Counties in Nebraska by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)

Knox County had the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI) of 13 counties in 2007, at 100%. Douglas County had the lowest, at 21.4%. The median was 78.5%. Source: EPA.

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Highest100Knox County
Lowest21.4Douglas County
Median78.513 counties

Map of counties, 2007

Cass County: 88.5 %Dawson County: 87.7 %Douglas County: 21.4 %Garden County: 95.8 %Hall County: 66.7 %Knox County: 100 %Lancaster County: 89 %Sarpy County: 58.4 %Scotts Bluff County: 78.5 %Sioux County: 53.8 %Thomas County: 93.3 %Thurston County: 66.7 %Washington County: 62.2 %
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%, 2007. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2007

Knox County: 100 %Knox County100Garden County: 95.8 %Garden County95.8Thomas County: 93.3 %Thomas County93.3Lancaster County: 89 %Lancaster County89Cass County: 88.5 %Cass County88.5Dawson County: 87.7 %Dawson County87.7Scotts Bluff County: 78.5 %Scotts Bluff County78.5Hall County: 66.7 %Hall County66.7Thurston County: 66.7 %Thurston County66.7Washington County: 62.2 %Washington County62.2Sarpy County: 58.4 %Sarpy County58.4Sioux County: 53.8 %Sioux County53.8Douglas County: 21.4 %Douglas County21.4Knox County: 100 %Knox County100Garden County: 95.8 %Garden County95.8Thomas County: 93.3 %Thomas County93.3Lancaster County: 89 %Lancaster County89Cass County: 88.5 %Cass County88.5Dawson County: 87.7 %Dawson County87.7Scotts Bluff County: 78.5 %Scotts Bluff County78.5Hall County: 66.7 %Hall County66.7Thurston County: 66.7 %Thurston County66.7Washington County: 62.2 %Washington County62.2Sarpy County: 58.4 %Sarpy County58.4Sioux County: 53.8 %Sioux County53.8Douglas County: 21.4 %Douglas County21.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2007 (%)Change on 2006
1Knox County100+16.9 pts
2Garden County95.8+0.8 pts
3Thomas County93.3-2.2 pts
4Lancaster County89-0.3 pts
5Cass County88.5+5.5 pts
6Dawson County87.7+7.1 pts
7Scotts Bluff County78.5-11.4 pts
8Hall County66.7-4.7 pts
8Thurston County66.7-7.6 pts
10Washington County62.2-2.8 pts
11Sarpy County58.4-2.6 pts
12Sioux County53.8n/a
13Douglas County21.4-12.8 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Days with a daily Air Quality Index of 0 to 50 (good) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; both counts are stored with each value.

United States counties with air quality monitors only, about 1,000 of some 3,100 in recent years; a county without monitors has no value. The number of days with an AQI differs between counties because some monitors run only in the ozone season.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 11 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2007 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (Counties in Nebraska by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2007) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual

MLA 9

EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in Nebraska by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2007. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/nebraska-counties?period=2007. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Counties in Nebraska by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2007. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/nebraska-counties?period=2007.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in Nebraska by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2007 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/nebraska-counties?period=2007 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Knox County, with 100% in 2007, according to EPA.

Which county has the lowest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Douglas County, with 21.4% in 2007.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 11 counties have no value for 2007 and are not ranked.

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