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

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

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/nebraska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Thurston County | 10 |
| 2 | Nemaha County | 6 |
| 3 | Garden County | 5.4 |
| 4 | Dakota County | 4.8 |
| 5 | Wayne County | 4.3 |
| 6 | Hall County | 4 |
| 7 | Hooker County | 3.9 |
| 8 | Douglas County | 3.8 |
| 9 | Howard County | 3.8 |
| 10 | Richardson County | 3.7 |
| 11 | Banner County | 3.7 |
| 12 | Morrill County | 3.6 |
| 13 | Lincoln County | 3.6 |
| 14 | Nance County | 3.6 |
| 15 | Knox County | 3.6 |
| 16 | Greeley County | 3.5 |
| 17 | Dodge County | 3.4 |
| 18 | Cheyenne County | 3.4 |
| 19 | Johnson County | 3.4 |
| 20 | Lancaster County | 3.2 |
| 21 | Sherman County | 3 |
| 22 | Madison County | 3 |
| 23 | Saline County | 2.9 |
| 24 | Garfield County | 2.7 |
| 25 | Otoe County | 2.7 |
| 26 | Scotts Bluff County | 2.7 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 2.7 |
| 28 | Custer County | 2.6 |
| 28 | Frontier County | 2.6 |
| 28 | Sarpy County | 2.6 |
| 31 | Buffalo County | 2.6 |
| 32 | Saunders County | 2.5 |
| 33 | Adams County | 2.4 |
| 34 | Gosper County | 2.4 |
| 35 | Dixon County | 2.4 |
| 36 | Wheeler County | 2.3 |
| 37 | Hamilton County | 2.3 |
| 38 | Boyd County | 2.3 |
| 39 | Cuming County | 2.2 |
| 39 | Pawnee County | 2.2 |
| 41 | Seward County | 2.1 |
| 42 | Thomas County | 2.1 |
| 43 | Pierce County | 2.1 |
| 44 | Keith County | 2 |
| 45 | Platte County | 2 |
| 46 | Thayer County | 2 |
| 47 | Sheridan County | 2 |
| 48 | Clay County | 1.9 |
| 49 | Chase County | 1.9 |
| 50 | Washington County | 1.8 |
| 51 | Sioux County | 1.8 |
| 52 | Antelope County | 1.7 |
| 52 | Brown County | 1.7 |
| 52 | Cedar County | 1.7 |
| 55 | Cass County | 1.7 |
| 56 | Hitchcock County | 1.7 |
| 57 | Kearney County | 1.7 |
| 58 | Dawes County | 1.6 |
| 59 | Box Butte County | 1.6 |
| 60 | Gage County | 1.5 |
| 61 | Perkins County | 1.5 |
| 61 | York County | 1.5 |
| 63 | Dawson County | 1.4 |
| 64 | Deuel County | 1.4 |
| 64 | Red Willow County | 1.4 |
| 66 | Colfax County | 1.3 |
| 67 | Polk County | 1.3 |
| 68 | Blaine County | 1.3 |
| 69 | Harlan County | 1.3 |
| 70 | Boone County | 1.2 |
| 71 | Butler County | 1.2 |
| 71 | Phelps County | 1.2 |
| 73 | Jefferson County | 1.2 |
| 73 | Rock County | 1.2 |
| 75 | Burt County | 1.1 |
| 76 | Furnas County | 1 |
| 77 | Keya Paha County | 1 |
| 78 | Holt County | 0.9 |
| 79 | Stanton County | 0.7 |
| 80 | Kimball County | 0.7 |
| 81 | Webster County | 0.7 |
| 82 | Nuckolls County | 0.6 |
| 83 | Cherry County | 0.4 |
| 84 | Arthur County | 0.4 |
| 85 | Fillmore County | 0.4 |
| 86 | Merrick County | 0.4 |
| 87 | Dundy County | 0.3 |
| 88 | Grant County | 0.3 |
| 89 | Logan County | 0.3 |
| 90 | Valley County | 0.2 |
| 91 | Hayes County | 0 |
| 91 | Loup County | 0 |
| 91 | McPherson County | 0 |