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Unemployment Rate in Nebraska, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Nebraska, ranked. The highest is Thurston County at 10.0% and the lowest is McPherson County at 0.0%.

Nebraska: 3.0% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Nebraska: 2.0%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Thurston County10.0%
2Nemaha County6.0%
3Garden County5.4%
4Dakota County4.8%
5Wayne County4.3%
6Hall County4.0%
7Hooker County3.9%
8Douglas County3.8%
9Howard County3.8%
10Banner County3.7%
11Richardson County3.7%
12Knox County3.6%
13Lincoln County3.6%
14Morrill County3.6%
15Nance County3.6%
16Greeley County3.5%
17Cheyenne County3.4%
18Dodge County3.4%
19Johnson County3.4%
20Lancaster County3.2%
21Madison County3.0%
22Sherman County3.0%
23Saline County2.9%
24Franklin County2.7%
25Garfield County2.7%
26Otoe County2.7%
27Scotts Bluff County2.7%
28Buffalo County2.6%
29Custer County2.6%
30Frontier County2.6%
31Sarpy County2.6%
32Saunders County2.5%
33Adams County2.4%
34Dixon County2.4%
35Gosper County2.4%
36Boyd County2.3%
37Hamilton County2.3%
38Wheeler County2.3%
39Cuming County2.2%
40Pawnee County2.2%
41Pierce County2.1%
42Seward County2.1%
43Thomas County2.1%
44Keith County2.0%
45Platte County2.0%
46Sheridan County2.0%
47Thayer County2.0%
48Chase County1.9%
49Clay County1.9%
50Sioux County1.8%
51Washington County1.8%
52Antelope County1.7%
53Brown County1.7%
54Cass County1.7%
55Cedar County1.7%
56Hitchcock County1.7%
57Kearney County1.7%
58Box Butte County1.6%
59Dawes County1.6%
60Gage County1.5%
61Perkins County1.5%
62York County1.5%
63Dawson County1.4%
64Deuel County1.4%
65Red Willow County1.4%
66Blaine County1.3%
67Colfax County1.3%
68Harlan County1.3%
69Polk County1.3%
70Boone County1.2%
71Butler County1.2%
72Jefferson County1.2%
73Phelps County1.2%
74Rock County1.2%
75Burt County1.1%
76Furnas County1.0%
77Keya Paha County1.0%
78Holt County0.9%
79Kimball County0.7%
80Stanton County0.7%
81Webster County0.7%
82Nuckolls County0.6%
83Arthur County0.4%
84Cherry County0.4%
85Fillmore County0.4%
86Merrick County0.4%
87Dundy County0.3%
88Grant County0.3%
89Logan County0.2%
90Valley County0.2%
91Hayes County0.0%
92Loup County0.0%
93McPherson County0.0%

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

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

Nebraska ranks 50th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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