County · Nebraska

Nuckolls County, Nebraska

Nuckolls County, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 91 out of 100 (very high), ranking #296 of 3,143 US counties. Within Nebraska it ranks #36 of 93 counties. It ranks best on severe housing problems (low), home price to income ratio (low) and traffic deaths (low). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), new homes permitted (low) and natural hazard risk (high).

91Very high

Quality-of-life score: #296 of 3,143 counties
Nebraska: #36 of 93 in NE
Population: 4,100 (2025)
Land area: 575 mi²
Density: 7.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 31129

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety100#11/3,096
Economy75#798/3,143
Housing99#21/3,140
Health73#847/3,144
Healthcare81#606/3,143
Environment67#1,027/3,108
Education67#1,052/3,144
Infrastructure46#1,703/3,144
Community91#299/3,144
Leisure & amenities74#820/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Severe housing problems · low4.4%
100/100Nebraska 12.3%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Home price to income ratio · low1.3×
100/100Nebraska 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Traffic deaths · low4.9 /100k
97/100Nebraska 11.9 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Unemployment rate · low2.4%
97/100Nebraska 3.0%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Cost of buying a home today · low16.6%
97/100Nebraska 30.6%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Frequent mental distress · low15.2%
96/100Nebraska 15.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low19.0%
4/100Nebraska 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
6/100Nebraska 5.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Natural hazard risk · high91.7
7/100Nebraska 52.42025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Average weekly wage · low$839
8/100Nebraska $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Distance to an airport · high140 mi
10/100Nebraska 65 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Adult obesity · high42.4%
12/100Nebraska 39.8%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
44.3% (2015-2019) → 23.7% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.7 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
2.4 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New business applicationsImproving
5.1 /1k (2020) → 9.3 /1k (2025)
+81%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
47.5% (2010 & 2021) → 63.3% (2022 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
27.7% (2015-2019) → 14.5% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Nuckolls County, Nebraska improved on 11 of 27 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 14 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.

Improved11

Property tax−0.8 points1.60% → 0.83%
Rent / income−13 points27.7% → 14.5%
Inequality−0.0840.489 → 0.405
Rent burden−21 points44.3% → 23.7%
Household income+38%$48,624 → $67,032

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 27 measures

Change of every measure of Nuckolls County, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	7.3 /10k2020	4.9 /10k2025	−33%	Within the margin of error	7%
Average commute time	17.6 min2015-2019	20.3 min2020-2024	+2.6 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Average weekly wage	$6702020	$8392025	+25%	Improved	59%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Broadband subscriptions	72.3%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	68%
Child poverty rate	14.8%2019	14.1%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Distance to an airport	140 mi2020	140 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	1.60%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Improved	100%
Grocery stores	2.4 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−0.2%	Within the margin of error	53%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.4 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	91.9%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.3×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	96%
Income adjusted for local prices	$60,0732019	$84,9882024	+41%	Improved	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4892015-2019	0.4052020-2024	−0.084	Improved	99%
Median household income	$48,6242019	$67,0322024	+38%	Improved	94%
New business applications	5.1 /1k2020	9.3 /1k2025	+81%	Improved	84%
Pharmacies	2.4 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−0.2%	Within the margin of error	67%
Poverty rate	11.2%2019	10.7%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Public libraries	4.8 /10k2019	4.9 /10k2024	+1.4%	Within the margin of error	65%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	27.7%2015-2019	14.5%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	100%
Rent-burdened households	44.3%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	−21 points	Improved	98%
Restaurants and bars	17.1 /10k2020	14.6 /10k2025	−14%	Within the margin of error	19%
Students per teacher	11.1×2019	10.2×2024	−0.9×	Improved	59%
Traffic deaths	9.4 /100k2015-2019	4.9 /100k2020-2024	−48%	Within the margin of error	94%
Unemployment rate	2.9%2020	2.4%2025	−0.5 points	Little change	7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.7%2019	8.4%2024	−2.3 points	Improved	73%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3114 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; 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 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 Nuckolls County, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Nuckolls 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, Nuckolls County, Nebraska itself moved +3.6 points in standing on average over the same 28 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

4,087 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: 70–79 men (+2.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

4,087 residents

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

White93%3,784
Black0.1%†6
Hispanic or Latino3.6%146

Education

3,116 residents (±49)

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

No high school diploma7.6%†238
High school or GED33%1,026
Some college21%656

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

1,919 households (±89)

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k14%262
$25k–50k20%392
$50k–75k17%335
$75k–100k18%341
$100k–150k16%305
$150k–200k7.7%†148
$200k or more7.1%†136

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−12.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

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

1,919 households (±89)

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own83%1,602
Rent17%317

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+7.6 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

295 households (±79)

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $75079%†233
$750–1,00011%†31
$1,000–1,5009.2%†

Home values

1,602 homes (±97)

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $150k65%1,041
$150k–250k17%277
$250k–400k10%†167

Age of homes

2,220 homes (±24)

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

2010 or later2.6%†57
2000–20094.3%†95
1980–199913%288

Size of homes

2,220 homes (±24)

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.1%†92
2 bedrooms32%703

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

2,109 workers (±126)

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone69%1,461
Carpool12%†246
Public transit0.0%0
Walk6.0%†126
Bike0.0%0
Work from home11%†229
Other2.2%†47

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−8.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

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

Time to get to work

1,880 workers (±148)

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under 15 min55%1,025
15–29 min21%387
30–44 min14%†261

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

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.

Nuckolls County has 156 employer establishments, 380 for every 10,000 residents (1.53× the US rate of 248; 1.34× Nebraska's), with 1,136 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,666. The Census Bureau also counts 314 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 156; 314 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 380; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 1,136
Average annual pay: $41,666; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	14	34.1	6.75×More than typical	29	$41,345	18
Ambulatory health care services	8	19.5	0.94×Too few to compare	53	$58,321	7
Religious organizations	8	19.5	3.52×Too few to compare	16	$11,313	—
Restaurants and other eating places	7	17.1	0.93×Too few to compare	36	$12,611	—
Specialty trade contractors	7	17.1	1.10×Too few to compare	20	$40,700	25
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	14.6	2.91×Too few to compare	12	$42,917	12
Banks and credit unions	6	14.6	4.53×Too few to compare	54	$66,407	—
Full-service restaurants	6	14.6	1.91×Too few to compare	36	$11,972	—
Gasoline stations	6	14.6	4.51×Too few to compare	43	$34,140	—
Building equipment contractors	5	12.2	2.03×Too few to compare	19	$39,158	4
Insurance agencies and brokerages	5	12.2	2.78×Too few to compare	10	$55,300	6
Construction of buildings	4	9.8	1.29×Too few to compare	18	$43,889	15

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,100 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 Nuckolls County, Nebraska: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
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

11KFY2017
15.7KFY2018
7.7KFY2019
15.3KFY2020
-5KFY2022
215.7KFY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 $41.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Nuckolls County, Nebraska: $10,169 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $41.7M; −23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,169; US $12,957
Loan face value: $520K; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 27%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$22.5M54%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$8.4M20%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$2.5M6.0%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$2.5M6.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.1M5.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$1.8M4.4%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$536.4K1.3%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$471.5K1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

SUPERIOR COMMUNITY CORPORATION, INC.$75K0.2%
SUPERIOR, NE
PINE COVE CONSULTING, LLC$70.3K0.2%
BOZEMAN, MT
NEW HORIZONS MIDTOWN MANOR, LLC$55.7K0.1%
SUPERIOR, NE
HOUSING AUTHORITY CITY OF NELSON$55.4K0.1%
NELSON, NE
COUNTY OF NUCKOLLS SCHOOL DIST NO 11

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$26.8M64%
Farm Service Agency$10.9M26%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$2.7M6.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Railroad Retirement Board$471.5K1.1%
Natural Resources Conservation Service$277.5K0.7%

Assistance by fiscal year

35.1MFY2021
33.6MFY2022
37.7MFY2023
32.2MFY2024
53.9MFY2025
41.7MFY2026

County aggregates

72%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Nuckolls 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.

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nuckolls County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
FY2017	$2.59	$1,436
FY2018	$3.76	$1,552
FY2019	$1.85	$1,654
FY2020	$3.75	$1,880
FY2021	$0	$1,810
FY2022	-$1.22	$1,917
FY2023	$0	$2,079
FY2024	$52.67	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nuckolls County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$213	$5,748
FY2022	$129	$5,221
FY2023	$1,947	$5,364
FY2024	$77.01	$5,501
FY2025	$223	$5,732
FY2026	$22.64

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nuckolls County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$92.83	$298
FY2022	$59.66	$357
FY2023	$1,652	$301
FY2024	-$0.93	$319
FY2025	$185	$360
FY2026	$0

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nuckolls County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$86.17	$239
FY2022	$75.09	$185
FY2023	$51.29	$229
FY2024	$69.32	$229
FY2025	$52.02	$249
FY2026	$45.38

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nuckolls County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$36.49	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nuckolls County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$1,828	$1,186
FY2022	$2.99	$465
FY2023	$523	$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.

Nuckolls County, Nebraska
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Nuckolls County, Nebraska and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
2014	−0.4%	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/31129

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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.

Nuckolls 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 Nuckolls County

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

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-07
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
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Calendar years	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
2014	+2.6%	−4.2%
2015	−2.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.6%	+3.3%
2018	+9.9%	+6.8%
2019	+12.6%	+10.5%
2020	+15.9%	+19.4%
2021	+18.5%	+26.1%
2022	+28.7%	+30.6%
2023	+36.0%	+35.0%
2024	+41.2%	+41.0%
2025	+45.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
2014	+4.5%	−5.5%
2015	+4.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.5%	+4.1%
2018	+11.2%	+8.9%
2019	+18.2%	+13.5%
2020	+29.7%	+20.8%
2021	+56.9%	+32.1%
2022	+47.5%	+35.4%
2023	+85.2%	+42.9%
2024	+64.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
2014	0.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
2014	+3.4%	−6.9%
2015	+0.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.5%	+4.7%
2018	+12.2%	+7.5%
2019	+16.2%	+14.0%
2020	+44.9%	+16.9%
2021	+42.5%	+21.0%
2022	+36.9%	+29.7%
2023	+40.9%	+34.9%
2024	+60.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+20.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+11.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+42.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+59.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+59.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+62.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+44.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
2014	2.8%	6.2%
2015	2.5%	5.3%
2016	3.1%	4.9%
2017	2.9%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	2.9%	3.7%
2020	2.9%	8.1%
2021	2.1%	5.4%
2022	2.1%	3.7%
2023	2.2%	3.6%
2024	2.3%	4.0%
2025	2.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
2014	13.4%	15.5%
2015	12.5%	14.7%
2016	12.5%	14.0%
2017	11.5%	13.4%
2018	11.0%	13.1%
2019	11.2%	12.3%
2020	9.8%	11.9%
2021	9.9%	12.8%
2022	10.9%	12.6%
2023	10.8%	12.5%
2024	10.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
2014	10.8%	13.5%
2015	9.3%	10.9%
2016	8.7%	10.0%
2017	9.2%	10.2%
2018	9.8%	10.4%
2019	10.7%	10.8%
2020	9.9%	10.4%
2021	9.9%	10.2%
2022	9.0%	9.5%
2023	7.8%	9.5%
2024	8.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	United States
2014	8.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	9.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	3.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.3/1k	16.6/1k

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