County · Nebraska

Hooker County, Nebraska

Hooker County, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 94 out of 100 (very high), ranking #175 of 3,143 US counties. Within Nebraska it ranks #17 of 93 counties. It ranks best on social associations (high), primary care physicians (high) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), mental health providers (low) and distance to an emergency room (high).

94Very high

Quality-of-life score: #175 of 3,143 counties
Nebraska: #17 of 93 in NE
Population: 686 (2025)
Land area: 721 mi²
Density: 1.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 31091

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety—
Economy55#1,401/3,143
Housing94#189/3,140
Health82#563/3,144
Healthcare76#745/3,143
Environment89#347/3,108
Education90#319/3,144
Infrastructure51#1,529/3,144
Community99#31/3,144
Leisure & amenities91#282/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Social associations · high44.2 /10k
100/100Nebraska 13.4 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care physicians · high292 /100k
100/100Nebraska 76 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Grocery stores · high14.6 /10k
100/100Nebraska 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rent as share of income · low10.8%
100/100Nebraska 27.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Access to exercise opportunities · high100.0%
99/100Nebraska 84.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public libraries · high14.3 /10k
99/100Nebraska 1.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$701
0/100Nebraska $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mental health providers · low0 /100k
1/100Nebraska 362 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an emergency room · high52.1 mi
1/100Nebraska 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Distance to an airport · high240 mi
2/100Nebraska 65 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Food environment index · low5.0
4/100Nebraska 7.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
5/100Nebraska 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends

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

Property crime rateWorsening
274 /100k (2016) → 1,863 /100k (2021)
+581%5 yearsUS 2,444 /100k → 1,782 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
6.9% (2010 & 2021) → 100.0% (2022 & 2024)
+93 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drought exposureWorsening
19% (2021) → 86% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+66 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
8.5 /1k (2020) → 23.3 /1k (2025)
+174%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
62.0% (2019) → 41.0% (2023)
−21 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
New homes permittedImproving
4.1 /1k (2021) → 7.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+78%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

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, Hooker County, Nebraska improved on 7 of 22 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 12 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: 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.

Improved7

Property tax−1.2 points2.07% → 0.90%
New businesses+174%8.5 /1k → 23.3 /1k
Rent / income−6.6 points17.4% → 10.8%
Uninsured−4.9 points11.3% → 6.4%
Household income+32%$50,093 → $66,174

Declined1

Unemployment+1.8 points2.8% → 4.6%

All 22 measures

Change of every measure of Hooker County, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	42.5 /10k2020	29.2 /10k2025	−31%	Within the margin of error	8%
Average commute time	10.8 min2015-2019	14.4 min2020-2024	+3.6 min	Within the margin of error	9%
Average weekly wage	$5582020	$7012025	+26%	Improved	62%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%2015-2019	24.6%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Broadband subscriptions	64.5%2015-2019	76.8%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Child poverty rate	10.6%2019	7.7%2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Distance to an airport	240 mi2020	240 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	2.07%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Improved	100%
Grocery stores	14.2 /10k2020	14.6 /10k2025	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	66%
High school diploma or higher	93.5%2015-2019	95.4%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,5082019	$60,5222024	+17%	Improved	2%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4112015-2019	0.3712020-2024	−0.039	Within the margin of error	92%
Median household income	$50,0932019	$66,1742024	+32%	Improved	82%
New business applications	8.5 /1k2020	23.3 /1k2025	+174%	Improved	98%
Poverty rate	8.2%2019	7.8%2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Public libraries	15.0 /10k2019	14.3 /10k2024	−4.3%	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent as share of income	17.4%2015-2019	10.8%2020-2024	−6.6 points	Improved	94%
Restaurants and bars	28.3 /10k2020	14.6 /10k2025	−49%	Within the margin of error	3%
Students per teacher	8.2×2019	8.3×2024	+0.2×	Little change	21%
Unemployment rate	2.8%2020	4.6%2025	+1.8 points	Declined	0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.3%2019	6.4%2024	−4.9 points	Improved	96%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3132 counties 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; 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; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Hooker County, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hooker County, 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, Hooker County, Nebraska itself moved +1.7 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

647 residents (±73)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

327 households (±40)

Hooker County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k18%†59
$25k–50k32%†106
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

327 households (±40)

Hooker County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own55%181
Rent45%146

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

329 workers (±53)

Hooker County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone79%259
Carpool2.4%†8
Public transit1.5%†5

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.

Hooker County has 25 employer establishments, 369 for every 10,000 residents (1.49× the US rate of 248; 1.30× Nebraska's), with 108 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,269. The Census Bureau also counts 103 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 25; 103 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 369; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 108
Average annual pay: $56,269; US $68,342

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

Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	3	44.3	16.7×Too few to compare	20	$126,850	3
Other amusement and recreation industries	3	44.3	18.3×Too few to compare	20	$126,850	3
Restaurants and other eating places	3	44.3	2.41×Too few to compare	6	$6,333	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	8
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Banks and credit unions	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Barber shops	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Beauty salons	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 677 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $0 on contracts performed in Hooker County, Nebraska: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

26.8KFY2017
47.5KFY2018
13.5KFY2019
13.5KFY2021

What was bought

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 $6.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hooker County, Nebraska: $9,536 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $6.5M; −14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,536; US $12,955
Loan face value: $0; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 27%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$3.8M58%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$1M16%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$402.1K6.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$327.4K5.0%
10.109 · Livestock Forage Disaster Program$253.8K3.9%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$238K3.6%
10.986 · Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023 and 2024$161.3K2.5%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$149.4K2.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

MULLEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS$18.5K0.3%
MULLEN, NE
NEBRASKA GRAZING LAND COALITION$00.0%
MULLEN, NE
MULESKINNER RANCH LLC-$0.710.0%
TRYON, NE
FINNEY RANCH CO-$0.750.0%
MULLEN, NE
M F RANCHES INC-$0.880.0%

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

Social Security Administration$4.4M68%
Natural Resources Conservation Service$1.2M18%
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency$574.2K8.8%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$378.9K5.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

14MFY2021
13.1MFY2022
5.6MFY2023
6.9MFY2024
7.6MFY2025
6.5MFY2026

County aggregates

77%

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.

How Hooker County, Nebraska compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Hooker County, Nebraska
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hooker County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
FY2017	$40.25	$1,436
FY2018	$70.93	$1,552
FY2019	$20.21	$1,654
FY2020	$0	$1,880
FY2021	$18.38	$1,810
FY2022	$0	$1,917
FY2023	$0	$2,079
FY2024	$0	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hooker County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$29.60	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hooker County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$12,128	$5,748
FY2022	$12,045	$5,221
FY2023	$758	$5,364
FY2024	$30.25	$5,501
FY2025	-$892	$5,732
FY2026	-$383

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hooker County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$12,085	$298
FY2022	$11,187	$357
FY2023	$726	$301
FY2024	$0	$319
FY2025	-$923	$360
FY2026	-$410

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Hooker County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$2,619	$1,186
FY2022	$26.11	$465
FY2023	$0	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$0

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.

Hooker County, Nebraska
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Hooker County, Nebraska and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
2014	−1.2%	2.0%
2015

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 under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

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/31091

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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.

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

House

Adrian SmithR-NE-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Hooker County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hooker County, largest first.

Mullen478

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
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/31091

Calendar years	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
2014	−5.4%	−4.2%
2015	−0.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.8%	+3.3%
2018	+8.5%	+6.8%
2019	+5.0%	+10.5%
2020	+16.3%	+19.4%
2021	+19.0%	+26.1%
2022	+20.0%	+30.6%
2023	+29.4%	+35.0%
2024	+35.0%	+41.0%
2025	+46.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
2014	−0.1%	−5.5%
2015	+0.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−10.1%	+4.1%
2018	+1.5%	+8.9%
2019	+2.7%	+13.5%
2020	+5.2%	+20.8%
2021	+6.1%	+32.1%
2022	+6.4%	+35.4%
2023	+20.5%	+42.9%
2024	+18.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
2014	4.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	10.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	7.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
2014	−14.3%	−6.9%
2015	−9.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.4%	+4.7%
2018	−2.7%	+7.5%
2019	+5.4%	+14.0%
2020	+12.0%	+16.9%
2021	+9.9%	+21.0%
2022	+12.6%	+29.7%
2023	+11.5%	+34.9%
2024	+39.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+0.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+35.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+36.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+71.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+69.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+106.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+108.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+119.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+110.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
2014	4.2%	6.2%
2015	4.2%	5.3%
2016	4.7%	4.9%
2017	4.7%	4.4%
2018	5.0%	3.9%
2019	3.9%	3.7%
2020	2.8%	8.1%
2021	2.2%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	3.3%	3.6%
2024	4.7%	4.0%
2025	4.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
2014	9.6%	15.5%
2015	8.1%	14.7%
2016	8.2%	14.0%
2017	8.6%	13.4%
2018	8.3%	13.1%
2019	8.2%	12.3%
2020	7.9%	11.9%
2021	7.0%	12.8%
2022	9.1%	12.6%
2023	9.6%	12.5%
2024	7.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
2014	11.1%	13.5%
2015	8.8%	10.9%
2016	8.4%	10.0%
2017	8.4%	10.2%
2018	9.7%	10.4%
2019	11.3%	10.8%
2020	13.6%	10.4%
2021	8.8%	10.2%
2022	9.1%	9.5%
2023	8.4%	9.5%
2024	6.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Hooker County, Nebraska	United States
2014	5.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	13.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	13.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	0.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	22.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	11.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	23.3/1k	16.6/1k

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