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SNAP Benefits in
Nebraska
Nebraska had an overall SNAP participation rate of 8.0% across 93 counties, with a coverage gap of 52.8% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
8.0%
SNAP participation
52.8%
Poverty coverage gap
63K
SNAP households
$74,985
Median income
Nebraska by county
← Back to national overviewToggle between six SNAP metrics to see how coverage varies within Nebraska. Hover a county for its exact rate.
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Nebraska at a glance
SNAP households
63K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
8.0%
All households
Poverty coverage
47.2%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
32.1%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
48.9%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
52.8%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 93 counties in Nebraska.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Blaine 100.0%
- 2 Hooker 100.0%
- 3 Keya Paha 100.0%
- 4 Thomas 100.0%
- 5 Wheeler 95.7%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Gage 60.0%
- 2 Johnson 58.4%
- 3 Thurston 55.9%
- 4 Arthur 53.3%
- 5 Gosper 48.4%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Thurston 17.1%
- 2 Cheyenne 12.8%
- 3 Lincoln 12.8%
- 4 Gage 12.0%
- 5 Scotts Bluff 12.0%
Every county in Nebraska
All 93 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 9.7% | 32.1% | 67.9% | 29.6% | 47.9% | 52.4% | $65,680 |
| Antelope | 5.2% | 26.9% | 73.1% | 36.2% | 29.8% | 44.0% | $63,750 |
| Arthur | 6.0% | 53.3% | 46.7% | 63.6% | 72.7% | 27.3% | $67,500 |
| Banner | 4.3% | 31.6% | 68.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 45.5% | $71,250 |
| Blaine | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | — | — | — | $61,250 |
| Boone | 4.2% | 22.3% | 77.7% | 23.9% | 52.2% | 42.4% | $71,367 |
| Box Butte | 6.4% | 19.5% | 80.5% | 47.4% | 74.0% | 53.3% | $68,778 |
| Boyd | 6.1% | 27.2% | 72.8% | 47.9% | 37.5% | 54.2% | $58,984 |
| Brown | 5.9% | 17.3% | 82.7% | 43.7% | 64.8% | 54.9% | $51,538 |
| Buffalo | 7.1% | 35.2% | 64.8% | 24.1% | 59.9% | 41.3% | $74,570 |
| Burt | 8.2% | 38.8% | 61.2% | 43.2% | 44.9% | 38.1% | $57,303 |
| Butler | 5.1% | 34.1% | 65.9% | 16.0% | 80.7% | 21.0% | $82,603 |
| Cass | 3.8% | 27.5% | 72.5% | 37.1% | 75.1% | 57.2% | $88,255 |
| Cedar | 5.5% | 33.6% | 66.4% | 26.1% | 37.8% | 55.3% | $73,977 |
| Chase | 4.5% | 43.4% | 56.6% | 33.8% | 58.5% | 29.2% | $62,782 |
| Cherry | 6.2% | 29.3% | 70.7% | 66.2% | 7.9% | 56.8% | $63,750 |
| Cheyenne | 12.8% | 46.3% | 53.7% | 28.7% | 53.0% | 55.3% | $57,594 |
| Clay | 6.7% | 33.2% | 66.8% | 30.7% | 46.4% | 54.8% | $75,938 |
| Colfax | 7.8% | 44.7% | 55.3% | 47.3% | 34.6% | 56.9% | $79,720 |
| Cuming | 4.4% | 22.0% | 78.0% | 24.2% | 39.4% | 60.6% | $70,708 |
| Custer | 8.4% | 43.1% | 56.9% | 41.6% | 42.4% | 51.7% | $66,310 |
| Dakota | 8.3% | 30.7% | 69.3% | 21.2% | 41.8% | 64.2% | $71,655 |
| Dawes | 7.6% | 21.1% | 78.9% | 22.2% | 16.7% | 60.3% | $54,381 |
| Dawson | 7.3% | 19.9% | 80.2% | 32.0% | 55.9% | 63.6% | $65,383 |
| Deuel | 7.4% | 24.1% | 75.9% | 24.6% | 41.0% | 65.6% | $61,438 |
| Dixon | 5.9% | 25.4% | 74.6% | 33.8% | 69.9% | 65.4% | $69,156 |
| Dodge | 10.0% | 35.1% | 64.9% | 29.0% | 47.8% | 65.6% | $71,294 |
| Douglas | 9.2% | 39.1% | 60.9% | 31.1% | 45.2% | 51.0% | $79,081 |
| Dundy | 6.0% | 35.3% | 64.7% | 27.1% | 79.2% | 37.5% | $56,563 |
| Fillmore | 5.2% | 21.3% | 78.7% | 41.5% | 48.8% | 62.6% | $76,354 |
| Franklin | 7.2% | 24.1% | 75.9% | 31.2% | 47.3% | 54.8% | $57,692 |
| Frontier | 11.2% | 31.0% | 69.0% | 23.7% | 70.3% | 62.7% | $68,207 |
| Furnas | 5.3% | 23.8% | 76.2% | 43.0% | 41.1% | 33.6% | $60,625 |
| Gage | 12.0% | 60.0% | 40.0% | 28.6% | 65.7% | 36.1% | $64,426 |
| Garden | 9.7% | 32.5% | 67.5% | 71.3% | 72.5% | 51.2% | $44,777 |
| Garfield | 3.3% | 20.0% | 80.0% | 56.0% | 44.0% | 0.0% | $68,611 |
| Gosper | 6.0% | 48.4% | 51.6% | 44.7% | 48.9% | 36.2% | $79,145 |
| Grant | 2.0% | 10.0% | 90.0% | 83.3% | 100.0% | 33.3% | $69,063 |
| Greeley | 5.0% | 18.2% | 81.8% | 55.3% | 57.4% | 61.7% | $58,894 |
| Hall | 8.7% | 30.7% | 69.3% | 24.6% | 45.4% | 52.7% | $67,549 |
| Hamilton | 5.7% | 17.8% | 82.2% | 49.0% | 58.5% | 79.5% | $79,884 |
| Harlan | 5.6% | 14.5% | 85.5% | 43.3% | 74.6% | 73.1% | $70,536 |
| Hayes | 4.8% | 20.7% | 79.3% | 52.9% | 88.2% | 29.4% | $60,313 |
| Hitchcock | 6.7% | 24.1% | 75.9% | 44.0% | 60.0% | 46.7% | $52,016 |
| Holt | 8.2% | 32.4% | 67.6% | 33.4% | 44.9% | 53.3% | $67,225 |
| Hooker | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | — | — | — | $45,854 |
| Howard | 8.0% | 33.5% | 66.5% | 25.1% | 58.3% | 62.3% | $74,508 |
| Jefferson | 11.4% | 43.4% | 56.6% | 49.7% | 77.7% | 48.6% | $60,568 |
| Johnson | 10.4% | 58.4% | 41.6% | 30.8% | 61.0% | 56.0% | $59,457 |
| Kearney | 2.7% | 11.5% | 88.5% | 42.7% | 40.0% | 62.7% | $79,167 |
| Keith | 7.3% | 39.2% | 60.8% | 66.2% | 70.3% | 30.3% | $58,132 |
| Keya Paha | 1.2% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | $60,313 |
| Kimball | 11.2% | 29.7% | 70.3% | 39.8% | 66.1% | 64.9% | $59,438 |
| Knox | 8.2% | 24.5% | 75.5% | 45.8% | 52.7% | 61.7% | $64,821 |
| Lancaster | 8.4% | 31.4% | 68.5% | 30.6% | 48.6% | 54.2% | $72,625 |
| Lincoln | 12.8% | 37.8% | 62.2% | 44.6% | 62.1% | 62.1% | $64,342 |
| Logan | 3.5% | 6.9% | 93.1% | 72.7% | 63.6% | 81.8% | $71,650 |
| Loup | 7.6% | 7.5% | 92.5% | 15.8% | 63.2% | 84.2% | $60,156 |
| Madison | 6.6% | 25.8% | 74.2% | 26.3% | 46.1% | 48.4% | $64,637 |
| McPherson | 0.5% | 12.5% | 87.5% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | $61,316 |
| Merrick | 6.1% | 29.3% | 70.7% | 36.4% | 51.3% | 44.1% | $62,849 |
| Morrill | 9.6% | 37.0% | 63.0% | 37.6% | 58.0% | 40.9% | $59,773 |
| Nance | 5.7% | 34.5% | 65.5% | 45.5% | 70.1% | 24.7% | $65,438 |
| Nemaha | 10.0% | 31.9% | 68.1% | 26.3% | 63.7% | 56.2% | $60,132 |
| Nuckolls | 4.4% | 17.8% | 82.2% | 73.8% | 73.8% | 67.5% | $70,201 |
| Otoe | 5.1% | 29.5% | 70.5% | 24.5% | 72.1% | 46.6% | $81,430 |
| Pawnee | 6.2% | 17.2% | 82.8% | 50.7% | 83.6% | 50.7% | $54,926 |
| Perkins | 4.4% | 14.7% | 85.3% | 35.3% | 52.9% | 66.7% | $67,500 |
| Phelps | 10.8% | 41.0% | 59.0% | 40.6% | 51.4% | 39.9% | $65,988 |
| Pierce | 7.1% | 26.8% | 73.2% | 20.3% | 28.7% | 66.3% | $75,938 |
| Platte | 6.0% | 24.9% | 75.1% | 36.7% | 45.1% | 59.4% | $72,335 |
| Polk | 4.7% | 40.6% | 59.4% | 28.1% | 58.3% | 39.6% | $71,771 |
| Red Willow | 8.2% | 36.4% | 63.6% | 41.0% | 46.4% | 38.8% | $60,000 |
| Richardson | 6.3% | 26.1% | 73.9% | 55.8% | 53.5% | 44.3% | $55,578 |
| Rock | 3.4% | 18.1% | 81.9% | 55.0% | 30.0% | 35.0% | $57,500 |
| Saline | 6.0% | 29.5% | 70.5% | 22.9% | 42.6% | 47.7% | $77,027 |
| Sarpy | 5.1% | 29.3% | 70.7% | 29.2% | 50.2% | 66.2% | $101,402 |
| Saunders | 4.4% | 24.8% | 75.2% | 61.2% | 44.9% | 55.6% | $89,395 |
| Scotts Bluff | 12.0% | 44.3% | 55.7% | 33.6% | 42.1% | 43.7% | $60,960 |
| Seward | 4.0% | 28.0% | 72.0% | 30.5% | 28.6% | 46.2% | $81,122 |
| Sheridan | 9.3% | 37.0% | 63.0% | 33.3% | 65.7% | 54.5% | $56,900 |
| Sherman | 4.8% | 16.3% | 83.7% | 27.4% | 72.6% | 62.9% | $61,935 |
| Sioux | 2.2% | 13.7% | 86.3% | 0.0% | 30.0% | 30.0% | $54,076 |
| Stanton | 3.9% | 17.4% | 82.6% | 37.8% | 44.4% | 57.8% | $78,275 |
| Thayer | 8.1% | 26.2% | 73.8% | 32.5% | 62.7% | 68.0% | $63,095 |
| Thomas | 2.5% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | $72,708 |
| Thurston | 17.1% | 55.9% | 44.1% | 29.1% | 47.1% | 49.7% | $64,838 |
| Valley | 9.2% | 30.7% | 69.3% | 23.8% | 58.9% | 62.5% | $58,902 |
| Washington | 3.7% | 35.8% | 64.2% | 22.3% | 39.5% | 23.6% | $90,188 |
| Wayne | 4.9% | 22.7% | 77.3% | 56.5% | 74.2% | 23.1% | $67,687 |
| Webster | 9.4% | 40.6% | 59.4% | 26.8% | 38.0% | 45.1% | $65,197 |
| Wheeler | 3.1% | 4.3% | 95.7% | 18.2% | 0.0% | 90.9% | $55,893 |
| York | 6.7% | 34.8% | 65.2% | 32.5% | 41.9% | 50.7% | $74,058 |
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