583	8,162
Antelope	......	........	........	.........	1,387	1,289	1,303	1,575	2,178
Boone	......	........	.......	.........	798	965	1,099	1,503	2,626
Buffalo	......	........	114	193	2,106	2,861	4,396	4,819	6,878
Burt	89	146	338	2,847	3,866	4,041	4,354	4,992	5,165
Butler	......	......	27	1,290	4,027	4,440	4,730	6,025	7,310
Cass	712	1,251	3,369	8,151	10,397	10,452	10,787	11,936	13,435
Cedar.	......	......	246	1,032	1,817	1,979	2,421	2,400	2,775
Chase	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......
Cheyenne	......	......	......	190	449	457	476	899	1,218
Clay	......	......	165	54	3,622	4,183	4,787	7,012	9,373
Colfax	......	......	......	1,424	3,458	3,651	4,187	5,080	5,960
Cuming	......	8	67	2,964	3,644	6,152	6,402	7,744	9,095
Custer	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	371	696
Dakota	86	646	819	2,040	2,759	2,759	3,006	3,107	3,208
Dawson	......	......	16	103	800	1,407	2,133	2,581	3,871
Dixon	......	......	247	1,345	2,842	2,886	3,263	3,512	4,061
Dodge	139	313	309	4,212	6,893	7,534	8,465	98,55	11,579
Douglas	1,028	3,465	4,328	19,982	22,670	24,698	25,722	31,113	36,557
Dundy	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......
Fillmore	......	......	......	238	4,380	4,731	5,373	6,556	8,760
Franklin	......	......	......	26	1,821	1,807	1,953	2,756	4,137
Frontier	......	......	......	......	128	139	243	313	626
Furnas	......	......	......	......	1,342	1,482	1,550	1,810	2,982
Gage	......	......	421	3,359	5,290	5,714	6,021	7,486	9,629
Greeley	......	......	......	......	209	229	194	473	753
Gosper	......	......	......	......	100	261	250	313	622
Hall	......	......	116	1,057	3,842	4,414	4,615	5,119	6,375
Hamilton	......	......	......	130	3,186	3,526	6,253	5,026	6,478
Harlan	......	......	......	......	1,847	2,027	2,140	2,388	4,193
Hayes	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	300	600
Hitchcock	......	......	......	......	......	95	90	132	264
Howard	......	......	......	......	1,339	1,708	1,680	2,329	3,246
Holt	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	1,300	1,839
Jefferson	......	......	122	2,440	3,375	3,814	4,075	5,016	6,280
Johnson	......	......	528	3,429	4,644	4,862	4,908	5,338	6,302
Kearney	......	......	474	58	327	560	803	1,517	2,840
Keith	......	......	......	......	95	124	108	137	274
Knox	......	......	152	261	1,133	1,524	1,248	1,446	2,088
Lancaster	......	125	153	7,074	14,308	15,224	15,407	15,658	18,675
Lincoln	......	......	117	16	2,555	2,855	1,327	1,658	2,017

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COUNTIES.	1855.	1856.	1860.	1870.	1874.	1875.	1876.	1878.	1879.
Madison	......	......	......	1,133	3,335	3,171	3,245	3,683	4,280
Merrick	......	......	109	557	3,092	3,101	3,139	3,786	4,625
Nemaha	604	1,281	3,139	7,593	8,202	9,131	8,276	9,017	10,504
Nuckolls	......	......	22	8	942	1,104	1,381	2,159	2,964
Nance	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	1,000
Otoe	1,188	1,862	4,211	12,345	12,380	13,270	11,756	12,411	13,863
Pawnee	142	301	882	4,171	5,057	4,881	4,793	5,164	5,899
Phelps	......	......	......	......	101	110	151	326	1,275
Pierce	......	......	......	152	557	606	631	565	684
Platte	......	35	782	1,899	3,944	4,378	4,689	6,045	7,587
Polk	......	......	19	136	2,764	3,031	3,356	3,931	5,023
Red Willow	.......	........	........	........	545	694	663	536	963
Richardson	299	532	2,385	9,780	15,000	15,000	11,327	12,509	13,433
Saline	......	......	39	3,106	7,718	8,163	9,227	10,453	12,417
Sarpy	......	......	1,201	2,913	3,164	3,385	3,735	4,196	4,392
Saunders	......	......	......	4,547	8,754	10,382	10,462	12,514	13,528
Seward	......	......	......	2,963	7,429	6,601	6,875	7,991	9,389
Sherman	......	......	......	......	460	496	561	594	1,120
Stanton	......	......	......	636	1,135	1,158	1,223	1,410	1486
Sioux	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	275	550
Thayer	......	......	......	......	1,781	2,139	2,410	3,391	4,535
Valley	......	......	......	......	264	287	749	1,075	1,540
Washington	207	751	1,249	4,452	5,304	6,114	6,286	7,116	8,361
Wayne	......	......	......	182	272	431	299	386	481
Webster	......	......	......	16	2,250	2,590	2,962	4,341	5,947
Wheeler	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	350	700
York	......	......	......	604	4,593	5,266	5,921	7,348	9,112
Unorg'd Ter'y	......	......	2,371	1,660	1,600	3,000	4,000	15,000	17,625
TOTAL	4,494	10,716	28,841	122,993	230,007	246,280	257,747	313,748	386,410

The increase in population, as will be seen by the foregoing statement, has been constant and remarkably rapid. From 1855 to 1860 the increase was 541 per cent.; from 1860 to 1870, it was 326 per cent.; from 1870 to 1875, 100 per cent., and from 1875 to 1879, nearly fifty-seven per cent., or an increase in the last nine years of 214 per cent., and probably 50,000 will be added in 1879.

TABLE OF POPULATION--1879.

COUNTIES.	Males.	Females.	Total.	COUNTIES.	Males.	Females.	Total.
Adams	4,492	3,670	8,162	Cheyenne	788	430	1,218
Antelope	1,199	979	2,178	Clay	5,112	4,261	9,373
Boone	1,462	1,164	2,626	Colfax	3,078	2,882	5,960
Buffalo	3,711	3,167	6,878	Cuming			9,095
Burt	2,865	2,300	5,165	Custer	415	281	696
Butler	3,956	3.354	7,310	Dakota	1,717	1,491	3,208
Cass	7,305	6,130	13,435	Dawson			3,871
Cedar	1,517	1,258	2,775	Dixon	2,129	1,832	4,061

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COUNTIES.	Males.	Females.	Total.	COUNTIES.	Males.	Females.	Total.
Dodge			11,579	Nemaha			10,504
Douglas			36,557	Nuckolls	1,615	1,349	2,964
Dundy				Nance			1,000
Fillmore	4,766	3,994	8,760	Otoe	7,412	6,451	13,863
Franklin	2,245	1,892	4,137	Pawnee	3,102	2,797	5,899
Frontier			626	Phelps			1,276
Furnas	1,711	1,271	2,982	Pierce	357	327	684
Gage	5,196	4,433	9,629	Platte	4,125	3,462	7,587
Greeley	436	317	753	Polk	2,725	2,298	5,023
Gosper	354	268	622	Red Willow	544	419	963
Hall	3,465	2,910	6,375	Richardson	7,227	6,206	13,433
Hamilton	3,527	2,951	6,478	Saline	7,271	5,146	12,417
Harlan			4,193	Sarpy	2,431	1,961	4,392
Hayes			600	Saunders	7,119	6,409	13,528
Hitchcock			264	Seward			9,389
Howard	1,712	1,534	3,246	Sherman	652	468	1,120
Holt	1,063	776	1,839	Stanton	788	698	1,486
Jefferson	3,377	2,903	6,280	Sioux			550
Johnson	3,391	2,911	6,302	Thayer			4,535
Kearney			2,840	Valley	838	702	1,540
Keith			274	Washington			8,361
Knox	1,157	931	2,088	Wayne	269	212	481
Lancaster	10,092	8,583	18,657	Webster	3,233	2,714	5,947
Lincoln	1,130	887	2,017	Wheeler			700
Madison	2,288	1,992	4,280	York	4,944	4,168	9,112
Merrick	2,480	2,145	4,625	Unorg'ized ter'y			17,625
							386,410