[2] In the Nebraska license plate system, Pawnee County is represented by the prefix 54 (it had the fifty-fourth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

This tornado measured F4 on the Fujita scale, and had a damage path 800 yards wide and 100 miles.

The Big Nemaha River flows southeastward through the NE corner of the county, and smaller local drainages flow upward through the county to discharge into the Big Nemaha.

The county's terrain consists of rolling hills, with its planar areas largely devoted to agriculture.

[7] As of the 2000 United States Census,[20] there were 3,087 people, 1,339 households, and 850 families in the county.

In no national election since 1936 has the county selected a Democratic Party candidate.