How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 98.2°W, standard parallels 40.5°N and 42.5°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
How it works
This Nebraska county map printable shows all 93 counties of Nebraska, from Adams to York, with Lincoln, the capital, in Lancaster County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 93 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Adams and 93 on York, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Nebraska on the map
Cherry County, in the Sandhills on the South Dakota border, is the largest county, bigger than Connecticut. Its neighbors, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming, are drawn around it without numbers.
Print Numbered and start with the two biggest cities: Omaha in Douglas County and Lincoln in Lancaster.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Nebraska have?
Ninety-three in the Census Bureau count, from Adams County to York County in alphabetical order; with so many, the numbered sheet is busy.
What county is Lincoln in?
Lincoln stands in Lancaster County, which is number 55 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Lincoln beside it.
Which is the largest county in Nebraska?
Cherry County, in the Sandhills of the north. Douglas County, around Omaha, has the most people.
Which county of Nebraska has the most people?
Douglas County, around Omaha, has more people than any other county in Nebraska, while the capital, Lincoln, is in Lancaster County.