Dawson County, Nebraska
Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,111, and was estimated to be 24,452 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Lexington.
Dawson County is part of the Lexington, NE micropolitan area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Dawson County was represented by the prefix "18" (as it had the 18th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).