Lancaster County, Nebraska

Lancaster County
County
Lancaster County Courthouse in Lincoln
Flag Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 40°47′N 96°41′W / 40.78°N 96.69°W / 40.78; -96.69
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
Founded	1859
Named for	Lancaster, England
Seat	Lincoln
Largest city	Lincoln
Area
• Total	846 sq mi (2,190 km2)
• Land	838 sq mi (2,170 km2)
• Water	8.8 sq mi (23 km2)  1.0%
Population  (2020)
• Total	322,608
• Density	380/sq mi (150/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	lancaster.ne.gov

Lancaster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 322,608,^[1] making it the second-most populous county in Nebraska. Its county seat is Lincoln,^[2] the state capital. The county was created in 1859.

Lancaster County is part of the Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Lancaster County was represented by the prefix 2 (it had the second-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). In 2002, the state discontinued the 1922 system in Lancaster, Douglas and Sarpy counties.