Colfax County
Also known as Colfax County, Nebraska, Colfax County, NE
county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- February 15, 1869
- Named after
- Schuyler Colfax
- Seat
- Schuyler
- Largest city
- Schuyler
- Total
- 416.517 sq mi (1,078.77 km )
- Land
- 411.460 sq mi (1,065.68 km )
- Water
- 5.057 sq mi (13.10 km ) 1.21%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,934
- Density
- 25.718/sq mi (9.9298/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
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Colfax County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,582, and was estimated to be 10,934 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Schuyler.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Colfax County was represented by the prefix "43" (as it had the 43rd-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).