5,354 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
687 square miles of land · 8 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.
5 active community water systems list Boone County in the area they serve, reporting 3,194 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ALBION, CITY OF groundwater · local government · NE3101102 | 1,700 served |
| ST EDWARD, CITY OF groundwater · local government · NE3101105 | 710 served |
| CEDAR RAPIDS, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3101101 | 382 served |
| PETERSBURG, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3101104 | 333 served |
| PRIMROSE, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3101103 | 69 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 5 people were held in Boone County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 159 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 2.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Boone County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $11.8 million — $10.9 million to run schools, about $16,835 per student, plus $247,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.6 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.9 million.
Spent $4 million — $3.5 million to run schools, about $20,227 per student, plus $231,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $667,000 state, $458,000 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Boone County about $12.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
237 bridges in Boone County: 157 in good condition, 73 fair, and 7 poor (3.0%). “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.
| N32 over NORTH SHELL CREEK · built 1973 | 455 vehicles a day |
| FAS 2250 over PLUM CREEK · built 1984 | 55 vehicles a day |
| 345TH ST over CEDAR RIVER · built 1935 | 40 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY HIGHWAY over BOGUS CREEK · built 1935 | 35 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY HIGHWAY over NORTH SHELL CREEK · built 1915 | 30 vehicles a day |
| 230TH ST over BEAVER CREEK TRIB · built 1935 | 25 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $321,039 of work in Boone County in fiscal 2025, about $60 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 Boone 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 Boone County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Nance County (21 mi) · Greeley County (26 mi) · Wheeler County (28 mi) · Madison County (28 mi) · Platte County (30 mi) · Antelope County (33 mi).