Loup County | |
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Coordinates: 41°56′N 99°27′W / 41.93°N 99.45°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nebraska |
Founded | 1883 |
Seat | Taylor |
Largest village | Taylor |
Area | |
• Total | 571 sq mi (1,480 km2) |
• Land | 568 sq mi (1,470 km2) |
• Water | 2.8 sq mi (7 km2) 0.13% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 607 |
• Density | 1.1/sq mi (0.41/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
Loup County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 607,[1] making it Nebraska's fifth-least populous county and the tenth-least populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Taylor.[2] The county was named after the Pawnee Loup Indians.[3]
In the Nebraska license plate system, Loup County is represented by the prefix 88 (it had the eighty-eighth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).