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Life Expectancy in Nebraska, by County

Life Expectancy for every county in Nebraska, ranked. The highest is Wayne County at 83.7 and the lowest is Thurston County at 64.2.

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#County Life Expectancy
1Wayne County83.7
2Frontier County81.9
3Antelope County81.4
4Colfax County81.4
5Cedar County81.1
6Pierce County81.0
7Stanton County80.4
8Washington County80.4
9Sarpy County80.2
10Hamilton County80.2
11Kearney County80.1
12Boone County80.1
13Greeley County80.0
14Buffalo County80.0
15Dixon County79.7
16Seward County79.6
17Lancaster County79.6
18Platte County79.4
19Holt County79.3
20Sherman County79.2
21Custer County79.2
22Otoe County79.2
23Fillmore County79.1
24Cuming County79.1
25York County79.0
26Knox County79.0
27Harlan County78.7
28Saline County78.6
29Perkins County78.6
30Polk County78.6
31Madison County78.6
32Garfield County78.6
33Valley County78.5
34Saunders County78.5
35Cass County78.4
36Butler County78.3
37Chase County78.2
38Phelps County78.1
39Douglas County78.1
40Brown County78.0
41Richardson County77.8
42Deuel County77.8
43Thayer County77.8
44Merrick County77.6
45Johnson County77.6
46Adams County77.6
47Dakota County77.5
48Clay County77.5
49Keith County77.5
50Dawson County77.5
51Sheridan County77.4
52Nuckolls County77.2
53Hall County77.2
54Dawes County77.1
55Howard County76.8
56Cherry County76.7
57Burt County76.6
58Red Willow County76.4
59Box Butte County76.4
60Jefferson County76.3
61Pawnee County76.2
62Gage County76.2
63Lincoln County76.1
64Morrill County76.1
65Furnas County76.0
66Dodge County76.0
67Nemaha County75.9
68Gosper County75.8
69Nance County75.5
70Cheyenne County75.4
71Boyd County75.4
72Hitchcock County75.1
73Webster County75.1
74Scotts Bluff County74.6
75Kimball County74.4
76Garden County74.0
77Franklin County73.3
78Thurston County64.2

Average number of years a baby born today would live under current mortality conditions.

Source: County Health Rankings 2024 (from National Center for Health Statistics, CDC), 2024.

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