Thayer -- U.S. County in Nebraska Population (2000): 6055 Housing Units (2000): 2828 Land area (2000): 574.553621 sq. miles (1488.086985 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.748970 sq. miles (1.939824 sq. km) Total area (2000): 575.302591 sq. miles (1490.026809 sq. km) Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31 Location: 40.172690 N, 97.601156 W Headwords: Thayer Thayer, NE Thayer County Thayer County, NE