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Nebraska

Environmental and community health profiles for all 93 counties in Nebraska. Sorted by opportunity score (highest need first).

Counties

Avg opportunity score

Converging-risk counties

What the data shows in Nebraska

Across Nebraska's 93 counties, 1 have two or more of the four health-risk areas (environmental, disease, provider access, and social conditions) above the national threshold at the same time. These are the places where several pressures land together rather than one at a time.

Statewide, the health-risk area scoring highest on average is gaps in provider access, the leading driver of community health need in Nebraska.

The most widespread specific risk pattern is Runoff Burden, triggered in 42 counties, followed by Industrial Burden in 13 counties.

Sioux County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 73 out of 100 (high). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.

County	Opportunity	Env	Disease	Provider	Social	Pop
Sioux County 31165	73	74	69	85	54	1,154
Pawnee County 31133	62	29	64	97	49	2,512
Franklin County 31061	60	38	60	99	41	2,825
Garden County 31069	60	19	66	98	48	1,794
Boyd County 31015	60	37	62	98	40	1,725
Hayes County 31085	59	39	57	98	42	846
Keya Paha County 31103	59	29	61	99	44	805
Knox County 31107	59	62	57	85	33	8,298
Hitchcock County 31087	58	41	53	99	41	2,552
Sheridan County 31161	57	29	56	92	47	4,928
Deuel County 31049	54	29	56	92	40	1,871
Sherman County 31163	54	22	55	98	42	2,983
Greeley County 31077	54	30	45	98	44	2,219
Hooker County 31091	54	17	51	93	51	679
Furnas County 31065	53	40	52	91	34	4,556
Dundy County 31057	53	31	57	91	36	1,561
Frontier County 31063	53	39	38	97	43	2,585
Harlan County 31083	53	40	48	98	31	3,045
Thurston County 31173	51	32	39	73	58	6,557
Morrill County 31123	50	30	45	72	52	4,504
Brown County 31017	50	18	50	100	37	2,853
Thayer County 31169	50	36	50	92	28	4,829
Nuckolls County 31129	49	37	47	92	28	4,095
Red Willow County 31145	49	41	36	89	38	10,457
Cherry County 31031	48	19	46	93	40	5,492
Webster County 31181	48	37	40	80	42	3,351
Burt County 31021	48	32	47	73	42	6,727
Banner County 31007	47	30	45	90	32	674
Kimball County 31105	47	27	64	47	46	3,289
Perkins County 31135	47	29	36	98	34	2,795
Gosper County 31073	47	36	40	92	28	1,847
Wheeler County 31183	47	13	48	97	34	775
Grant County 31075	47	17	39	98	40	565
Jefferson County 31095	47	37	46	75	35	7,054
Valley County 31175	46	22	49	91	28	4,012
Richardson County 31147	46	29	51	73	33	7,689
Logan County 31113	45	19	39	94	36	655
Rock County 31149	44	14	44	96	28	1,271
Thomas County 31171	44	20	33	95	38	677
Dixon County 31051	44	32	44	72	34	5,491
Keith County 31101	44	28	49	72	32	8,113
Gage County 31067	43	52	41	53	35	21,634
Nemaha County 31127	43	30	30	88	35	7,076
Phelps County 31137	42	36	31	75	36	9,057
Antelope County 31003	41	22	46	75	29	6,302
Nance County 31125	41	30	41	74	26	3,274
Garfield County 31071	41	13	44	80	33	1,763
Cedar County 31027	41	32	32	80	31	8,262
Polk County 31143	41	30	36	75	32	5,228
Scotts Bluff County 31157	40	34	34	59	43	35,699
Fillmore County 31059	40	30	38	76	25	5,548
Boone County 31011	40	30	45	64	22	5,310
Holt County 31089	39	14	45	77	28	10,093
Chase County 31029	39	30	42	62	31	3,724
Clay County 31035	39	33	31	70	34	6,116
Dawes County 31045	39	32	19	77	42	8,133
Howard County 31093	39	22	33	81	31	6,527
Cuming County 31039	38	30	35	71	25	8,918
Box Butte County 31013	38	30	36	55	39	10,692
Pierce County 31139	37	30	27	74	32	7,299
Johnson County 31097	37	30	20	73	42	5,198
Butler County 31023	37	30	28	67	35	8,459
Washington County 31177	37	60	22	54	21	21,152
Stanton County 31167	37	30	29	73	26	5,856
Merrick County 31121	36	22	33	68	34	7,755
Cheyenne County 31033	36	28	42	38	42	9,541
Lincoln County 31111	36	19	41	58	34	33,365
Kearney County 31099	36	34	25	72	24	6,770
Lancaster County 31109	34	62	11	55	31	326,716
Otoe County 31131	34	33	28	57	32	16,335
Custer County 31041	34	25	38	45	36	10,581
Adams County 31001	34	36	26	51	36	30,899
Dawson County 31047	34	27	23	54	43	24,085
Hall County 31079	33	44	19	55	32	62,197
Blaine County 31009	32	18	48	N/A	58	436
Douglas County 31055	32	56	8	52	33	589,540
York County 31185	32	30	26	60	24	14,356
Sarpy County 31153	32	67	6	51	18	199,886
Dodge County 31053	31	30	25	52	31	37,187
Hamilton County 31081	31	30	25	57	16	9,537
Dakota County 31043	30	32	15	56	36	21,268
Madison County 31119	30	30	23	55	29	35,627
Platte County 31141	30	30	22	56	26	34,609
Cass County 31025	30	30	22	54	29	27,446
McPherson County 31117	29	18	54	N/A	43	383
Saline County 31151	29	30	17	57	29	14,555
Saunders County 31155	29	30	20	52	29	23,463
Loup County 31115	28	14	51	N/A	47	592
Colfax County 31037	27	30	18	48	30	10,566
Seward County 31159	27	30	16	55	24	17,671
Wayne County 31179	26	30	10	56	26	9,874
Buffalo County 31019	25	22	12	56	29	50,697
Arthur County 31005	25	18	40	N/A	44	412

Scores are national percentile ranks (0–100) from the Banana Analytics methodology (v1.2.0). Higher scores indicate more burden. Click any county for its full environmental and community health profile.