PantryPath Research · Child Poverty Atlas
Child Poverty in
Nebraska
Nebraska's child poverty rate is 11.1% across 93 counties, meaning 52K children under 18 live in households below the federal poverty line. Use the interactive map below to see how poverty varies within the state.
11.1%
Child poverty rate (0–17)
52K
Children in poverty
10.2%
All-ages poverty
$74,727
Median income
Nebraska by county
← Back to national atlasToggle between five SAIPE metrics to see how poverty varies within Nebraska. Hover a county for its exact rate.
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Nebraska at a glance
Children in poverty
52K
Ages 0–17
Child poverty rate
11.1%
Ages 0–17
5–17 poverty rate
10.3%
Title I allocator
All-ages poverty
10.2%
Entire population
Concentration
1.09×
Child ÷ all-ages
Median income
$74,727
Inflation-adjusted
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 93 counties in Nebraska.
Highest child poverty
Ages 0–17, rate
- 1 Loup County 28.2%
- 2 Blaine County 26.1%
- 3 Thurston County 25.5%
- 4 Garden County 23.1%
- 5 Thomas County 22.7%
Lowest child poverty
Ages 0–17, rate
- 1 Sarpy County 5.0%
- 2 Washington County 6.5%
- 3 Seward County 6.8%
- 4 Saunders County 6.9%
- 5 Platte County 8.1%
Most children in poverty
Absolute count, ages 0–17
- 1 Douglas County 18K
- 2 Lancaster County 6K
- 3 Sarpy County 3K
- 4 Hall County 2K
- 5 Scotts Bluff County 2K
Every county in Nebraska
All 93 counties across the five SAIPE metrics plus median income.
| County | Children 0–17 | Ages 5–17 | All ages | Concentration | Child count | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 12.5% | 12.8% | 11.9% | 1.05× | 899 | $66,695 |
| Antelope County | 12.1% | 12.2% | 10.6% | 1.14× | 187 | $65,907 |
| Arthur County | 20.2% | 18.5% | 13.3% | 1.52× | 20 | $54,974 |
| Banner County | 17.6% | 15.3% | 11.6% | 1.52× | 27 | $67,307 |
| Blaine County | 26.1% | 28.1% | 16.3% | 1.60× | 24 | $52,512 |
| Boone County | 10.5% | 10.5% | 9.7% | 1.08× | 134 | $66,345 |
| Box Butte County | 14.7% | 13.8% | 12.0% | 1.22× | 386 | $66,613 |
| Boyd County | 19.6% | 18.6% | 12.6% | 1.56× | 61 | $49,077 |
| Brown County | 14.7% | 14.6% | 11.6% | 1.27× | 89 | $58,896 |
| Buffalo County | 8.6% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 1.06× | 965 | $76,686 |
| Burt County | 12.1% | 11.3% | 10.3% | 1.17× | 181 | $67,113 |
| Butler County | 9.9% | 9.3% | 8.3% | 1.19× | 201 | $74,710 |
| Cass County | 8.3% | 7.7% | 6.6% | 1.26× | 506 | $83,291 |
| Cedar County | 9.0% | 8.9% | 8.6% | 1.05× | 186 | $69,895 |
| Chase County | 12.3% | 11.6% | 9.8% | 1.26× | 112 | $67,334 |
| Cherry County | 16.2% | 16.0% | 11.0% | 1.47× | 211 | $55,132 |
| Cheyenne County | 16.1% | 15.9% | 12.3% | 1.31× | 347 | $60,177 |
| Clay County | 9.9% | 9.9% | 9.6% | 1.03× | 153 | $67,568 |
| Colfax County | 11.9% | 11.5% | 9.7% | 1.23× | 373 | $70,792 |
| Cuming County | 10.0% | 10.1% | 8.6% | 1.16× | 220 | $65,814 |
| Custer County | 12.9% | 12.7% | 8.9% | 1.45× | 326 | $65,151 |
| Dakota County | 20.2% | 19.5% | 13.6% | 1.49× | 1,245 | $70,126 |
| Dawes County | 17.3% | 15.7% | 15.6% | 1.11× | 254 | $54,925 |
| Dawson County | 13.8% | 13.4% | 10.5% | 1.31× | 909 | $67,619 |
| Deuel County | 18.8% | 17.5% | 11.9% | 1.58× | 70 | $58,676 |
| Dixon County | 9.9% | 9.1% | 8.4% | 1.18× | 135 | $67,521 |
| Dodge County | 11.3% | 10.2% | 9.8% | 1.15× | 1,035 | $66,833 |
| Douglas County | 12.4% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 1.08× | 18,045 | $77,747 |
| Dundy County | 18.8% | 19.1% | 13.5% | 1.39× | 53 | $55,818 |
| Fillmore County | 10.0% | 10.2% | 8.8% | 1.14× | 109 | $69,021 |
| Franklin County | 16.8% | 15.8% | 12.6% | 1.33× | 100 | $58,346 |
| Frontier County | 17.0% | 16.9% | 13.1% | 1.30× | 87 | $62,676 |
| Furnas County | 16.2% | 16.3% | 12.0% | 1.35× | 155 | $59,530 |
| Gage County | 11.7% | 10.5% | 10.3% | 1.14× | 561 | $66,947 |
| Garden County | 23.1% | 23.6% | 15.9% | 1.45× | 74 | $44,135 |
| Garfield County | 12.4% | 13.4% | 10.9% | 1.14× | 42 | $51,135 |
| Gosper County | 13.1% | 13.0% | 8.9% | 1.47× | 51 | $73,056 |
| Grant County | 14.6% | 14.9% | 10.3% | 1.42× | 20 | $63,607 |
| Greeley County | 13.3% | 13.0% | 10.8% | 1.23× | 69 | $60,686 |
| Hall County | 13.1% | 12.4% | 10.8% | 1.21× | 2,183 | $69,725 |
| Hamilton County | 9.0% | 9.0% | 7.4% | 1.22× | 204 | $84,805 |
| Harlan County | 12.3% | 11.5% | 10.1% | 1.22× | 81 | $63,159 |
| Hayes County | 17.8% | 18.9% | 13.5% | 1.32× | 38 | $59,966 |
| Hitchcock County | 18.8% | 18.2% | 14.2% | 1.32× | 109 | $55,551 |
| Holt County | 14.3% | 14.0% | 11.8% | 1.21× | 367 | $65,815 |
| Hooker County | 13.4% | 12.2% | 9.6% | 1.40× | 20 | $53,010 |
| Howard County | 11.8% | 11.6% | 10.1% | 1.17× | 180 | $68,795 |
| Jefferson County | 13.8% | 12.8% | 11.0% | 1.25× | 219 | $63,707 |
| Johnson County | 12.8% | 12.1% | 12.9% | 0.99× | 120 | $64,134 |
| Kearney County | 9.2% | 9.0% | 7.9% | 1.16× | 152 | $77,458 |
| Keith County | 17.2% | 15.8% | 11.2% | 1.54× | 285 | $57,160 |
| Keya Paha County | 19.6% | 19.1% | 17.3% | 1.13× | 29 | $52,077 |
| Kimball County | 15.4% | 14.3% | 12.3% | 1.25× | 98 | $59,686 |
| Knox County | 17.5% | 17.5% | 13.7% | 1.28× | 350 | $60,057 |
| Lancaster County | 9.0% | 8.3% | 10.8% | 0.83× | 6,435 | $71,171 |
| Lincoln County | 14.6% | 12.8% | 12.5% | 1.17× | 1,086 | $63,632 |
| Logan County | 11.0% | 10.6% | 9.2% | 1.20× | 15 | $66,333 |
| Loup County | 28.2% | 25.9% | 16.6% | 1.70× | 31 | $61,608 |
| Madison County | 10.8% | 10.1% | 11.6% | 0.93× | 951 | $68,218 |
| McPherson County | 18.2% | 19.2% | 12.0% | 1.52× | 12 | $55,174 |
| Merrick County | 10.6% | 10.2% | 9.3% | 1.14× | 182 | $72,297 |
| Morrill County | 19.1% | 18.2% | 14.5% | 1.32× | 193 | $62,245 |
| Nance County | 13.3% | 12.8% | 11.3% | 1.18× | 101 | $61,228 |
| Nemaha County | 12.8% | 12.4% | 11.8% | 1.08× | 207 | $65,868 |
| Nuckolls County | 15.2% | 15.1% | 10.8% | 1.41× | 125 | $58,951 |
| Otoe County | 9.1% | 8.6% | 8.0% | 1.14× | 352 | $76,448 |
| Pawnee County | 20.3% | 19.7% | 13.7% | 1.48× | 115 | $55,574 |
| Perkins County | 11.6% | 10.9% | 9.3% | 1.25× | 76 | $71,521 |
| Phelps County | 10.2% | 10.1% | 8.3% | 1.23× | 227 | $70,550 |
| Pierce County | 10.2% | 9.8% | 9.2% | 1.11× | 188 | $78,454 |
| Platte County | 8.1% | 7.3% | 8.4% | 0.96× | 730 | $76,785 |
| Polk County | 8.6% | 8.1% | 7.3% | 1.18× | 99 | $79,938 |
| Red Willow County | 13.3% | 12.2% | 11.5% | 1.16× | 309 | $60,614 |
| Richardson County | 12.9% | 12.0% | 11.1% | 1.16× | 210 | $60,839 |
| Rock County | 18.9% | 19.6% | 13.7% | 1.38× | 53 | $56,969 |
| Saline County | 11.7% | 11.4% | 10.5% | 1.11× | 442 | $76,586 |
| Sarpy County | 5.0% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 1.02× | 2,556 | $101,902 |
| Saunders County | 6.9% | 6.6% | 6.5% | 1.06× | 396 | $85,732 |
| Scotts Bluff County | 20.1% | 17.1% | 15.5% | 1.30× | 1,690 | $57,571 |
| Seward County | 6.8% | 6.5% | 6.9% | 0.99× | 273 | $81,819 |
| Sheridan County | 21.3% | 20.7% | 14.6% | 1.46× | 219 | $59,842 |
| Sherman County | 15.6% | 14.6% | 12.3% | 1.27× | 101 | $57,592 |
| Sioux County | 20.5% | 21.5% | 14.4% | 1.42× | 42 | $61,344 |
| Stanton County | 8.1% | 8.2% | 7.2% | 1.13× | 113 | $78,112 |
| Thayer County | 12.0% | 11.7% | 9.3% | 1.29× | 131 | $63,574 |
| Thomas County | 22.7% | 22.5% | 13.0% | 1.75× | 34 | $56,844 |
| Thurston County | 25.5% | 24.1% | 19.6% | 1.30× | 571 | $57,810 |
| Valley County | 15.9% | 15.6% | 11.9% | 1.34× | 148 | $56,604 |
| Washington County | 6.5% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 1.07× | 318 | $88,234 |
| Wayne County | 10.0% | 9.1% | 12.4% | 0.81× | 201 | $68,309 |
| Webster County | 14.5% | 13.9% | 12.5% | 1.16× | 110 | $57,002 |
| Wheeler County | 18.8% | 20.4% | 12.8% | 1.47× | 32 | $56,377 |
| York County | 9.7% | 8.8% | 9.4% | 1.03× | 314 | $73,671 |
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