Rank	County	County Fit Score	baseline CountyScore	Delta
1	Thomas County, NE	86.4	78.9	+7.5
2	Loup County, NE	86.1	81.7	+4.4
3	Nuckolls County, NE	83.2	75.9	+7.3
4	Butler County, NE	79.7	70.4	+9.3
5	Stanton County, NE	77.9	67.9	+10
6	Clay County, NE	76.3	66.1	+10.2
7	Rock County, NE	76	71.8	+4.2
8	Boone County, NE	75.1	71.2	+3.9
9	Garfield County, NE	74.3	69.3	+5
10	Gosper County, NE	74.2	67.9	+6.3
11	Dundy County, NE	74.1	73.1	+1
12	Pierce County, NE	74	65.4	+8.6
13	Harlan County, NE	73.5	69	+4.5
14	Antelope County, NE	73	67.5	+5.5
15	Fillmore County, NE	72.8	69.4	+3.4
16	Wheeler County, NE	72.7	74.8	-2.1
17	Cuming County, NE	72.3	64.1	+8.2
18	Phelps County, NE	72.2	64.7	+7.5
19	Cedar County, NE	72.1	67.3	+4.8
20	Garden County, NE	71.3	68.6	+2.7
21	Merrick County, NE	71.1	64.9	+6.2
22	Franklin County, NE	70.8	68.2	+2.6
23	Frontier County, NE	70.8	65.1	+5.7
24	Boyd County, NE	70.6	67.6	+3
25	Nance County, NE	70.6	63.3	+7.3
26	Seward County, NE	70.6	60.6	+10
27	Polk County, NE	70.4	68.3	+2.1
28	Webster County, NE	70.4	65	+5.4
29	Burt County, NE	70.3	64.7	+5.6
30	Holt County, NE	69.9	67.4	+2.5
31	Howard County, NE	69.7	65.4	+4.3
32	Logan County, NE	69.5	67.9	+1.6
33	Dixon County, NE	69.4	63.6	+5.8
34	Grant County, NE	69.4	69.6	-0.2
35	Knox County, NE	69.4	65.3	+4.1
36	Greeley County, NE	69.2	64	+5.2
37	Hamilton County, NE	69.1	62.4	+6.7
38	McPherson County, NE	68.9	68.3	+0.6
39	Arthur County, NE	68.8	67.5	+1.3
40	Johnson County, NE	68.5	62.9	+5.6
41	Blaine County, NE	68.1	66.5	+1.6
42	Kearney County, NE	67.4	61.6	+5.8
43	Hayes County, NE	67.3	65.8	+1.5
44	Red Willow County, NE	67.1	60.1	+7
45	Sherman County, NE	66.8	61.2	+5.6
46	Keya Paha County, NE	66.7	65.1	+1.6
47	Valley County, NE	66.7	62.5	+4.2
48	Hooker County, NE	66.3	66.7	-0.4
49	Perkins County, NE	65.9	60.5	+5.4
50	Morrill County, NE	65.5	58.7	+6.8
51	Deuel County, NE	65.4	61.2	+4.2
52	Saunders County, NE	65.4	58.7	+6.7
53	Pawnee County, NE	64.7	62.5	+2.2
54	Washington County, NE	64.4	55.3	+9.1
55	Sioux County, NE	64.2	62.9	+1.3
56	Thayer County, NE	64.1	61.7	+2.4
57	Thurston County, NE	63.7	59.3	+4.4
58	Hitchcock County, NE	63.3	60.5	+2.8
59	Cass County, NE	63.1	53.6	+9.5
60	Richardson County, NE	62.8	60	+2.8
61	Custer County, NE	62.5	58.3	+4.2
62	Wayne County, NE	62.4	60.5	+1.9
63	Nemaha County, NE	62.3	57.7	+4.6
64	Brown County, NE	61.9	60.7	+1.2
65	Furnas County, NE	61.5	55.9	+5.6
66	York County, NE	61.2	55	+6.2
67	Cherry County, NE	61	55.4	+5.6
68	Sheridan County, NE	61	57.3	+3.7
69	Chase County, NE	60	58.5	+1.5
70	Banner County, NE	59.9	56	+3.9
71	Keith County, NE	59.1	52.4	+6.7
72	Jefferson County, NE	58.7	54.4	+4.3
73	Colfax County, NE	58.5	53.9	+4.6
74	Kimball County, NE	58.2	52.3	+5.9
75	Madison County, NE	56.9	52.8	+4.1
76	Otoe County, NE	55.1	49.3	+5.8
77	Dawson County, NE	53.7	47.6	+6.1
78	Sarpy County, NE	53.6	44.9	+8.7
79	Gage County, NE	53.1	51.4	+1.7
80	Saline County, NE	50.1	46.4	+3.7
81	Platte County, NE	47.2	44	+3.2
82	Dodge County, NE	46.3	42.2	+4.1
83	Box Butte County, NE	44.6	43.2	+1.4
84	Adams County, NE	43.7	39.8	+3.9
85	Cheyenne County, NE	43.5	41.4	+2.1
86	Lincoln County, NE	41.9	39.1	+2.8
87	Dawes County, NE	40.7	38.8	+1.9
88	Buffalo County, NE	40.6	38.6	+2
89	Dakota County, NE	40.1	35.8	+4.3
90	Scotts Bluff County, NE	38.9	37	+1.9
91	Hall County, NE	37.8	35.5	+2.3
92	Lancaster County, NE	33.3	32.3	+1
93	Douglas County, NE	31.6	29.6	+2

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