| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 308 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:54:24 PM |
| Population: | 1,673 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 31045 |
| Land Area: | 1,709 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 4 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 42.6371, -103.4599 |
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8,139 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,709 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 9,243 to 8,139 from 2014 to 2024 — a -11.9% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 69354 (Marsland, $99,018 median) and poorest ZIP 69337 (Chadron, $54,306) are 40.6 miles apart — a 1.8× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.9× across this county — from $57,100 in 69367 (Whitney) to $163,800 in 69337 (Chadron).
Density varies 35× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 69367 (Whitney) to 11 in 69337 (Chadron).
Educational attainment ranges from 29.5% bachelor's+ in 69339 (Crawford) to 43.6% in 69354 (Marsland) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #78 most populous of 107 counties and ranks #15 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $57,253 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
36.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,881 of 5,191 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Dawes County lost 7.3% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: