Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety84#9/51
Economy62#20/51
Housing83#9/51
Health84#9/51
Healthcare82#10/51
Environment75#13/49
Education78#12/51
Infrastructure62#20/51
Community94#4/51
Leisure & amenities66#18/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Nebraska ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Drug overdose deaths · low6.6 /100k
100/100United States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Frequent mental distress · low15.3%
98/100United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · low114 min
98/100United States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · low66 /100k
96/100United States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Loneliness · low29.8%
95/100United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Depression · low18.7%
92/100United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high1.44%
10/100United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Distance to an airport · high65 mi
12/100United States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
New business applications · low11.3 /1k
12/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Adult obesity · high39.8%
13/100United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · low$1,213
17/100United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public transit commuters · low0.5%
18/100United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
40% (2021) → 61% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+22 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$57,833 (2019) → $80,687 (2024)
+40%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
22.9% (Dec 2021) → 30.6% (Aug 2026)
+7.7 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
New business applicationsImproving
8.2 /1k (2020) → 11.3 /1k (2025)
+38%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Homicide rateImproving
3.6 /100k (2021) → 2.3 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−36%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.4% (2015-2019) → 90.6% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Nebraska improved on 12 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 8 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Real income+40%$57,833 → $80,687
Homicides−41%3.9 /100k → 2.3 /100k
New businesses+38%8.2 /1k → 11.3 /1k
Uninsured−1.3 points9.5% → 8.2%
Overdose deaths−28%9.2 /100k → 6.6 /100k

Declined7

Inequality+0.0120.444 → 0.456
Rent / income+1.5 points26.4% → 27.9%
Poverty+0.7 points9.9% → 10.6%
Pharmacies−15%1.9 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Rent burden+3.1 points41.9% → 45.1%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.7 /10k2020	5.2 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	30%
Average commute time	18.8 min2015-2019	19.2 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Declined	26%
Average weekly wage	$9902020	$1,2132025	+23%	Improved	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%2015-2019	34.6%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Improved	7%
Broadband subscriptions	83.4%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Improved	28%
Child poverty rate	11.5%2019	11.6%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Distance to an airport	65 mi2020	65 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	9.2 /100k2020	6.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−28%	Improved	52%
Effective property tax rate	1.64%2015-2019	1.44%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	74%
Firearm deaths	10.0 /100k2020	10.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7%	Within the margin of error	19%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	48%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+3.6%	Within the margin of error	21%
High school diploma or higher	91.4%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Improved	5%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	42%
Homicide rate	3.9 /100k2020	2.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−41%	Improved	77%
Income adjusted for local prices	$57,8332019	$80,6872024	+40%	Improved	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.012	Declined	3%
Median household income	$63,2902019	$76,5782024	+21%	Improved	23%
New business applications	8.2 /1k2020	11.3 /1k2025	+38%	Improved	70%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−15%	Declined	9%
Poverty rate	9.9%2019	10.6%2024	+0.7 points	Declined	7%
Public libraries	1.4 /10k2019	1.4 /10k2024	−2.9%	Within the margin of error	54%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	77%
Rent as share of income	26.4%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Declined	12%
Rent-burdened households	41.9%2015-2019	45.1%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Declined	11%
Restaurants and bars	9.8 /10k2020	9.6 /10k2025	−2.2%	Within the margin of error	23%
Students per teacher	13.8×2019	13.8×2024	−0.1×	Little change	15%
Suicide rate	14.4 /100k2020	15.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.7%	Within the margin of error	17%
Traffic deaths	12.2 /100k2015-2019	11.9 /100k2020-2024	−2.7%	Within the margin of error	89%
Unemployment rate	4.3%2020	3.0%2025	−1.3 points	Improved	3%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.5%2019	8.2%2024	−1.3 points	Improved	67%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Nebraska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Nebraska itself moved −4.9 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,978,707 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.8 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,978,707 residents

Nebraska
United States share

White75%1,489,928
Black4.6%90,861
Hispanic or Latino13%252,023

Education

1,300,410 residents (±638)

Nebraska
United States share

No high school diploma7.8%101,586
High school or GED25%325,460
Some college22%281,232

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

797,847 households (±2,728)

Nebraska
United States share

Under $25k14%110,465
$25k–50k18%143,248
$50k–75k17%138,227
$75k–100k14%108,062
$100k–150k19%150,509
$150k–200k9.1%72,219
$200k or more9.4%75,117

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−4.9 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

797,847 households (±2,728)

Nebraska
United States share

Own67%530,878
Rent33%266,969

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

252,863 households (±3,252)

Nebraska
United States share

Under $75020%50,786
$750–1,00024%59,516
$1,000–1,50037%92,430
$1,500–2,000

Home values

530,878 homes (±4,181)

Nebraska
United States share

Under $150k24%127,457
$150k–250k30%156,692
$250k–400k28%146,645
$400k–750k

Age of homes

863,444 homes (±628)

Nebraska
United States share

2010 or later11%97,712
2000–200912%99,944
1980–199920%171,896
1960–1979

Size of homes

863,444 homes (±628)

Nebraska
United States share

Studio2.5%21,991
1 bedroom11%92,950
2 bedrooms25%215,524
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,013,728 workers (±4,113)

Nebraska
United States share

Drive alone76%771,030
Carpool8.7%87,876
Public transit0.5%4,740
Walk2.3%23,584
Bike0.3%3,362
Work from home11%112,009
Other1.1%11,127

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.5 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

901,719 workers (±4,559)

Nebraska
United States share

Under 15 min41%370,035
15–29 min39%355,046
30–44 min13%113,752

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Nebraska employ 211,410 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Nebraska by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers30,060 jobs	30,060	$29,000US $31,200	−7%	1.18×
Registered Nurses24,720 jobs	24,720	$84,730US $97,550	−13%	1.11×
General and Operations Managers24,030 jobs	24,030	$85,090US $105,770	−20%	1.04×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers23,160 jobs	23,160	$58,390US $58,640	0%	1.7×
Retail Salespersons22,780 jobs	22,780	$31,870US $35,410	−10%	0.89×
Cashiers20,650 jobs	20,650	$30,250US $32,880	−8%	1.01×
Stockers and Order Fillers17,980 jobs	17,980	$35,920US $37,330	−4%	0.96×
Nursing Assistants16,450 jobs	16,450	$40,000US $42,260	−5%	1.72×
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive16,240 jobs	16,240	$46,760US $47,540	−2%	1.44×
Customer Service Representatives15,340 jobs	15,340	$43,940US $44,770	−2%	0.9×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Nebraska.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Nebraska has 56,503 employer establishments, 284 for every 10,000 residents (1.14× the US rate of 248), with 923,066 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,518. The Census Bureau also counts 160,736 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 56,503; 160,736 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 284; US 248
Paid employees: 923,066
Average annual pay: $57,518; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Nebraska by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	4,671	23.5	1.52×More than typical	39,196	$64,925	12,204
Ambulatory health care services	4,173	21	1.01×About typical	48,553	$77,906	6,435
Restaurants and other eating places	3,488	17.5	0.96×About typical	65,230	$20,396	680
Lessors of real estate	2,333	11.7	0.95×About typical	10,488	$52,092	19,202
Truck transportation	1,941	9.8	1.93×More than typical	17,037	$60,945	5,870
Construction of buildings	1,858	9.3	1.24×About typical	10,749	$67,992	4,678
Offices of other health practitioners	1,801	9.1	1.49×More than typical	9,569	$46,676	2,977
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,666	8.4	1.24×About typical	12,474	$39,179	8,734
Insurance agencies and brokerages	1,634	8.2	1.87×More than typical	7,772	$76,905	3,343
Building equipment contractors	1,591	8	1.33×More than typical	19,757	$68,640	1,780
Religious organizations	1,561	7.9	1.42×More than typical	12,193	$25,329	—
Limited-service restaurants	1,517	7.6	0.95×About typical	30,303	$19,093	267

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.2B on contracts performed in Nebraska: $607 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.2B; −3.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $607; US $1,994
Sole-source: 10.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Education$292.9M24%
Federal Acquisition Service$211.1M17%
Department of the Air Force$195.3M16%
Department of Veterans Affairs$187M15%
Department of the Army$163.5M13%
Agricultural Marketing Service$26.5M2.2%
Department of State$20.6M1.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$18.3M1.5%

Top recipients

NELNET SERVICING LLC$292.8M24%
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$201.2M16%
METGREEN SOLUTIONS INC$116.5M9.5%
HENDRICKSON TRANSPORTATION LLC$43.7M3.6%
S365 INC$34.1M2.8%

Spending by fiscal year

1.1BFY2017
1BFY2018
1.1BFY2019
1.3BFY2020
1.3BFY2021
1.3BFY2022
2BFY2023
1.3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$392.4M32%
Activities related to credit intermediation · 5223$292.8M24%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$109.6M8.9%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$50.5M4.1%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$47.4M3.9%
Traveler accommodation · 7211

Largest awards

DESIGN/BUILD NKO AND DCS FACILITIES - OFFUTT AFB,NE$394.1M
TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY· Sarpy County, NE· Construction & real property· Jun 27, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· W9128F23C0023
SERVICENOW SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE (SAAS) LICENSE ENTITLEMENTS$389.5M
METGREEN SOLUTIONS INC· Madison County, NE· IT & telecom· Sep 19, 2023 – Sep 21, 2026· 36C10B23F0319
STRATEGIC COMMAND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIFECYCLE SUPPORT (SCITLS) TASK ORDER AWARD$238.8M
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Sarpy County, NE· IT & telecom· May 21, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· 47QFCA25F0018
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) TASK ORDER FOR STUDENT LOAN SERVICING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USDS CONTRACT. ALL WORK AND DELIVERABLES PROVIDED BY THE USDS SERVICER MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT F

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $25.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Nebraska: $12,731 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $25.7B; −2.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12,731; US $12,955
Loan face value: $770M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$7.2B28%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$3.6B14%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$3.3B13%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$2.3B9.0%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1.2B4.7%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$975.7M3.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$707M2.8%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$570.5M2.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$4.6B18%
LINCOLN, NE
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$541M2.1%
LINCOLN, NE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NEBRASKA$443.5M1.7%
LINCOLN, NE
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY NEBRASKA$137.4M0.5%
LINCOLN, NE
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF WATER, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$10.7B42%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$8.7B34%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.4B5.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$787.2M3.1%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

23.2BFY2021
21.3BFY2022
21BFY2023
22BFY2024
26.4BFY2025
25.7BFY2026

County aggregates

68%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Nebraska, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Nebraska
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nebraska	United States
FY2017	$581	$1,436
FY2018	$528	$1,552
FY2019	$583	$1,654
FY2020	$684	$1,880
FY2021	$639	$1,810
FY2022	$662	$1,917
FY2023	$1,022	$2,079
FY2024	$644	$2,047
FY2025	$627	$2,165
FY2026	$607 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nebraska	United States
FY2017	$64.92	$93.28
FY2018	$44.96	$105
FY2019	$82.39	$128
FY2020	$181	$145
FY2021	$99.80	$117
FY2022	$140

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$4,076	$5,748
FY2022	$3,649	$5,221
FY2023	$3,844	$5,364
FY2024	$3,595	$5,501
FY2025	$4,162	$5,732
FY2026	$3,833

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$294	$298
FY2022	$260	$357
FY2023	$314	$301
FY2024	$333	$319
FY2025	$323	$360
FY2026	$346 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$192	$239
FY2022	$145	$185
FY2023	$129	$229
FY2024	$138	$229
FY2025	$144	$249
FY2026	$106 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$1,777	$2,304
FY2022	$1,677	$2,197
FY2023	$1,757	$2,274
FY2024	$1,718	$2,267
FY2025	$2,028	$2,397
FY2026	$2,234 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$1,323	$1,186
FY2022	$365	$465
FY2023	$26.39	$76.52
FY2024	$98.99	$120
FY2025	$86.51	$148
FY2026	$69.94 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Nebraska
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Nebraska and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Nebraska	United States
2014	1.4%	2.0%
2015	1.4%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Nebraska whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Lincoln County, NETransportation grants · FY2024$1,242 (5.1×)
Buffalo County, NETransportation grants · FY2024$499 (2.2×)
Colfax County, NEHousing assistance · FY2024$238 (5.8×)
Seward County, NEHousing assistance · FY2024$243 (4.5×)
Sarpy County, NEConstruction contracts · FY2023$3,614 (6.8×)
Madison County, NE

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/31

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Nebraska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Nebraska

All 93 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Nebraska

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Nebraska, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Nebraska

By population.

All 593 cities and towns in Nebraska

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/31

Calendar years	Nebraska	United States
2014	−5.5%	−4.2%
2015	−1.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+6.2%	+6.8%
2019	+9.8%	+10.5%
2020	+18.1%	+19.4%
2021	+23.6%	+26.1%
2022	+31.4%	+30.6%
2023	+35.8%	+35.0%
2024	+40.1%	+41.0%
2025	+44.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Nebraska	United States
2014	−1.0%	−5.5%
2015	+2.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.7%	+4.1%
2018	+5.6%	+8.9%
2019	+9.9%	+13.5%
2020	+16.9%	+20.8%
2021	+30.7%	+32.1%
2022	+36.3%	+35.4%
2023	+46.9%	+42.9%
2024	+49.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Nebraska	United States
2014	4.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.8/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Nebraska	United States
2014	−7.3%	−6.9%
2015	−3.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.1%	+4.7%
2018	+4.8%	+7.5%
2019	+11.1%	+14.0%
2020	+13.6%	+16.9%
2021	+17.5%	+21.0%
2022	+22.6%	+29.7%
2023	+31.1%	+34.9%
2024	+34.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Nebraska	United States
2014	12.3%	15.5%
2015	12.2%	14.7%
2016	11.3%	14.0%
2017	10.7%	13.4%
2018	11.0%	13.1%
2019	9.9%	12.3%
2020	9.2%	11.9%
2021	10.5%	12.8%
2022	11.1%	12.6%
2023	10.2%	12.5%
2024	10.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Nebraska	United States
2014	3.2%	6.2%
2015	3.0%	5.3%
2016	3.1%	4.9%
2017	3.0%	4.4%
2018	2.9%	3.9%
2019	3.1%	3.7%
2020	4.3%	8.1%
2021	2.7%	5.4%
2022	2.2%	3.7%
2023	2.3%	3.6%
2024	2.7%	4.0%
2025	3.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Nebraska	United States
2014	−10.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+43.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+58.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+65.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+71.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+77.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Nebraska	United States
2014	11.0%	13.5%
2015	9.4%	10.9%
2016	9.7%	10.0%
2017	9.6%	10.2%
2018	9.4%	10.4%
2019	9.5%	10.8%
2020	9.5%	10.4%
2021	8.5%	10.2%
2022	7.7%	9.5%
2023	7.2%	9.5%
2024	8.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Nebraska	United States
2014	6.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.3/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined7

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