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Nebraska

Population2.0m
Counties93county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density9.9people per km² of land
Median household income$74,98550th percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 47 of these 185 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.323%39th best of 510%0.4%1%58
Always wears a seatbelt88.745th best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying2.4239th highest of 512.264.849.1980
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more1.3647th highest of 51————
Arthritis23.711th best of 46————
Binge drinking20.744th best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 5058.26th highest of 52064.814845
Black Protestant adherents0.7930th highest of 51005.7393
Black-white residential segregation64.522nd highest of 5135.856.882.717
Business closing rate8.2144th highest of 5107.7727.393
Business opening rate8.9542nd highest of 5107.1127.393
Catholic adherents19.119th highest of 51013.681.493
Checkup in the past year7531st highest of 49————
Child mortality50.921st best of 5138.55175.110
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1711.1%7th best of 515%13.1%28.2%93
Children in single-parent households0.202%41st highest of 510%0.177%0.486%63
Congregations per 10,000 people14.619th highest of 515.1434.911693
Current asthma8.717th best of 47————
Current smoking13.424th best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying2.5338th highest of 512.815.118.7986
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more1.8147th highest of 51————
Depression18.58th best of 49————
Diabetes12.818th best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding11.88th best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone5.815th best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs13.213th best of 47————
Disability-free score0.5936th highest of 47-0.6480.7271.4393
Drug overdose deaths11.12nd best of 517.959.2717.15
Effective general sales tax rate2.329th highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate2.1130th highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate1.59th highest of 520.7491.261.7992
Effective property tax rate on income3.2215th highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents14.424th highest of 51014.75193
Fair or poor health15.911th best of 49————
Fine particulate matter613th best of 514.867.893
Firearm fatalities10.611th best of 515.9910.115.211
Firearm share of suicides, standardised99.131st highest of 5163.598.614619
Firearm suicide rate7.9738th highest of 515.658.4121.519
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.5%20th best of 510.04%0.36%0.64%93
Gini index of income inequality0.45616th best of 520.3670.4310.54293
Has health insurance90.433rd highest of 49————
Health score0.42514th highest of 49-1.150.2450.96693
High blood pressure32.821st best of 49————
High cholesterol32.111th best of 49————
High school graduation0.859%27th best of 480.805%0.882%0.972%34
Homeownership rate66.5%34th highest of 5256.5%74.5%84.8%93
Homicide rate3.0912th best of 512.062.425.473
Homicide rate, annual3.2341st highest of 513.674.385.092
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else-0.33140th highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$-6,56037th highest of 51$-22,860$1,437$35,68080
Infant mortality5.6524th best of 514.276.558.678
Injury deaths653rd best of 5135.577.721667
Life expectancy78.1 years14th best of 5163.2 years77.5 years82.5 years78
Mainline Protestant adherents126th highest of 51016.949.693
Material security score0.8059th highest of 51-0.420.7061.4893
Mean adjusted gross income per return$87,42526th best of 51$40,970$70,960$109,30084
Mean income of arriving households$59,86446th highest of 51$34,800$51,960$98,49080
Mean income of departing households$66,42439th highest of 51$32,310$51,050$86,02086
Mean travel time to work19.1 min4th best of 5210.2 min19.3 min29.1 min93
Median age37.1 years46th highest of 5228.7 years42.6 years59.9 years93
Median gross rent$1,03535th highest of 52$519$776$1,28490
Median home value$223,80038th highest of 52$74,800$146,400$287,60092
Median household income$74,98527th best of 52$44,780$65,440$101,40093
Median household income (model-based)$74,72726th best of 51$44,140$65,150$101,90093
Median property tax bill3,35017th highest of 528531,8155,15793
Meets aerobic guidelines59.725th best of 49————
Membership organisations13.77th best of 51014.459.693
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.34529th highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income12.328th highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths12.526th best of 517.711846.528
Net business formation rate0.73934th highest of 51-27.3027.393
Net domestic migration rate-0.54629th highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying-0.11533rd highest of 51-5.38-0.2851.4480
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more-0.44536th highest of 51————
Obesity3739th best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.0938th highest of 51001.2193
Other religion adherents2.9534th highest of 5100.0730.893
People per tax return212th highest of 5122293
Per capita income$40,63727th best of 52$25,130$36,250$46,14093
Per capita personal income$71,51718th best of 51$45,920$67,780$121,90093
Poverty rate10.3%14th best of 524.87%10.2%18%85
Poverty rate (model-based)10.2%10th best of 514.9%11%19.6%93
Premature mortality35515th best of 512463701,11979
Preventable hospital stays2,23113th best of 516052,2875,90981
Private job growth2.515th highest of 52-28.61.228.3493
Religious adherents49.323rd highest of 5105211793
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202460.414th highest of 5144.882.396.193
Returns claiming charitable contributions4.63%37th highest of 510%2.42%6.25%93
Returns claiming the earned income credit12%33rd highest of 510%11.4%30.9%93
Returns reporting capital gains20.4%16th highest of 518.11%24.6%45%93
Returns reporting unemployment compensation1.19%47th highest of 510%0.725%2.86%93
Safety score-0.53834th highest of 51-0.08820.6811.0611
Share aged 65 and over16.4%39th highest of 5212.5%21.9%34%93
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.586%16th highest of 510%0.228%54.8%30
Share Asian, not Hispanic2.48%30th highest of 520%0%4.17%41
Share Black, not Hispanic4.62%33rd highest of 520%0.807%10.3%36
Share divorced10.4%38th highest of 525.36%10.3%16.3%87
Share foreign-born7.7%26th highest of 520%2.69%28.8%51
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race12.3%20th highest of 520%5.5%47.3%79
Share in the same house a year ago85.3%35th highest of 5173.6%88.8%96.8%93
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.0417%31st highest of 490%0%0.119%71
Share never married31.5%38th highest of 5210.6%23.7%44.1%92
Share now married52.8%4th highest of 5239.2%58.4%77.5%93
Share of births to unmarried women29.4%29th highest of 520%0%100%28
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.29%45th highest of 520%0%0.998%38
Share of suicides by firearm53.6%31st highest of 5135%54%83.3%19
Share of taxes from alcohol0.25926th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income5.2830th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences0.048637th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift0.35715th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling0.059434th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts24.926th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income22.924th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums0.66949th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences4.225th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel2.8522nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences1.7317th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences1.0222nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes2.1422nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property34.98th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer0.19228th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities1.1123rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales5.6648th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance0.031227th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels0.0011541st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco0.37747th highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic3.44%36th highest of 520%2.67%6.58%61
Share separated0.993%48th highest of 520%0.877%2.54%27
Share White, not Hispanic76.2%16th highest of 5236.4%91%100%93
Share widowed5.33%39th highest of 523.38%7.31%16.7%87
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher34.1%26th best of 5214.1%23.9%42.2%93
State income tax as a share of income2.1126th highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income5.1542nd highest of 50————
Suicide rate1524th best of 5112.916.122.615
Top state income tax rate6.64%13th highest of 50————
Total tax burden9.2333rd highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health144th best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health10.95th best of 47————
Unemployment rate2.3%6th best of 521.6%2.2%4.3%93
Vacancy rate8.03%47th highest of 523.5%15%42%90
Went without care over cost9.4811th best of 49————
Years of potential life lost7,07212th best of 514,1957,36027,03055
Aggregate travel time to work17,372,000 min39th highest of 523,385 min54,420 min5,185,000 min93
Business establishments51,26936th highest of 51517115,04093
Business establishments closed4,19637th highest of 510141,38093
Business establishments opened4,57337th highest of 510121,52693
Employed1,040,70037th highest of 522073,101308,40093
Foreign-born population151,44038th highest of 52024459,95051
Gross domestic product$183,780,000k34th highest of 51$30,760k$499,400k$70,780,000k93
Housing units855,63039th highest of 522302,816248,70093
Labour force1,065,20037th highest of 522123,168316,50093
Millionaire tax returns3,28037th highest of 52————
Net domestic migration-1,07729th highest of 51————
Occupied housing units786,88038th highest of 521842,382235,10093
Owner-occupied housing units523,60039th highest of 521371,847145,20093
People covered by a tax return1,805,40036th highest of 514105,780529,90093
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move162,98035th highest of 51————
People who did not move1,605,90036th highest of 513425,162469,20093
Personal income$142,170,000k36th highest of 51$31,210k$417,000k$49,440,000k93
Population1,987,90037th highest of 513776,144593,60093
Population1,978,40037th highest of 513836,116589,50093
Population (firearm measures)1,821,10037th highest of 518,97431,710536,70019
Population (WONDER)1,978,40037th highest of 51326,700458,100589,5002
Population aged 15 and over1,565,00038th highest of 523144,770461,10093
Population aged 25 and over1,290,30038th highest of 523014,121383,50093
Population aged 65 and over322,16039th highest of 521001,31980,52093
Population below the poverty line197,30039th highest of 524159864,58082
Population below the poverty line197,63038th highest of 514663966,64093
Population for whom poverty status is determined1,916,40038th highest of 523855,969574,20093
Population for whom poverty status is determined1,937,50037th highest of 513836,021579,50093
Population in the same house one year ago1,677,30037th highest of 513675,540497,50093
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher440,23037th highest of 5277904162,00093
Population, decennial census1,961,50037th highest of 513996,104584,50093
Presidential votes cast, 2024952,18036th highest of 512823,069273,40093
Private jobs845,60036th highest of 52281,484299,90093
State and local tax collections$13,120,000k38th highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$3,006,000k30th highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$7,326,700k40th highest of 50————
Tax returns filed951,33037th highest of 512002,820284,20093
Total population1,965,90038th highest of 523856,084585,50093
Unemployed24,49740th highest of 525678,12093
Vacant housing units68,74644th highest of 524643513,61090
Women aged 15 to 50446,49038th highest of 52471,135142,90093
Women who gave birth in the past year25,96937th highest of 5201718,78545
Workers aged 16 and over who commute907,49037th highest of 521702,750258,90093

Links inside Nebraska

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within NEcounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside Nebraska, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9093
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside Nebraska, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.7093
Stroke × Material security scoreInside Nebraska, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a moderate link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.7093
Food insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Nebraska, where Food insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a moderate link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.6493
Lack of reliable transportation × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Nebraska, where Lack of reliable transportation is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a moderate link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.6493
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside Nebraska, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a moderate link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.6793
Housing insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Nebraska, where Housing insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a moderate link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.6393
Received food stamps × Material security scoreInside Nebraska, where Received food stamps is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.7193
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Nebraska, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a moderate link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.5593
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Nebraska, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a moderate link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.6293
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside Nebraska, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a moderate link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.6693
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside Nebraska, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 93 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.7293

What this state is divided into

93 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.

Douglas County · Lancaster County · Sarpy County · Hall County · Buffalo County · Dodge County · Scotts Bluff County · Madison County · Platte County · Lincoln County · Adams County · Cass County · Dawson County · Saunders County · Gage County · Dakota County · Washington County · Seward County · Otoe County · Saline County · York County · Box Butte County · Red Willow County · Custer County · Colfax County · Holt County · Wayne County · Cheyenne County · Hamilton County · Phelps County · Cuming County · Butler County · Knox County · Cedar County · Keith County · Dawes County · Richardson County · Merrick County · Pierce County · Jefferson County · Nemaha County · Burt County · Kearney County · Thurston County · Howard County · Antelope County · Clay County · Stanton County · Dixon County · Fillmore County · Cherry County · Boone County · Johnson County · Polk County · Sheridan County · Thayer County · Furnas County · Morrill County · Valley County · Nuckolls County · Chase County · Webster County · Kimball County · Nance County · Harlan County · Sherman County · Franklin County · Perkins County · Brown County · Hitchcock County · Frontier County · Pawnee County · Greeley County · Gosper County · Deuel County · Dundy County · Garfield County · Boyd County · Garden County · Rock County · Sioux County · Keya Paha County · Hayes County · Logan County · Wheeler County · Grant County · Banner County · Thomas County · Hooker County · Loup County · Arthur County · McPherson County · Blaine County