Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
Scotts Bluff County | |
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Scotts Bluff County Courthouse in Gering | |
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 41°51′N 103°43′W / 41.85°N 103.71°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Named after | Scotts Bluff |
| Seat | Gering |
| Largest city | Scottsbluff |
| Area | |
• Total | 745 sq mi (1,930 km2) |
| • Land | 739 sq mi (1,910 km2) |
| • Water | 6.0 sq mi (16 km2) 0.8% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 36,084 |
• Estimate (2022) | 35,603 |
| • Density | 48/sq mi (19/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | www |
Scotts Bluff County is a county on the western border of the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 36,084. Its county seat is Gering, and its largest city is Scottsbluff. Scotts Bluff County is included in the Scottsbluff, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area. In the Nebraska license plate system, Scotts Bluff County is represented by the prefix 21, since the county had the twenty-first-largest number of registered vehicles registered when the state's license-plate system was established in 1922.