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Counties in Nebraska by female population share

Arthur County had the highest female population share of 93 counties in 2021, at 53.1%. Johnson County had the lowest, at 39.7%. The median was 49.7% and the figure for Nebraska was 50.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest53.1Arthur County
Lowest39.7Johnson County
Median49.793 counties
Nebraska50.2History

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 50.7 %Antelope County: 49.5 %Arthur County: 53.1 %Banner County: 46.9 %Blaine County: 48.4 %Boone County: 49.7 %Box Butte County: 50.2 %Boyd County: 50.4 %Brown County: 49.9 %Buffalo County: 50.5 %Burt County: 49.7 %Butler County: 49.7 %Cass County: 49.2 %Cedar County: 48.9 %Chase County: 50.8 %Cherry County: 49.7 %Cheyenne County: 50.1 %Clay County: 49.3 %Colfax County: 48.8 %Cuming County: 50.1 %Custer County: 50 %Dakota County: 49.5 %Dawes County: 51.5 %Dawson County: 49.1 %Deuel County: 48.9 %Dixon County: 49.1 %Dodge County: 50.3 %Douglas County: 50.7 %Dundy County: 49.7 %Fillmore County: 49.8 %Franklin County: 48.7 %Frontier County: 48.9 %Furnas County: 49.5 %Gage County: 50.3 %Garden County: 50.2 %Garfield County: 51.1 %Gosper County: 48.2 %Grant County: 48.8 %Greeley County: 49.3 %Hall County: 49.8 %Hamilton County: 49.5 %Harlan County: 49.9 %Hayes County: 48.2 %Hitchcock County: 48.7 %Holt County: 49.4 %Hooker County: 50.8 %Howard County: 50 %Jefferson County: 50.6 %Johnson County: 39.7 %Kearney County: 49.8 %Keith County: 50.2 %Keya Paha County: 48.2 %Kimball County: 50 %Knox County: 50.8 %Lancaster County: 49.9 %Lincoln County: 50.2 %Logan County: 51.4 %Loup County: 50.1 %McPherson County: 49.7 %Madison County: 50.2 %Merrick County: 49.1 %Morrill County: 49 %Nance County: 48.4 %Nemaha County: 50.6 %Nuckolls County: 50.1 %Otoe County: 50.4 %Pawnee County: 50.4 %Perkins County: 49.7 %Phelps County: 50.1 %Pierce County: 49.7 %Platte County: 49.7 %Polk County: 49.3 %Red Willow County: 49.8 %Richardson County: 50.1 %Rock County: 50 %Saline County: 49.4 %Sarpy County: 50.4 %Saunders County: 49 %Scotts Bluff County: 51.4 %Seward County: 49.1 %Sheridan County: 49.7 %Sherman County: 49 %Sioux County: 47.9 %Stanton County: 49.1 %Thayer County: 50.2 %Thomas County: 48.2 %Thurston County: 50.8 %Valley County: 50.4 %Washington County: 49.9 %Wayne County: 49.7 %Webster County: 49.7 %Wheeler County: 45.9 %York County: 50.6 %
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%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Arthur County: 53.1 %Arthur County53.1Dawes County: 51.5 %Dawes County51.5Logan County: 51.4 %Logan County51.4Scotts Bluff County: 51.4 %Scotts Bluff County51.4Garfield County: 51.1 %Garfield County51.1Hooker County: 50.8 %Hooker County50.8Thurston County: 50.8 %Thurston County50.8Chase County: 50.8 %Chase County50.8Knox County: 50.8 %Knox County50.8Adams County: 50.7 %Adams County50.7Douglas County: 50.7 %Douglas County50.7York County: 50.6 %York County50.6Nemaha County: 50.6 %Nemaha County50.6Jefferson County: 50.6 %Jefferson County50.6Buffalo County: 50.5 %Buffalo County50.5Sarpy County: 50.4 %Sarpy County50.4Valley County: 50.4 %Valley County50.4Boyd County: 50.4 %Boyd County50.4Pawnee County: 50.4 %Pawnee County50.4Otoe County: 50.4 %Otoe County50.4Dodge County: 50.3 %Dodge County50.3Gage County: 50.3 %Gage County50.3Box Butte County: 50.2 %Box Butte County50.2Garden County: 50.2 %Garden County50.2Lincoln County: 50.2 %Lincoln County50.2Thayer County: 50.2 %Thayer County50.2Keith County: 50.2 %Keith County50.2Madison County: 50.2 %Madison County50.2Cheyenne County: 50.1 %Cheyenne County50.1Nuckolls County: 50.1 %Nuckolls County50.1Richardson County: 50.1 %Richardson County50.1Cuming County: 50.1 %Cuming County50.1Phelps County: 50.1 %Phelps County50.1Loup County: 50.1 %Loup County50.1Custer County: 50 %Custer County50Rock County: 50 %Rock County50Kimball County: 50 %Kimball County50Howard County: 50 %Howard County50Brown County: 49.9 %Brown County49.9Harlan County: 49.9 %Harlan County49.9Arthur County: 53.1 %Arthur County53.1Dawes County: 51.5 %Dawes County51.5Logan County: 51.4 %Logan County51.4Scotts Bluff County: 51.4 %Scotts Bluff County51.4Garfield County: 51.1 %Garfield County51.1Hooker County: 50.8 %Hooker County50.8Thurston County: 50.8 %Thurston County50.8Chase County: 50.8 %Chase County50.8Knox County: 50.8 %Knox County50.8Adams County: 50.7 %Adams County50.7Douglas County: 50.7 %Douglas County50.7York County: 50.6 %York County50.6Nemaha County: 50.6 %Nemaha County50.6Jefferson County: 50.6 %Jefferson County50.6Buffalo County: 50.5 %Buffalo County50.5Sarpy County: 50.4 %Sarpy County50.4Valley County: 50.4 %Valley County50.4Boyd County: 50.4 %Boyd County50.4Pawnee County: 50.4 %Pawnee County50.4Otoe County: 50.4 %Otoe County50.4Dodge County: 50.3 %Dodge County50.3Gage County: 50.3 %Gage County50.3Box Butte County: 50.2 %Box Butte County50.2Garden County: 50.2 %Garden County50.2Lincoln County: 50.2 %Lincoln County50.2Thayer County: 50.2 %Thayer County50.2Keith County: 50.2 %Keith County50.2Madison County: 50.2 %Madison County50.2Cheyenne County: 50.1 %Cheyenne County50.1Nuckolls County: 50.1 %Nuckolls County50.1Richardson County: 50.1 %Richardson County50.1Cuming County: 50.1 %Cuming County50.1Phelps County: 50.1 %Phelps County50.1Loup County: 50.1 %Loup County50.1Custer County: 50 %Custer County50Rock County: 50 %Rock County50Kimball County: 50 %Kimball County50Howard County: 50 %Howard County50Brown County: 49.9 %Brown County49.9Harlan County: 49.9 %Harlan County49.9
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Arthur County53.1+0.1 pts
2Dawes County51.5+0.3 pts
3Logan County51.4+0.5 pts
4Scotts Bluff County51.4+0.1 pts
5Garfield County51.1-0.7 pts
6Hooker County50.8+0.5 pts
7Thurston County50.8-0.1 pts
8Chase County50.8-0.5 pts
9Knox County50.8+0.3 pts
10Adams County50.70 pts
10Douglas County50.70 pts
12York County50.6+0.1 pts
13Nemaha County50.6-0 pts
14Jefferson County50.6-0.1 pts
15Buffalo County50.5-0.1 pts
16Sarpy County50.4-0.1 pts
17Valley County50.40 pts
18Boyd County50.4+0.1 pts
19Pawnee County50.4-0.1 pts
20Otoe County50.4-0.2 pts
21Dodge County50.3-0 pts
22Gage County50.30 pts
23Box Butte County50.2+0.1 pts
24Garden County50.2+0.7 pts
25Lincoln County50.2+0.1 pts
26Thayer County50.2-0.1 pts
27Keith County50.2-0.1 pts
28Madison County50.2-0.1 pts
29Cheyenne County50.1-0.2 pts
30Nuckolls County50.10 pts
31Richardson County50.10 pts
32Cuming County50.1+0.2 pts
33Phelps County50.1+0.1 pts
34Loup County50.10 pts
35Custer County50-0.1 pts
36Rock County50-0.5 pts
37Kimball County50-0.1 pts
38Howard County50+0.1 pts
39Brown County49.9+0.3 pts
40Harlan County49.9+0.2 pts
41Washington County49.9-0.2 pts
42Lancaster County49.9-0 pts
43Kearney County49.8-0.1 pts
44Red Willow County49.8+0.2 pts
45Fillmore County49.80 pts
46Hall County49.8-0.1 pts
47Webster County49.7-0.1 pts
48Pierce County49.70 pts
49Platte County49.7-0 pts
50Butler County49.7+0.2 pts
51McPherson County49.7+0.2 pts
52Sheridan County49.7-0.4 pts
53Cherry County49.70 pts
54Boone County49.70 pts
55Perkins County49.7-0.5 pts
56Burt County49.7+0.4 pts
57Dundy County49.7+0.2 pts
58Wayne County49.7-0 pts
59Dakota County49.5-0 pts
60Antelope County49.5+0.2 pts
61Furnas County49.5+0.1 pts
62Hamilton County49.5+0.2 pts
63Saline County49.40 pts
64Holt County49.4-0 pts
65Polk County49.3-0.1 pts
66Greeley County49.3+0.2 pts
67Clay County49.3-0.1 pts
68Cass County49.2-0.2 pts
69Seward County49.1-0 pts
70Stanton County49.1-0.3 pts
71Dawson County49.1-0.2 pts
72Merrick County49.1-0.4 pts
73Dixon County49.1+0.1 pts
74Saunders County49-0.1 pts
75Morrill County49-0.3 pts
76Sherman County49-0.7 pts
77Cedar County48.9+0.1 pts
78Frontier County48.9+0.4 pts
79Deuel County48.9-0.3 pts
80Colfax County48.8-0.1 pts
80Grant County48.8+0.4 pts
82Hitchcock County48.7-0.4 pts
83Franklin County48.7-0.1 pts
84Nance County48.4-0.7 pts
85Blaine County48.4+1.3 pts
86Keya Paha County48.2-0.6 pts
87Thomas County48.2-0.5 pts
88Gosper County48.2-1 pts
89Hayes County48.2-0.5 pts
90Sioux County47.9-0.1 pts
91Banner County46.90 pts
92Wheeler County45.9-0.3 pts
93Johnson County39.7-1 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Arthur County, with 53.1% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest female population share?

Johnson County, with 39.7% in 2021.

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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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