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Nebraska

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

Counties

Avg opportunity score

Converging-risk counties

What the data shows in Nebraska

Across Nebraska's 93 counties, none have two or more of the four health-risk areas (environmental, disease, provider access, and social conditions) above the national threshold at once. Where need shows up here, it tends to be concentrated in a single area rather than stacking.

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

The most widespread specific risk pattern is Runoff Burden, triggered in 41 counties, followed by Industrial Burden in 13 counties.

Pawnee County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 67 out of 100 (elevated). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.

County	Opportunity	Env	Disease	Provider	Social	Pop
Pawnee County 31133	67	50	64	97	49	2,512
Sioux County 31165	66	45	69	85	54	1,154
Garden County 31069	62	29	66	98	48	1,794
Franklin County 31061	62	45	60	99	41	2,825
Hayes County 31085	60	44	57	98	42	846
Hitchcock County 31087	60	47	53	99	41	2,552
Boyd County 31015	60	36	62	98	40	1,725
Keya Paha County 31103	59	30	61	99	44	805
Sheridan County 31161	58	32	56	92	47	4,928
Sherman County 31163	57	31	55	98	42	2,983
Deuel County 31049	56	37	56	92	40	1,871
Dundy County 31057	56	41	57	91	36	1,561
Knox County 31107	55	47	57	85	33	8,298
Greeley County 31077	55	35	45	98	44	2,219
Furnas County 31065	55	48	52	91	34	4,556
Harlan County 31083	55	47	48	98	31	3,045
Thurston County 31173	55	46	39	73	58	6,557
Frontier County 31063	54	45	38	97	43	2,585
Hooker County 31091	54	18	51	93	51	679
Thayer County 31169	54	50	50	92	28	4,829
Jefferson County 31095	53	63	46	75	35	7,054
Nuckolls County 31129	52	49	47	92	28	4,095
Burt County 31021	52	50	47	73	42	6,727
Red Willow County 31145	52	55	36	89	38	10,457
Morrill County 31123	52	38	45	72	52	4,504
Brown County 31017	52	25	50	100	37	2,853
Richardson County 31147	51	49	51	73	33	7,689
Webster County 31181	50	45	40	80	42	3,351
Cherry County 31031	50	24	46	93	40	5,492
Nemaha County 31127	50	57	30	88	35	7,076
Perkins County 31135	50	40	36	98	34	2,795
Kimball County 31105	49	34	64	47	46	3,289
Wheeler County 31183	49	23	48	97	34	775
Banner County 31007	49	35	45	90	32	674
Keith County 31101	48	46	49	72	32	8,113
Valley County 31175	48	30	49	91	29	4,012
Gosper County 31073	48	42	40	92	28	1,847
Dixon County 31051	48	49	44	72	34	5,491
Logan County 31113	47	27	39	94	36	655
Grant County 31075	47	18	39	98	40	565
Rock County 31149	46	22	44	96	28	1,271
Phelps County 31137	45	50	31	75	36	9,057
Fillmore County 31059	45	50	38	76	25	5,548
Clay County 31035	44	55	31	70	34	6,116
Antelope County 31003	44	33	46	75	29	6,302
Holt County 31089	44	34	45	77	28	10,093
Thomas County 31171	44	21	33	95	38	677
Gage County 31067	44	56	41	53	35	21,634
Blaine County 31009	44	21	48	N/A	58	436
Polk County 31143	44	43	36	75	32	5,228
Boone County 31011	44	47	45	64	22	5,310
Cedar County 31027	43	43	32	80	31	8,262
Cuming County 31039	43	51	35	71	25	8,918
Nance County 31125	43	38	41	74	26	3,274
Garfield County 31071	43	20	44	80	33	1,763
Lincoln County 31111	42	44	41	58	34	33,365
Pierce County 31139	42	48	27	74	32	7,299
Chase County 31029	42	41	42	62	31	3,724
Butler County 31023	42	50	28	67	35	8,459
Merrick County 31121	42	43	33	68	34	7,755
Otoe County 31131	42	63	28	57	32	16,335
Johnson County 31097	41	46	20	73	42	5,198
Howard County 31093	41	32	33	81	32	6,527
Box Butte County 31013	41	42	36	55	39	10,692
Adams County 31001	41	63	26	51	36	30,899
Scotts Bluff County 31157	41	34	34	59	43	35,699
Stanton County 31167	40	45	29	73	26	5,856
Dawson County 31047	40	51	23	54	43	24,085
Kearney County 31099	40	50	25	72	24	6,770
McPherson County 31117	40	21	54	N/A	43	383
Cheyenne County 31033	39	41	42	38	42	9,541
Loup County 31115	39	19	51	N/A	47	592
Dawes County 31045	39	33	19	77	42	8,133
York County 31185	38	54	26	60	24	14,356
Dodge County 31053	38	58	25	52	31	37,187
Platte County 31141	37	60	22	56	26	34,609
Madison County 31119	37	58	23	55	29	35,627
Dakota County 31043	36	55	15	56	36	21,268
Custer County 31041	36	34	38	45	37	10,581
Washington County 31177	36	59	22	54	21	21,152
Cass County 31025	36	55	22	54	29	27,446
Hall County 31079	35	53	19	55	32	62,197
Hamilton County 31081	35	50	25	57	16	9,537
Saline County 31151	34	53	17	57	29	14,555
Saunders County 31155	34	52	20	52	29	23,463
Arthur County 31005	34	21	40	N/A	44	412
Lancaster County 31109	33	57	11	55	31	326,716
Colfax County 31037	32	50	18	48	30	10,566
Douglas County 31055	32	54	8	52	33	589,540
Seward County 31159	31	47	16	55	24	17,671
Wayne County 31179	30	48	10	56	26	9,874
Buffalo County 31019	30	43	12	56	29	50,697
Sarpy County 31153	29	55	6	51	18	199,886

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