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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Nebraska

Nebraska's senior poverty rate is 8.9%, and 29.1% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 93 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

8.9%

Senior poverty (65+)

29.1%

Seniors living alone

32.1%

Senior SNAP take-up

$55,060

Senior median income

Nebraska by county

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Nebraska at a glance

Seniors in poverty

28K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

8.9%

Ages 65+

Living alone

29.1%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

32.1%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$55,060

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.39

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 93 counties in Nebraska.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Grant 21.0%
  2. 2 Box Butte 18.4%
  3. 3 Rock 15.6%
  4. 4 Blaine 15.3%
  5. 5 Brown 15.3%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Hooker 66.9%
  2. 2 Brown 47.4%
  3. 3 Red Willow 43.1%
  4. 4 Dawes 40.9%
  5. 5 Garden 38.2%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Douglas 79K
  2. 2 Lancaster 47K
  3. 3 Sarpy 24K
  4. 4 Hall 9K
  5. 5 Buffalo 8K

Every county in Nebraska

All 93 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Adams 10.4% 30.3% 29.6% $46,836 5,617 0.45
Antelope 14.8% 31.1% 36.2% $40,912 1,484 0.57
Arthur 10.6% 30.8% 63.6% $43,393 104 0.46
Banner 4.2% 16.9% 100.0% $63,125 189 0.03
Blaine 15.3% 32.8% — — 131 0.62
Boone 11.8% 27.2% 23.9% $50,000 1,179 0.41
Box Butte 18.4% 30.3% 47.4% $46,734 2,087 0.63
Boyd 9.7% 21.5% 47.9% $44,643 549 0.23
Brown 15.3% 47.4% 43.7% $37,354 720 0.78
Buffalo 9.4% 29.0% 24.1% $56,462 7,638 0.40
Burt 10.8% 28.0% 43.2% $49,464 1,580 0.40
Butler 9.3% 34.8% 16.0% $46,947 1,615 0.53
Cass 5.1% 21.9% 37.1% $67,625 4,784 0.14
Cedar 9.5% 25.5% 26.1% $51,436 1,730 0.32
Chase 6.0% 25.9% 33.8% $49,531 801 0.25
Cherry 13.6% 32.5% 66.2% $50,625 1,179 0.57
Cheyenne 12.4% 31.7% 28.7% $39,788 1,948 0.53
Clay 6.5% 25.2% 30.7% $59,375 1,183 0.24
Colfax 13.5% 30.9% 47.3% $44,583 1,378 0.53
Cuming 6.3% 28.2% 24.2% $53,214 1,817 0.31
Custer 9.2% 28.2% 41.6% $50,119 2,256 0.37
Dakota 6.0% 22.9% 21.2% $53,177 2,670 0.18
Dawes 4.3% 40.9% 22.2% $49,152 1,545 0.53
Dawson 11.7% 30.6% 32.0% $42,604 3,843 0.48
Deuel 14.5% 29.3% 24.6% $54,453 489 0.52
Dixon 5.4% 28.9% 33.8% $53,214 1,123 0.30
Dodge 9.0% 30.6% 29.0% $47,569 6,703 0.42
Douglas 8.7% 30.5% 31.1% $58,683 78,538 0.41
Dundy 4.7% 34.8% 27.1% $47,941 427 0.42
Fillmore 10.0% 25.7% 41.5% $54,620 1,214 0.33
Franklin 10.3% 26.8% 31.2% $50,337 758 0.37
Frontier 10.5% 22.7% 23.7% $57,813 646 0.28
Furnas 12.0% 32.3% 43.0% $41,875 1,109 0.53
Gage 8.1% 33.5% 28.6% $47,000 4,505 0.47
Garden 5.2% 38.2% 71.3% $41,121 499 0.51
Garfield 10.5% 19.8% 56.0% $60,446 438 0.21
Gosper 4.7% 19.7% 44.7% $53,750 471 0.08
Grant 21.0% 30.1% 83.3% $27,188 143 0.68
Greeley 9.9% 30.1% 55.3% $43,750 546 0.43
Hall 11.2% 29.5% 24.6% $46,113 9,277 0.45
Hamilton 8.6% 17.3% 49.0% $58,261 1,852 0.13
Harlan 8.7% 27.9% 43.3% $39,511 773 0.36
Hayes 6.3% 25.8% 52.9% $62,188 221 0.25
Hitchcock 11.8% 34.7% 44.0% $45,893 650 0.58
Holt 10.8% 27.7% 33.4% $56,341 2,165 0.40
Hooker 6.1% 66.9% — $43,333 147 0.57
Howard 7.3% 26.0% 25.1% $49,025 1,393 0.28
Jefferson 13.0% 35.8% 49.7% $41,950 1,690 0.63
Johnson 6.9% 22.8% 30.8% $46,161 919 0.20
Kearney 6.4% 26.3% 42.7% $59,205 1,296 0.27
Keith 11.9% 35.1% 66.2% $43,133 2,238 0.59
Keya Paha 10.3% 24.5% 0.0% $47,500 233 0.31
Kimball 11.9% 35.3% 39.8% $42,340 864 0.60
Knox 11.4% 23.6% 45.8% $44,692 2,003 0.32
Lancaster 7.6% 28.8% 30.6% $64,636 47,327 0.35
Lincoln 15.1% 33.8% 44.6% $42,928 6,804 0.63
Logan 6.4% 31.0% 72.7% $33,750 171 0.37
Loup 7.9% 22.4% 15.8% $46,667 152 0.21
Madison 10.9% 26.9% 26.3% $49,864 5,626 0.38
McPherson 4.0% 24.0% 0.0% $58,917 100 0.16
Merrick 10.7% 30.5% 36.4% $52,727 1,574 0.46
Morrill 13.3% 36.0% 37.6% $34,531 903 0.64
Nance 11.9% 26.8% 45.5% $52,875 658 0.40
Nemaha 7.5% 27.6% 26.3% $53,257 1,401 0.32
Nuckolls 7.7% 29.3% 73.8% $55,536 1,123 0.36
Otoe 7.4% 26.9% 24.5% $61,602 3,127 0.30
Pawnee 12.1% 30.7% 50.7% $39,286 705 0.50
Perkins 8.1% 24.5% 35.3% $54,531 632 0.26
Phelps 11.4% 34.1% 40.6% $42,438 1,678 0.56
Pierce 7.3% 24.0% 20.3% $45,781 1,362 0.23
Platte 9.6% 28.0% 36.7% $59,309 5,960 0.38
Polk 4.9% 25.9% 28.1% $57,143 1,133 0.22
Red Willow 9.9% 43.1% 41.0% $39,794 2,159 0.66
Richardson 11.9% 31.8% 55.8% $39,861 1,798 0.52
Rock 15.6% 27.2% 55.0% $43,333 315 0.50
Saline 7.9% 23.2% 22.9% $52,736 2,147 0.23
Sarpy 6.3% 25.3% 29.2% $70,110 23,792 0.24
Saunders 7.7% 29.2% 61.2% $54,729 4,015 0.36
Scotts Bluff 12.0% 32.7% 33.6% $45,798 6,966 0.54
Seward 6.4% 24.9% 30.5% $62,372 3,014 0.23
Sheridan 7.5% 25.3% 33.3% $48,238 1,301 0.27
Sherman 9.9% 27.5% 27.4% $57,031 767 0.37
Sioux 7.3% 19.6% 0.0% $55,625 286 0.13
Stanton 13.3% 26.4% 37.8% $49,236 1,125 0.42
Thayer 8.0% 28.6% 32.5% $55,865 1,158 0.36
Thomas 8.7% 14.0% 0.0% $55,333 207 0.13
Thurston 9.8% 23.9% 29.1% $46,250 793 0.29
Valley 11.9% 22.4% 23.8% $55,833 986 0.30
Washington 6.6% 23.9% 22.3% $56,250 3,841 0.22
Wayne 10.2% 33.6% 56.5% $54,547 1,563 0.52
Webster 8.3% 24.9% 26.8% $58,661 710 0.28
Wheeler 7.9% 26.5% 18.2% $53,068 253 0.30
York 7.5% 26.3% 32.5% $65,233 2,729 0.29

Senior food help in Nebraska

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Nebraska senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Nebraska, and benefit amounts.

Nebraska SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Nebraska's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Nebraska food pantries