# Counties in Nebraska by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 93 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/nebraska-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/nebraska-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dawson County | 16.4 |
| 2 | Hooker County | 4.8 |
| 3 | Thomas County | 4.3 |
| 4 | Keya Paha County | 3.9 |
| 4 | Logan County | 3.9 |
| 4 | McPherson County | 3.9 |
| 7 | Banner County | 3.6 |
| 7 | Blaine County | 3.6 |
| 7 | Frontier County | 3.6 |
| 10 | Arthur County | 3.5 |
| 11 | Loup County | 3.3 |
| 12 | Deuel County | 3.2 |
| 12 | Hayes County | 3.2 |
| 12 | Nemaha County | 3.2 |
| 15 | Box Butte County | 3.1 |
| 15 | Hitchcock County | 3.1 |
| 15 | Scotts Bluff County | 3.1 |
| 18 | Chase County | 3 |
| 18 | Douglas County | 3 |
| 18 | Johnson County | 3 |
| 18 | Saline County | 3 |
| 18 | Wayne County | 3 |
| 23 | Dakota County | 2.9 |
| 23 | Dawes County | 2.9 |
| 23 | Gosper County | 2.9 |
| 23 | Thurston County | 2.9 |
| 27 | Burt County | 2.8 |
| 27 | Cass County | 2.8 |
| 27 | Garden County | 2.8 |
| 27 | Pawnee County | 2.8 |
| 27 | Richardson County | 2.8 |
| 32 | Cheyenne County | 2.7 |
| 32 | Hall County | 2.7 |
| 32 | Morrill County | 2.7 |
| 35 | Lancaster County | 2.6 |
| 35 | Polk County | 2.6 |
| 35 | Red Willow County | 2.6 |
| 35 | Sarpy County | 2.6 |
| 35 | Seward County | 2.6 |
| 40 | Adams County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Boyd County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Buffalo County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Colfax County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Furnas County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Gage County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Greeley County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Jefferson County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Kearney County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Knox County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Lincoln County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Madison County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Otoe County | 2.5 |
| 40 | Sheridan County | 2.5 |
| 54 | Custer County | 2.4 |
| 54 | Dixon County | 2.4 |
| 54 | Dodge County | 2.4 |
| 54 | Grant County | 2.4 |
| 54 | Nance County | 2.4 |
| 54 | Sherman County | 2.4 |
| 54 | Sioux County | 2.4 |
| 54 | York County | 2.4 |
| 62 | Platte County | 2.3 |
| 62 | Washington County | 2.3 |
| 64 | Antelope County | 2.2 |
| 64 | Keith County | 2.2 |
| 64 | Merrick County | 2.2 |
| 64 | Phelps County | 2.2 |
| 64 | Saunders County | 2.2 |
| 64 | Thayer County | 2.2 |
| 64 | Webster County | 2.2 |
| 64 | Wheeler County | 2.2 |
| 72 | Boone County | 2.1 |
| 72 | Butler County | 2.1 |
| 72 | Clay County | 2.1 |
| 72 | Garfield County | 2.1 |
| 72 | Howard County | 2.1 |
| 72 | Stanton County | 2.1 |
| 78 | Brown County | 2 |
| 78 | Cedar County | 2 |
| 78 | Dundy County | 2 |
| 78 | Fillmore County | 2 |
| 78 | Franklin County | 2 |
| 78 | Kimball County | 2 |
| 78 | Nuckolls County | 2 |
| 78 | Perkins County | 2 |
| 78 | Rock County | 2 |
| 78 | Valley County | 2 |
| 88 | Hamilton County | 1.9 |
| 88 | Holt County | 1.9 |
| 90 | Cherry County | 1.8 |
| 90 | Cuming County | 1.8 |
| 90 | Harlan County | 1.8 |
| 93 | Pierce County | 1.7 |