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Counties in Nebraska by COPD in adults, local model estimate

Pawnee County had the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate of 93 counties in 2021, at 9.8%. Sarpy County had the lowest, at 4.5%. The median was 7.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest9.8Pawnee County
Lowest4.5Sarpy County
Median7.293 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 6.7 %Antelope County: 7.7 %Arthur County: 7.2 %Banner County: 6.7 %Blaine County: 7.3 %Boone County: 7.2 %Box Butte County: 7.5 %Boyd County: 8.5 %Brown County: 7.7 %Buffalo County: 5.6 %Burt County: 7.7 %Butler County: 6.9 %Cass County: 6.4 %Cedar County: 6.7 %Chase County: 7.5 %Cherry County: 7.5 %Cheyenne County: 7.5 %Clay County: 7.1 %Colfax County: 6.6 %Cuming County: 6.9 %Custer County: 7.6 %Dakota County: 6.4 %Dawes County: 5.7 %Dawson County: 6.8 %Deuel County: 8.3 %Dixon County: 7.8 %Dodge County: 7.1 %Douglas County: 5.3 %Dundy County: 7.9 %Fillmore County: 6.8 %Franklin County: 9.4 %Frontier County: 6.8 %Furnas County: 7.7 %Gage County: 8.1 %Garden County: 8.5 %Garfield County: 7 %Gosper County: 6.8 %Grant County: 7.9 %Greeley County: 7.9 %Hall County: 6.4 %Hamilton County: 5.8 %Harlan County: 7.4 %Hayes County: 8.4 %Hitchcock County: 7.9 %Holt County: 7.4 %Hooker County: 7.1 %Howard County: 7.1 %Jefferson County: 7.8 %Johnson County: 6.5 %Kearney County: 6.8 %Keith County: 8.2 %Keya Paha County: 9.7 %Kimball County: 9.2 %Knox County: 8.2 %Lancaster County: 5.1 %Lincoln County: 7.3 %Logan County: 6.9 %Loup County: 7.8 %McPherson County: 7.9 %Madison County: 6.3 %Merrick County: 7.2 %Morrill County: 7 %Nance County: 7.7 %Nemaha County: 7 %Nuckolls County: 7.9 %Otoe County: 6.8 %Pawnee County: 9.8 %Perkins County: 7.3 %Phelps County: 6.8 %Pierce County: 6.7 %Platte County: 6.2 %Polk County: 7.1 %Red Willow County: 6.7 %Richardson County: 8.1 %Rock County: 7.5 %Saline County: 7.1 %Sarpy County: 4.5 %Saunders County: 6.1 %Scotts Bluff County: 6.6 %Seward County: 5.9 %Sheridan County: 8.5 %Sherman County: 7.9 %Sioux County: 8.6 %Stanton County: 6.5 %Thayer County: 7.8 %Thomas County: 7.1 %Thurston County: 7.7 %Valley County: 7.3 %Washington County: 5.8 %Wayne County: 5.5 %Webster County: 7.6 %Wheeler County: 8.4 %York County: 6.3 %
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  • 7.9 and over
%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Pawnee County: 9.8 %Pawnee County9.8Keya Paha County: 9.7 %Keya Paha County9.7Franklin County: 9.4 %Franklin County9.4Kimball County: 9.2 %Kimball County9.2Sioux County: 8.6 %Sioux County8.6Boyd County: 8.5 %Boyd County8.5Garden County: 8.5 %Garden County8.5Sheridan County: 8.5 %Sheridan County8.5Hayes County: 8.4 %Hayes County8.4Wheeler County: 8.4 %Wheeler County8.4Deuel County: 8.3 %Deuel County8.3Keith County: 8.2 %Keith County8.2Knox County: 8.2 %Knox County8.2Gage County: 8.1 %Gage County8.1Richardson County: 8.1 %Richardson County8.1Dundy County: 7.9 %Dundy County7.9Grant County: 7.9 %Grant County7.9Greeley County: 7.9 %Greeley County7.9Hitchcock County: 7.9 %Hitchcock County7.9McPherson County: 7.9 %McPherson County7.9Nuckolls County: 7.9 %Nuckolls County7.9Sherman County: 7.9 %Sherman County7.9Dixon County: 7.8 %Dixon County7.8Jefferson County: 7.8 %Jefferson County7.8Loup County: 7.8 %Loup County7.8Thayer County: 7.8 %Thayer County7.8Antelope County: 7.7 %Antelope County7.7Brown County: 7.7 %Brown County7.7Burt County: 7.7 %Burt County7.7Furnas County: 7.7 %Furnas County7.7Nance County: 7.7 %Nance County7.7Thurston County: 7.7 %Thurston County7.7Custer County: 7.6 %Custer County7.6Webster County: 7.6 %Webster County7.6Box Butte County: 7.5 %Box Butte County7.5Chase County: 7.5 %Chase County7.5Cherry County: 7.5 %Cherry County7.5Cheyenne County: 7.5 %Cheyenne County7.5Rock County: 7.5 %Rock County7.5Harlan County: 7.4 %Harlan County7.4Pawnee County: 9.8 %Pawnee County9.8Keya Paha County: 9.7 %Keya Paha County9.7Franklin County: 9.4 %Franklin County9.4Kimball County: 9.2 %Kimball County9.2Sioux County: 8.6 %Sioux County8.6Boyd County: 8.5 %Boyd County8.5Garden County: 8.5 %Garden County8.5Sheridan County: 8.5 %Sheridan County8.5Hayes County: 8.4 %Hayes County8.4Wheeler County: 8.4 %Wheeler County8.4Deuel County: 8.3 %Deuel County8.3Keith County: 8.2 %Keith County8.2Knox County: 8.2 %Knox County8.2Gage County: 8.1 %Gage County8.1Richardson County: 8.1 %Richardson County8.1Dundy County: 7.9 %Dundy County7.9Grant County: 7.9 %Grant County7.9Greeley County: 7.9 %Greeley County7.9Hitchcock County: 7.9 %Hitchcock County7.9McPherson County: 7.9 %McPherson County7.9Nuckolls County: 7.9 %Nuckolls County7.9Sherman County: 7.9 %Sherman County7.9Dixon County: 7.8 %Dixon County7.8Jefferson County: 7.8 %Jefferson County7.8Loup County: 7.8 %Loup County7.8Thayer County: 7.8 %Thayer County7.8Antelope County: 7.7 %Antelope County7.7Brown County: 7.7 %Brown County7.7Burt County: 7.7 %Burt County7.7Furnas County: 7.7 %Furnas County7.7Nance County: 7.7 %Nance County7.7Thurston County: 7.7 %Thurston County7.7Custer County: 7.6 %Custer County7.6Webster County: 7.6 %Webster County7.6Box Butte County: 7.5 %Box Butte County7.5Chase County: 7.5 %Chase County7.5Cherry County: 7.5 %Cherry County7.5Cheyenne County: 7.5 %Cheyenne County7.5Rock County: 7.5 %Rock County7.5Harlan County: 7.4 %Harlan County7.4
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Pawnee County9.8
2Keya Paha County9.7
3Franklin County9.4
4Kimball County9.2
5Sioux County8.6
6Boyd County8.5
6Garden County8.5
6Sheridan County8.5
9Hayes County8.4
9Wheeler County8.4
11Deuel County8.3
12Keith County8.2
12Knox County8.2
14Gage County8.1
14Richardson County8.1
16Dundy County7.9
16Grant County7.9
16Greeley County7.9
16Hitchcock County7.9
16McPherson County7.9
16Nuckolls County7.9
16Sherman County7.9
23Dixon County7.8
23Jefferson County7.8
23Loup County7.8
23Thayer County7.8
27Antelope County7.7
27Brown County7.7
27Burt County7.7
27Furnas County7.7
27Nance County7.7
27Thurston County7.7
33Custer County7.6
33Webster County7.6
35Box Butte County7.5
35Chase County7.5
35Cherry County7.5
35Cheyenne County7.5
35Rock County7.5
40Harlan County7.4
40Holt County7.4
42Blaine County7.3
42Lincoln County7.3
42Perkins County7.3
42Valley County7.3
46Arthur County7.2
46Boone County7.2
46Merrick County7.2
49Clay County7.1
49Dodge County7.1
49Hooker County7.1
49Howard County7.1
49Polk County7.1
49Saline County7.1
49Thomas County7.1
56Garfield County7
56Morrill County7
56Nemaha County7
59Butler County6.9
59Cuming County6.9
59Logan County6.9
62Dawson County6.8
62Fillmore County6.8
62Frontier County6.8
62Gosper County6.8
62Kearney County6.8
62Otoe County6.8
62Phelps County6.8
69Adams County6.7
69Banner County6.7
69Cedar County6.7
69Pierce County6.7
69Red Willow County6.7
74Colfax County6.6
74Scotts Bluff County6.6
76Johnson County6.5
76Stanton County6.5
78Cass County6.4
78Dakota County6.4
78Hall County6.4
81Madison County6.3
81York County6.3
83Platte County6.2
84Saunders County6.1
85Seward County5.9
86Hamilton County5.8
86Washington County5.8
88Dawes County5.7
89Buffalo County5.6
90Wayne County5.5
91Douglas County5.3
92Lancaster County5.1
93Sarpy County4.5

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that they had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema or chronic bronchitis. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Nebraska by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Nebraska by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/nebraska-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Nebraska by COPD in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-copd-rate-county-estimate/nebraska-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest COPD in adults, local model estimate?

Pawnee County, with 9.8% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest COPD in adults, local model estimate?

Sarpy County, with 4.5% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), copd in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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