Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

Scotts Bluff County
County
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 / 41.85; -103.71
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
Founded	1888
Named for	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
• Density	49.2/sq mi (19.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	www.scottsbluffcounty.org

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.^[1] Its county seat is Gering,^[2] 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.