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Counties in Nebraska by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

Thurston County had the highest unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) of 93 counties in 2024, at 10%. McPherson County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 2% and the figure for Nebraska was 3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest10Thurston County
Lowest0McPherson County
Median293 counties
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Map of counties, 2024

Adams County: 2.4 %Antelope County: 1.7 %Arthur County: 0.4 %Banner County: 3.7 %Blaine County: 1.3 %Boone County: 1.2 %Box Butte County: 1.6 %Boyd County: 2.3 %Brown County: 1.7 %Buffalo County: 2.6 %Burt County: 1.1 %Butler County: 1.2 %Cass County: 1.7 %Cedar County: 1.7 %Chase County: 1.9 %Cherry County: 0.4 %Cheyenne County: 3.4 %Clay County: 1.9 %Colfax County: 1.3 %Cuming County: 2.2 %Custer County: 2.6 %Dakota County: 4.8 %Dawes County: 1.6 %Dawson County: 1.4 %Deuel County: 1.4 %Dixon County: 2.4 %Dodge County: 3.4 %Douglas County: 3.8 %Dundy County: 0.3 %Fillmore County: 0.4 %Franklin County: 2.7 %Frontier County: 2.6 %Furnas County: 1 %Gage County: 1.5 %Garden County: 5.4 %Garfield County: 2.7 %Gosper County: 2.4 %Grant County: 0.3 %Greeley County: 3.5 %Hall County: 4 %Hamilton County: 2.3 %Harlan County: 1.3 %Hayes County: 0 %Hitchcock County: 1.7 %Holt County: 0.9 %Hooker County: 3.9 %Howard County: 3.8 %Jefferson County: 1.2 %Johnson County: 3.4 %Kearney County: 1.7 %Keith County: 2 %Keya Paha County: 1 %Kimball County: 0.7 %Knox County: 3.6 %Lancaster County: 3.2 %Lincoln County: 3.6 %Logan County: 0.3 %Loup County: 0 %McPherson County: 0 %Madison County: 3 %Merrick County: 0.4 %Morrill County: 3.6 %Nance County: 3.6 %Nemaha County: 6 %Nuckolls County: 0.6 %Otoe County: 2.7 %Pawnee County: 2.2 %Perkins County: 1.5 %Phelps County: 1.2 %Pierce County: 2.1 %Platte County: 2 %Polk County: 1.3 %Red Willow County: 1.4 %Richardson County: 3.7 %Rock County: 1.2 %Saline County: 2.9 %Sarpy County: 2.6 %Saunders County: 2.5 %Scotts Bluff County: 2.7 %Seward County: 2.1 %Sheridan County: 2 %Sherman County: 3 %Sioux County: 1.8 %Stanton County: 0.7 %Thayer County: 2 %Thomas County: 2.1 %Thurston County: 10 %Valley County: 0.2 %Washington County: 1.8 %Wayne County: 4.3 %Webster County: 0.7 %Wheeler County: 2.3 %York County: 1.5 %
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%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2024

Thurston County: 10 %Thurston County10Nemaha County: 6 %Nemaha County6Garden County: 5.4 %Garden County5.4Dakota County: 4.8 %Dakota County4.8Wayne County: 4.3 %Wayne County4.3Hall County: 4 %Hall County4Hooker County: 3.9 %Hooker County3.9Douglas County: 3.8 %Douglas County3.8Howard County: 3.8 %Howard County3.8Richardson County: 3.7 %Richardson County3.7Banner County: 3.7 %Banner County3.7Morrill County: 3.6 %Morrill County3.6Lincoln County: 3.6 %Lincoln County3.6Nance County: 3.6 %Nance County3.6Knox County: 3.6 %Knox County3.6Greeley County: 3.5 %Greeley County3.5Dodge County: 3.4 %Dodge County3.4Cheyenne County: 3.4 %Cheyenne County3.4Johnson County: 3.4 %Johnson County3.4Lancaster County: 3.2 %Lancaster County3.2Sherman County: 3 %Sherman County3Madison County: 3 %Madison County3Saline County: 2.9 %Saline County2.9Garfield County: 2.7 %Garfield County2.7Otoe County: 2.7 %Otoe County2.7Scotts Bluff County: 2.7 %Scotts Bluff County2.7Franklin County: 2.7 %Franklin County2.7Custer County: 2.6 %Custer County2.6Frontier County: 2.6 %Frontier County2.6Sarpy County: 2.6 %Sarpy County2.6Buffalo County: 2.6 %Buffalo County2.6Saunders County: 2.5 %Saunders County2.5Adams County: 2.4 %Adams County2.4Gosper County: 2.4 %Gosper County2.4Dixon County: 2.4 %Dixon County2.4Wheeler County: 2.3 %Wheeler County2.3Hamilton County: 2.3 %Hamilton County2.3Boyd County: 2.3 %Boyd County2.3Cuming County: 2.2 %Cuming County2.2Pawnee County: 2.2 %Pawnee County2.2Thurston County: 10 %Thurston County10Nemaha County: 6 %Nemaha County6Garden County: 5.4 %Garden County5.4Dakota County: 4.8 %Dakota County4.8Wayne County: 4.3 %Wayne County4.3Hall County: 4 %Hall County4Hooker County: 3.9 %Hooker County3.9Douglas County: 3.8 %Douglas County3.8Howard County: 3.8 %Howard County3.8Richardson County: 3.7 %Richardson County3.7Banner County: 3.7 %Banner County3.7Morrill County: 3.6 %Morrill County3.6Lincoln County: 3.6 %Lincoln County3.6Nance County: 3.6 %Nance County3.6Knox County: 3.6 %Knox County3.6Greeley County: 3.5 %Greeley County3.5Dodge County: 3.4 %Dodge County3.4Cheyenne County: 3.4 %Cheyenne County3.4Johnson County: 3.4 %Johnson County3.4Lancaster County: 3.2 %Lancaster County3.2Sherman County: 3 %Sherman County3Madison County: 3 %Madison County3Saline County: 2.9 %Saline County2.9Garfield County: 2.7 %Garfield County2.7Otoe County: 2.7 %Otoe County2.7Scotts Bluff County: 2.7 %Scotts Bluff County2.7Franklin County: 2.7 %Franklin County2.7Custer County: 2.6 %Custer County2.6Frontier County: 2.6 %Frontier County2.6Sarpy County: 2.6 %Sarpy County2.6Buffalo County: 2.6 %Buffalo County2.6Saunders County: 2.5 %Saunders County2.5Adams County: 2.4 %Adams County2.4Gosper County: 2.4 %Gosper County2.4Dixon County: 2.4 %Dixon County2.4Wheeler County: 2.3 %Wheeler County2.3Hamilton County: 2.3 %Hamilton County2.3Boyd County: 2.3 %Boyd County2.3Cuming County: 2.2 %Cuming County2.2Pawnee County: 2.2 %Pawnee County2.2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Thurston County10-0.3 pts
2Nemaha County6-0.3 pts
3Garden County5.4+2.9 pts
4Dakota County4.8+0.5 pts
5Wayne County4.3+0.9 pts
6Hall County4+0.7 pts
7Hooker County3.9-0 pts
8Douglas County3.80 pts
9Howard County3.8+0.4 pts
10Richardson County3.7-0.8 pts
11Banner County3.7+0.2 pts
12Morrill County3.6-0.4 pts
13Lincoln County3.6+0.5 pts
14Nance County3.6+0.6 pts
15Knox County3.6-0.3 pts
16Greeley County3.5+1.2 pts
17Dodge County3.4+0.4 pts
18Cheyenne County3.4+0.5 pts
19Johnson County3.4+1.3 pts
20Lancaster County3.20 pts
21Sherman County3-1.5 pts
22Madison County3+0.4 pts
23Saline County2.9+0.2 pts
24Garfield County2.7+0.9 pts
25Otoe County2.7-0.1 pts
26Scotts Bluff County2.7-0.8 pts
27Franklin County2.7-0.6 pts
28Custer County2.6-0.3 pts
28Frontier County2.6-1.2 pts
28Sarpy County2.6+0.2 pts
31Buffalo County2.6-0.2 pts
32Saunders County2.5+0.4 pts
33Adams County2.4+0.2 pts
34Gosper County2.4+0.5 pts
35Dixon County2.4+0.1 pts
36Wheeler County2.3+0.6 pts
37Hamilton County2.3-1.1 pts
38Boyd County2.3-0.2 pts
39Cuming County2.2+0.1 pts
39Pawnee County2.2+0.6 pts
41Seward County2.1+0.2 pts
42Thomas County2.1+1 pts
43Pierce County2.1-0.1 pts
44Keith County2-0 pts
45Platte County2-0.6 pts
46Thayer County2-1 pts
47Sheridan County2+0.7 pts
48Clay County1.9+0.4 pts
49Chase County1.9+0.2 pts
50Washington County1.8-0.1 pts
51Sioux County1.8-2.4 pts
52Antelope County1.70 pts
52Brown County1.7+0.9 pts
52Cedar County1.7+0.3 pts
55Cass County1.7-0.3 pts
56Hitchcock County1.7-0.4 pts
57Kearney County1.7+0.3 pts
58Dawes County1.6+0.1 pts
59Box Butte County1.60 pts
60Gage County1.5+0.1 pts
61Perkins County1.5-0 pts
61York County1.5-0.6 pts
63Dawson County1.4-0.5 pts
64Deuel County1.4-1.9 pts
64Red Willow County1.4-0.1 pts
66Colfax County1.3-0.1 pts
67Polk County1.3-0.2 pts
68Blaine County1.3+0.3 pts
69Harlan County1.3-0.4 pts
70Boone County1.2-0.2 pts
71Butler County1.20 pts
71Phelps County1.20 pts
73Jefferson County1.2+0.1 pts
73Rock County1.2-0 pts
75Burt County1.1-1.5 pts
76Furnas County1-0.1 pts
77Keya Paha County1-0.4 pts
78Holt County0.9-0.5 pts
79Stanton County0.7+0.3 pts
80Kimball County0.7+0.5 pts
81Webster County0.7-0 pts
82Nuckolls County0.6-0.4 pts
83Cherry County0.40 pts
84Arthur County0.4+0.4 pts
85Fillmore County0.4-0.2 pts
86Merrick County0.4-0.2 pts
87Dundy County0.30 pts
88Grant County0.3-1.8 pts
89Logan County0.3-0.5 pts
90Valley County0.2-0.1 pts
91Hayes County0-0.3 pts
91Loup County00 pts
91McPherson County00 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

An average over five years of survey responses, so it moves slowly. The official monthly and annual rates for states and counties are unemployment_rate, from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics.

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 B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in Nebraska by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Nebraska by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/nebraska-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in Nebraska by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/nebraska-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Nebraska by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/nebraska-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate)?

Thurston County, with 10% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate)?

McPherson County, with 0% in 2024.

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