York County

Also known as York County, Nebraska, York County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Founded: March 16, 1855 (created), April 26, 1870 (organized)
Seat: York
Largest city: York
Total: 575.829 sq mi (1,491.39 km )
Land: 572.516 sq mi (1,482.81 km )
Water: 3.313 sq mi (8.58 km ) 0.58%
Estimate 2025: 14,564
Density: 24.672/sq mi (9.5258/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
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York County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,125, and was estimated to be 14,564 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is York.

In the Nebraska license plate system, York County was represented by the prefix "17" (as it had the 17th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).