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Poverty Rate in Nebraska, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in Nebraska, ranked. The highest is Nance County at 16.6% and the lowest is Howard County at 4.8%.

Nebraska: 10.6% · United States: 12.5% · median county in Nebraska: 9.7%

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#County Poverty Rate
1Nance County16.6%
2Garden County16.5%
3Sioux County14.9%
4Cheyenne County14.3%
5Hall County14.1%
6Dundy County14.0%
7Red Willow County14.0%
8Morrill County13.9%
9Thurston County13.9%
10Knox County13.7%
11Pawnee County13.5%
12Brown County13.4%
13Nemaha County13.3%
14Burt County13.2%
15Wayne County13.2%
16Dawes County13.1%
17Greeley County13.1%
18Madison County13.1%
19Furnas County13.0%
20Scotts Bluff County12.9%
21Hitchcock County12.8%
22Adams County12.7%
23Hayes County12.7%
24Gage County12.6%
25Lincoln County12.4%
26Franklin County12.3%
27Grant County12.2%
28Kimball County12.2%
29McPherson County12.2%
30Phelps County12.2%
31Lancaster County11.9%
32Douglas County11.8%
33Holt County11.7%
34Dakota County11.5%
35Frontier County11.4%
36Sheridan County11.3%
37Dodge County11.0%
38Box Butte County10.8%
39Dawson County10.8%
40Rock County10.8%
41Richardson County10.5%
42Keith County10.4%
43Gosper County10.3%
44Jefferson County10.1%
45Buffalo County9.9%
46Platte County9.8%
47Boyd County9.7%
48Butler County9.7%
49Johnson County9.7%
50Boone County9.6%
51Webster County9.6%
52Deuel County9.4%
53Stanton County9.4%
54Valley County9.3%
55Antelope County9.2%
56York County9.2%
57Otoe County9.1%
58Blaine County9.0%
59Thayer County9.0%
60Saline County8.9%
61Thomas County8.9%
62Fillmore County8.8%
63Garfield County8.8%
64Sherman County8.6%
65Cherry County8.3%
66Merrick County7.9%
67Polk County7.9%
68Banner County7.7%
69Pierce County7.6%
70Chase County7.5%
71Seward County7.4%
72Dixon County7.3%
73Arthur County7.2%
74Kearney County7.2%
75Keya Paha County7.2%
76Perkins County7.2%
77Cedar County7.1%
78Custer County7.1%
79Clay County6.9%
80Colfax County6.9%
81Loup County6.9%
82Cuming County6.7%
83Harlan County6.7%
84Washington County6.4%
85Saunders County6.3%
86Hooker County6.2%
87Nuckolls County5.7%
88Logan County5.6%
89Sarpy County5.6%
90Cass County5.2%
91Hamilton County5.2%
92Wheeler County5.2%
93Howard County4.8%

Small populations produce wide margins: Howard County is 4.8% with a margin of error of ±1.8%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Nebraska ranks 36th of 52 states for poverty rate.

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