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Counties in Nebraska by female population share

Arthur County had the highest female population share of 93 counties in 2015, at 53.4%. Johnson County had the lowest, at 41.2%. The median was 50.1% and the figure for Nebraska was 50.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest53.4Arthur County
Lowest41.2Johnson County
Median50.193 counties
Nebraska50.2History

Map of counties, 2015

Adams County: 50.2 %Antelope County: 49.6 %Arthur County: 53.4 %Banner County: 48.7 %Blaine County: 50.1 %Boone County: 49.9 %Box Butte County: 50 %Boyd County: 50.1 %Brown County: 50.7 %Buffalo County: 50.3 %Burt County: 50.5 %Butler County: 49.5 %Cass County: 49.5 %Cedar County: 49.3 %Chase County: 50.9 %Cherry County: 50.4 %Cheyenne County: 49.9 %Clay County: 48.6 %Colfax County: 49.1 %Cuming County: 49.9 %Custer County: 50.5 %Dakota County: 50 %Dawes County: 50.6 %Dawson County: 49.6 %Deuel County: 51.1 %Dixon County: 48.8 %Dodge County: 50.7 %Douglas County: 50.7 %Dundy County: 50.6 %Fillmore County: 50 %Franklin County: 49.5 %Frontier County: 48.8 %Furnas County: 50.3 %Gage County: 50.5 %Garden County: 49.7 %Garfield County: 51.4 %Gosper County: 48.8 %Grant County: 47.6 %Greeley County: 50.1 %Hall County: 49.9 %Hamilton County: 50.1 %Harlan County: 48.8 %Hayes County: 46.9 %Hitchcock County: 50.3 %Holt County: 50.2 %Hooker County: 52.6 %Howard County: 49.9 %Jefferson County: 50.4 %Johnson County: 41.2 %Kearney County: 50.5 %Keith County: 49.8 %Keya Paha County: 51.2 %Kimball County: 48.8 %Knox County: 50.6 %Lancaster County: 49.9 %Lincoln County: 50.4 %Logan County: 49.4 %Loup County: 48 %McPherson County: 49.7 %Madison County: 50.2 %Merrick County: 49.4 %Morrill County: 50.3 %Nance County: 49.5 %Nemaha County: 51 %Nuckolls County: 50.7 %Otoe County: 50.6 %Pawnee County: 50.4 %Perkins County: 49.5 %Phelps County: 50.2 %Pierce County: 50.2 %Platte County: 49.8 %Polk County: 50.5 %Red Willow County: 49.7 %Richardson County: 50.1 %Rock County: 50 %Saline County: 49.1 %Sarpy County: 50.3 %Saunders County: 49.4 %Scotts Bluff County: 51.3 %Seward County: 49.1 %Sheridan County: 50.8 %Sherman County: 49.5 %Sioux County: 48.8 %Stanton County: 49.3 %Thayer County: 50.6 %Thomas County: 47.4 %Thurston County: 51.1 %Valley County: 50.4 %Washington County: 50.1 %Wayne County: 49.6 %Webster County: 50.8 %Wheeler County: 46.1 %York County: 51 %
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%, 2015. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2015

Arthur County: 53.4 %Arthur County53.4Hooker County: 52.6 %Hooker County52.6Garfield County: 51.4 %Garfield County51.4Scotts Bluff County: 51.3 %Scotts Bluff County51.3Keya Paha County: 51.2 %Keya Paha County51.2Thurston County: 51.1 %Thurston County51.1Deuel County: 51.1 %Deuel County51.1York County: 51 %York County51Nemaha County: 51 %Nemaha County51Chase County: 50.9 %Chase County50.9Sheridan County: 50.8 %Sheridan County50.8Webster County: 50.8 %Webster County50.8Douglas County: 50.7 %Douglas County50.7Dodge County: 50.7 %Dodge County50.7Brown County: 50.7 %Brown County50.7Nuckolls County: 50.7 %Nuckolls County50.7Otoe County: 50.6 %Otoe County50.6Knox County: 50.6 %Knox County50.6Dawes County: 50.6 %Dawes County50.6Dundy County: 50.6 %Dundy County50.6Thayer County: 50.6 %Thayer County50.6Kearney County: 50.5 %Kearney County50.5Burt County: 50.5 %Burt County50.5Gage County: 50.5 %Gage County50.5Polk County: 50.5 %Polk County50.5Custer County: 50.5 %Custer County50.5Jefferson County: 50.4 %Jefferson County50.4Cherry County: 50.4 %Cherry County50.4Lincoln County: 50.4 %Lincoln County50.4Pawnee County: 50.4 %Pawnee County50.4Valley County: 50.4 %Valley County50.4Sarpy County: 50.3 %Sarpy County50.3Morrill County: 50.3 %Morrill County50.3Buffalo County: 50.3 %Buffalo County50.3Hitchcock County: 50.3 %Hitchcock County50.3Furnas County: 50.3 %Furnas County50.3Holt County: 50.2 %Holt County50.2Pierce County: 50.2 %Pierce County50.2Madison County: 50.2 %Madison County50.2Phelps County: 50.2 %Phelps County50.2Arthur County: 53.4 %Arthur County53.4Hooker County: 52.6 %Hooker County52.6Garfield County: 51.4 %Garfield County51.4Scotts Bluff County: 51.3 %Scotts Bluff County51.3Keya Paha County: 51.2 %Keya Paha County51.2Thurston County: 51.1 %Thurston County51.1Deuel County: 51.1 %Deuel County51.1York County: 51 %York County51Nemaha County: 51 %Nemaha County51Chase County: 50.9 %Chase County50.9Sheridan County: 50.8 %Sheridan County50.8Webster County: 50.8 %Webster County50.8Douglas County: 50.7 %Douglas County50.7Dodge County: 50.7 %Dodge County50.7Brown County: 50.7 %Brown County50.7Nuckolls County: 50.7 %Nuckolls County50.7Otoe County: 50.6 %Otoe County50.6Knox County: 50.6 %Knox County50.6Dawes County: 50.6 %Dawes County50.6Dundy County: 50.6 %Dundy County50.6Thayer County: 50.6 %Thayer County50.6Kearney County: 50.5 %Kearney County50.5Burt County: 50.5 %Burt County50.5Gage County: 50.5 %Gage County50.5Polk County: 50.5 %Polk County50.5Custer County: 50.5 %Custer County50.5Jefferson County: 50.4 %Jefferson County50.4Cherry County: 50.4 %Cherry County50.4Lincoln County: 50.4 %Lincoln County50.4Pawnee County: 50.4 %Pawnee County50.4Valley County: 50.4 %Valley County50.4Sarpy County: 50.3 %Sarpy County50.3Morrill County: 50.3 %Morrill County50.3Buffalo County: 50.3 %Buffalo County50.3Hitchcock County: 50.3 %Hitchcock County50.3Furnas County: 50.3 %Furnas County50.3Holt County: 50.2 %Holt County50.2Pierce County: 50.2 %Pierce County50.2Madison County: 50.2 %Madison County50.2Phelps County: 50.2 %Phelps County50.2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Arthur County53.4+0.5 pts
2Hooker County52.60 pts
3Garfield County51.4-0.3 pts
4Scotts Bluff County51.3-0.2 pts
5Keya Paha County51.2-0.1 pts
6Thurston County51.1+0.1 pts
7Deuel County51.1+0.4 pts
8York County51+0.1 pts
9Nemaha County510 pts
10Chase County50.9-0.2 pts
11Sheridan County50.8-0.1 pts
12Webster County50.8-0.1 pts
13Douglas County50.7-0 pts
14Dodge County50.7-0.1 pts
15Brown County50.7-0.3 pts
16Nuckolls County50.7+0.5 pts
17Otoe County50.6-0.1 pts
18Knox County50.60 pts
19Dawes County50.6-0.1 pts
20Dundy County50.6+0.5 pts
21Thayer County50.6-0.2 pts
22Kearney County50.5-0 pts
23Burt County50.5+0.3 pts
24Gage County50.5-0.1 pts
25Polk County50.5+0.2 pts
26Custer County50.5-0.1 pts
27Jefferson County50.4+0.1 pts
28Cherry County50.4+0.2 pts
29Lincoln County50.4+0.1 pts
30Pawnee County50.4-0.2 pts
31Valley County50.4+0.2 pts
32Sarpy County50.3+0.1 pts
33Morrill County50.3+0.1 pts
34Buffalo County50.30 pts
35Hitchcock County50.3+0.3 pts
36Furnas County50.3+0.1 pts
37Holt County50.2-0.1 pts
38Pierce County50.2+0.4 pts
39Madison County50.2-0.1 pts
40Phelps County50.2-0.2 pts
41Adams County50.2+0.2 pts
42Washington County50.10 pts
43Blaine County50.1+1.3 pts
44Richardson County50.1-0.2 pts
45Boyd County50.1+0.1 pts
46Greeley County50.1+0.3 pts
47Hamilton County50.1+0.1 pts
48Rock County50-0.5 pts
49Box Butte County50-0.1 pts
50Dakota County50-0.2 pts
51Fillmore County50-0.1 pts
52Hall County49.90 pts
53Cheyenne County49.9-0.3 pts
54Boone County49.9-0.2 pts
55Cuming County49.9+0.1 pts
56Howard County49.9+0.2 pts
57Lancaster County49.9-0 pts
58Platte County49.8-0 pts
59Keith County49.8-0.3 pts
60Garden County49.7+0.4 pts
61Red Willow County49.7-0 pts
62McPherson County49.7+0.5 pts
63Antelope County49.60 pts
64Wayne County49.60 pts
65Dawson County49.6-0 pts
66Cass County49.5-0.2 pts
67Butler County49.5+0.1 pts
68Franklin County49.5-0 pts
69Nance County49.5-0.1 pts
70Sherman County49.5-0 pts
71Perkins County49.5+0.1 pts
72Logan County49.4-0.6 pts
73Saunders County49.4-0.2 pts
74Merrick County49.4-0.2 pts
75Stanton County49.3-0.3 pts
76Cedar County49.3+0.2 pts
77Seward County49.1-0.1 pts
78Colfax County49.1+0.1 pts
79Saline County49.1-0.1 pts
80Frontier County48.8+0.1 pts
81Sioux County48.8-1 pts
82Harlan County48.8+0.1 pts
83Gosper County48.8-0.2 pts
84Dixon County48.8-0.4 pts
85Kimball County48.8-0.7 pts
86Banner County48.7-0.4 pts
87Clay County48.6-0.3 pts
88Loup County48-0.5 pts
89Grant County47.6+0.1 pts
90Thomas County47.4-1 pts
91Hayes County46.9-0.6 pts
92Wheeler County46.1-1.1 pts
93Johnson County41.2+0.3 pts

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About this ranking

Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.

Counties with large prisons or military bases can have low shares.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (Counties in Nebraska by female population share, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html

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Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Nebraska by female population share, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/nebraska-counties?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Counties in Nebraska by female population share, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/nebraska-counties?period=2015.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Nebraska by female population share, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/nebraska-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Arthur County, with 53.4% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest female population share?

Johnson County, with 41.2% in 2015.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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