# Counties in Nebraska by poverty rate, 2024

All 93 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in families or alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), all ages.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/official-poverty-rate/nebraska-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/official-poverty-rate/nebraska-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Garden County | 16.9 |
| 1 | Thurston County | 16.9 |
| 3 | Keya Paha County | 16 |
| 4 | Dawes County | 15.9 |
| 5 | Hall County | 15.1 |
| 6 | Loup County | 14.9 |
| 6 | Sioux County | 14.9 |
| 8 | Blaine County | 14.5 |
| 9 | Sheridan County | 14.1 |
| 10 | Johnson County | 13.7 |
| 11 | Hitchcock County | 13.4 |
| 11 | Morrill County | 13.4 |
| 11 | Thomas County | 13.4 |
| 14 | Furnas County | 13.2 |
| 15 | Boyd County | 13.1 |
| 15 | Dodge County | 13.1 |
| 15 | Rock County | 13.1 |
| 18 | Dundy County | 12.9 |
| 18 | Hayes County | 12.9 |
| 18 | Kimball County | 12.9 |
| 18 | Pawnee County | 12.9 |
| 22 | Wayne County | 12.5 |
| 23 | Madison County | 12.3 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 12.1 |
| 24 | Knox County | 12.1 |
| 26 | Deuel County | 11.9 |
| 27 | Arthur County | 11.8 |
| 27 | Cheyenne County | 11.8 |
| 27 | Douglas County | 11.8 |
| 27 | Garfield County | 11.8 |
| 27 | Lancaster County | 11.8 |
| 32 | McPherson County | 11.7 |
| 32 | Nemaha County | 11.7 |
| 34 | Sherman County | 11.6 |
| 35 | Custer County | 11.5 |
| 36 | Antelope County | 11.4 |
| 36 | Richardson County | 11.4 |
| 36 | Wheeler County | 11.4 |
| 39 | Brown County | 11.3 |
| 39 | Frontier County | 11.3 |
| 41 | Dakota County | 11.2 |
| 41 | Grant County | 11.2 |
| 41 | Red Willow County | 11.2 |
| 44 | Holt County | 11.1 |
| 45 | Adams County | 11 |
| 45 | Lincoln County | 11 |
| 45 | Scotts Bluff County | 11 |
| 48 | Nance County | 10.9 |
| 49 | Banner County | 10.8 |
| 49 | Box Butte County | 10.8 |
| 49 | Thayer County | 10.8 |
| 49 | Valley County | 10.8 |
| 49 | Webster County | 10.8 |
| 54 | Gage County | 10.7 |
| 54 | Greeley County | 10.7 |
| 54 | Nuckolls County | 10.7 |
| 57 | Keith County | 10.6 |
| 58 | Harlan County | 10.3 |
| 59 | Cherry County | 10.2 |
| 60 | Chase County | 10.1 |
| 60 | Dawson County | 10.1 |
| 62 | Burt County | 10 |
| 63 | Jefferson County | 9.8 |
| 63 | Merrick County | 9.8 |
| 65 | Clay County | 9.6 |
| 66 | Butler County | 9.5 |
| 66 | Howard County | 9.5 |
| 68 | Boone County | 9.3 |
| 68 | Perkins County | 9.3 |
| 70 | York County | 9.1 |
| 71 | Logan County | 9 |
| 71 | Pierce County | 9 |
| 73 | Dixon County | 8.9 |
| 73 | Gosper County | 8.9 |
| 75 | Buffalo County | 8.7 |
| 75 | Cedar County | 8.7 |
| 77 | Cuming County | 8.6 |
| 78 | Fillmore County | 8.5 |
| 78 | Platte County | 8.5 |
| 80 | Colfax County | 8.4 |
| 80 | Phelps County | 8.4 |
| 82 | Otoe County | 8 |
| 82 | Polk County | 8 |
| 84 | Seward County | 7.9 |
| 85 | Hooker County | 7.8 |
| 85 | Kearney County | 7.8 |
| 85 | Stanton County | 7.8 |
| 88 | Saline County | 7.6 |
| 89 | Hamilton County | 6.6 |
| 90 | Washington County | 6.5 |
| 91 | Cass County | 6.2 |
| 92 | Saunders County | 6 |
| 93 | Sarpy County | 5.8 |