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Counties in Nebraska by residents who moved from another state in the past year

Hooker County had the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year of 93 counties in 2021, at 10.3%. McPherson County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 1.5% and the figure for Nebraska was 2.4%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest10.3Hooker County
Lowest0McPherson County
Median1.593 counties
Nebraska2.4History

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 1.5 %Antelope County: 0.9 %Arthur County: 0 %Banner County: 1.8 %Blaine County: 0 %Boone County: 2.3 %Box Butte County: 3.5 %Boyd County: 1.1 %Brown County: 5.2 %Buffalo County: 1.3 %Burt County: 3 %Butler County: 0.5 %Cass County: 1.6 %Cedar County: 1.8 %Chase County: 0.9 %Cherry County: 2.7 %Cheyenne County: 3.1 %Clay County: 1.3 %Colfax County: 1.3 %Cuming County: 1 %Custer County: 0.9 %Dakota County: 3.5 %Dawes County: 6.4 %Dawson County: 1.3 %Deuel County: 7.5 %Dixon County: 0.8 %Dodge County: 1.9 %Douglas County: 2.6 %Dundy County: 5 %Fillmore County: 1.2 %Franklin County: 1.6 %Frontier County: 1.4 %Furnas County: 1.5 %Gage County: 0.9 %Garden County: 8.8 %Garfield County: 1.6 %Gosper County: 1.3 %Grant County: 1.4 %Greeley County: 1.4 %Hall County: 1.3 %Hamilton County: 2.1 %Harlan County: 1 %Hayes County: 0 %Hitchcock County: 1.5 %Holt County: 2.8 %Hooker County: 10.3 %Howard County: 0.4 %Jefferson County: 1.3 %Johnson County: 1.1 %Kearney County: 0.3 %Keith County: 1.9 %Keya Paha County: 0.3 %Kimball County: 4.8 %Knox County: 1.5 %Lancaster County: 2.9 %Lincoln County: 2.1 %Logan County: 0.6 %Loup County: 0 %McPherson County: 0 %Madison County: 2.1 %Merrick County: 0.8 %Morrill County: 1.4 %Nance County: 0.4 %Nemaha County: 3.4 %Nuckolls County: 1.1 %Otoe County: 1.3 %Pawnee County: 2.4 %Perkins County: 1.6 %Phelps County: 1.7 %Pierce County: 2.1 %Platte County: 2.3 %Polk County: 1 %Red Willow County: 2.3 %Richardson County: 2.3 %Rock County: 0.5 %Saline County: 2.5 %Sarpy County: 3.5 %Saunders County: 1 %Scotts Bluff County: 3 %Seward County: 2.4 %Sheridan County: 2.6 %Sherman County: 0.9 %Sioux County: 1.5 %Stanton County: 2.3 %Thayer County: 0.7 %Thomas County: 4.6 %Thurston County: 1.8 %Valley County: 0.6 %Washington County: 2.1 %Wayne County: 3.1 %Webster County: 1.2 %Wheeler County: 0.6 %York County: 2.4 %
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  • 3 and over
%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Hooker County: 10.3 %Hooker County10.3Garden County: 8.8 %Garden County8.8Deuel County: 7.5 %Deuel County7.5Dawes County: 6.4 %Dawes County6.4Brown County: 5.2 %Brown County5.2Dundy County: 5 %Dundy County5Kimball County: 4.8 %Kimball County4.8Thomas County: 4.6 %Thomas County4.6Box Butte County: 3.5 %Box Butte County3.5Dakota County: 3.5 %Dakota County3.5Sarpy County: 3.5 %Sarpy County3.5Nemaha County: 3.4 %Nemaha County3.4Wayne County: 3.1 %Wayne County3.1Cheyenne County: 3.1 %Cheyenne County3.1Burt County: 3 %Burt County3Scotts Bluff County: 3 %Scotts Bluff County3Lancaster County: 2.9 %Lancaster County2.9Holt County: 2.8 %Holt County2.8Cherry County: 2.7 %Cherry County2.7Douglas County: 2.6 %Douglas County2.6Sheridan County: 2.6 %Sheridan County2.6Saline County: 2.5 %Saline County2.5Pawnee County: 2.4 %Pawnee County2.4York County: 2.4 %York County2.4Seward County: 2.4 %Seward County2.4Boone County: 2.3 %Boone County2.3Red Willow County: 2.3 %Red Willow County2.3Stanton County: 2.3 %Stanton County2.3Platte County: 2.3 %Platte County2.3Richardson County: 2.3 %Richardson County2.3Lincoln County: 2.1 %Lincoln County2.1Madison County: 2.1 %Madison County2.1Hamilton County: 2.1 %Hamilton County2.1Pierce County: 2.1 %Pierce County2.1Washington County: 2.1 %Washington County2.1Keith County: 1.9 %Keith County1.9Dodge County: 1.9 %Dodge County1.9Thurston County: 1.8 %Thurston County1.8Banner County: 1.8 %Banner County1.8Cedar County: 1.8 %Cedar County1.8Hooker County: 10.3 %Hooker County10.3Garden County: 8.8 %Garden County8.8Deuel County: 7.5 %Deuel County7.5Dawes County: 6.4 %Dawes County6.4Brown County: 5.2 %Brown County5.2Dundy County: 5 %Dundy County5Kimball County: 4.8 %Kimball County4.8Thomas County: 4.6 %Thomas County4.6Box Butte County: 3.5 %Box Butte County3.5Dakota County: 3.5 %Dakota County3.5Sarpy County: 3.5 %Sarpy County3.5Nemaha County: 3.4 %Nemaha County3.4Wayne County: 3.1 %Wayne County3.1Cheyenne County: 3.1 %Cheyenne County3.1Burt County: 3 %Burt County3Scotts Bluff County: 3 %Scotts Bluff County3Lancaster County: 2.9 %Lancaster County2.9Holt County: 2.8 %Holt County2.8Cherry County: 2.7 %Cherry County2.7Douglas County: 2.6 %Douglas County2.6Sheridan County: 2.6 %Sheridan County2.6Saline County: 2.5 %Saline County2.5Pawnee County: 2.4 %Pawnee County2.4York County: 2.4 %York County2.4Seward County: 2.4 %Seward County2.4Boone County: 2.3 %Boone County2.3Red Willow County: 2.3 %Red Willow County2.3Stanton County: 2.3 %Stanton County2.3Platte County: 2.3 %Platte County2.3Richardson County: 2.3 %Richardson County2.3Lincoln County: 2.1 %Lincoln County2.1Madison County: 2.1 %Madison County2.1Hamilton County: 2.1 %Hamilton County2.1Pierce County: 2.1 %Pierce County2.1Washington County: 2.1 %Washington County2.1Keith County: 1.9 %Keith County1.9Dodge County: 1.9 %Dodge County1.9Thurston County: 1.8 %Thurston County1.8Banner County: 1.8 %Banner County1.8Cedar County: 1.8 %Cedar County1.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Hooker County10.3
2Garden County8.8
3Deuel County7.5
4Dawes County6.4
5Brown County5.2
6Dundy County5
7Kimball County4.8
8Thomas County4.6
9Box Butte County3.5
10Dakota County3.5
10Sarpy County3.5
12Nemaha County3.4
13Wayne County3.1
14Cheyenne County3.1
15Burt County3
16Scotts Bluff County3
17Lancaster County2.9
18Holt County2.8
19Cherry County2.7
20Douglas County2.6
21Sheridan County2.6
22Saline County2.5
23Pawnee County2.4
24York County2.4
25Seward County2.4
26Boone County2.3
27Red Willow County2.3
28Stanton County2.3
29Platte County2.3
30Richardson County2.3
31Lincoln County2.1
31Madison County2.1
33Hamilton County2.1
34Pierce County2.1
35Washington County2.1
36Keith County1.9
37Dodge County1.9
38Thurston County1.8
39Banner County1.8
40Cedar County1.8
41Phelps County1.7
42Garfield County1.6
43Cass County1.6
44Perkins County1.6
45Franklin County1.6
46Knox County1.5
46Sioux County1.5
48Adams County1.5
48Furnas County1.5
50Hitchcock County1.5
51Morrill County1.4
52Greeley County1.4
53Grant County1.4
54Frontier County1.4
55Otoe County1.3
56Clay County1.3
57Jefferson County1.3
58Colfax County1.3
58Dawson County1.3
60Gosper County1.3
61Hall County1.3
62Buffalo County1.3
63Fillmore County1.2
64Webster County1.2
65Boyd County1.1
66Johnson County1.1
66Nuckolls County1.1
68Cuming County1
69Harlan County1
69Saunders County1
71Polk County1
72Custer County0.9
73Antelope County0.9
74Chase County0.9
74Sherman County0.9
76Gage County0.9
77Merrick County0.8
78Dixon County0.8
79Thayer County0.7
80Logan County0.6
81Valley County0.6
81Wheeler County0.6
83Butler County0.5
84Rock County0.5
85Nance County0.4
86Howard County0.4
87Keya Paha County0.3
88Kearney County0.3
89Arthur County0
89Blaine County0
89Hayes County0
89Loup County0
89McPherson County0

Other periods

About this ranking

People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US state one year earlier, as a percentage of all people aged 1 and over living in the area. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts people who arrived, not net migration: people who left are not subtracted. Moves from abroad are left out. For the nation it is everyone who changed state.

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.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in Nebraska by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Nebraska by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/nebraska-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in Nebraska by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/nebraska-counties?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Nebraska by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/nebraska-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

Hooker County, with 10.3% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest residents who moved from another state in the past year?

McPherson County, with 0% in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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