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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 42 counties, followed by Field Burden in 24 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
Sioux County 31165	67	45	69	90	54	1,154
Pawnee County 31133	67	50	64	98	49	2,512
Garden County 31069	62	29	66	99	48	1,794
Hayes County 31085	61	44	57	98	42	846
Hitchcock County 31087	60	47	53	99	41	2,552
Franklin County 31061	59	45	60	90	41	2,825
Keya Paha County 31103	59	30	61	100	44	805
Boyd County 31015	58	36	62	93	40	1,725
Deuel County 31049	57	37	56	94	40	1,871
Dundy County 31057	57	41	57	95	36	1,561
Hooker County 31091	55	18	51	98	51	679
Furnas County 31065	55	48	52	91	34	4,556
Greeley County 31077	55	35	45	98	44	2,219
Frontier County 31063	55	45	38	98	43	2,585
Thurston County 31173	54	46	39	72	58	6,557
Knox County 31107	54	47	57	80	33	8,298
Sheridan County 31161	54	32	56	77	47	4,928
Thayer County 31169	53	50	50	90	28	4,829
Morrill County 31123	53	38	45	76	52	4,504
Jefferson County 31095	53	63	46	73	35	7,054
Red Willow County 31145	52	55	36	89	38	10,457
Brown County 31017	52	25	50	99	37	2,853
Loup County 31115	52	19	51	89	47	592
Dixon County 31051	52	49	44	87	34	5,491
Nuckolls County 31129	52	49	47	89	28	4,095
Richardson County 31147	51	49	51	76	33	7,689
Burt County 31021	51	50	47	67	42	6,727
Cherry County 31031	50	24	46	95	40	5,492
Banner County 31007	50	35	45	93	32	674
Wheeler County 31183	49	23	48	98	34	775
Gosper County 31073	49	42	40	95	28	1,847
Harlan County 31083	49	47	48	75	31	3,045
Fillmore County 31059	48	50	38	87	25	5,548
Sherman County 31163	48	31	55	62	42	2,983
Logan County 31113	47	27	39	97	36	655
Kimball County 31105	47	34	64	38	46	3,289
Nemaha County 31127	47	57	30	77	35	7,076
Valley County 31175	47	30	49	85	28	4,012
Grant County 31075	47	18	39	99	40	565
Keith County 31101	47	46	49	66	32	8,113
Perkins County 31135	46	40	36	85	34	2,795
Rock County 31149	46	22	44	97	28	1,271
Clay County 31035	46	55	31	75	34	6,116
Webster County 31181	46	45	40	62	42	3,351
Garfield County 31071	45	20	44	91	33	1,763
Thomas County 31171	45	21	33	98	38	677
Boone County 31011	45	47	45	68	22	5,310
Gage County 31067	44	56	41	52	35	21,634
Blaine County 31009	44	21	48	N/A	58	436
Cedar County 31027	43	43	32	79	31	8,262
Chase County 31029	43	41	42	64	31	3,724
Lincoln County 31111	42	44	41	57	34	33,365
Holt County 31089	42	34	45	66	28	10,093
Otoe County 31131	41	63	28	56	32	16,335
Polk County 31143	41	43	36	65	32	5,228
Butler County 31023	41	50	28	65	35	8,459
Antelope County 31003	40	33	46	59	29	6,302
Merrick County 31121	40	43	33	61	34	7,755
Dawson County 31047	40	51	23	55	43	24,085
Johnson County 31097	40	46	20	67	42	5,198
McPherson County 31117	40	21	54	N/A	43	383
Adams County 31001	39	63	26	45	36	30,899
Nance County 31125	39	38	41	59	26	3,274
Cheyenne County 31033	39	41	42	34	42	9,541
Scotts Bluff County 31157	39	34	34	51	43	35,699
Phelps County 31137	38	50	31	48	36	9,057
Pierce County 31139	38	48	27	60	32	7,299
Custer County 31041	38	34	38	53	36	10,581
Stanton County 31167	38	45	29	63	26	5,856
Dawes County 31045	38	33	19	71	42	8,133
Box Butte County 31013	38	42	36	42	39	10,692
York County 31185	38	54	26	58	24	14,356
Kearney County 31099	37	50	25	62	24	6,770
Dakota County 31043	37	55	15	59	36	21,268
Cuming County 31039	37	51	35	45	25	8,918
Dodge County 31053	37	58	25	48	31	37,187
Howard County 31093	36	32	33	60	31	6,527
Platte County 31141	36	60	22	51	26	34,609
Madison County 31119	35	58	23	47	29	35,627
Washington County 31177	35	59	22	49	21	21,152
Cass County 31025	34	55	22	47	29	27,446
Arthur County 31005	34	21	40	N/A	44	412
Saunders County 31155	34	52	20	50	29	23,463
Hall County 31079	33	53	19	46	32	62,197
Colfax County 31037	33	50	18	51	30	10,566
Saline County 31151	33	53	17	51	29	14,555
Lancaster County 31109	32	57	11	51	31	326,716
Hamilton County 31081	32	50	25	43	16	9,537
Douglas County 31055	31	54	8	50	33	589,540
Seward County 31159	30	47	16	50	24	17,671
Buffalo County 31019	28	43	12	49	29	50,697
Sarpy County 31153	28	55	6	49	18	199,886
Wayne County 31179	28	48	10	46	26	9,874

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.