# Counties in Nebraska by employer firm births, 2021

All 81 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2021, so the places are comparable. 12 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Unit: count
- Definition: New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/nebraska-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Douglas County | 964 |
| 2 | Lancaster County | 416 |
| 3 | Sarpy County | 213 |
| 4 | Hall County | 81 |
| 5 | Buffalo County | 76 |
| 6 | Platte County | 47 |
| 7 | Scotts Bluff County | 44 |
| 8 | Adams County | 38 |
| 9 | Cass County | 32 |
| 9 | Dodge County | 32 |
| 9 | Lincoln County | 32 |
| 9 | Saunders County | 32 |
| 9 | Washington County | 32 |
| 14 | Madison County | 29 |
| 15 | Seward County | 26 |
| 16 | Dawson County | 25 |
| 17 | Otoe County | 24 |
| 18 | Gage County | 23 |
| 19 | York County | 20 |
| 20 | Dakota County | 15 |
| 20 | Kearney County | 15 |
| 20 | Saline County | 15 |
| 23 | Cuming County | 14 |
| 24 | Cheyenne County | 13 |
| 24 | Custer County | 13 |
| 24 | Hamilton County | 13 |
| 24 | Phelps County | 13 |
| 28 | Cedar County | 12 |
| 28 | Red Willow County | 12 |
| 30 | Holt County | 11 |
| 30 | Knox County | 11 |
| 32 | Butler County | 10 |
| 32 | Colfax County | 10 |
| 32 | Keith County | 10 |
| 32 | Richardson County | 10 |
| 32 | Valley County | 10 |
| 37 | Boone County | 9 |
| 37 | Burt County | 9 |
| 37 | Dixon County | 9 |
| 37 | Fillmore County | 9 |
| 37 | Howard County | 9 |
| 37 | Sheridan County | 9 |
| 43 | Nuckolls County | 8 |
| 43 | Thayer County | 8 |
| 43 | Wayne County | 8 |
| 46 | Box Butte County | 7 |
| 46 | Cherry County | 7 |
| 46 | Franklin County | 7 |
| 46 | Garfield County | 7 |
| 46 | Merrick County | 7 |
| 46 | Morrill County | 7 |
| 46 | Polk County | 7 |
| 53 | Dawes County | 6 |
| 53 | Furnas County | 6 |
| 53 | Greeley County | 6 |
| 53 | Kimball County | 6 |
| 53 | Sherman County | 6 |
| 53 | Stanton County | 6 |
| 59 | Clay County | 5 |
| 59 | Johnson County | 5 |
| 61 | Chase County | 4 |
| 61 | Garden County | 4 |
| 61 | Gosper County | 4 |
| 61 | Hitchcock County | 4 |
| 61 | Nemaha County | 4 |
| 61 | Pawnee County | 4 |
| 61 | Perkins County | 4 |
| 61 | Pierce County | 4 |
| 61 | Thurston County | 4 |
| 70 | Harlan County | 3 |
| 70 | Jefferson County | 3 |
| 70 | Webster County | 3 |
| 73 | Arthur County | 0 |
| 73 | Banner County | 0 |
| 73 | Blaine County | 0 |
| 73 | Hayes County | 0 |
| 73 | Hooker County | 0 |
| 73 | Logan County | 0 |
| 73 | Loup County | 0 |
| 73 | Sioux County | 0 |
| 73 | Thomas County | 0 |