About County Data

This edition of the county indicators include the most current available data and comparison data from five years ago, and a rate or percentage based on population or change as relevant.

Map of Nebraska counties

Total population (2011 & 2015)

Total population (2015)

State	Number
2011	1,842,383
2015	1,896,190

Highest county	2015
By number	Douglas
By percent change	Sarpy

Lowest county	2015
By number	Arthur
By percent change	McPherson

	2011	2015	% Change		2011	2015	% Change		2011	2015	% Change
Adams	31,233	31,587	1.1%	Frontier	2,732	2,624	-4.0%	Nance	3,736	3,595	-3.8%
Antelope	6,632	6,414	-3.3%	Furnas	4,936	4,862	-1.5%	Nemaha	7,272	7,046	-3.1%
Arthur	469	456	-2.8%	Gage	21,955	21,900	-0.3%	Nuckolls	4,448	4,329	-2.7%
Banner	737	788	6.9%	Garden	2,046	1,918	-6.3%	Otoe	15,799	15,984	1.2%
Blaine	496	487	-1.8%	Garfield	1,989	2,028	2.0%	Pawnee	2,780	2,659	-4.4%
Boone	5,397	5,315	-1.5%	Gosper	1,949	1,973	1.2%	Perkins	2,948	2,944	-0.1%
Box Butte	11,292	11,337	0.4%	Grant	633	641	1.3%	Phelps	9,162	9,296	1.5%
Boyd	2,085	2,006	-3.8%	Greeley	2,533	2,429	-4.1%	Pierce	7,190	7,208	0.3%
Brown	3,081	2,946	-4.4%	Hall	59,586	61,680	3.5%	Platte	32,461	32,847	1.2%
Buffalo	46,835	48,863	4.3%	Hamilton	9,073	9,190	1.3%	Polk	5,341	5,202	-2.6%
Burt	6,794	6,585	-3.1%	Harlan	3,442	3,452	0.3%	Red Willow	11,011	10,829	-1.7%
Butler	8,308	8,115	-2.3%	Hayes	984	932	-5.3%	Richardson	8,343	8,094	-3.0%
Cass	25,264	25,512	1.0%	Hitchcock	2,873	2,883	0.3%	Rock	1,432	1,381	-3.6%
Cedar	8,776	8,564	-2.4%	Holt	10,459	10,313	-1.4%	Saline	14,355	14,282	-0.5%
Chase	4,000	3,956	-1.1%	Hooker	743	732	-1.5%	Sarpy	162,667	175,692	8.0%
Cherry	5,740	5,848	1.9%	Howard	6,304	6,409	1.7%	Saunders	20,884	21,016	0.6%
Cheyenne	9,974	10,167	1.9%	Jefferson	7,542	7,263	-3.7%	Scotts Bluff	36,932	36,261	-1.8%
Clay	6,480	6,309	-2.6%	Johnson	5,198	5,173	-0.5%	Seward	16,739	17,110	2.2%
Colfax	10,576	10,520	-0.5%	Kearney	6,555	6,585	0.5%	Sheridan	5,387	5,220	-3.1%
Cuming	9,143	9,125	-0.2%	Keith	8,223	8,063	-1.9%	Sherman	3,141	3,091	-1.6%
Custer	10,877	10,806	-0.7%	Keya Paha	823	804	-2.3%	Sioux	1,327	1,260	-5.0%
Dakota	20,834	20,781	-0.3%	Kimball	3,781	3,689	-2.4%	Stanton	6,189	5,937	-4.1%
Dawes	9,236	9,055	-2.0%	Knox	8,587	8,543	-0.5%	Thayer	5,174	5,163	-0.2%
Dawson	24,296	23,886	-1.7%	Lancaster	289,989	306,468	5.7%	Thomas	688	684	-0.6%
Deuel	1,971	1,921	-2.5%	Lincoln	36,054	35,656	-1.1%	Thurston	6,909	7,064	2.2%
Dixon	6,013	5,797	-3.6%	Logan	769	777	1.0%	Valley	4,247	4,154	-2.2%
Dodge	36,946	36,706	-0.6%	Loup	614	585	-4.7%	Washington	20,263	20,248	-0.1%
Douglas	524,677	550,064	4.8%	Madison	34,998	35,039	0.1%	Wayne	9,452	9,367	-0.9%
Dundy	1,976	1,799	-9.0%	McPherson	545	475	-12.8%	Webster	3,768	3,625	-3.8%
Fillmore	5,839	5,619	-3.8%	Merrick	7,735	7,787	0.7%	Wheeler	815	750	-8.0%
Franklin	3,217	2,985	-7.2%	Morrill	4,926	4,854	-1.5%	York	13,753	13,806	0.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children 19 & under (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children 19 & under (2015)

State	Number	% total population
2011	515,973	28.0%
2015	523,254	27.6%

Highest county	By number	By % total population
2011	Douglas	Thurston
2015	Douglas	Thurston

Lowest county	By number	By % total population
2011	Blaine	Banner
2015	Blaine	Garden

	2011	% total population	2015	% total population		2011	% total population	2015	% total population		2011	% total population	2015	% total population
Adams	8,601	27.5%	8,515	27.0%	Frontier	711	26.0%	674	25.7%	Nance	966	25.9%	876	24.4%
Antelope	1,706	25.7%	1,631	25.4%	Furnas	1,252	25.4%	1,200	24.7%	Nemaha	1,894	26.0%	1,844	26.2%
Arthur	140	29.9%	138	30.3%	Gage	5,469	24.9%	5,287	24.1%	Nuckolls	1,007	22.6%	980	22.6%
Banner	149	20.2%	175	22.2%	Garden	424	20.7%	379	19.8%	Otoe	4,106	26.0%	4,058	25.4%
Blaine	121	24.4%	112	23.0%	Garfield	458	23.0%	421	20.8%	Pawnee	657	23.6%	633	23.8%
Boone	1,387	25.7%	1,361	25.6%	Gosper	477	24.5%	486	24.6%	Perkins	782	26.5%	787	26.7%
Box Butte	3,128	27.7%	3,159	27.9%	Grant	143	22.6%	147	22.9%	Phelps	2,449	26.7%	2,448	26.3%
Boyd	483	23.2%	449	22.4%	Greeley	654	25.8%	624	25.7%	Pierce	1,991	27.7%	1,943	27.0%
Brown	735	23.9%	692	23.5%	Hall	17,680	29.7%	18,089	29.3%	Platte	9,500	29.3%	9,368	28.5%
Buffalo	13,230	28.2%	13,396	27.4%	Hamilton	2,492	27.5%	2,458	26.7%	Polk	1,381	25.9%	1,300	25.0%
Burt	1,668	24.6%	1,589	24.1%	Harlan	818	23.8%	816	23.6%	Red Willow	2,901	26.3%	2,732	25.2%
Butler	2,196	26.4%	2,104	25.9%	Hayes	241	24.5%	201	21.6%	Richardson	1,985	23.8%	1,872	23.1%
Cass	6,929	27.4%	6,762	26.5%	Hitchcock	657	22.9%	679	23.6%	Rock	318	22.2%	311	22.5%
Cedar	2,438	27.8%	2,325	27.1%	Holt	2,711	25.9%	2,713	26.3%	Saline	4,207	29.3%	4,184	29.3%
Chase	1,055	26.4%	1,049	26.5%	Hooker	173	23.3%	169	23.1%	Sarpy	50,448	31.0%	53,091	30.2%
Cherry	1,398	24.4%	1,431	24.5%	Howard	1,691	26.8%	1,650	25.7%	Saunders	5,852	28.0%	5,605	26.7%
Cheyenne	2,602	26.1%	2,642	26.0%	Jefferson	1,768	23.4%	1,720	23.7%	Scotts Bluff	10,083	27.3%	9,822	27.1%
Clay	1,780	27.5%	1,676	26.6%	Johnson	1,105	21.3%	1,117	21.6%	Seward	4,761	28.4%	4,828	28.2%
Colfax	3,370	31.9%	3,382	32.1%	Kearney	1,765	26.9%	1,728	26.2%	Sheridan	1,327	24.6%	1,275	24.4%
Cuming	2,463	26.9%	2,473	27.1%	Keith	1,907	23.2%	1,821	22.6%	Sherman	747	23.8%	723	23.4%
Custer	2,794	25.7%	2,743	25.4%	Keya Paha	190	23.1%	164	20.4%	Sioux	331	24.9%	292	23.2%
Dakota	6,828	32.8%	6,561	31.6%	Kimball	919	24.3%	874	23.7%	Stanton	1,826	29.5%	1,680	28.3%
Dawes	2,481	26.9%	2,304	25.4%	Knox	2,259	26.3%	2,276	26.6%	Thayer	1,197	23.1%	1,269	24.6%
Dawson	7,526	31.0%	7,250	30.4%	Lancaster	78,550	27.1%	81,922	26.7%	Thomas	184	26.7%	172	25.1%
Deuel	454	23.0%	444	23.1%	Lincoln	9,786	27.1%	9,398	26.4%	Thurston	2,664	38.6%	2,703	38.3%
Dixon	1,693	28.2%	1,594	27.5%	Logan	215	28.0%	213	27.4%	Valley	1,024	24.1%	1,050	25.3%
Dodge	9,760	26.4%	9,622	26.2%	Loup	146	23.8%	129	22.1%	Washington	5,653	27.9%	5,458	27.0%
Douglas	150,558	28.7%	156,696	28.5%	Madison	9,799	28.0%	9,548	27.2%	Wayne	2,669	28.2%	2,592	27.7%
Dundy	483	24.4%	405	22.5%	McPherson	165	30.3%	125	26.3%	Webster	947	25.1%	870	24.0%
Fillmore	1,469	25.2%	1,202	21.4%	Merrick	2,067	26.7%	1,984	25.5%	Wheeler	209	25.6%	165	22.0%
Franklin	738	22.9%	628	21.0%	Morrill	1,319	26.8%	1,290	26.6%	York	3,533	25.7%	3,511	25.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children 4 years & under (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children 4 & under (2015)

State	Number	% of all children
2011	131,568	25.5%
2015	130,731	25.0%

Highest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Douglas	Grant
2015	Douglas	Grant

Lowest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Blaine	Garfield
2015	McPherson	McPherson

	2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children
Adams	2,020	23.5%	1,995	23.4%	Frontier	142	20.0%	111	16.5%	Nance	225	23.3%	215	24.5%
Antelope	421	24.7%	432	26.5%	Furnas	255	20.4%	252	21.0%	Nemaha	452	23.9%	424	23.0%
Arthur	40	28.6%	22	15.9%	Gage	1,317	24.1%	1,225	23.2%	Nuckolls	222	22.0%	189	19.3%
Banner	32	21.5%	32	18.3%	Garden	95	22.4%	79	20.8%	Otoe	987	24.0%	964	23.8%
Blaine	32	26.4%	31	27.7%	Garfield	73	15.9%	73	17.3%	Pawnee	143	21.8%	163	25.8%
Boone	317	22.9%	309	22.7%	Gosper	90	18.9%	112	23.0%	Perkins	195	24.9%	204	25.9%
Box Butte	789	25.2%	823	26.1%	Grant	49	34.3%	49	33.3%	Phelps	605	24.7%	658	26.9%
Boyd	103	21.3%	84	18.7%	Greeley	164	25.1%	125	20.0%	Pierce	430	21.6%	533	27.4%
Brown	153	20.8%	143	20.7%	Hall	4,734	26.8%	4,742	26.2%	Platte	2,420	25.5%	2,423	25.9%
Buffalo	3,348	25.3%	3,485	26.0%	Hamilton	503	20.2%	519	21.1%	Polk	312	22.6%	292	22.5%
Burt	366	21.9%	349	22.0%	Harlan	197	24.1%	236	28.9%	Red Willow	688	23.7%	667	24.4%
Butler	480	21.9%	480	22.8%	Hayes	54	22.4%	43	21.4%	Richardson	429	21.6%	459	24.5%
Cass	1,586	22.9%	1,495	22.1%	Hitchcock	149	22.7%	164	24.2%	Rock	78	24.5%	54	17.4%
Cedar	561	23.0%	461	19.8%	Holt	687	25.3%	749	27.6%	Saline	1,002	23.8%	973	23.3%
Chase	283	26.8%	221	21.1%	Hooker	41	23.7%	48	28.4%	Sarpy	13,450	26.7%	13,279	25.0%
Cherry	320	22.9%	340	23.8%	Howard	391	23.1%	394	23.9%	Saunders	1,366	23.3%	1,234	22.0%
Cheyenne	652	25.1%	632	23.9%	Jefferson	403	22.8%	403	23.4%	Scotts Bluff	2,678	26.6%	2,421	24.6%
Clay	403	22.6%	402	24.0%	Johnson	281	25.4%	230	20.6%	Seward	1,028	21.6%	1,021	21.1%
Colfax	961	28.5%	885	26.2%	Kearney	419	23.7%	395	22.9%	Sheridan	294	22.2%	255	20.0%
Cuming	538	21.8%	510	20.6%	Keith	433	22.7%	364	20.0%	Sherman	170	22.8%	160	22.1%
Custer	630	22.5%	672	24.5%	Keya Paha	42	22.1%	44	26.8%	Sioux	69	20.8%	68	23.3%
Dakota	1,794	26.3%	1,603	24.4%	Kimball	236	25.7%	210	24.0%	Stanton	452	24.8%	385	22.9%
Dawes	488	19.7%	452	19.6%	Knox	525	23.2%	561	24.6%	Thayer	285	23.8%	293	23.1%
Dawson	1,836	24.4%	1,791	24.7%	Lancaster	20,302	25.8%	20,263	24.7%	Thomas	49	26.6%	56	32.6%
Deuel	89	19.6%	102	23.0%	Lincoln	2,429	24.8%	2,161	23.0%	Thurston	743	27.9%	700	25.9%
Dixon	422	24.9%	351	22.0%	Logan	54	25.1%	51	23.9%	Valley	250	24.4%	240	22.9%
Dodge	2,444	25.0%	2,341	24.3%	Loup	42	28.8%	22	17.1%	Washington	1,144	20.2%	1,136	20.8%
Douglas	40,422	26.8%	41,763	26.7%	Madison	2,654	27.1%	2,509	26.3%	Wayne	547	20.5%	538	20.8%
Dundy	98	20.3%	74	18.3%	McPherson	37	22.4%	18	14.4%	Webster	237	25.0%	210	24.1%
Fillmore	301	20.5%	255	21.2%	Merrick	471	22.8%	451	22.7%	Wheeler	51	24.4%	42	25.5%
Franklin	159	21.5%	135	21.5%	Morrill	299	22.7%	260	20.2%	York	911	25.8%	942	26.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children 10-17 years (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children 10-17 (2015)

State	Number	% of all children
2011	199,255	43.2%
2015	200,244	42.6%

Highest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Douglas	Garfield
2015	Douglas	Loup

Lowest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Arthur	Colfax
2015	Blaine	Thomas

	2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children
Adams	3,282	44.5%	3,375	45.8%	Frontier	287	51.2%	263	49.7%	Nance	411	46.6%	383	47.3%
Antelope	727	46.2%	652	43.6%	Furnas	580	51.2%	547	50.4%	Nemaha	669	43.8%	646	43.0%
Arthur	51	39.2%	64	50.0%	Gage	2,285	45.9%	2,218	45.6%	Nuckolls	415	45.4%	471	52.4%
Banner	70	50.4%	79	49.1%	Garden	172	45.4%	169	48.6%	Otoe	1,747	46.8%	1,699	45.9%
Blaine	54	48.6%	37	37.4%	Garfield	223	54.0%	202	53.7%	Pawnee	302	51.3%	259	44.6%
Boone	601	48.1%	584	47.0%	Gosper	210	49.1%	212	47.1%	Perkins	318	44.2%	318	43.5%
Box Butte	1,257	44.0%	1,267	43.4%	Grant	52	41.3%	51	37.8%	Phelps	1,014	45.4%	1,012	44.7%
Boyd	224	51.3%	211	51.5%	Greeley	272	45.9%	288	50.3%	Pierce	895	49.3%	847	47.6%
Brown	319	47.4%	322	51.2%	Hall	6,826	42.1%	7,169	43.0%	Platte	3,829	44.4%	3,761	43.8%
Buffalo	4,649	41.8%	4,806	42.0%	Hamilton	1,116	49.5%	1,122	50.4%	Polk	594	47.1%	558	47.4%
Burt	715	47.2%	701	47.6%	Harlan	353	47.8%	310	41.1%	Red Willow	1,147	45.1%	1,127	46.7%
Butler	984	49.3%	977	50.9%	Hayes	107	49.5%	81	46.6%	Richardson	873	48.6%	815	47.2%
Cass	3,010	47.4%	3,019	48.6%	Hitchcock	272	45.1%	296	46.2%	Rock	134	45.0%	147	51.4%
Cedar	1,024	46.5%	1,043	49.1%	Holt	1,130	45.9%	1,045	41.8%	Saline	1,524	43.6%	1,533	43.4%
Chase	408	42.3%	450	46.6%	Hooker	77	50.7%	67	42.4%	Sarpy	19,562	42.1%	21,657	44.0%
Cherry	587	46.5%	610	47.1%	Howard	680	44.5%	708	46.5%	Saunders	2,472	46.4%	2,433	47.4%
Cheyenne	1,059	44.5%	1,101	45.4%	Jefferson	750	46.1%	750	47.3%	Scotts Bluff	3,821	42.1%	3,948	44.1%
Clay	742	46.0%	717	46.5%	Johnson	459	45.4%	498	48.6%	Seward	1,839	46.7%	1,890	47.2%
Colfax	1,198	38.8%	1,281	40.7%	Kearney	708	44.4%	718	45.1%	Sheridan	586	48.0%	576	49.6%
Cuming	1,064	47.1%	1,123	49.6%	Keith	808	46.8%	843	50.8%	Sherman	308	45.2%	319	47.6%
Custer	1,151	45.2%	1,129	44.7%	Keya Paha	80	46.8%	63	42.0%	Sioux	152	50.8%	124	46.8%
Dakota	2,746	44.2%	2,646	44.0%	Kimball	383	45.7%	363	45.4%	Stanton	763	45.3%	728	47.3%
Dawes	798	45.5%	725	44.9%	Knox	965	46.9%	944	45.5%	Thayer	494	45.9%	551	47.0%
Dawson	3,059	44.6%	3,035	45.6%	Lancaster	27,397	40.8%	29,723	42.2%	Thomas	81	46.8%	59	36.9%
Deuel	175	42.5%	194	48.0%	Lincoln	3,938	44.3%	3,857	45.0%	Thurston	1,019	41.7%	1,071	42.5%
Dixon	735	47.4%	689	47.4%	Logan	81	40.5%	95	47.3%	Valley	436	46.3%	458	47.9%
Dodge	3,801	43.6%	3,823	44.2%	Loup	59	45.4%	66	56.4%	Washington	2,437	48.9%	2,439	50.1%
Douglas	57,401	42.1%	60,585	42.6%	Madison	3,724	42.6%	3,621	42.3%	Wayne	828	44.6%	784	42.3%
Dundy	240	53.8%	188	52.2%	McPherson	73	46.2%	59	52.2%	Webster	414	48.4%	352	44.7%
Fillmore	675	51.5%	543	49.8%	Merrick	899	47.6%	858	47.5%	Wheeler	96	49.7%	57	38.0%
Franklin	349	52.1%	260	46.6%	Morrill	582	47.8%	571	48.4%	York	1,372	44.3%	1,278	40.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table Single Year Age.

Emerging adults 18-24 years (2011 & 2015)

Percent of population 18-24 (2015)

State	Number	% of population
2011	184,838	10.0%
2015	192,804	10.2%

Highest county	By number	By % of population
2011	Douglas	Wayne
2015	Douglas	Dawes

Lowest county	By number	By % of population
2011	McPherson	McPherson
2015	Arthur	Thomas

	2011	% of population	2015	% of population		2011	% of population	2015	% of population		2011	% of population	2015	% of population
Adams	3,732	11.9%	3,701	11.7%	Frontier	314	11.5%	302	11.5%	Nance	249	6.7%	251	7.0%
Antelope	403	6.1%	460	7.2%	Furnas	286	5.8%	379	7.8%	Nemaha	966	13.3%	919	13.0%
Arthur	23	4.9%	27	5.9%	Gage	1,570	7.2%	1,602	7.3%	Nuckolls	223	5.0%	276	6.4%
Banner	35	4.7%	43	5.5%	Garden	118	5.8%	112	5.8%	Otoe	1,075	6.8%	1,244	7.8%
Blaine	27	5.4%	43	8.8%	Garfield	103	5.2%	156	7.7%	Pawnee	167	6.0%	194	7.3%
Boone	366	6.8%	425	8.0%	Gosper	108	5.5%	133	6.7%	Perkins	161	5.5%	179	6.1%
Box Butte	768	6.8%	865	7.6%	Grant	42	6.6%	34	5.3%	Phelps	585	6.4%	722	7.8%
Boyd	108	5.2%	136	6.8%	Greeley	154	6.1%	165	6.8%	Pierce	451	6.3%	568	7.9%
Brown	160	5.2%	198	6.7%	Hall	5,003	8.4%	5,399	8.8%	Platte	2,650	8.2%	2,842	8.7%
Buffalo	7,403	15.8%	7,787	15.9%	Hamilton	583	6.4%	761	8.3%	Polk	300	5.6%	394	7.6%
Burt	385	5.7%	422	6.4%	Harlan	178	5.2%	224	6.5%	Red Willow	1,017	9.2%	1,043	9.6%
Butler	499	6.0%	604	7.4%	Hayes	57	5.8%	77	8.3%	Richardson	511	6.1%	538	6.6%
Cass	1,684	6.7%	1,859	7.3%	Hitchcock	166	5.8%	167	5.8%	Rock	67	4.7%	78	5.6%
Cedar	565	6.4%	655	7.6%	Holt	629	6.0%	708	6.9%	Saline	1,852	12.9%	1,833	12.8%
Chase	252	6.3%	257	6.5%	Hooker	38	5.1%	37	5.1%	Sarpy	14,289	8.8%	15,131	8.6%
Cherry	334	5.8%	421	7.2%	Howard	403	6.4%	420	6.6%	Saunders	1,399	6.7%	1,584	7.5%
Cheyenne	674	6.8%	720	7.1%	Jefferson	435	5.8%	480	6.6%	Scotts Bluff	3,254	8.8%	2,995	8.3%
Clay	450	6.9%	468	7.4%	Johnson	360	6.9%	392	7.6%	Seward	2,227	13.3%	2,237	13.1%
Colfax	941	8.9%	888	8.4%	Kearney	420	6.4%	484	7.4%	Sheridan	299	5.6%	349	6.7%
Cuming	550	6.0%	683	7.5%	Keith	490	6.0%	552	6.8%	Sherman	158	5.0%	183	5.9%
Custer	700	6.4%	801	7.4%	Keya Paha	29	3.5%	48	6.0%	Sioux	74	5.6%	81	6.4%
Dakota	2,016	9.7%	2,013	9.7%	Kimball	245	6.5%	264	7.2%	Stanton	415	6.7%	453	7.6%
Dawes	2,083	22.6%	2,152	23.8%	Knox	467	5.4%	582	6.8%	Thayer	298	5.8%	354	6.9%
Dawson	2,039	8.4%	2,062	8.6%	Lancaster	43,221	14.9%	47,097	15.4%	Thomas	33	4.8%	34	5.0%
Deuel	125	6.3%	124	6.5%	Lincoln	2,801	7.8%	2,774	7.8%	Thurston	698	10.1%	719	10.2%
Dixon	400	6.7%	459	7.9%	Logan	35	4.6%	48	6.2%	Valley	247	5.8%	305	7.3%
Dodge	3,382	9.2%	3,419	9.3%	Loup	41	6.7%	36	6.2%	Washington	1,724	8.5%	1,828	9.0%
Douglas	51,922	9.9%	51,207	9.3%	Madison	3,620	10.3%	3,471	9.9%	Wayne	2,381	25.2%	2,224	23.7%
Dundy	80	4.0%	138	7.7%	McPherson	16	2.9%	30	6.3%	Webster	267	7.1%	301	8.3%
Fillmore	363	6.2%	412	7.3%	Merrick	540	7.0%	622	8.0%	Wheeler	39	4.8%	52	6.9%
Franklin	185	5.8%	211	7.1%	Morrill	310	6.3%	365	7.5%	York	1,326	9.6%	1,312	9.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children: White, non-Hispanic (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: White, non-Hispanic (2015)

State	Number	% of all children
2011	373,883	72.5%
2015	368,401	70.4%

Highest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Douglas	Garfield
2015	Douglas	Keya Paha

Lowest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Blaine	Thurston
2015	Blaine	Thurston

	2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children
Adams	6,967	81.0%	6,745	79.2%	Frontier	687	96.6%	640	95.0%	Nance	907	93.9%	824	94.1%
Antelope	1,573	92.2%	1,520	93.2%	Furnas	1,143	91.3%	1,083	90.3%	Nemaha	1,750	92.4%	1,685	91.4%
Arthur	127	90.7%	121	87.7%	Gage	5,047	92.3%	4,797	90.7%	Nuckolls	938	93.1%	914	93.3%
Banner	132	88.6%	156	89.1%	Garden	379	89.4%	332	87.6%	Otoe	3,500	85.2%	3,380	83.3%
Blaine	119	98.3%	109	97.3%	Garfield	453	98.9%	407	96.7%	Pawnee	611	93.0%	589	93.0%
Boone	1,313	94.7%	1,270	93.3%	Gosper	418	87.6%	416	85.6%	Perkins	712	91.0%	707	89.8%
Box Butte	2,255	72.1%	2,274	72.0%	Grant	137	95.8%	142	96.6%	Phelps	2,192	89.5%	2,138	87.3%
Boyd	449	93.0%	414	92.2%	Greeley	607	92.8%	578	92.6%	Pierce	1,899	95.4%	1,851	95.3%
Brown	685	93.2%	640	92.5%	Hall	10,166	57.5%	9,875	54.6%	Platte	6,985	73.5%	6,576	70.2%
Buffalo	10,955	82.8%	10,817	80.7%	Hamilton	2,328	93.4%	2,207	89.8%	Polk	1,282	92.8%	1,179	90.7%
Burt	1,479	88.7%	1,404	88.4%	Harlan	771	94.3%	749	91.8%	Red Willow	2,558	88.2%	2,347	85.9%
Butler	2,043	93.0%	1,938	92.1%	Hayes	223	92.5%	189	94.0%	Richardson	1,748	88.1%	1,611	86.1%
Cass	6,351	91.7%	6,130	90.7%	Hitchcock	615	93.6%	613	90.3%	Rock	307	96.5%	292	93.9%
Cedar	2,313	94.9%	2,193	94.3%	Holt	2,499	92.2%	2,419	89.2%	Saline	2,683	63.8%	2,438	58.3%
Chase	834	79.1%	811	77.3%	Hooker	165	95.4%	149	88.2%	Sarpy	39,280	77.9%	40,513	76.3%
Cherry	1,124	80.4%	1,150	80.4%	Howard	1,570	92.8%	1,541	93.4%	Saunders	5,469	93.5%	5,147	91.8%
Cheyenne	2,194	84.3%	2,249	85.1%	Jefferson	1,598	90.4%	1,518	88.3%	Scotts Bluff	6,200	61.5%	5,742	58.5%
Clay	1,470	82.6%	1,342	80.1%	Johnson	911	82.4%	886	79.3%	Seward	4,450	93.5%	4,414	91.4%
Colfax	1,278	37.9%	1,157	34.2%	Kearney	1,575	89.2%	1,489	86.2%	Sheridan	918	69.2%	854	67.0%
Cuming	2,010	81.6%	1,962	79.3%	Keith	1,649	86.5%	1,542	84.7%	Sherman	710	95.0%	668	92.4%
Custer	2,602	93.1%	2,517	91.8%	Keya Paha	186	97.9%	161	98.2%	Sioux	298	90.0%	254	87.0%
Dakota	2,522	36.9%	2,244	34.2%	Kimball	736	80.1%	702	80.3%	Stanton	1,594	87.3%	1,451	86.4%
Dawes	1,972	79.5%	1,803	78.3%	Knox	1,769	78.3%	1,698	74.6%	Thayer	1,099	91.8%	1,156	91.1%
Dawson	3,581	47.6%	3,470	47.9%	Lancaster	59,653	75.9%	60,644	74.0%	Thomas	168	91.3%	163	94.8%
Deuel	416	91.6%	376	84.7%	Lincoln	8,154	83.3%	7,660	81.5%	Thurston	607	22.8%	631	23.3%
Dixon	1,340	79.1%	1,230	77.2%	Logan	198	92.1%	195	91.5%	Valley	952	93.0%	983	93.6%
Dodge	7,571	77.6%	7,241	75.3%	Loup	134	91.8%	119	92.2%	Washington	5,256	93.0%	5,004	91.7%
Douglas	90,602	60.2%	91,407	58.3%	Madison	6,992	71.4%	6,641	69.6%	Wayne	2,315	86.7%	2,173	83.8%
Dundy	405	83.9%	339	83.7%	McPherson	153	92.7%	118	94.4%	Webster	821	86.7%	741	85.2%
Fillmore	1,302	88.6%	1,040	86.5%	Merrick	1,812	87.7%	1,693	85.3%	Wheeler	199	95.2%	152	92.1%
Franklin	700	94.9%	584	93.0%	Morrill	986	74.8%	921	71.4%	York	3,077	87.1%	3,047	86.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children: Hispanic (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: Hispanic (2015)

State	Number	% of all children
2011	67,632	13.1%
2015	73,597	14.1%

Highest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Douglas	Colfax
2015	Douglas	Colfax

Lowest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Blaine	Blaine
2015	Blaine, Keya Paha	Keya Paha

	2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children
Adams	1,032	12.0%	1,155	13.6%	Frontier	7	1.0%	12	1.8%	Nance	31	3.2%	29	3.3%
Antelope	90	5.3%	67	4.1%	Furnas	65	5.2%	69	5.8%	Nemaha	46	2.4%	51	2.8%
Arthur	7	5.0%	11	8.0%	Gage	162	3.0%	185	3.5%	Nuckolls	39	3.9%	36	3.7%
Banner	11	7.4%	11	6.3%	Garden	32	7.5%	33	8.7%	Otoe	408	9.9%	435	10.7%
Blaine	0	0.0%	1	0.9%	Garfield	4	0.9%	8	1.9%	Pawnee	20	3.0%	15	2.4%
Boone	33	2.4%	50	3.7%	Gosper	34	7.1%	45	9.3%	Perkins	49	6.3%	55	7.0%
Box Butte	436	13.9%	447	14.2%	Grant	3	2.1%	3	2.0%	Phelps	181	7.4%	194	7.9%
Boyd	15	3.1%	17	3.8%	Greeley	22	3.4%	22	3.5%	Pierce	37	1.9%	43	2.2%
Brown	21	2.9%	19	2.7%	Hall	5,726	32.4%	6,164	34.1%	Platte	1,948	20.5%	2,150	23.0%
Buffalo	1,503	11.4%	1,648	12.3%	Hamilton	100	4.0%	162	6.6%	Polk	64	4.6%	81	6.2%
Burt	67	4.0%	68	4.3%	Harlan	26	3.2%	36	4.4%	Red Willow	212	7.3%	228	8.3%
Butler	93	4.2%	91	4.3%	Hayes	11	4.6%	7	3.5%	Richardson	36	1.8%	42	2.2%
Cass	279	4.0%	303	4.5%	Hitchcock	24	3.7%	41	6.0%	Rock	2	0.6%	8	2.6%
Cedar	73	3.0%	65	2.8%	Holt	137	5.1%	173	6.4%	Saline	1,188	28.2%	1,308	31.3%
Chase	202	19.1%	212	20.2%	Hooker	2	1.2%	7	4.1%	Sarpy	4,685	9.3%	5,381	10.1%
Cherry	34	2.4%	41	2.9%	Howard	59	3.5%	54	3.3%	Saunders	183	3.1%	197	3.5%
Cheyenne	245	9.4%	224	8.5%	Jefferson	93	5.3%	106	6.2%	Scotts Bluff	2,954	29.3%	2,989	30.4%
Clay	210	11.8%	212	12.6%	Johnson	149	13.5%	174	15.6%	Seward	130	2.7%	189	3.9%
Colfax	1,740	51.6%	1,758	52.0%	Kearney	131	7.4%	178	10.3%	Sheridan	53	4.0%	76	6.0%
Cuming	358	14.5%	401	16.2%	Keith	155	8.1%	169	9.3%	Sherman	17	2.3%	22	3.0%
Custer	84	3.0%	107	3.9%	Keya Paha	2	1.1%	1	0.6%	Sioux	22	6.6%	21	7.2%
Dakota	3,239	47.4%	3,199	48.8%	Kimball	107	11.6%	103	11.8%	Stanton	140	7.7%	119	7.1%
Dawes	116	4.7%	98	4.3%	Knox	51	2.3%	73	3.2%	Thayer	49	4.1%	57	4.5%
Dawson	3,170	42.1%	2,941	40.6%	Lancaster	6,073	7.7%	6,943	8.5%	Thomas	13	7.1%	5	2.9%
Deuel	26	5.7%	39	8.8%	Lincoln	1,063	10.9%	1,090	11.6%	Thurston	60	2.3%	57	2.1%
Dixon	284	16.8%	290	18.2%	Logan	12	5.6%	10	4.7%	Valley	44	4.3%	34	3.2%
Dodge	1,528	15.7%	1,598	16.6%	Loup	10	6.8%	8	6.2%	Washington	187	3.3%	222	4.1%
Douglas	22,674	15.1%	25,637	16.4%	Madison	1,953	19.9%	1,907	20.0%	Wayne	176	6.6%	209	8.1%
Dundy	52	10.8%	41	10.1%	McPherson	2	1.2%	2	1.6%	Webster	67	7.1%	72	8.3%
Fillmore	96	6.5%	73	6.1%	Merrick	139	6.7%	147	7.4%	Wheeler	4	1.9%	5	3.0%
Franklin	15	2.0%	17	2.7%	Morrill	255	19.3%	270	20.9%	York	245	6.9%	224	6.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children: Black/African American (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: Black/African American (2015)

State	Number	% of all children
2011	29,847	5.8%
2015	30,236	5.8%

Highest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Douglas	Douglas
2015	Douglas	Douglas

Lowest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	11 with 0	11 with 0%
2015	14 with 0	14 with 0%

	2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children
Adams	104	1.2%	111	1.3%	Frontier	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	Nance	5	0.5%	3	0.3%
Antelope	11	0.6%	11	0.7%	Furnas	6	0.5%	6	0.5%	Nemaha	33	1.7%	29	1.6%
Arthur	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Gage	28	0.5%	49	0.9%	Nuckolls	4	0.4%	1	0.1%
Banner	2	1.3%	6	3.4%	Garden	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	Otoe	33	0.8%	33	0.8%
Blaine	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Garfield	1	0.2%	3	0.7%	Pawnee	8	1.2%	5	0.8%
Boone	14	1.0%	9	0.7%	Gosper	4	0.8%	5	1.0%	Perkins	6	0.8%	5	0.6%
Box Butte	17	0.5%	27	0.9%	Grant	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	Phelps	8	0.3%	28	1.1%
Boyd	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	Greeley	11	1.7%	12	1.9%	Pierce	6	0.3%	8	0.4%
Brown	3	0.4%	4	0.6%	Hall	393	2.2%	504	2.8%	Platte	56	0.6%	56	0.6%
Buffalo	142	1.1%	162	1.2%	Hamilton	12	0.5%	15	0.6%	Polk	3	0.2%	3	0.2%
Burt	12	0.7%	13	0.8%	Harlan	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	Red Willow	30	1.0%	31	1.1%
Butler	13	0.6%	10	0.5%	Hayes	2	0.8%	0	0.0%	Richardson	9	0.5%	14	0.7%
Cass	40	0.6%	45	0.7%	Hitchcock	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	Rock	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Cedar	5	0.2%	4	0.2%	Holt	10	0.4%	18	0.7%	Saline	42	1.0%	40	1.0%
Chase	3	0.3%	4	0.4%	Hooker	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Sarpy	2,067	4.1%	2,194	4.1%
Cherry	8	0.6%	6	0.4%	Howard	10	0.6%	11	0.7%	Saunders	39	0.7%	87	1.6%
Cheyenne	14	0.5%	13	0.5%	Jefferson	14	0.8%	9	0.5%	Scotts Bluff	82	0.8%	97	1.0%
Clay	16	0.9%	21	1.3%	Johnson	7	0.6%	11	1.0%	Seward	30	0.6%	39	0.8%
Colfax	25	0.7%	65	1.9%	Kearney	6	0.3%	5	0.3%	Sheridan	5	0.4%	7	0.5%
Cuming	9	0.4%	14	0.6%	Keith	6	0.3%	18	1.0%	Sherman	3	0.4%	5	0.7%
Custer	22	0.8%	29	1.1%	Keya Paha	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Sioux	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Dakota	286	4.2%	277	4.2%	Kimball	5	0.5%	3	0.3%	Stanton	20	1.1%	19	1.1%
Dawes	61	2.5%	60	2.6%	Knox	5	0.2%	7	0.3%	Thayer	7	0.6%	13	1.0%
Dawson	293	3.9%	319	4.4%	Lancaster	3,680	4.7%	3,991	4.9%	Thomas	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Deuel	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Lincoln	98	1.0%	119	1.3%	Thurston	9	0.3%	26	1.0%
Dixon	7	0.4%	6	0.4%	Logan	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	Valley	1	0.1%	2	0.2%
Dodge	85	0.9%	106	1.1%	Loup	2	1.4%	1	0.8%	Washington	50	0.9%	49	0.9%
Douglas	21,459	14.3%	20,965	13.4%	Madison	162	1.7%	187	2.0%	Wayne	57	2.1%	63	2.4%
Dundy	3	0.6%	2	0.5%	McPherson	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Webster	11	1.2%	8	0.9%
Fillmore	23	1.6%	23	1.9%	Merrick	7	0.3%	9	0.5%	Wheeler	0	0.0%	1	0.6%
Franklin	4	0.5%	1	0.2%	Morrill	4	0.3%	6	0.5%	York	59	1.7%	65	1.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children: American Indian or Alaska Native (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: American Indian or Alaska Native (2015)

State	Number	% of all children
2011	5,794	1.1%
2015	5,793	1.1%

Highest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Thurston	Thurston
2015	Thurston	Thurston

Lowest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	11 with 0	11 with 0%
2015	8 with 0	8 with 0%

	2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children
Adams	51	0.6%	58	0.7%	Frontier	4	0.6%	7	1.0%	Nance	6	0.6%	4	0.5%
Antelope	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	Furnas	5	0.4%	7	0.6%	Nemaha	8	0.4%	5	0.3%
Arthur	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Gage	34	0.6%	35	0.7%	Nuckolls	2	0.2%	4	0.4%
Banner	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	Garden	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	Otoe	13	0.3%	15	0.4%
Blaine	0	0.0%	1	0.9%	Garfield	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Pawnee	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Boone	7	0.5%	6	0.4%	Gosper	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	Perkins	2	0.3%	3	0.4%
Box Butte	160	5.1%	137	4.3%	Grant	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	Phelps	8	0.3%	8	0.3%
Boyd	1	0.2%	3	0.7%	Greeley	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	Pierce	8	0.4%	9	0.5%
Brown	6	0.8%	9	1.3%	Hall	65	0.4%	86	0.5%	Platte	47	0.5%	54	0.6%
Buffalo	49	0.4%	51	0.4%	Hamilton	6	0.2%	11	0.4%	Polk	1	0.1%	2	0.2%
Burt	35	2.1%	28	1.8%	Harlan	4	0.5%	4	0.5%	Red Willow	14	0.5%	17	0.6%
Butler	2	0.1%	1	0.0%	Hayes	1	0.4%	1	0.5%	Richardson	101	5.1%	77	4.1%
Cass	26	0.4%	25	0.4%	Hitchcock	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	Rock	4	1.3%	8	2.6%
Cedar	8	0.3%	12	0.5%	Holt	9	0.3%	6	0.2%	Saline	13	0.3%	26	0.6%
Chase	0	0.0%	4	0.4%	Hooker	5	2.9%	12	7.1%	Sarpy	185	0.4%	193	0.4%
Cherry	127	9.1%	96	6.7%	Howard	7	0.4%	3	0.2%	Saunders	15	0.3%	18	0.3%
Cheyenne	18	0.7%	11	0.4%	Jefferson	7	0.4%	7	0.4%	Scotts Bluff	187	1.9%	162	1.6%
Clay	14	0.8%	11	0.7%	Johnson	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	Seward	24	0.5%	24	0.5%
Colfax	17	0.5%	19	0.6%	Kearney	5	0.3%	5	0.3%	Sheridan	226	17.0%	200	15.7%
Cuming	6	0.2%	8	0.3%	Keith	6	0.3%	4	0.2%	Sherman	1	0.1%	2	0.3%
Custer	11	0.4%	12	0.4%	Keya Paha	1	0.5%	1	0.6%	Sioux	1	0.3%	9	3.1%
Dakota	168	2.5%	161	2.5%	Kimball	11	1.2%	9	1.0%	Stanton	13	0.7%	12	0.7%
Dawes	117	4.7%	93	4.0%	Knox	307	13.6%	346	15.2%	Thayer	2	0.2%	4	0.3%
Dawson	34	0.5%	39	0.5%	Lancaster	528	0.7%	542	0.7%	Thomas	0	0.0%	1	0.6%
Deuel	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	Lincoln	50	0.5%	44	0.5%	Thurston	1,808	67.9%	1,740	64.4%
Dixon	14	0.8%	14	0.9%	Logan	4	1.9%	4	1.9%	Valley	1	0.1%	3	0.3%
Dodge	44	0.5%	52	0.5%	Loup	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Washington	10	0.2%	9	0.2%
Douglas	903	0.6%	975	0.6%	Madison	125	1.3%	127	1.3%	Wayne	19	0.7%	17	0.7%
Dundy	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	McPherson	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Webster	4	0.4%	2	0.2%
Fillmore	13	0.9%	13	1.1%	Merrick	9	0.4%	12	0.6%	Wheeler	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Franklin	1	0.1%	3	0.5%	Morrill	15	1.1%	13	1.0%	York	19	0.5%	24	0.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children: Asian or Pacific Islander (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: Asian or Pacific Islander (2015)

State	Number	% of all children
2011	10,453	2.0%
2015	12,722	2.4%

Highest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Douglas	Lancaster
2015	Douglas	Lancaster

Lowest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	16 with 0	16 with 0%
2015	17 with 0	17 with 0%

	2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children
Adams	142	1.7%	121	1.4%	Frontier	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Nance	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Antelope	13	0.8%	12	0.7%	Furnas	2	0.2%	4	0.3%	Nemaha	6	0.3%	9	0.5%
Arthur	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Gage	22	0.4%	22	0.4%	Nuckolls	3	0.3%	2	0.2%
Banner	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Garden	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Otoe	34	0.8%	38	0.9%
Blaine	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Garfield	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Pawnee	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Boone	7	0.5%	6	0.4%	Gosper	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	Perkins	4	0.5%	2	0.3%
Box Butte	10	0.3%	11	0.3%	Grant	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Phelps	12	0.5%	13	0.5%
Boyd	8	1.7%	7	1.6%	Greeley	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	Pierce	5	0.3%	4	0.2%
Brown	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	Hall	175	1.0%	169	0.9%	Platte	75	0.8%	64	0.7%
Buffalo	148	1.1%	207	1.5%	Hamilton	8	0.3%	7	0.3%	Polk	6	0.4%	6	0.5%
Burt	7	0.4%	5	0.3%	Harlan	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	Red Willow	10	0.3%	12	0.4%
Butler	16	0.7%	18	0.9%	Hayes	2	0.8%	1	0.5%	Richardson	9	0.5%	11	0.6%
Cass	32	0.5%	39	0.6%	Hitchcock	1	0.2%	5	0.7%	Rock	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
Cedar	2	0.1%	4	0.2%	Holt	9	0.3%	25	0.9%	Saline	80	1.9%	122	2.9%
Chase	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	Hooker	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Sarpy	947	1.9%	1,106	2.1%
Cherry	7	0.5%	4	0.3%	Howard	5	0.3%	5	0.3%	Saunders	36	0.6%	35	0.6%
Cheyenne	60	2.3%	51	1.9%	Jefferson	7	0.4%	5	0.3%	Scotts Bluff	57	0.6%	89	0.9%
Clay	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	Johnson	18	1.6%	14	1.3%	Seward	23	0.5%	27	0.6%
Colfax	9	0.3%	12	0.4%	Kearney	6	0.3%	5	0.3%	Sheridan	8	0.6%	4	0.3%
Cuming	4	0.2%	3	0.1%	Keith	9	0.5%	10	0.5%	Sherman	9	1.2%	6	0.8%
Custer	10	0.4%	6	0.2%	Keya Paha	1	0.5%	1	0.6%	Sioux	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Dakota	212	3.1%	186	2.8%	Kimball	14	1.5%	17	1.9%	Stanton	1	0.1%	5	0.3%
Dawes	59	2.4%	63	2.7%	Knox	10	0.4%	28	1.2%	Thayer	11	0.9%	10	0.8%
Dawson	61	0.8%	56	0.8%	Lancaster	3,128	4.0%	3,718	4.5%	Thomas	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Deuel	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	Lincoln	65	0.7%	77	0.8%	Thurston	5	0.2%	14	0.5%
Dixon	4	0.2%	1	0.1%	Logan	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Valley	3	0.3%	4	0.4%
Dodge	63	0.6%	65	0.7%	Loup	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Washington	20	0.4%	27	0.5%
Douglas	4,539	3.0%	5,906	3.8%	Madison	60	0.6%	63	0.7%	Wayne	23	0.9%	24	0.9%
Dundy	2	0.4%	2	0.5%	McPherson	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Webster	11	1.2%	4	0.5%
Fillmore	4	0.3%	15	1.2%	Merrick	49	2.4%	57	2.9%	Wheeler	3	1.4%	2	1.2%
Franklin	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Morrill	6	0.5%	5	0.4%	York	27	0.8%	31	0.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children: 2+ races, or non-White, Hispanic (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: 2+ races, or non-White, Hispanic (2015)

State	Number	% of all children
2011	28,364	5.5%
2015	32,505	6.2%

Highest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	Douglas	Colfax
2015	Douglas	Colfax

Lowest county	By number	By % of all children
2011	4 with 0	4 with 0%
2015	Keya Paha	Keya Paha

	2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children
Adams	305	3.5%	325	3.8%	Frontier	13	1.8%	14	2.1%	Nance	17	1.8%	16	1.8%
Antelope	18	1.1%	19	1.2%	Furnas	31	2.5%	31	2.6%	Nemaha	51	2.7%	65	3.5%
Arthur	6	4.3%	6	4.3%	Gage	176	3.2%	199	3.8%	Nuckolls	21	2.1%	23	2.3%
Banner	3	2.0%	2	1.1%	Garden	10	2.4%	13	3.4%	Otoe	118	2.9%	157	3.9%
Blaine	2	1.7%	1	0.9%	Garfield	0	0.0%	3	0.7%	Pawnee	17	2.6%	23	3.6%
Boone	13	0.9%	20	1.5%	Gosper	19	4.0%	18	3.7%	Perkins	9	1.2%	15	1.9%
Box Butte	250	8.0%	263	8.3%	Grant	2	1.4%	1	0.7%	Phelps	48	2.0%	67	2.7%
Boyd	8	1.7%	7	1.6%	Greeley	10	1.5%	7	1.1%	Pierce	36	1.8%	28	1.4%
Brown	19	2.6%	17	2.5%	Hall	1,155	6.5%	1,291	7.1%	Platte	389	4.1%	468	5.0%
Buffalo	433	3.3%	511	3.8%	Hamilton	38	1.5%	56	2.3%	Polk	25	1.8%	29	2.2%
Burt	68	4.1%	71	4.5%	Harlan	15	1.8%	26	3.2%	Red Willow	77	2.7%	97	3.6%
Butler	29	1.3%	46	2.2%	Hayes	2	0.8%	3	1.5%	Richardson	82	4.1%	117	6.3%
Cass	201	2.9%	220	3.3%	Hitchcock	14	2.1%	18	2.7%	Rock	4	1.3%	3	1.0%
Cedar	37	1.5%	47	2.0%	Holt	47	1.7%	72	2.7%	Saline	201	4.8%	250	6.0%
Chase	15	1.4%	18	1.7%	Hooker	1	0.6%	1	0.6%	Sarpy	3,284	6.5%	3,704	7.0%
Cherry	98	7.0%	134	9.4%	Howard	40	2.4%	36	2.2%	Saunders	110	1.9%	121	2.2%
Cheyenne	71	2.7%	94	3.6%	Jefferson	49	2.8%	75	4.4%	Scotts Bluff	603	6.0%	743	7.6%
Clay	68	3.8%	88	5.3%	Johnson	18	1.6%	30	2.7%	Seward	104	2.2%	135	2.8%
Colfax	301	8.9%	371	11.0%	Kearney	42	2.4%	46	2.7%	Sheridan	117	8.8%	134	10.5%
Cuming	76	3.1%	85	3.4%	Keith	82	4.3%	78	4.3%	Sherman	7	0.9%	20	2.8%
Custer	65	2.3%	72	2.6%	Keya Paha	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Sioux	10	3.0%	8	2.7%
Dakota	401	5.9%	494	7.5%	Kimball	46	5.0%	40	4.6%	Stanton	58	3.2%	74	4.4%
Dawes	156	6.3%	187	8.1%	Knox	117	5.2%	124	5.4%	Thayer	29	2.4%	29	2.3%
Dawson	387	5.1%	425	5.9%	Lancaster	5,488	7.0%	6,084	7.4%	Thomas	3	1.6%	3	1.7%
Deuel	11	2.4%	25	5.6%	Lincoln	356	3.6%	408	4.3%	Thurston	175	6.6%	235	8.7%
Dixon	44	2.6%	53	3.3%	Logan	0	0.0%	4	1.9%	Valley	23	2.2%	24	2.3%
Dodge	469	4.8%	560	5.8%	Loup	0	0.0%	1	0.8%	Washington	130	2.3%	147	2.7%
Douglas	10,381	6.9%	11,806	7.5%	Madison	507	5.2%	623	6.5%	Wayne	79	3.0%	106	4.1%
Dundy	19	3.9%	20	4.9%	McPherson	10	6.1%	5	4.0%	Webster	33	3.5%	43	4.9%
Fillmore	31	2.1%	38	3.2%	Merrick	51	2.5%	66	3.3%	Wheeler	3	1.4%	5	3.0%
Franklin	18	2.4%	23	3.7%	Morrill	53	4.0%	75	5.8%	York	106	3.0%	120	3.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 Estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children 17 & under in poverty (2006-2010 & 2010-2014)

Percent of children 17 & under in poverty (2010-2014)

State	Number	% of all children
2006-2010	68,473	15.5%
2010-2014	79,766	17.6%

Highest county	By number	By % of all children
2006-2010	Douglas	Loup
2010-2014	Douglas	Keya Paha

Lowest county	By number	By % of all children
2006-2010	Thomas	Thomas
2010-2014	Arthur, Rock	Rock

	2006-2010	% of all children	2010-2014	% of all children		2006-2010	% of all children	2010-2014	% of all children		2006-2010	% of all children	2010-2014	% of all children
Adams	1,251	16.8%	1,215	16.8%	Frontier	129	20.7%	103	20.4%	Nance	63	7.3%	108	12.8%
Antelope	266	16.5%	263	17.3%	Furnas	306	26.1%	372	32.8%	Nemaha	165	10.7%	180	12.0%
Arthur	6	4.7%	1	0.6%	Gage	943	18.1%	747	15.5%	Nuckolls	374	38.5%	109	12.7%
Banner	47	25.7%	42	25.1%	Garden	46	14.3%	51	15.5%	Otoe	635	16.8%	531	14.3%
Blaine	22	22.7%	23	15.3%	Garfield	113	22.6%	49	11.3%	Pawnee	106	18.6%	151	26.1%
Boone	39	3.0%	151	12.2%	Gosper	57	13.0%	46	9.2%	Perkins	52	7.3%	66	9.7%
Box Butte	769	26.7%	1,097	39.1%	Grant	36	28.1%	22	15.7%	Phelps	215	10.2%	140	6.3%
Boyd	56	13.6%	59	13.6%	Greeley	112	17.0%	73	12.0%	Pierce	183	9.6%	83	4.7%
Brown	126	17.0%	140	20.6%	Hall	2,330	15.5%	3,555	22.5%	Platte	880	10.5%	1,150	13.7%
Buffalo	1,616	15.3%	1,404	13.0%	Hamilton	342	14.3%	310	13.7%	Polk	128	9.8%	136	10.9%
Burt	127	8.1%	113	7.8%	Harlan	112	15.2%	188	25.9%	Red Willow	312	12.5%	425	17.0%
Butler	240	11.8%	199	10.2%	Hayes	31	13.1%	22	9.1%	Richardson	470	25.6%	610	35.4%
Cass	308	4.8%	480	7.7%	Hitchcock	139	22.7%	131	22.9%	Rock	47	14.0%	1	0.4%
Cedar	241	10.4%	257	11.8%	Holt	235	9.4%	319	12.9%	Saline	680	20.2%	534	15.6%
Chase	212	22.9%	182	18.8%	Hooker	17	10.8%	30	25.6%	Sarpy	3,410	7.9%	4,716	10.1%
Cherry	41	3.1%	147	13.1%	Howard	196	12.7%	184	12.2%	Saunders	503	9.5%	644	12.2%
Cheyenne	244	10.1%	525	22.0%	Jefferson	354	21.6%	456	28.4%	Scotts Bluff	2,130	23.8%	1,907	21.5%
Clay	147	8.8%	218	14.1%	Johnson	160	18.5%	126	13.0%	Seward	106	2.7%	394	10.1%
Colfax	245	8.9%	540	18.0%	Kearney	206	13.0%	65	4.2%	Sheridan	263	20.9%	407	32.5%
Cuming	440	19.0%	404	18.3%	Keith	178	10.1%	341	20.5%	Sherman	153	22.5%	154	22.6%
Custer	264	10.2%	314	12.8%	Keya Paha	57	42.9%	46	40.7%	Sioux	29	11.4%	39	15.7%
Dakota	1,403	24.1%	1,441	23.4%	Kimball	123	14.2%	128	14.6%	Stanton	257	15.3%	233	14.1%
Dawes	330	19.8%	281	17.7%	Knox	395	19.5%	434	21.3%	Thayer	181	15.9%	247	22.4%
Dawson	1,555	23.6%	1,403	21.1%	Lancaster	10,369	16.5%	12,040	18.1%	Thomas	–	0.0%	20	12.0%
Deuel	75	19.3%	132	31.2%	Lincoln	1,083	12.5%	1,684	19.3%	Thurston	1,017	41.9%	967	40.3%
Dixon	228	14.2%	264	18.0%	Logan	1	0.7%	34	18.6%	Valley	194	21.0%	109	11.7%
Dodge	1,676	19.7%	1,426	16.7%	Loup	63	44.1%	49	39.5%	Washington	154	2.9%	682	13.9%
Douglas	22,694	17.6%	27,320	20.3%	Madison	1,277	15.0%	1,790	20.9%	Wayne	436	22.1%	331	18.1%
Dundy	75	17.6%	50	12.2%	McPherson	11	8.9%	8	8.9%	Webster	149	17.3%	132	16.3%
Fillmore	138	11.4%	125	10.7%	Merrick	274	14.5%	192	11.0%	Wheeler	26	15.0%	21	15.0%
Franklin	167	24.6%	113	18.1%	Morrill	318	25.9%	244	20.9%	York	94	3.5%	371	12.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 and 2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Table B17001.

Children 5 & under in poverty (2006-2010 & 2010-2014)

Percent of children 5 & under in poverty (2010-2014)

State	Number	% of all children 5 & under
2006-2010	28,843	19.0%
2010-2014	32,507	21.2%

Highest county	By number	By % of all children 5 & under
2006-2010	Douglas	Richardson
2010-2014	Douglas	Richardson

Lowest county	By number	By % of all children 5 & under
2006-2010	4 with 0	4 with 0%
2010-2014	3 with 0	3 with 0%

	2006-2010	% children ≤ 5	2010-2014	% children ≤ 5		2006-2010	% children ≤ 5	2010-2014	% children ≤ 5		2006-2010	% children ≤ 5	2010-2014	% children ≤ 5
Adams	468	18.8%	433	18.1%	Frontier	43	21.4%	37	26.1%	Nance	105	19.1%	103	21.3%
Antelope	149	28.8%	118	23.8%	Furnas	110	38.7%	100	36.5%	Nemaha	156	57.1%	27	10.6%
Arthur	6	19.4%	0	0.0%	Gage	321	19.4%	267	17.7%	Nuckolls	247	21.6%	225	19.7%
Banner	30	46.2%	5	9.1%	Garden	39	36.8%	22	14.2%	Otoe	28	17.7%	36	20.2%
Blaine	3	6.4%	2	3.7%	Garfield	34	38.2%	4	3.4%	Pawnee	20	9.1%	24	10.9%
Boone	12	3.5%	26	7.4%	Gosper	11	6.7%	9	6.8%	Perkins	109	16.3%	62	8.6%
Box Butte	316	34.8%	356	48.2%	Grant	11	30.6%	13	39.4%	Phelps	26	4.6%	19	3.4%
Boyd	16	12.6%	20	13.9%	Greeley	26	16.9%	29	15.7%	Pierce	258	9.8%	313	11.4%
Brown	45	19.7%	69	33.3%	Hall	1,359	24.1%	1,812	33.4%	Platte	35	9.3%	32	9.2%
Buffalo	791	20.8%	645	16.8%	Hamilton	110	15.8%	126	19.9%	Polk	166	19.1%	180	23.0%
Burt	42	9.4%	41	11.0%	Harlan	33	18.0%	71	28.1%	Red Willow	326	59.2%	223	48.8%
Butler	48	9.1%	64	11.1%	Hayes	27	23.7%	18	29.5%	Richardson	19	17.6%	1	1.2%
Cass	102	5.2%	183	9.3%	Hitchcock	46	23.6%	71	39.0%	Rock	170	14.4%	107	9.4%
Cedar	75	10.3%	108	16.1%	Holt	66	9.2%	113	14.1%	Saline	1,380	9.0%	1,579	10.2%
Chase	101	37.3%	94	25.1%	Hooker	0	0.0%	16	33.3%	Sarpy	196	12.2%	283	18.0%
Cherry	22	4.6%	56	15.2%	Howard	61	12.3%	40	9.1%	Saunders	951	31.3%	779	25.8%
Cheyenne	95	11.5%	232	30.1%	Jefferson	156	31.7%	149	30.6%	Scotts Bluff	54	4.7%	162	13.8%
Clay	62	14.7%	61	13.6%	Johnson	74	24.8%	46	15.4%	Seward	121	29.9%	80	25.6%
Colfax	152	16.0%	201	19.1%	Kearney	66	15.1%	32	7.0%	Sheridan	27	12.2%	24	11.3%
Cuming	87	14.2%	148	23.4%	Keith	48	8.8%	139	32.8%	Sherman	2	3.8%	0	0.0%
Custer	64	8.1%	76	9.6%	Keya Paha	14	28.0%	5	19.2%	Sioux	120	22.8%	61	12.2%
Dakota	838	39.0%	801	36.8%	Kimball	45	17.8%	71	21.5%	Stanton	54	14.7%	125	34.5%
Dawes	159	30.6%	114	19.3%	Knox	106	18.1%	160	26.0%	Thayer	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Dawson	551	24.4%	515	23.1%	Lancaster	4,655	20.0%	5,239	22.0%	Thomas	400	50.0%	357	43.9%
Deuel	54	37.5%	27	26.2%	Lincoln	475	17.1%	611	21.9%	Thurston	59	20.1%	37	12.3%
Dixon	86	18.8%	87	19.2%	Logan	0	0.0%	21	30.9%	Valley	55	3.5%	256	19.3%
Dodge	742	27.6%	691	24.3%	Loup	0	0.0%	6	19.4%	Washington	297	37.1%	185	32.5%
Douglas	9,282	20.1%	11,463	24.1%	Madison	611	20.1%	846	27.5%	Wayne	16	7.2%	66	26.1%
Dundy	11	14.1%	17	13.4%	McPherson	1	3.6%	2	5.4%	Webster	8	10.4%	2	5.3%
Fillmore	60	15.7%	51	13.6%	Merrick	189	35.3%	80	16.6%	Wheeler	37	4.9%	171	15.3%
Franklin	46	19.8%	43	20.7%	Morrill	127	33.4%	63	19.8%	York	43	5.4%	100	10.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 and 2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Table B17001.

Children of color* in poverty (2006-2010 & 2010-2014)

Percent of children of color* in poverty (2010-2014)

State	Number	% of children of color
2006-2010	34,919	30.9%
2010-2014	43,670	33.8%

Highest county	By number	By % of children of color
2006-2010	Douglas	6 with 100%
2010-2014	Douglas	3 with 100%

Lowest county	By number	By % of children of color
2006-2010	17 with 0	17 with 0%
2010-2014	11 with 0	11 with 0%

	2006-2010	% children of color	2010-2014	% children of color		2006-2010	% children of color	2010-2014	% children of color		2006-2010	% children of color	2010-2014	% children of color
Adams	481	35.6%	362	24.6%	Frontier	39	44.8%	8	44.4%	Nance	11	35.5%	3	7.9%
Antelope	64	56.1%	65	53.3%	Furnas	44	50.6%	109	82.6%	Nemaha	25	43.1%	17	17.2%
Arthur	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Gage	148	36.4%	128	34.4%	Nuckolls	38	43.7%	22	56.4%
Banner	8	50.0%	9	22.5%	Garden	3	60.0%	20	31.7%	Otoe	246	51.4%	164	26.8%
Blaine	2	100.0%	1	100.0%	Garfield	0	0.0%	11	40.7%	Pawnee	5	83.3%	0	0.0%
Boone	0	0.0%	16	39.0%	Gosper	2	6.7%	0	0.0%	Perkins	32	54.2%	12	32.4%
Box Butte	441	58.7%	503	62.3%	Grant	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	Phelps	9	23.7%	12	5.0%
Boyd	0	0.0%	8	21.1%	Greeley	0	0.0%	24	44.4%	Pierce	7	16.3%	4	5.1%
Brown	0	0.0%	6	17.1%	Hall	1,340	23.5%	2,622	38.0%	Platte	308	16.1%	838	36.0%
Buffalo	471	29.6%	327	18.1%	Hamilton	22	17.9%	12	6.6%	Polk	11	15.7%	25	22.1%
Burt	18	12.8%	4	3.3%	Harlan	6	24.0%	43	53.8%	Red Willow	59	34.7%	73	25.0%
Butler	26	29.2%	2	1.8%	Hayes	0	0.0%	4	33.3%	Richardson	71	34.1%	106	48.0%
Cass	10	2.3%	36	6.5%	Hitchcock	16	44.4%	8	25.8%	Rock	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Cedar	26	20.3%	28	26.4%	Holt	19	10.6%	25	10.2%	Saline	281	24.3%	416	30.3%
Chase	92	60.5%	60	27.9%	Hooker	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Sarpy	1,445	16.0%	1,819	17.4%
Cherry	0	0.0%	12	7.3%	Howard	8	11.0%	19	17.6%	Saunders	80	27.7%	87	22.9%
Cheyenne	75	21.3%	235	60.7%	Jefferson	53	47.7%	84	54.5%	Scotts Bluff	1,093	32.2%	1,198	34.1%
Clay	79	29.0%	91	33.5%	Johnson	10	17.5%	52	31.9%	Seward	8	3.2%	84	29.2%
Colfax	198	13.0%	362	19.1%	Kearney	3	2.5%	0	0.0%	Sheridan	131	37.1%	231	55.5%
Cuming	160	40.9%	166	38.4%	Keith	23	12.7%	64	29.4%	Sherman	92	93.9%	32	58.2%
Custer	38	33.6%	21	12.8%	Keya Paha	15	100.0%	6	100.0%	Sioux	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Dakota	961	29.0%	1,185	29.6%	Kimball	0	0.0%	46	26.6%	Stanton	135	65.9%	26	10.9%
Dawes	50	16.9%	80	27.7%	Knox	199	50.3%	213	45.1%	Thayer	26	38.2%	78	85.7%
Dawson	810	25.2%	989	27.8%	Lancaster	4,808	32.7%	5,878	34.9%	Thomas	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Deuel	8	53.3%	60	68.2%	Lincoln	108	9.3%	598	40.4%	Thurston	997	52.9%	902	48.9%
Dixon	104	34.7%	121	39.9%	Logan	1	100.0%	10	100.0%	Valley	18	46.2%	20	54.1%
Dodge	641	40.1%	599	29.7%	Loup	20	100.0%	11	55.0%	Washington	0	0.0%	51	15.0%
Douglas	17,142	35.0%	20,595	37.5%	Madison	590	26.2%	1,215	47.1%	Wayne	181	58.0%	35	14.2%
Dundy	6	18.8%	1	1.9%	McPherson	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Webster	47	53.4%	21	17.1%
Fillmore	1	4.0%	30	27.5%	Merrick	87	52.1%	35	19.9%	Wheeler	3	100.0%	0	0.0%
Franklin	0	0.0%	18	66.7%	Morrill	82	28.7%	54	18.1%	York	0	0.0%	103	27.4%

*Includes all children who are not White, non-Hispanic.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 and 2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Table B17001.

Children 5 & under with all available parents working (2006-2010 & 2010-2014)

Percent of children 5 & under with all available parents working (2010-2014)

State	Number	% of all children
2006-2010	110,466	73.6%
2010-2014	110,021	72.9%

Highest county	By number	By percent
2006-2010	Douglas	Garden
2010-2014	Douglas	Gosper

Lowest county	By number	By percent
2006-2010	McPherson	Banner
2010-2014	Grant	Banner

	2006-2010	% children ≤ 5	2010-2014	% children ≤ 5		2006-2010	% children ≤ 5	2010-2014	% children ≤ 5		2006-2010	% children ≤ 5	2010-2014	% children ≤ 5
Adams	1,868	75.3%	1,820	76.6%	Frontier	123	61.2%	85	59.9%	Nance	194	73.2%	231	93.9%
Antelope	334	64.5%	353	74.0%	Furnas	212	77.1%	182	66.9%	Nemaha	391	71.2%	287	59.9%
Arthur	25	80.6%	48	75.0%	Gage	1,320	82.0%	1,130	78.1%	Nuckolls	205	77.4%	222	90.6%
Banner	20	33.9%	22	40.0%	Garden	106	100.0%	146	94.2%	Otoe	906	80.0%	891	77.8%
Blaine	45	95.7%	35	64.8%	Garfield	56	62.9%	109	93.2%	Pawnee	119	78.8%	92	52.6%
Boone	255	73.7%	259	75.1%	Gosper	128	78.0%	132	99.2%	Perkins	195	88.6%	177	80.1%
Box Butte	457	53.5%	429	60.5%	Grant	31	86.1%	16	48.5%	Phelps	530	80.5%	487	67.5%
Boyd	116	91.3%	86	59.7%	Greeley	110	71.4%	127	68.6%	Pierce	510	90.7%	482	85.0%
Brown	146	66.1%	145	70.0%	Hall	4,112	73.7%	3,863	72.4%	Platte	1,896	73.4%	2,190	80.1%
Buffalo	2,699	71.7%	2,890	75.6%	Hamilton	497	71.8%	362	57.6%	Polk	258	68.4%	298	86.1%
Burt	257	58.5%	293	79.4%	Harlan	86	48.0%	180	71.4%	Red Willow	683	78.7%	654	83.4%
Butler	369	70.4%	326	60.7%	Hayes	82	71.9%	31	50.8%	Richardson	226	41.3%	282	62.8%
Cass	1,521	77.1%	1,356	69.8%	Hitchcock	152	77.9%	108	63.5%	Rock	83	76.9%	62	74.7%
Cedar	575	80.4%	473	70.7%	Holt	594	83.2%	578	72.5%	Saline	788	71.9%	839	76.8%
Chase	154	58.6%	243	65.0%	Hooker	23	74.2%	33	68.8%	Sarpy	11,164	72.7%	11,001	71.2%
Cherry	431	89.6%	274	74.5%	Howard	347	70.1%	375	85.4%	Saunders	1,394	87.6%	1,011	67.7%
Cheyenne	582	70.5%	553	72.6%	Jefferson	389	79.1%	429	89.9%	Scotts Bluff	2,316	77.3%	2,041	69.3%
Clay	268	64.9%	247	59.8%	Johnson	160	53.7%	243	83.5%	Seward	892	77.4%	870	74.0%
Colfax	709	78.3%	689	69.5%	Kearney	300	68.6%	391	85.6%	Sheridan	272	68.3%	211	70.1%
Cuming	502	82.7%	469	76.4%	Keith	336	61.9%	365	86.1%	Sherman	147	66.5%	137	64.9%
Custer	536	70.2%	569	73.4%	Keya Paha	25	50.0%	25	96.2%	Sioux	30	57.7%	45	75.0%
Dakota	1,445	69.8%	1,493	70.5%	Kimball	143	56.5%	221	67.0%	Stanton	418	79.3%	293	58.5%
Dawes	428	83.3%	422	71.5%	Knox	476	83.1%	498	83.0%	Thayer	282	76.8%	211	58.3%
Dawson	1,563	71.3%	1,706	78.2%	Lancaster	17,588	76.2%	17,377	73.6%	Thomas	24	49.0%	26	83.9%
Deuel	113	78.5%	87	84.5%	Lincoln	2,234	81.5%	1,938	70.5%	Thurston	567	78.2%	574	75.3%
Dixon	363	79.4%	400	89.1%	Logan	29	50.9%	25	45.5%	Valley	167	66.5%	237	78.7%
Dodge	1,865	69.9%	2,025	72.5%	Loup	20	48.8%	28	96.6%	Washington	984	62.4%	944	71.1%
Douglas	32,713	72.0%	33,388	71.6%	Madison	2,190	72.3%	2,388	77.8%	Wayne	654	81.8%	459	80.5%
Dundy	49	62.8%	79	65.8%	McPherson	18	64.3%	23	62.2%	Webster	181	81.9%	250	98.8%
Fillmore	280	73.3%	301	80.3%	Merrick	391	72.9%	377	80.0%	Wheeler	52	67.5%	24	63.2%
Franklin	150	64.7%	156	75.0%	Morrill	231	63.1%	198	62.3%	York	591	78.9%	874	78.0%

*Includes all children who are not White, non-Hispanic.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 and 2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Table B17001.

Total births (2011 & 2015)

Percent change in total births (2011 to 2015)

State	Number
2011	25,722
2015	26,678

Highest county	2015
By number	Douglas
By percent change	Blaine

Lowest county	2015
By number	Arthur
By percent change	Arthur

	2011	2015	% Change		2011	2015	% Change		2011	2015	% Change
Adams	401	408	1.7%	Frontier	25	25	0.0%	Nance	56	47	-16.1%
Antelope	77	77	0.0%	Furnas	39	57	46.2%	Nemaha	82	69	-15.9%
Arthur	7	3	-57.1%	Gage	231	230	-0.4%	Nuckolls	46	52	13.0%
Banner	7	8	14.3%	Garden	22	19	-13.6%	Otoe	212	219	3.3%
Blaine	5	14	180.0%	Garfield	15	16	6.7%	Pawnee	27	37	37.0%
Boone	54	60	11.1%	Gosper	24	20	-16.7%	Perkins	42	41	-2.4%
Box Butte	126	168	33.3%	Grant	12	8	-33.3%	Phelps	122	110	-9.8%
Boyd	24	23	-4.2%	Greeley	33	29	-12.1%	Pierce	66	105	59.1%
Brown	24	26	8.3%	Hall	893	975	9.2%	Platte	498	518	4.0%
Buffalo	652	697	6.9%	Hamilton	99	96	-3.0%	Polk	52	54	3.8%
Burt	67	66	-1.5%	Harlan	36	27	-25.0%	Red Willow	125	129	3.2%
Butler	95	73	-23.2%	Hayes	14	12	-14.3%	Richardson	86	77	-10.5%
Cass	287	300	4.5%	Hitchcock	32	38	18.8%	Rock	12	17	41.7%
Cedar	105	105	0.0%	Holt	140	137	-2.1%	Saline	191	193	1.0%
Chase	50	50	0.0%	Hooker	8	7	-12.5%	Sarpy	2,606	2,557	-1.9%
Cherry	80	88	10.0%	Howard	71	79	11.3%	Saunders	260	252	-3.1%
Cheyenne	114	119	4.4%	Jefferson	71	73	2.8%	Scotts Bluff	499	500	0.2%
Clay	83	102	22.9%	Johnson	51	50	-2.0%	Seward	212	180	-15.1%
Colfax	165	190	15.2%	Kearney	79	83	5.1%	Sheridan	68	51	-25.0%
Cuming	95	117	23.2%	Keith	75	78	4.0%	Sherman	27	29	7.4%
Custer	116	141	21.6%	Keya Paha	6	5	-16.7%	Sioux	7	10	42.9%
Dakota	333	360	8.1%	Kimball	42	47	11.9%	Stanton	83	58	-30.1%
Dawes	109	87	-20.2%	Knox	102	89	-12.7%	Thayer	54	55	1.9%
Dawson	361	427	18.3%	Lancaster	3,951	4,067	2.9%	Thomas	11	6	-45.5%
Deuel	18	19	5.6%	Lincoln	436	416	-4.6%	Thurston	134	163	21.6%
Dixon	79	74	-6.3%	Logan	10	9	-10.0%	Valley	55	54	-1.8%
Dodge	422	519	23.0%	Loup	5	8	60.0%	Washington	212	211	-0.5%
Douglas	8,278	8,696	5.0%	Madison	558	575	75.0%	Wayne	110	111	0.9%
Dundy	9	22	144.4%	McPherson	4	7	3.0%	Webster	42	31	-26.2%
Fillmore	52	75	44.2%	Merrick	86	88	2.3%	Wheeler	6	9	50.0%
Franklin	27	26	-3.7%	Morrill	57	59	3.5%	York	170	164	-3.5%

Source: Vital Statistics, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Births to females age 10-17 (2011 & 2015)

Percent of all births to females age 10-17 (2015)

State	Number	% of births
2011	473	1.8%
2015	379	1.4%

Highest county	By number	By percent
2011	Douglas	Thomas
2015	Douglas	Knox

Lowest county	By number	By percent
2011	28 with 0	28 with 0%
2015	42 with 0	42 with 0%

	2011	% of births	2015	% of births		2011	% of births	2015	% of births		2011	% of births	2015	% of births
Adams	7	1.7%	11	2.7%	Frontier	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Nance	0	0.0%	2	4.3%
Antelope	1	1.3%	0	0.0%	Furnas	2	5.1%	0	0.0%	Nemaha	2	2.4%	0	0.0%
Arthur	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Gage	2	0.9%	2	0.9%	Nuckolls	1	2.2%	0	0.0%
Banner	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Garden	1	4.5%	1	5.3%	Otoe	4	1.9%	3	1.4%
Blaine	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Garfield	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Pawnee	1	3.7%	1	2.7%
Boone	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Gosper	1	4.2%	1	5.0%	Perkins	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Box Butte	5	4.0%	2	1.2%	Grant	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Phelps	2	1.6%	1	0.9%
Boyd	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Greeley	1	3.0%	0	0.0%	Pierce	1	1.5%	1	1.0%
Brown	1	4.2%	0	0.0%	Hall	26	2.9%	27	2.8%	Platte	12	2.4%	7	1.4%
Buffalo	15	2.3%	4	0.6%	Hamilton	3	3.0%	1	1.0%	Polk	0	0.0%	1	1.9%
Burt	2	3.0%	1	1.5%	Harlan	1	2.8%	0	0.0%	Red Willow	3	2.4%	3	2.3%
Butler	1	1.1%	1	1.4%	Hayes	1	7.1%	0	0.0%	Richardson	3	3.5%	0	0.0%
Cass	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	Hitchcock	1	3.1%	0	0.0%	Rock	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Cedar	0	0.0%	3	2.9%	Holt	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	Saline	1	0.5%	4	2.1%
Chase	1	2.0%	1	2.0%	Hooker	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Sarpy	23	0.9%	19	0.7%
Cherry	1	1.3%	0	0.0%	Howard	1	1.4%	0	0.0%	Saunders	1	0.4%	0	0.0%
Cheyenne	2	1.8%	4	3.4%	Jefferson	0	0.0%	2	2.7%	Scotts Bluff	14	2.8%	13	2.6%
Clay	1	1.2%	1	1.0%	Johnson	2	3.9%	1	2.0%	Seward	3	1.4%	3	1.7%
Colfax	5	3.0%	3	1.6%	Kearney	1	1.3%	0	0.0%	Sheridan	3	4.4%	0	0.0%
Cuming	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Keith	3	4.0%	2	2.6%	Sherman	0	0.0%	1	3.4%
Custer	3	2.6%	1	0.7%	Keya Paha	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Sioux	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Dakota	11	3.3%	10	2.8%	Kimball	3	7.1%	0	0.0%	Stanton	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Dawes	2	1.8%	1	1.1%	Knox	1	1.0%	6	6.7%	Thayer	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Dawson	14	3.9%	12	2.8%	Lancaster	55	1.4%	51	1.3%	Thomas	1	9.1%	0	0.0%
Deuel	1	5.6%	1	5.3%	Lincoln	5	1.1%	7	1.7%	Thurston	12	9.0%	10	6.1%
Dixon	1	1.3%	3	4.1%	Logan	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Valley	1	1.8%	0	0.0%
Dodge	13	3.1%	10	1.9%	Loup	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Washington	1	0.5%	3	1.4%
Douglas	159	1.9%	123	1.4%	Madison	14	2.5%	7	1.2%	Wayne	5	4.5%	1	0.9%
Dundy	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	McPherson	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Webster	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Fillmore	2	3.8%	0	0.0%	Merrick	2	2.3%	0	0.0%	Wheeler	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Franklin	1	3.7%	1	3.8%	Morrill	0	0.0%	1	1.7%	York	1	0.6%	1	0.6%

Source: Vital Statistics, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Low birth weight births (2011 & 2015)

Percent low birth weight births (2015)

State	Number	% of births
2011	1,707	6.6%
2015	1,898	7.1%

Highest county	By number	By percent
2011	Douglas	Boyd
2015	Douglas	Gosper

Lowest county	By number	By percent
2011	13 with 0	13 with 0%
2015	14 with 0	14 with 0%

	2011	% of births	2015	% of births		2011	% of births	2015	% of births		2011	% of births	2015	% of births
Adams	31	7.7%	26	6.4%	Frontier	0	0.0%	2	8.0%	Nance	7	12.5%	3	6.4%
Antelope	3	3.9%	4	5.2%	Furnas	3	7.7%	0	0.0%	Nemaha	5	6.1%	1	1.4%
Arthur	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	Gage	13	5.6%	10	4.3%	Nuckolls	2	4.3%	0	0.0%
Banner	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	Garden	1	4.5%	1	5.3%	Otoe	19	9.0%	11	5.0%
Blaine	0	0.0%	1	7.1%	Garfield	1	6.7%	0	0.0%	Pawnee	2	7.4%	1	2.7%
Boone	2	3.7%	6	10.0%	Gosper	1	4.2%	4	20.0%	Perkins	1	2.4%	5	12.2%
Box Butte	10	7.9%	10	6.0%	Grant	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	Phelps	7	5.7%	5	4.5%
Boyd	4	16.7%	1	4.3%	Greeley	1	3.0%	4	13.8%	Pierce	5	7.6%	3	2.9%
Brown	1	4.2%	1	3.8%	Hall	84	9.4%	76	7.8%	Platte	28	5.6%	27	5.2%
Buffalo	32	4.9%	54	7.7%	Hamilton	3	3.0%	5	5.2%	Polk	0	0.0%	1	1.9%
Burt	3	4.5%	4	6.1%	Harlan	2	5.6%	1	3.7%	Red Willow	10	8.0%	9	7.0%
Butler	4	4.2%	3	4.1%	Hayes	1	7.1%	0	0.0%	Richardson	1	1.2%	5	6.5%
Cass	12	4.2%	17	5.7%	Hitchcock	1	3.1%	1	2.6%	Rock	0	0.0%	1	5.9%
Cedar	3	2.9%	4	3.8%	Holt	3	2.1%	7	5.1%	Saline	12	6.3%	13	6.7%
Chase	2	4.0%	2	4.0%	Hooker	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Sarpy	169	6.5%	156	6.1%
Cherry	3	3.8%	8	9.1%	Howard	4	5.6%	6	7.6%	Saunders	17	6.5%	22	8.7%
Cheyenne	9	7.9%	4	3.4%	Jefferson	3	4.2%	2	2.7%	Scotts Bluff	35	7.0%	52	10.4%
Clay	2	2.4%	14	13.7%	Johnson	3	5.9%	4	8.0%	Seward	10	4.7%	5	2.8%
Colfax	11	6.7%	9	4.7%	Kearney	7	8.9%	7	8.4%	Sheridan	2	2.9%	1	2.0%
Cuming	6	6.3%	6	5.1%	Keith	7	9.3%	6	7.7%	Sherman	1	3.7%	1	3.4%
Custer	5	4.3%	6	4.3%	Keya Paha	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Sioux	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Dakota	21	6.3%	30	8.3%	Kimball	3	7.1%	5	10.6%	Stanton	4	4.8%	5	8.6%
Dawes	6	5.5%	8	9.2%	Knox	1	1.0%	8	9.0%	Thayer	3	5.6%	1	1.8%
Dawson	22	6.1%	34	8.0%	Lancaster	253	6.4%	256	6.3%	Thomas	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Deuel	2	11.1%	2	10.5%	Lincoln	28	6.4%	31	7.5%	Thurston	7	5.2%	11	6.7%
Dixon	7	8.9%	6	8.1%	Logan	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Valley	6	10.9%	6	11.1%
Dodge	19	4.5%	42	8.1%	Loup	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Washington	17	8.0%	21	10.0%
Douglas	626	7.6%	727	8.4%	Madison	29	5.2%	27	4.7%	Wayne	12	10.9%	13	11.7%
Dundy	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	McPherson	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	Webster	4	9.5%	3	9.7%
Fillmore	1	1.9%	3	4.0%	Merrick	6	7.0%	5	5.7%	Wheeler	0	0.0%	1	11.1%
Franklin	3	11.1%	1	3.8%	Morrill	2	3.5%	5	8.5%	York	8	4.7%	8	4.9%

Source: Vital Statistics, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Children without health insurance (2010 & 2014)

Percent of children without health insurance (2014)

State	Number	% of all children
2010	27,694	5.9%
2014	27,417	5.4%

Highest county	By number	By percent
2010	Douglas	Keya Paha
2014	Douglas	Blaine

Lowest county	By number	By percent
2010	Hooker	Sarpy
2014	Hooker	Sarpy

	2010	% of all children	2014	% of all children		2010	% of all children	2014	% of all children		2010	% of all children	2014	% of all children
Adams	478	6.2%	376	5.0%	Frontier	64	10.4%	48	8.3%	Nance	79	8.7%	64	7.7%
Antelope	123	7.7%	117	7.6%	Furnas	95	8.0%	79	7.0%	Nemaha	95	5.9%	78	5.0%
Arthur	19	15.0%	25	19.7%	Gage	245	4.6%	216	4.4%	Nuckolls	75	7.8%	63	6.8%
Banner	26	15.5%	25	16.6%	Garden	47	11.6%	30	8.5%	Otoe	221	5.7%	192	5.0%
Blaine	29	23.4%	31	25.8%	Garfield	59	13.0%	40	10.2%	Pawnee	67	10.9%	48	7.8%
Boone	102	7.5%	89	6.9%	Gosper	35	7.3%	29	6.0%	Perkins	58	7.8%	58	8.0%
Box Butte	167	5.8%	161	5.5%	Grant	19	13.6%	17	12.9%	Phelps	117	5.0%	122	5.4%
Boyd	61	13.1%	43	9.8%	Greeley	97	15.8%	86	14.0%	Pierce	167	8.7%	126	6.8%
Brown	101	14.4%	64	10.2%	Hall	1,115	6.8%	1,157	6.8%	Platte	581	6.6%	547	6.2%
Buffalo	555	5.0%	532	4.6%	Hamilton	133	5.4%	111	4.7%	Polk	87	6.5%	85	6.6%
Burt	109	6.9%	80	5.3%	Harlan	64	8.5%	60	7.6%	Red Willow	146	5.6%	132	5.3%
Butler	118	5.5%	94	4.7%	Hayes	58	24.1%	41	20.7%	Richardson	121	6.5%	103	5.9%
Cass	345	5.2%	283	4.3%	Hitchcock	60	9.4%	46	7.2%	Rock	59	18.3%	54	17.0%
Cedar	265	11.3%	196	8.9%	Holt	216	8.6%	214	8.3%	Saline	238	6.7%	255	7.2%
Chase	103	10.5%	99	10.0%	Hooker	18	10.6%	12	8.0%	Sarpy	1,885	4.0%	1,861	3.7%
Cherry	143	10.9%	122	9.3%	Howard	146	9.2%	111	7.1%	Saunders	287	5.1%	242	4.5%
Cheyenne	151	6.1%	122	4.8%	Jefferson	92	5.6%	91	5.5%	Scotts Bluff	563	5.9%	607	6.6%
Clay	129	7.6%	119	7.5%	Johnson	94	9.2%	76	7.2%	Seward	174	4.2%	174	4.2%
Colfax	293	9.3%	287	9.0%	Kearney	91	5.6%	81	4.8%	Sheridan	116	8.9%	129	10.5%
Cuming	207	8.8%	180	7.8%	Keith	176	9.4%	105	6.0%	Sherman	74	10.3%	58	8.8%
Custer	214	8.1%	214	8.3%	Keya Paha	51	28.7%	28	17.0%	Sioux	45	14.7%	37	12.7%
Dakota	526	8.1%	482	7.8%	Kimball	72	8.3%	59	6.9%	Stanton	122	7.1%	87	5.4%
Dawes	133	7.2%	142	8.1%	Knox	199	9.3%	215	10.1%	Thayer	89	7.6%	77	6.5%
Dawson	605	8.5%	567	8.2%	Lancaster	3,249	4.8%	2,957	4.1%	Thomas	36	21.1%	18	11.3%
Deuel	44	10.1%	35	8.2%	Lincoln	411	4.4%	415	4.6%	Thurston	204	7.9%	204	8.1%
Dixon	132	8.3%	108	7.3%	Logan	31	16.1%	23	12.3%	Valley	109	11.2%	95	9.5%
Dodge	518	5.7%	468	5.3%	Loup	19	14.0%	19	15.4%	Washington	235	4.4%	193	3.8%
Douglas	7,529	5.5%	7,358	5.1%	Madison	581	6.5%	570	6.4%	Wayne	134	6.9%	105	5.5%
Dundy	67	14.4%	55	13.2%	McPherson	28	18.4%	22	17.5%	Webster	72	8.0%	55	6.6%
Fillmore	88	6.4%	66	5.8%	Merrick	131	6.7%	108	5.9%	Wheeler	50	23.5%	22	13.6%
Franklin	54	7.4%	42	6.8%	Morrill	91	7.3%	106	8.7%	York	167	5.4%	144	4.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 and 2014 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates.

Children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP (2015)

State	Number	% of all children
2011	153,706	32.6%
2015	162,087	33.8%

Highest county	By number	By percent
2011	Douglas	Thurston
2015	Douglas	Thurston

Lowest county	By number	By percent
2011	Arthur	Arthur
2015	Arthur	York

	2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children
Adams	2,874	37.3%	2,948	39.2%	Frontier	178	28.9%	181	31.2%	Nance	237	26.1%	212	25.6%
Antelope	516	32.1%	369	24.0%	Furnas	430	36.1%	430	38.0%	Nemaha	510	31.7%	445	28.4%
Arthur	18	14.1%	8	6.3%	Gage	1,611	30.6%	1,663	33.6%	Nuckolls	299	31.1%	282	30.3%
Banner	53	31.2%	37	24.5%	Garden	171	42.3%	162	45.6%	Otoe	1,079	27.6%	1,057	27.6%
Blaine	55	43.9%	51	42.5%	Garfield	169	37.4%	154	39.3%	Pawnee	185	29.9%	190	31.0%
Boone	305	22.6%	301	23.5%	Gosper	121	25.6%	109	22.6%	Perkins	162	21.6%	143	19.7%
Box Butte	1,048	36.1%	1,023	34.6%	Grant	50	35.0%	77	58.3%	Phelps	651	28.1%	598	26.2%
Boyd	148	31.6%	151	34.4%	Greeley	229	37.1%	188	30.5%	Pierce	428	22.2%	407	21.8%
Brown	268	38.0%	236	37.7%	Hall	6,996	42.6%	7,541	44.6%	Platte	2,241	25.5%	2,476	28.2%
Buffalo	3,792	33.8%	3,387	29.6%	Hamilton	554	22.7%	523	22.3%	Polk	302	22.5%	300	23.4%
Burt	452	28.6%	480	31.6%	Harlan	243	32.1%	230	29.2%	Red Willow	896	34.4%	811	32.3%
Butler	497	23.2%	432	21.4%	Hayes	47	19.8%	41	20.7%	Richardson	763	41.2%	710	40.8%
Cass	1,577	23.8%	1,550	23.8%	Hitchcock	284	44.6%	224	35.2%	Rock	125	38.5%	103	32.5%
Cedar	481	20.5%	436	19.8%	Holt	824	32.7%	852	33.0%	Saline	1,133	31.8%	1,277	36.0%
Chase	319	32.4%	287	29.0%	Hooker	35	20.6%	42	28.0%	Sarpy	8,198	17.2%	9,768	19.5%
Cherry	545	41.7%	466	35.7%	Howard	422	26.6%	372	23.9%	Saunders	1,053	18.8%	1,180	21.8%
Cheyenne	635	25.7%	564	22.3%	Jefferson	520	31.9%	545	33.0%	Scotts Bluff	4,422	46.7%	4,328	47.3%
Clay	572	33.6%	575	36.4%	Johnson	307	29.9%	339	32.0%	Seward	733	17.8%	767	18.6%
Colfax	1,206	38.4%	1,405	44.2%	Kearney	464	28.5%	473	28.2%	Sheridan	550	42.4%	438	35.8%
Cuming	545	23.3%	627	27.2%	Keith	564	30.1%	588	33.9%	Sherman	235	32.5%	179	27.2%
Custer	918	34.6%	849	33.0%	Keya Paha	47	26.7%	49	29.7%	Sioux	52	17.0%	50	17.2%
Dakota	2,836	43.6%	3,063	49.5%	Kimball	355	40.8%	271	31.8%	Stanton	280	16.4%	226	14.0%
Dawes	704	38.1%	579	32.9%	Knox	764	35.8%	770	36.2%	Thayer	287	24.7%	335	28.2%
Dawson	2,866	40.3%	3,070	44.6%	Lancaster	20,561	30.4%	23,124	32.4%	Thomas	45	26.4%	39	24.4%
Deuel	147	34.1%	120	28.2%	Lincoln	3,095	33.3%	2,779	30.9%	Thurston	1,752	67.9%	1,472	58.6%
Dixon	314	19.8%	253	17.1%	Logan	53	27.5%	60	32.1%	Valley	297	30.7%	320	32.2%
Dodge	3,360	37.2%	3,613	40.7%	Loup	43	31.1%	41	33.3%	Washington	863	16.2%	843	16.7%
Douglas	50,839	37.0%	55,137	38.5%	Madison	3,286	36.5%	3,398	38.1%	Wayne	499	25.8%	630	33.1%
Dundy	166	36.0%	131	31.3%	McPherson	40	26.2%	25	19.8%	Webster	290	32.3%	281	33.7%
Fillmore	482	35.4%	386	34.1%	Merrick	633	32.3%	587	32.0%	Wheeler	63	29.6%	37	22.8%
Franklin	268	36.7%	215	34.9%	Morrill	524	42.0%	481	39.4%	York	973	31.3%	144	4.5%

Sources: Financial and Program Analysis Unit, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2015 population estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.
Note: Based on average monthly participation. 2,024 out-of-state children included in 2015 state total.

Family Bottom Line full-time hourly wage (2015)

Family Bottom Line hourly wage – 2 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler family (2015)

Highest county	Hourly wage
2 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler	Sarpy
1 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler	Sarpy

Lowest county	Hourly wage
2 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler	Thurston
1 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler	Thurston

	2 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler	1 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler		2 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler	1 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler		2 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler	1 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler
Adams	$10.49	$17.17	Frontier	$10.02	$16.59	Nance	$10.00	$16.54
Antelope	$10.00	$16.54	Furnas	$10.00	$16.55	Nemaha	$10.00	$16.54
Arthur	$10.02	$16.58	Gage	$10.00	$16.55	Nuckolls	$10.22	$17.08
Banner	$10.02	$16.58	Garden	$10.04	$16.61	Otoe	$10.00	$16.55
Blaine	$10.00	$16.54	Garfield	$10.01	$16.56	Pawnee	$10.00	$16.55
Boone	$10.00	$16.54	Gosper	$9.99	$16.52	Perkins	$10.02	$16.58
Box Butte	$10.04	$16.61	Grant	$10.03	$16.60	Phelps	$10.24	$17.09
Boyd	$10.00	$16.54	Greeley	$9.99	$16.54	Pierce	$10.00	$16.54
Brown	$10.04	$16.61	Hall	$10.17	$16.98	Platte	$10.00	$16.55
Buffalo	$10.49	$17.48	Hamilton	$10.01	$16.56	Polk	$10.00	$16.55
Burt	$9.95	$16.45	Harlan	$10.24	$17.09	Red Willow	$10.04	$16.61
Butler	$10.00	$16.55	Hayes	$10.02	$16.58	Richardson	$10.00	$16.55
Cass	$10.71	$17.98	Hitchcock	$10.02	$16.58	Rock	$10.00	$16.55
Cedar	$10.00	$16.54	Holt	$10.00	$16.54	Saline	$10.17	$16.98
Chase	$10.03	$16.60	Hooker	$10.03	$16.60	Sarpy	$13.77	$24.58
Cherry	$10.04	$16.61	Howard	$10.01	$16.56	Saunders	$10.67	$17.86
Cheyenne	$10.04	$16.61	Jefferson	$10.00	$16.55	Scotts Bluff	$10.04	$16.61
Clay	$10.22	$17.08	Johnson	$10.00	$16.55	Seward	$10.00	$16.54
Colfax	$10.00	$16.55	Kearney	$10.23	$17.08	Sheridan	$10.03	$16.60
Cuming	$10.00	$16.54	Keith	$10.04	$16.61	Sherman	$10.02	$16.58
Custer	$10.02	$16.58	Keya Paha	$10.00	$16.55	Sioux	$10.03	$16.60
Dakota	$13.31	$23.63	Kimball	$10.04	$16.61	Stanton	$9.98	$16.52
Dawes	$10.04	$16.61	Knox	$10.00	$16.54	Thayer	$10.00	$16.54
Dawson	$10.12	$16.88	Lancaster	$12.95	$22.95	Thomas	$10.02	$16.58
Deuel	$10.03	$16.60	Lincoln	$10.16	$16.96	Thurston	$9.94	$16.44
Dixon	$10.07	$16.65	Logan	$10.02	$16.58	Valley	$10.02	$16.58
Dodge	$10.62	$17.76	Loup	$10.00	$16.54	Washington	$10.99	$18.63
Douglas	$13.36	$23.74	Madison	$10.00	$16.55	Wayne	$10.00	$16.54
Dundy	$10.04	$16.61	McPherson	$10.09	$16.80	Webster	$10.23	$17.09
Fillmore	$10.00	$16.55	Merrick	$10.01	$16.56	Wheeler	$9.99	$16.54
Franklin	$10.22	$17.06	Morrill	$10.03	$16.60	York	$10.24	$17.12

Source: Center for Women’s Welfare, “The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Nebraska “(2010).
Note: Calculation based on 2,080 hours worked annually per adult. Figures were updated for inflation from 2010 to 2015 by Voices for Children in Nebraska.

Average monthly number of families on ADC (SFY 2011 & 2015)

Average percent of families on ADC (SFY 2015)

State	Number	Percent of all families with children
2011	8,669	4.0%
2015	6,063	2.8%

Highest county	By number	By percent
2011	Douglas	Thurston
2015	Douglas	Thurston

Lowest county	By number	By percent
2011	3 with 0	3 with 0%
2015	4 with 0	4 with 0%

	2011	% of all families with children	2015	% of all families with children		2011	% of all families with children	2015	% of all families with children		2011	% of all families with children	2015	% of all families with children
Adams	220	5.8%	115	3.3%	Frontier	5	1.8%	8	2.8%	Nance	6	1.7%	2	0.5%
Antelope	9	1.1%	10	1.4%	Furnas	11	2.0%	9	1.9%	Nemaha	18	2.4%	9	1.3%
Arthur	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Gage	64	2.7%	51	2.3%	Nuckolls	8	1.9%	7	1.5%
Banner	1	1.3%	1	1.4%	Garden	3	1.6%	3	1.8%	Otoe	50	2.6%	38	2.1%
Blaine	1	1.3%	2	2.8%	Garfield	1	0.5%	4	2.3%	Pawnee	6	2.0%	5	1.5%
Boone	11	1.8%	9	1.7%	Gosper	4	1.7%	2	1.5%	Perkins	6	1.8%	4	1.2%
Box Butte	53	3.6%	25	2.0%	Grant	1	1.3%	1	2.0%	Phelps	28	2.7%	16	1.5%
Boyd	2	1.6%	1	0.8%	Greeley	5	1.6%	3	1.1%	Pierce	10	1.1%	5	0.6%
Brown	4	1.1%	8	1.4%	Hall	448	6.1%	277	3.7%	Platte	116	3.1%	64	1.8%
Buffalo	148	2.9%	83	1.5%	Hamilton	14	1.4%	15	1.5%	Polk	7	1.2%	7	1.1%
Burt	20	2.7%	8	1.2%	Harlan	9	2.7%	6	2.2%	Red Willow	35	2.8%	19	1.6%
Butler	9	1.0%	3	0.4%	Hayes	2	1.1%	2	1.4%	Richardson	19	2.4%	12	1.5%
Cass	48	1.6%	29	0.9%	Hitchcock	8	2.2%	6	2.1%	Rock	2	1.3%	3	2.2%
Cedar	7	0.8%	4	0.5%	Holt	27	2.5%	21	1.8%	Saline	41	2.7%	39	2.4%
Chase	13	3.1%	6	1.2%	Hooker	1	1.3%	3	4.6%	Sarpy	397	1.8%	267	1.2%
Cherry	16	2.5%	11	2.1%	Howard	14	2.0%	9	1.4%	Saunders	28	1.0%	23	1.0%
Cheyenne	30	2.4%	10	0.8%	Jefferson	23	3.2%	21	2.8%	Scotts Bluff	200	5.0%	157	3.9%
Clay	28	3.7%	20	2.8%	Johnson	15	2.6%	8	1.7%	Seward	16	0.9%	10	0.5%
Colfax	73	5.2%	53	4.0%	Kearney	11	1.4%	3	0.4%	Sheridan	17	2.9%	17	3.4%
Cuming	21	1.9%	20	1.8%	Keith	25	2.4%	18	2.1%	Sherman	3	0.9%	2	0.6%
Custer	26	2.1%	15	1.2%	Keya Paha	1	1.8%	1	1.8%	Sioux	1	0.8%	0	0.0%
Dakota	126	4.6%	89	3.0%	Kimball	6	1.3%	6	1.5%	Stanton	7	1.0%	6	0.8%
Dawes	31	4.0%	30	3.4%	Knox	18	1.8%	18	2.0%	Thayer	6	1.1%	13	2.2%
Dawson	148	5.0%	110	3.8%	Lancaster	1,176	3.5%	985	3.0%	Thomas	0	0.0%	1	1.3%
Deuel	4	2.1%	1	0.6%	Lincoln	184	4.3%	124	3.1%	Thurston	164	24.4%	119	17.9%
Dixon	12	1.6%	6	0.9%	Logan	4	5.1%	1	2.0%	Valley	8	1.8%	6	1.1%
Dodge	180	4.1%	141	3.3%	Loup	1	1.5%	1	2.2%	Washington	29	1.3%	18	0.7%
Douglas	3,850	6.3%	2,609	4.1%	Madison	174	4.7%	103	2.6%	Wayne	22	2.6%	18	2.0%
Dundy	4	1.6%	2	1.0%	McPherson	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	Webster	15	3.8%	11	3.0%
Fillmore	10	1.5%	7	1.2%	Merrick	16	1.8%	13	1.7%	Wheeler	1	1.5%	0	0.0%
Franklin	5	1.5%	3	1.2%	Morrill	15	2.8%	12	2.2%	York	21	1.6%	13	1.0%

Sources: Financial and Program Analysis Unit, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 and 2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Table DP02.
Note: 16 Out-of-state families received ADC from Nebraska in 2015.

Child food insecurity (2014)

Percent of food-insecure children (2014)

State	2014
# of Children	92,172
Percent of Children	19.7%
Percent of food insecure children likely eligible for federal nutrition assistance	61%

Highest county	2014
# of Children	Douglas
Percent of Children	Thurston
Percent of food insecure children likely eligible for federal nutrition assistance	Grant

Lowest county	2014
# of Children	McPherson
Percent of Children	Colfax
Percent of food insecure children likely eligible for federal nutrition assistance	Dodge

	2014	% of children	% of food insecure children likely eligible for federal nutrition assistance		2014	% of children	% of food insecure children likely eligible for federal nutrition assistance		2014	% of children	% of food insecure children likely eligible for federal nutrition assistance
Adams	1,455	19.6%	65%	Frontier	117	22.3%	63%	Nance	166	19.7%	70%
Antelope	315	20.6%	73%	Furnas	284	24.7%	66%	Nemaha	302	20.0%	71%
Arthur	31	19.8%	64%	Gage	1,028	21.0%	58%	Nuckolls	182	20.4%	78%
Banner	39	23.2%	85%	Garden	69	20.3%	57%	Otoe	749	19.9%	63%
Blaine	34	22.9%	62%	Garfield	88	20.0%	80%	Pawnee	139	23.7%	63%
Boone	239	19.1%	54%	Gosper	97	19.2%	79%	Perkins	122	17.6%	45%
Box Butte	754	26.4%	74%	Grant	33	23.1%	100%	Phelps	391	17.4%	58%
Boyd	98	20.6%	98%	Greeley	119	19.6%	93%	Pierce	316	17.4%	73%
Brown	167	24.0%	77%	Hall	3,239	19.9%	67%	Platte	1,514	17.7%	61%
Buffalo	2,037	18.3%	59%	Hamilton	441	19.4%	68%	Polk	244	19.4%	65%
Burt	277	19.1%	51%	Harlan	171	23.4%	73%	Red Willow	498	19.8%	54%
Butler	376	19.1%	70%	Hayes	48	19.8%	77%	Richardson	467	27.1%	78%
Cass	1,140	18.1%	44%	Hitchcock	141	23.5%	98%	Rock	45	17.1%	98%
Cedar	405	18.6%	63%	Holt	494	19.8%	81%	Saline	624	18.1%	67%
Chase	189	19.1%	76%	Hooker	29	24.1%	69%	Sarpy	8,071	17.1%	47%
Cherry	239	20.3%	77%	Howard	296	19.6%	62%	Saunders	671	19.1%	53%
Cheyenne	502	20.7%	63%	Jefferson	389	23.8%	60%	Scotts Bluff	1,820	20.1%	73%
Clay	306	19.6%	76%	Johnson	186	18.9%	64%	Seward	731	18.4%	48%
Colfax	466	15.3%	73%	Kearney	268	16.9%	76%	Sheridan	326	25.9%	87%
Cuming	447	20.1%	67%	Keith	364	21.3%	55%	Sherman	152	22.3%	63%
Custer	494	19.7%	72%	Keya Paha	33	29.0%	92%	Sioux	51	20.4%	55%
Dakota	1,238	19.9%	79%	Kimball	180	20.2%	76%	Stanton	321	19.3%	77%
Dawes	349	21.3%	63%	Knox	456	22.0%	71%	Thayer	248	22.5%	81%
Dawson	1,240	18.2%	78%	Lancaster	13,639	20.1%	61%	Thomas	34	20.0%	48%
Deuel	103	23.0%	69%	Lincoln	1,839	20.7%	61%	Thurston	758	30.8%	83%
Dixon	298	20.0%	63%	Logan	44	21.7%	46%	Valley	192	20.4%	83%
Dodge	1,748	20.1%	10%	Loup	33	26.7%	63%	Washington	909	18.5%	45%
Douglas	26,981	19.6%	62%	Madison	1,763	20.2%	74%	Wayne	364	19.9%	68%
Dundy	81	19.8%	91%	McPherson	17	19.4%	27%	Webster	172	20.4%	64%
Fillmore	230	18.2%	55%	Merrick	365	19.9%	77%	Wheeler	30	21.3%	86%
Franklin	135	21.0%	74%	Morrill	250	21.0%	82%	York	589	19.2%	58%

Source: Feeding America, Map the Meal Gap 2016, Child Food Insecurity in Nebraska by County in 2014.
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2014 estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

SNAP participation among children (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children receiving SNAP (2015)

State	Number	Percent
2011	87,666	18.6%
2015	87,263	18.2%

Highest county	By number	By percent
2011	Douglas	Thurston
2015	Douglas	Thurston

Lowest county	By number	By percent
2011	Arthur	Arthur
2015	Arthur	Arthur

	2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children		2011	% of all children	2015	% of all children
Adams	1,689	21.9%	1,510	20.1%	Frontier	85	13.8%	66	11.4%	Nance	95	10.5%	96	11.6%
Antelope	194	12.1%	145	9.4%	Furnas	207	17.4%	226	19.9%	Nemaha	326	20.2%	254	16.2%
Arthur	3	2.4%	0	0.0%	Gage	911	17.3%	927	18.7%	Nuckolls	131	13.7%	125	13.4%
Banner	15	8.8%	11	7.3%	Garden	97	24.1%	71	20.0%	Otoe	573	14.7%	604	15.8%
Blaine	17	13.6%	19	15.8%	Garfield	67	14.8%	46	11.7%	Pawnee	86	13.9%	85	13.9%
Boone	121	9.0%	110	8.6%	Gosper	48	10.1%	49	10.2%	Perkins	69	9.2%	60	8.3%
Box Butte	599	20.6%	561	19.0%	Grant	20	14.1%	21	15.9%	Phelps	330	14.2%	236	10.4%
Boyd	29	6.2%	32	7.3%	Greeley	64	10.4%	55	8.9%	Pierce	193	10.0%	144	7.7%
Brown	102	14.5%	77	12.3%	Hall	3,934	24.0%	4,025	23.8%	Platte	1,205	13.7%	1,142	13.0%
Buffalo	2,027	18.1%	1,557	13.6%	Hamilton	277	11.4%	228	9.7%	Polk	142	10.6%	133	10.4%
Burt	290	18.4%	232	15.3%	Harlan	92	12.2%	84	10.7%	Red Willow	497	19.0%	422	16.8%
Butler	222	10.4%	214	10.6%	Hayes	25	10.5%	16	8.1%	Richardson	412	22.3%	414	23.8%
Cass	818	12.3%	731	11.2%	Hitchcock	121	19.0%	88	13.8%	Rock	53	16.4%	30	9.5%
Cedar	208	8.8%	181	8.2%	Holt	294	11.7%	244	9.5%	Saline	472	13.3%	618	17.4%
Chase	131	13.3%	67	6.8%	Hooker	6	3.6%	10	6.7%	Sarpy	4,585	9.6%	4,726	9.4%
Cherry	191	14.6%	171	13.1%	Howard	179	11.3%	148	9.5%	Saunders	533	9.5%	538	10.0%
Cheyenne	302	12.2%	293	11.6%	Jefferson	264	16.2%	317	19.2%	Scotts Bluff	2,698	28.5%	2,441	26.7%
Clay	320	18.8%	249	15.7%	Johnson	170	16.6%	182	17.2%	Seward	344	8.4%	335	8.1%
Colfax	498	15.9%	575	18.1%	Kearney	209	12.8%	177	10.6%	Sheridan	276	21.3%	245	20.0%
Cuming	260	11.1%	305	13.3%	Keith	343	18.3%	266	15.3%	Sherman	97	13.4%	63	9.6%
Custer	366	13.8%	294	11.4%	Keya Paha	7	4.0%	6	3.6%	Sioux	25	8.2%	13	4.5%
Dakota	1,639	25.2%	1,530	24.7%	Kimball	157	18.0%	133	15.6%	Stanton	124	7.3%	94	5.8%
Dawes	311	16.8%	294	16.7%	Knox	333	15.6%	376	17.7%	Thayer	159	13.7%	182	15.3%
Dawson	1,427	20.0%	1,507	21.9%	Lancaster	12,836	19.0%	13,439	18.8%	Thomas	13	7.7%	9	5.6%
Deuel	97	22.5%	71	16.7%	Lincoln	1,862	20.1%	1,616	18.0%	Thurston	1,198	46.4%	1,230	49.0%
Dixon	149	9.4%	95	6.4%	Logan	34	17.6%	18	9.6%	Valley	143	14.8%	106	10.7%
Dodge	1,925	21.3%	1,947	21.9%	Loup	7	5.0%	7	5.7%	Washington	473	8.9%	464	9.2%
Douglas	32,129	23.4%	33,313	23.3%	Madison	1,781	19.8%	1,658	18.6%	Wayne	256	13.2%	274	14.4%
Dundy	63	13.6%	48	11.5%	McPherson	19	12.3%	13	10.3%	Webster	132	14.7%	107	12.8%
Fillmore	147	10.8%	124	10.9%	Merrick	270	13.8%	275	15.0%	Wheeler	15	7.1%	7	4.3%
Franklin	125	17.1%	115	18.7%	Morrill	271	21.7%	239	19.6%	York	428	13.8%	399	12.4%

Sources: Financial and Program Services, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2015 population estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.
Note: 179 and 263 out-of-state children were supported in 2011 and 2015 respectively. Data is taken from June of each year.

Children eligible for free and reduced meals (2010/11 & 2014/15)

Percent of children eligible for free and reduced meals (2014/15)

State	Number	Percent
2010/11	130,044	39%
2014/15	138,868	39.7%

Highest county	By number	By percent
2010/11	Douglas	Thurston
2014/15	Douglas	Thurston

Lowest county	By number	By percent
2010/11	Arthur, McPherson	Arthur, McPherson
2014/15	Arthur, McPherson, Sioux	Arthur, McPherson, Sioux

	2010/11	% of all children	2014/15	% of all children		2010/11	% of all children	2014/15	% of all children		2010/11	% of all children	2014/15	% of all children
Adams	2,348	42%	2,673	47.4%	Frontier	256	43%	266	44.6%	Nance	285	34%	265	33.1%
Antelope	571	46%	578	48.8%	Furnas	495	44%	630	56.2%	Nemaha	459	40%	436	37.3%
Arthur	***	***	***	***	Gage	1,222	36%	1,482	42.2%	Nuckolls	499	40%	510	42.6%
Banner	91	53%	91	56.2%	Garden	167	61%	136	52.9%	Otoe	984	34%	1,009	33.8%
Blaine	57	50%	50	43.5%	Garfield	136	35%	125	34.6%	Pawnee	267	54%	232	48.7%
Boone	340	35%	433	38.9%	Gosper	89	35%	89	39.9%	Perkins	116	31%	155	36.3%
Box Butte	957	45%	968	45.3%	Grant	59	45%	74	47.4%	Phelps	527	32%	553	33.4%
Boyd	164	48%	188	53.9%	Greeley	308	56%	254	66.8%	Pierce	359	24%	403	28.3%
Brown	238	46%	214	44.9%	Hall	6,267	52%	6,948	54.9%	Platte	2,437	38%	2,559	40.9%
Buffalo	1,906	36%	3,057	36.4%	Hamilton	483	28%	493	30.0%	Polk	385	32%	491	37.9%
Burt	444	34%	476	37.6%	Harlan	134	44%	114	40.9%	Red Willow	751	39%	760	39.7%
Butler	548	33%	475	31.2%	Hayes	56	40%	49	46.7%	Richardson	714	47%	700	47.1%
Cass	1,178	29%	1,280	32.5%	Hitchcock	174	63%	173	58.8%	Rock	74	37%	90	43.5%
Cedar	586	36%	554	33.6%	Holt	795	43%	788	41.8%	Saline	1,243	42%	1,405	47.2%
Chase	322	41%	333	39.5%	Hooker	102	50%	75	43.1%	Sarpy	5,879	23%	6,820	24.1%
Cherry	358	45%	375	46.5%	Howard	472	37%	449	34.3%	Saunders	975	28%	1,070	30.3%
Cheyenne	578	34%	601	34.4%	Jefferson	720	45%	790	48.8%	Scotts Bluff	3,333	50%	3,626	52.5%
Clay	312	42%	352	47.7%	Johnson	299	40%	365	46.4%	Seward	624	21%	727	24.6%
Colfax	1,446	62%	1,542	58.0%	Kearney	430	33%	404	32.0%	Sheridan	443	50%	447	53.0%
Cuming	813	40%	861	41.7%	Keith	509	39%	524	43.3%	Sherman	259	53%	185	41.7%
Custer	730	42%	673	38.2%	Keya Paha	45	44%	41	40.2%	Sioux	17	18%	***	***
Dakota	2,771	64%	3,087	68.5%	Kimball	274	51%	290	53.9%	Stanton	181	39%	192	41.3%
Dawes	459	36%	468	38.2%	Knox	791	49%	776	46.7%	Thayer	270	31%	280	31.0%
Dawson	3,309	62%	3,420	63.1%	Lancaster	17,069	36%	19,022	37.2%	Thomas	37	33%	42	36.8%
Deuel	214	47%	186	46.5%	Lincoln	2,387	38%	2,455	38.8%	Thurston	1,227	74%	1,455	74.3%
Dixon	404	36%	212	22.5%	Logan	67	34%	87	40.7%	Valley	248	36%	306	39.1%
Dodge	2,840	43%	3,388	50.3%	Loup	48	54%	31	40.3%	Washington	727	20%	837	23.2%
Douglas	42,996	41%	51,110	45.9%	Madison	2,629	37%	2,965	41.8%	Wayne	604	37%	639	39.3%
Dundy	162	43%	170	49.7%	McPherson	***	***	***	***	Webster	306	46%	208	35.2%
Fillmore	257	25%	296	31.3%	Merrick	416	33%	393	33.1%	Wheeler	62	56%	41	44.6%
Franklin	167	50%	144	46.9%	Morrill	509	56%	470	51.0%	York	778	36%	906	37.8%

Source: Nebraska Department of Education.
Note: Percent and number determined on the last Friday in September.
***Data are masked when there are fewer than 10 students

3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in school (2006-2010 & 2010-2014)

Percent of 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in school (2010-2014)

State	Number	% of 3-4 year olds
2006-2010	22,786	44.7%
2010-2014	24,388	45.8%

Highest county	By number	By percent
2006-2010	Douglas	Loup
2010-2014	Douglas	Garfield

Lowest county	By number	By percent
2006-2010	4 with 0	4 with 0%
2010-2014	Banner, Thomas	Banner, Thomas

	2006-2010	% of 3-4 year-olds	2010-2014	% of 3-4 year-olds		2006-2010	% of 3-4 year-olds	2010-2014	% of 3-4 year-olds		2006-2010	% of 3-4 year-olds	2010-2014	% of 3-4 year-olds
Adams	307	39.7%	479	54.8%	Frontier	29	47.5%	42	49.4%	Nance	28	37.3%	14	21.2%
Antelope	82	47.1%	39	33.9%	Furnas	33	35.9%	43	43.9%	Nemaha	80	48.5%	81	49.7%
Arthur	9	75.0%	1	10.0%	Gage	235	37.4%	289	62.3%	Nuckolls	57	68.7%	61	66.3%
Banner	4	25.0%	0	0.0%	Garden	23	52.3%	45	68.2%	Otoe	209	46.8%	123	36.3%
Blaine	9	42.9%	1	4.3%	Garfield	13	56.5%	33	84.6%	Pawnee	24	63.2%	45	64.3%
Boone	31	25.6%	57	46.7%	Gosper	22	91.7%	30	71.4%	Perkins	54	84.4%	27	32.1%
Box Butte	243	63.9%	255	76.3%	Grant	3	37.5%	7	58.3%	Phelps	133	55.4%	107	40.2%
Boyd	14	23.3%	29	46.0%	Greeley	23	38.3%	18	35.3%	Pierce	83	35.3%	90	42.3%
Brown	35	56.5%	32	64.0%	Hall	666	34.5%	790	46.9%	Platte	304	35.5%	388	43.7%
Buffalo	543	41.9%	615	45.4%	Hamilton	70	27.7%	98	48.5%	Polk	69	55.2%	53	42.4%
Burt	74	45.1%	60	40.5%	Harlan	32	32.0%	47	37.0%	Red Willow	129	50.8%	144	51.6%
Butler	113	55.7%	134	69.4%	Hayes	18	62.1%	8	80.0%	Richardson	60	35.5%	93	67.9%
Cass	346	51.6%	306	48.1%	Hitchcock	6	14.6%	6	12.5%	Rock	10	55.6%	3	23.1%
Cedar	88	43.3%	98	36.3%	Holt	62	25.9%	85	32.3%	Saline	224	69.6%	249	55.1%
Chase	88	73.3%	50	44.2%	Hooker	8	57.1%	6	60.0%	Sarpy	2,687	51.4%	2,700	49.0%
Cherry	47	28.0%	40	27.0%	Howard	83	48.5%	110	61.5%	Saunders	289	44.4%	254	39.7%
Cheyenne	142	56.1%	100	31.8%	Jefferson	101	68.7%	160	82.5%	Scotts Bluff	401	49.5%	667	66.8%
Clay	86	60.1%	64	41.0%	Johnson	19	40.4%	69	57.0%	Seward	143	50.9%	154	43.6%
Colfax	45	16.7%	127	31.2%	Kearney	64	43.5%	51	52.6%	Sheridan	81	42.9%	48	38.1%
Cuming	65	33.9%	49	33.6%	Keith	70	27.5%	51	32.9%	Sherman	35	51.5%	44	75.9%
Custer	62	22.0%	107	36.6%	Keya Paha	0	0.0%	6	75.0%	Sioux	8	72.7%	17	68.0%
Dakota	115	19.5%	160	26.5%	Kimball	44	39.6%	10	11.1%	Stanton	63	25.9%	53	37.6%
Dawes	81	49.4%	32	18.3%	Knox	104	43.9%	90	45.2%	Thayer	41	38.0%	56	40.3%
Dawson	304	35.5%	297	42.7%	Lancaster	3,204	42.0%	3,393	41.4%	Thomas	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Deuel	2	15.4%	20	57.1%	Lincoln	321	37.8%	548	49.7%	Thurston	225	77.3%	175	61.8%
Dixon	95	51.4%	87	53.4%	Logan	2	13.3%	7	28.0%	Valley	29	33.0%	49	41.9%
Dodge	417	39.6%	313	36.4%	Loup	2	100.0%	9	69.2%	Washington	298	43.8%	283	51.1%
Douglas	7,186	47.0%	7,481	43.9%	Madison	562	49.4%	720	70.5%	Wayne	171	73.7%	125	50.4%
Dundy	4	10.3%	5	9.1%	McPherson	0	0.0%	2	13.3%	Webster	52	53.1%	62	59.0%
Fillmore	100	65.8%	52	56.5%	Merrick	72	34.4%	64	42.7%	Wheeler	0	0.0%	3	27.3%
Franklin	36	67.9%	16	34.8%	Morrill	51	37.0%	40	41.2%	York	84	33.6%	237	82.3%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 and 2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Table B14003.

Child maltreatment (2011 & 2015)*

Child maltreatment per 1,000 children (2015)

State	Number	Rate per 1,000
2011	5,239	11.4
2015	3,691	7.9

Highest county	By number	By rate
2011	Douglas	Deuel
2015	Douglas	Nance

Lowest county	By number	By rate
2011	18 with 0	18 with 0
2015	16 with 0	16 with 0

	2011	Rate per 1,000 children	2015	Rate per 1,000 children		2011	Rate per 1,000 children	2015	Rate per 1,000 children		2011	Rate per 1,000 children	2015	Rate per 1,000 children
Adams	60	8.1	36	4.9	Frontier	0	0.0	4	7.6	Nance	7	7.9	16	19.8
Antelope	5	3.2	2	1.3	Furnas	2	1.8	7	6.4	Nemaha	19	12.4	12	8.0
Arthur	0	0.0	0	0.0	Gage	72	14.5	39	8.0	Nuckolls	13	14.2	5	5.6
Banner	0	0.0	0	0.0	Garden	2	5.3	0	0.0	Otoe	44	11.8	44	11.9
Blaine	0	0.0	0	0.0	Garfield	0	0.0	1	2.7	Pawnee	6	10.2	10	17.2
Boone	7	5.6	10	8.1	Gosper	3	7.0	1	2.2	Perkins	2	2.8	7	9.6
Box Butte	41	14.4	6	2.1	Grant	0	0.0	0	0.0	Phelps	8	3.6	5	2.2
Boyd	4	9.2	3	7.3	Greeley	3	5.1	2	3.5	Pierce	8	4.4	8	4.5
Brown	8	11.9	9	14.3	Hall	112	6.9	135	8.1	Platte	79	9.2	59	6.9
Buffalo	115	10.3	84	7.3	Hamilton	7	3.1	8	3.6	Polk	15	11.9	12	10.2
Burt	13	8.6	10	6.8	Harlan	6	8.1	2	2.6	Red Willow	4	1.6	13	5.4
Butler	18	9.0	18	9.4	Hayes	0	0.0	0	0.0	Richardson	20	11.1	10	5.8
Cass	52	8.2	44	7.1	Hitchcock	0	0.0	5	14.7	Rock	6	20.1	0	0.0
Cedar	3	1.4	2	0.9	Holt	20	8.1	15	6.0	Saline	27	7.7	13	3.7
Chase	5	5.2	3	3.1	Hooker	0	0.0	0	0.0	Sarpy	302	6.5	273	5.5
Cherry	16	12.7	6	4.6	Howard	8	5.2	5	3.3	Saunders	47	8.8	23	4.5
Cheyenne	16	6.7	10	4.1	Jefferson	21	12.9	5	3.2	Scotts Bluff	198	21.8	94	10.5
Clay	9	5.6	3	1.9	Johnson	7	6.9	11	10.7	Seward	43	10.9	39	9.7
Colfax	28	9.1	26	8.3	Kearney	11	6.9	6	3.8	Sheridan	15	12.3	8	6.9
Cuming	15	6.6	24	10.6	Keith	15	8.7	20	12.0	Sherman	0	0.0	1	1.5
Custer	13	5.1	25	9.9	Keya Paha	0	0.0	0	0.0	Sioux	0	0.0	0	0.0
Dakota	86	13.8	52	8.7	Kimball	13	15.5	0	0.0	Stanton	2	1.2	3	1.9
Dawes	21	12.0	7	4.3	Knox	1	0.5	32	15.4	Thayer	18	16.7	5	4.3
Dawson	41	6.0	37	5.6	Lancaster	1,223	18.2	685	9.7	Thomas	0	0.0	0	0.0
Deuel	9	21.8	1	2.5	Lincoln	117	13.2	82	9.6	Thurston	10	4.1	41	16.3
Dixon	4	2.6	3	2.1	Logan	0	0.0	0	0.0	Valley	0	0.0	3	3.1
Dodge	57	6.5	67	7.8	Loup	0	0.0	0	0.0	Washington	11	2.2	26	5.3
Douglas	1,835	13.5	1,248	8.8	Madison	119	13.6	70	19.7	Wayne	4	2.2	9	4.9
Dundy	1	2.2	0	0.0	McPherson	0	0.0	0	0.0	Webster	8	9.4	5	6.4
Fillmore	21	16.0	4	3.7	Merrick	3	1.6	13	7.2	Wheeler	0	0.0	1	6.7
Franklin	5	7.5	2	3.6	Morrill	9	7.4	9	7.6	York	41	13.2	20	6.3

Source: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2015 estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.
* Number of substantiated victims of child maltreatment.

State wards (2011 & 2015)

State wards per 1,000 children (2015)

State	Number	Rate per 1,000
2011	9,775	21.2
2015	6,681	14.4

Highest county	By number	By rate
2011	Douglas	Lincoln
2015	Douglas	Hitchcock

Lowest county	By number	By rate
2011	10 with 0	10 with 0
2015	11 with 0	11 with 0

	2011	Rate per 1,000 children	2015	Rate per 1,000 children		2011	Rate per 1,000 children	2015	Rate per 1,000 children		2011	Rate per 1,000 children	2015	Rate per 1,000 children
Adams	181	24.6	145	19.7	Frontier	7	12.5	8	15.1	Nance	11	12.5	17	21.0
Antelope	11	7.0	15	10.0	Furnas	34	30.0	21	19.3	Nemaha	29	19.0	19	12.6
Arthur	1	7.7	0	0.0	Gage	83	16.7	56	11.5	Nuckolls	10	10.9	6	6.7
Banner	0	0.0	2	12.4	Garden	2	5.3	2	5.7	Otoe	78	20.9	64	17.3
Blaine	0	0.0	0	0.0	Garfield	5	12.1	1	2.7	Pawnee	8	13.6	18	31.0
Boone	18	14.4	14	11.3	Gosper	5	11.7	5	11.1	Perkins	4	5.6	6	8.2
Box Butte	32	11.2	13	4.5	Grant	0	0.0	0	0.0	Phelps	37	16.6	26	11.5
Boyd	6	13.7	2	4.9	Greeley	4	6.8	7	12.2	Pierce	14	7.7	14	7.9
Brown	11	16.3	9	14.3	Hall	321	19.8	251	15.1	Platte	133	15.4	119	13.9
Buffalo	216	19.4	240	21.0	Hamilton	22	9.8	3	1.3	Polk	11	8.7	11	9.3
Burt	16	10.6	22	14.9	Harlan	18	24.4	13	17.2	Red Willow	41	16.1	43	17.8
Butler	39	19.5	47	24.5	Hayes	0	0.0	0	0.0	Richardson	32	17.8	25	14.5
Cass	96	15.1	54	8.7	Hitchcock	8	13.3	17	49.9	Rock	4	13.4	0	0.0
Cedar	7	3.2	3	1.4	Holt	29	11.8	18	7.2	Saline	41	11.7	41	11.6
Chase	10	10.4	8	8.3	Hooker	0	0.0	0	0.0	Sarpy	570	12.3	366	7.4
Cherry	11	8.7	9	6.9	Howard	12	7.8	11	7.2	Saunders	65	12.2	73	14.2
Cheyenne	42	17.6	27	11.1	Jefferson	18	11.1	16	10.1	Scotts Bluff	256	28.2	165	18.4
Clay	16	9.9	10	6.5	Johnson	14	13.8	18	17.6	Seward	66	16.8	45	11.2
Colfax	41	13.3	40	12.7	Kearney	40	25.1	30	18.8	Sheridan	11	9.0	18	15.5
Cuming	36	15.9	30	13.3	Keith	29	16.8	37	22.3	Sherman	10	14.7	0	0.0
Custer	34	13.4	35	13.9	Keya Paha	0	0.0	0	0.0	Sioux	0	0.0	0	0.0
Dakota	122	19.6	39	6.5	Kimball	27	32.2	14	17.5	Stanton	9	5.3	3	1.9
Dawes	25	14.2	9	5.6	Knox	6	2.9	13	6.3	Thayer	9	8.4	4	3.4
Dawson	149	21.7	81	12.2	Lancaster	1,999	29.8	969	13.8	Thomas	0	0.0	3	18.8
Deuel	9	21.8	4	9.9	Lincoln	415	46.7	221	25.8	Thurston	23	9.4	14	5.6
Dixon	9	5.8	9	6.2	Logan	1	5.0	7	34.8	Valley	22	23.4	10	10.5
Dodge	190	21.8	186	21.5	Loup	0	0.0	0	0.0	Washington	52	10.4	21	4.3
Douglas	3,411	25.0	2,458	17.3	Madison	234	26.8	166	46.6	Wayne	10	5.4	17	9.2
Dundy	4	9.0	4	11.1	McPherson	1	6.3	1	8.8	Webster	3	3.5	15	19.1
Fillmore	21	16.0	16	14.7	Merrick	27	14.3	24	13.3	Wheeler	0	0.0	0	0.0
Franklin	9	13.4	13	23.3	Morrill	12	9.9	4	3.4	York	70	22.6	41	12.9

Sources: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Children in out-of-home care (2011 & 2015)

Children in out-of-home care rate per 1,000 children (2015)

State	Number	Rate
2011	7,761	16.8
2015	5,667	12.2

Highest county	By number	By rate
2011	Douglas	Lincoln
2015	Douglas	Madison

Lowest county	By number	By rate
2011	11 with 0	11 with 0
2015	11 with 0	11 with 0

	2011	Rate per 1,000 children	2015	Rate per 1,000 children		2011	Rate per 1,000 children	2015	Rate per 1,000 children		2011	Rate per 1,000 children	2015	Rate per 1,000 children
Adams	129	17.5	115	15.6	Frontier	4	7.1	7	13.2	Nance	9	10.2	15	18.5
Antelope	11	7.0	15	10.0	Furnas	30	26.5	12	11.0	Nemaha	24	15.7	19	12.6
Arthur	1	7.7	0	0.0	Gage	53	10.6	49	10.1	Nuckolls	6	6.6	6	6.7
Banner	0	0.0	1	6.2	Garden	0	0.0	2	5.7	Otoe	59	15.8	54	14.6
Blaine	0	0.0	0	0.0	Garfield	3	7.3	1	2.7	Pawnee	8	13.6	18	31.0
Boone	15	12.0	14	11.3	Gosper	5	11.7	5	11.1	Perkins	3	4.2	6	8.2
Box Butte	25	8.8	7	2.4	Grant	0	0.0	0	0.0	Phelps	26	11.6	20	8.8
Boyd	5	11.4	2	4.9	Greeley	4	6.8	7	12.2	Pierce	12	6.6	12	6.7
Brown	11	16.3	8	12.7	Hall	259	16.0	193	11.6	Platte	99	11.5	108	12.6
Buffalo	159	14.3	198	17.3	Hamilton	15	6.7	3	1.3	Polk	10	7.9	10	8.5
Burt	13	8.6	18	12.2	Harlan	15	20.3	9	11.9	Red Willow	31	12.2	36	14.9
Butler	34	17.0	35	18.2	Hayes	0	0.0	0	0.0	Richardson	28	15.6	20	11.6
Cass	75	11.8	47	7.6	Hitchcock	8	13.3	12	35.2	Rock	4	13.4	0	0.0
Cedar	5	2.3	3	1.4	Holt	16	6.5	15	6.0	Saline	24	6.9	35	9.9
Chase	10	10.4	4	4.1	Hooker	0	0.0	0	0.0	Sarpy	423	9.1	317	6.4
Cherry	11	8.7	7	5.4	Howard	11	7.2	9	5.9	Saunders	46	8.6	58	11.3
Cheyenne	22	9.2	22	9.1	Jefferson	14	8.6	12	7.6	Scotts Bluff	223	24.6	151	16.9
Clay	12	7.4	10	6.5	Johnson	9	8.9	13	12.7	Seward	48	12.2	42	10.5
Colfax	33	10.7	38	12.1	Kearney	33	20.7	20	12.6	Sheridan	9	7.4	14	12.1
Cuming	32	14.2	18	8.0	Keith	26	15.0	29	17.5	Sherman	10	14.7	0	0.0
Custer	26	10.2	27	10.7	Keya Paha	0	0.0	0	0.0	Sioux	0	0.0	0	0.0
Dakota	87	14.0	39	6.5	Kimball	16	19.1	10	12.5	Stanton	8	4.8	1	0.6
Dawes	23	13.1	5	3.1	Knox	6	2.9	11	5.3	Thayer	8	7.4	4	3.4
Dawson	116	16.9	70	10.5	Lancaster	1,529	22.8	762	10.8	Thomas	0	0.0	3	18.8
Deuel	8	19.4	3	7.4	Lincoln	318	35.8	180	21.0	Thurston	23	9.4	14	5.6
Dixon	5	3.2	5	3.4	Logan	1	5.0	3	14.9	Valley	19	20.2	7	7.3
Dodge	150	17.2	151	17.5	Loup	0	0.0	0	0.0	Washington	40	8.0	15	3.1
Douglas	2,848	20.9	2,213	15.5	Madison	179	20.5	131	36.8	Wayne	9	4.8	13	7.0
Dundy	4	9.0	4	11.1	McPherson	1	6.3	1	8.8	Webster	2	2.3	9	11.4
Fillmore	20	15.3	15	13.7	Merrick	26	13.8	19	10.5	Wheeler	0	0.0	0	0.0
Franklin	8	11.9	12	21.5	Morrill	11	9.0	4	3.4	York	60	19.4	35	11.1

Sources: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2011 and 2015 estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Youth arrests ages 17 & under (2011 & 2015)

Youth arrest rate per 1,000 children 10-17 (2015)

State	Number	Rate
2011	13,137	65.9
2015	10,198	50.9

Highest county	By number	By rate
2011	Douglas	Hall
2015	Douglas	Keya Paha

Lowest county	By number	By rate
2011	20 with 0	20 with 0
2015	24 with 0	24 with 0

	2011	Rate per 1,000 youth ages 10-17	2015	Rate per 1,000 youth ages 10-17		2011	Rate per 1,000 youth ages 10-17	2015	Rate per 1,000 youth ages 10-17		2011	Rate per 1,000 youth ages 10-17	2015	Rate per 1,000 youth ages 10-17
Adams	184	56.1	231	68.4	Frontier	0	0.0	0	0.0	Nance	2	4.9	0	0.0
Antelope	0	0.0	0	0.0	Furnas	0	0.0	9	16.5	Nemaha	13	19.4	13	20.1
Arthur	1	19.6	0	0.0	Gage	215	94.1	122	55.0	Nuckolls	6	14.5	2	4.2
Banner	1	14.3	0	0.0	Garden	0	0.0	1	5.9	Otoe	91	52.1	48	28.3
Blaine	0	0.0	0	0.0	Garfield	1	4.5	0	0.0	Pawnee	3	9.9	6	23.2
Boone	0	0.0	1	1.7	Gosper	0	0.0	8	37.7	Perkins	0	0.0	3	9.4
Box Butte	118	93.9	61	48.1	Grant	0	0.0	0	0.0	Phelps	39	38.5	24	23.7
Boyd	8	35.7	0	0.0	Greeley	0	0.0	1	3.5	Pierce	8	8.9	7	8.3
Brown	3	9.4	4	12.4	Hall	951	139.3	593	82.7	Platte	301	78.6	237	63.0
Buffalo	508	109.3	442	92.0	Hamilton	11	9.9	1	0.9	Polk	9	15.2	7	12.5
Burt	17	23.8	6	8.6	Harlan	3	8.5	3	9.7	Red Willow	58	50.6	80	71.0
Butler	14	14.2	31	31.7	Hayes	0	0.0	1	12.3	Richardson	65	74.5	17	20.9
Cass	43	14.3	63	20.9	Hitchcock	2	7.4	3	10.1	Rock	0	0.0	0	0.0
Cedar	8	7.8	0	0.0	Holt	13	11.5	33	31.6	Saline	95	62.3	118	77.0
Chase	5	12.3	15	33.3	Hooker	1	13.0	0	0.0	Sarpy	1,246	63.7	992	45.8
Cherry	35	59.6	10	16.4	Howard	7	10.3	1	1.4	Saunders	53	21.4	41	16.9
Cheyenne	36	34.0	38	34.5	Jefferson	25	33.3	52	69.3	Scotts Bluff	323	84.5	246	62.3
Clay	1	1.3	0	0.0	Johnson	0	0.0	0	0.0	Seward	60	32.6	29	15.3
Colfax	3	2.5	3	2.3	Kearney	32	45.2	14	19.5	Sheridan	79	134.8	24	41.7
Cuming	23	21.6	12	10.7	Keith	68	84.2	67	79.5	Sherman	3	9.7	0	0.0
Custer	31	26.9	33	29.2	Keya Paha	6	75.0	8	127.0	Sioux	0	0.0	3	24.2
Dakota	312	113.6	156	59.0	Kimball	22	57.4	5	13.8	Stanton	30	39.3	39	53.6
Dawes	33	41.4	31	42.8	Knox	1	1.0	0	0.0	Thayer	10	20.2	0	0.0
Dawson	253	82.7	166	54.7	Lancaster	2,557	93.3	2,120	71.3	Thomas	2	24.7	0	0.0
Deuel	13	74.3	1	5.2	Lincoln	329	83.5	270	70.0	Thurston	0	0.0	2	1.9
Dixon	10	13.6	26	37.7	Logan	0	0.0	0	0.0	Valley	0	0.0	1	2.2
Dodge	256	67.4	282	73.8	Loup	0	0.0	0	0.0	Washington	80	32.8	62	25.4
Douglas	3,804	66.3	2,870	47.4	Madison	384	103.1	271	74.8	Wayne	1	1.2	2	2.6
Dundy	0	0.0	2	10.6	McPherson	0	0.0	0	0.0	Webster	3	7.2	8	22.7
Fillmore	2	3.0	10	18.4	Merrick	4	4.4	0	0.0	Wheeler	2	20.8	0	0.0
Franklin	3	8.6	0	0.0	Morrill	24	41.2	15	26.3	York	169	123.2	43	33.6

Sources: Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice.
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2014 estimates, Table PEPAGESEX.

Youth court cases with access to counsel (2015)

Percent of juvenile court cases with access to counsel (2015)

State	Number of cases	% with counsel
Juvenile Court	6,602	61.8%
Criminal Court	1,961	32.7%

Highest county	Number of cases	% with counsel
Juvenile Court	Douglas	Dundy, Keya Paha, Knox
Criminal Court	Douglas	4 with 100%

Lowest county	Number of cases	% with counsel
Juvenile Court	8 with 0	8 with 0%
Criminal Court	15 with 0	26 with 0%

	Juvenile Court Cases	% of Juvenile Court cases with counsel	Criminal Court Cases	% of Criminal Court Cases with counsel		Juvenile Court Cases	% of Juvenile Court cases with counsel	Criminal Court Cases	% of Criminal Court Cases with counsel		Juvenile Court Cases	% of Juvenile Court cases with counsel	Criminal Court Cases	% of Criminal Court Cases with counsel
Adams	223	35.0%	38	28.9%	Frontier	5	40.0%	9	11.1%	Nance	12	50.0%	4	25.0%
Antelope	29	34.5%	10	10.0%	Furnas	14	28.6%	6	50.0%	Nemaha	7	42.9%	6	0.0%
Arthur	0	–	0	–	Gage	135	37.8%	9	44.4%	Nuckolls	10	20.0%	2	50.0%
Banner	1	0.0%	2	0.0%	Garden	11	90.9%	1	100.0%	Otoe	68	61.8%	18	22.2%
Blaine	0	–	0	–	Garfield	3	33.3%	6	0.0%	Pawnee	4	0.0%	1	0.0%
Boone	20	45.0%	0	–	Gosper	5	40.0%	4	0.0%	Perkins	8	75.0%	1	0.0%
Box Butte	53	45.3%	34	23.5%	Grant	0	–	0	–	Phelps	35	48.6%	7	28.6%
Boyd	6	66.7%	2	0.0%	Greeley	6	33.3%	0	–	Pierce	13	38.5%	7	0.0%
Brown	11	18.2%	11	45.5%	Hall	523	43.8%	140	33.6%	Platte	222	27.9%	11	54.5%
Buffalo	161	61.5%	64	34.4%	Hamilton	35	42.9%	8	50.0%	Polk	7	0.0%	2	0.0%
Burt	3	66.7%	3	66.7%	Harlan	12	41.7%	0	–	Red Willow	69	33.3%	12	25.0%
Butler	23	60.9%	4	0.0%	Hayes	2	50.0%	2	0.0%	Richardson	17	17.6%	3	0.0%
Cass	105	60.0%	4	25.0%	Hitchcock	1	0.0%	1	100.0%	Rock	1	0.0%	0	–
Cedar	13	23.1%	2	50.0%	Holt	31	29.0%	21	19.0%	Saline	71	43.7%	18	27.8%
Chase	18	33.3%	8	25.0%	Hooker	0	–	0	–	Sarpy	478	98.3%	139	36.7%
Cherry	10	80.0%	16	56.3%	Howard	3	66.7%	15	0.0%	Saunders	29	82.8%	2	50.0%
Cheyenne	43	76.7%	8	50.0%	Jefferson	58	34.5%	10	30.0%	Scotts Bluff	276	35.1%	108	43.5%
Clay	24	12.5%	1	100.0%	Johnson	10	30.0%	1	0.0%	Seward	45	48.9%	0	–
Colfax	68	58.8%	11	18.2%	Kearney	18	33.3%	12	33.3%	Sheridan	32	43.8%	8	37.5%
Cuming	18	66.7%	13	46.2%	Keith	31	48.4%	10	20.0%	Sherman	6	83.3%	1	0.0%
Custer	34	47.1%	16	18.8%	Keya Paha	2	100.0%	8	0.0%	Sioux	1	0.0%	0	–
Dakota	71	36.6%	75	45.3%	Kimball	20	55.0%	3	0.0%	Stanton	31	38.7%	13	0.0%
Dawes	47	48.9%	12	16.7%	Knox	3	100.0%	1	0.0%	Thayer	23	17.4%	1	0.0%
Dawson	207	28.5%	55	12.7%	Lancaster	782	63.2%	303	19.8%	Thomas	0	–	0	–
Deuel	2	50.0%	3	33.3%	Lincoln	179	58.1%	147	25.9%	Thurston	7	57.1%	3	0.0%
Dixon	19	5.3%	3	33.3%	Logan	0	–	0	–	Valley	2	0.0%	2	0.0%
Dodge	186	55.4%	32	9.4%	Loup	0	–	1	0.0%	Washington	59	62.7%	43	18.6%
Douglas	1,618	93.9%	339	57.2%	Madison	123	29.3%	68	32.4%	Wayne	26	26.9%	3	0.0%
Dundy	2	100.0%	1	0.0%	McPherson	1	0.0%	0	–	Webster	12	75.0%	8	100.0%
Fillmore	10	20.0%	3	66.7%	Merrick	32	68.8%	1	0.0%	Wheeler	0	–	0	–
Franklin	14	21.4%	0	–	Morrill	19	52.6%	8	12.5%	York	44	38.6%	6	33.3%

Source: JUSTICE Administrative Office of the Courts.

Youth 18 & under adjudicated in adult court (2012 & 2015)

Percent change of cases of youth adjudicated in adult court (2012 to 2015)

State	Number of cases
2012	5,850
2015	4,575

Highest county	2015
By number of cases	Douglas
By percent change	Gosper

Lowest county	2015
By number of cases	7 with 0
By percent change	4 with -100%

	2012	2015	% Change		2012	2015	% Change		2012	2015	% Change
Adams	110	82	-25.5%	Frontier	9	8	-11.1%	Nance	8	4	-50.0%
Antelope	11	13	18.2%	Furnas	7	5	-28.6%	Nemaha	28	21	-25.0%
Arthur	0	1	100.0%	Gage	47	29	-38.3%	Nuckolls	7	9	28.6%
Banner	6	3	-50.0%	Garden	3	2	-33.3%	Otoe	66	39	-40.9%
Blaine	1	0	-100.0%	Garfield	5	6	20.0%	Pawnee	7	4	-42.9%
Boone	11	10	-9.1%	Gosper	3	11	266.7%	Perkins	8	5	-37.5%
Box Butte	46	44	-4.3%	Grant	3	0	-100.0%	Phelps	31	24	-22.6%
Boyd	3	0	-100.0%	Greeley	2	2	0.0%	Pierce	11	10	-9.1%
Brown	23	9	-60.9%	Hall	262	247	-5.7%	Platte	140	59	-57.9%
Buffalo	189	141	-25.4%	Hamilton	21	18	-14.3%	Polk	8	5	-37.5%
Burt	17	10	-41.2%	Harlan	8	1	-87.5%	Red Willow	45	42	-6.7%
Butler	15	25	66.7%	Hayes	4	3	-25.0%	Richardson	14	16	14.3%
Cass	64	36	-43.8%	Hitchcock	6	3	-50.0%	Rock	3	1	-66.7%
Cedar	31	11	-64.5%	Holt	37	32	-13.5%	Saline	81	58	-28.4%
Chase	13	17	30.8%	Hooker	3	1	-66.7%	Sarpy	365	292	-20.0%
Cherry	22	22	0.0%	Howard	39	17	-56.4%	Saunders	34	31	-8.8%
Cheyenne	36	21	-41.7%	Jefferson	22	32	45.5%	Scotts Bluff	223	180	-19.3%
Clay	11	16	45.5%	Johnson	11	9	-18.2%	Seward	44	26	-40.9%
Colfax	35	36	2.9%	Kearney	17	12	-29.4%	Sheridan	33	32	-3.0%
Cuming	45	31	-31.1%	Keith	21	35	66.7%	Sherman	3	4	33.3%
Custer	26	18	-30.8%	Keya Paha	5	5	0.0%	Sioux	1	0	-100.0%
Dakota	260	170	-34.6%	Kimball	9	11	22.2%	Stanton	24	26	8.3%
Dawes	38	20	-47.4%	Knox	19	5	-73.7%	Thayer	8	4	-50.0%
Dawson	158	108	-31.6%	Lancaster	410	385	-6.1%	Thomas	2	1	-50.0%
Deuel	4	5	25.0%	Lincoln	144	116	-19.4%	Thurston	21	10	-52.4%
Dixon	5	7	40.0%	Logan	3	2	-33.3%	Valley	15	5	-66.7%
Dodge	213	168	-21.1%	Loup	1	1	0.0%	Washington	59	36	-39.0%
Douglas	1,636	1,391	-15.0%	Madison	210	116	-44.8%	Wayne	27	21	-22.2%
Dundy	7	3	-57.1%	McPherson	0	0	0.0%	Webster	7	3	-57.1%
Fillmore	25	9	-64.0%	Merrick	36	12	-66.7%	Wheeler	1	0	-100.0%
Franklin	0	0	0.0%	Morrill	29	21	-27.6%	York	69	33	-52.2%

Source: JUSTICE, Administrative Office of the Courts.
Note: Youth include those 18 and under. Numbers from each year are number of cases, not number of youth.

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Total population (2011 & 2015)

Total population (2015)

Children 19 & under (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children 19 & under (2015)

Children 4 years & under (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children 4 & under (2015)

Children 10-17 years (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children 10-17 (2015)

Emerging adults 18-24 years (2011 & 2015)

Percent of population 18-24 (2015)

Children: White, non-Hispanic (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: White, non-Hispanic (2015)

Children: Hispanic (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: Hispanic (2015)

Children: Black/African American (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: Black/African American (2015)

Children: American Indian or Alaska Native (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: American Indian or Alaska Native (2015)

Children: Asian or Pacific Islander (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: Asian or Pacific Islander (2015)

Children: 2+ races, or non-White, Hispanic (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children: 2+ races, or non-White, Hispanic (2015)

Children 17 & under in poverty (2006-2010 & 2010-2014)

Percent of children 17 & under in poverty (2010-2014)

Children 5 & under in poverty (2006-2010 & 2010-2014)

Percent of children 5 & under in poverty (2010-2014)

Children of color* in poverty (2006-2010 & 2010-2014)

Percent of children of color* in poverty (2010-2014)

Children 5 & under with all available parents working (2006-2010 & 2010-2014)

Percent of children 5 & under with all available parents working (2010-2014)

Total births (2011 & 2015)

Percent change in total births (2011 to 2015)

Births to females age 10-17 (2011 & 2015)

Percent of all births to females age 10-17 (2015)

Low birth weight births (2011 & 2015)

Percent low birth weight births (2015)

Children without health insurance (2010 & 2014)

Percent of children without health insurance (2014)

Children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP (2015)

Family Bottom Line full-time hourly wage (2015)

Family Bottom Line hourly wage – 2 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler family (2015)

Average monthly number of families on ADC (SFY 2011 & 2015)

Average percent of families on ADC (SFY 2015)

Child food insecurity (2014)

Percent of food-insecure children (2014)

SNAP participation among children (2011 & 2015)

Percent of children receiving SNAP (2015)

Children eligible for free and reduced meals (2010/11 & 2014/15)

Percent of children eligible for free and reduced meals (2014/15)

3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in school (2006-2010 & 2010-2014)

Percent of 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in school (2010-2014)

Child maltreatment (2011 & 2015)*

Child maltreatment per 1,000 children (2015)

State wards (2011 & 2015)

State wards per 1,000 children (2015)

Children in out-of-home care (2011 & 2015)

Children in out-of-home care rate per 1,000 children (2015)

Youth arrests ages 17 & under (2011 & 2015)

Youth arrest rate per 1,000 children 10-17 (2015)

Youth court cases with access to counsel (2015)

Percent of juvenile court cases with access to counsel (2015)

Youth 18 & under adjudicated in adult court (2012 & 2015)

Percent change of cases of youth adjudicated in adult court (2012 to 2015)