Pierce County

Also known as Pierce County, Nebraska, Pierce County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Named after: Franklin Pierce
Seat: Pierce
Largest city: Pierce
Total: 575 sq mi (1,490 km )
Land: 573 sq mi (1,480 km )
Water: 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km ) 0.2%
Estimate 2025: 7,378
Density: 12.8/sq mi (4.93/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 3rd

Article

Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 7,317. Its county seat is Pierce. The county was formed in 1859, and was named for US President Franklin Pierce. Pierce County is part of the Norfolk, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area. In the Nebraska license plate system, Pierce County is represented by the prefix 40 (it had the 40th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

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