6,358 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.3% since 2020)
857 square miles of land · 7 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
7 active community water systems list Antelope County in the area they serve, reporting 3,700 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NELIGH, CITY OF groundwater · local government · NE3100305 | 1,592 served |
| ELGIN, CITY OF groundwater · local government · NE3100307 | 717 served |
| ORCHARD, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3100304 | 379 served |
| OAKDALE, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3100302 | 322 served |
| CLEARWATER, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3100308 | 320 served |
| BRUNSWICK, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3100309 | 190 served |
| ROYAL, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3100303 | 180 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 29 people were held in Antelope County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 808 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 6.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
3 school districts have their office in Antelope County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $9.4 million — $7.6 million to run schools, about $17,364 per student, plus $366,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $725,000 federal. Long-term debt: $33.6 million.
Spent $7 million — $6.3 million to run schools, about $17,892 per student, plus $145,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $671,000 federal. Long-term debt: $34,000.
Spent $4.4 million — $3.8 million to run schools, about $19,416 per student, plus $71,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $247,000 federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Antelope County about $9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
162 bridges in Antelope County: 47 in good condition, 91 fair, and 24 poor (14.8%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US275 over CEDAR CREEK · built 1935 | 3,500 vehicles a day |
| 839TH RD over CEDAR CREEK · built 1977 | 375 vehicles a day |
| 516TH AVE over S BR VERDIGRE CREEK · built 1935 | 255 vehicles a day |
| COLL 7651 over STREAM · built 1995 | 255 vehicles a day |
| COLL 7651 over ELKHORN RIVER · built 1965 | 255 vehicles a day |
| CITY STREET over ELKHORN RIVER · built 1912 | 250 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.9 million of work in Antelope County in fiscal 2025, about $305 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Nebraska are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Antelope County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Antelope County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Pierce County (24 mi) · Wheeler County (30 mi) · Madison County (30 mi) · Knox County (32 mi) · Boone County (33 mi) · Holt County (42 mi).