Rank	County	County Fit Score	baseline CountyScore	Delta
1	Thomas County, NE	79.8	78.9	+0.9
2	Nuckolls County, NE	76.8	75.9	+0.9
3	Fillmore County, NE	75.9	69.4	+6.5
4	Garfield County, NE	73.5	69.3	+4.2
5	Wheeler County, NE	73.5	74.8	-1.3
6	Gosper County, NE	73.4	67.9	+5.5
7	Loup County, NE	73.2	81.7	-8.5
8	Logan County, NE	73	67.9	+5.1
9	Polk County, NE	72.6	68.3	+4.3
10	Grant County, NE	72.2	69.6	+2.6
11	Butler County, NE	71.7	70.4	+1.3
12	Harlan County, NE	71.3	69	+2.3
13	Boone County, NE	71.1	71.2	-0.1
14	Holt County, NE	70.8	67.4	+3.4
15	McPherson County, NE	70.8	68.3	+2.5
16	Cedar County, NE	70.3	67.3	+3
17	Hayes County, NE	69.8	65.8	+4
18	Dundy County, NE	69.4	73.1	-3.7
19	Arthur County, NE	69.2	67.5	+1.7
20	Blaine County, NE	69.2	66.5	+2.7
21	Frontier County, NE	69.1	65.1	+4
22	Rock County, NE	68.8	71.8	-3
23	Stanton County, NE	68.6	67.9	+0.7
24	Boyd County, NE	68.2	67.6	+0.6
25	Howard County, NE	68.1	65.4	+2.7
26	Dixon County, NE	68	63.6	+4.4
27	Antelope County, NE	67.4	67.5	-0.1
28	Knox County, NE	67.4	65.3	+2.1
29	Hooker County, NE	67.3	66.7	+0.6
30	Keya Paha County, NE	67.1	65.1	+2
31	Pierce County, NE	66.5	65.4	+1.1
32	Franklin County, NE	66.3	68.2	-1.9
33	Clay County, NE	66	66.1	-0.1
34	Thurston County, NE	65.8	59.3	+6.5
35	Webster County, NE	65.2	65	+0.2
36	Pawnee County, NE	64.9	62.5	+2.4
37	Greeley County, NE	64.7	64	+0.7
38	Kearney County, NE	64.7	61.6	+3.1
39	Deuel County, NE	63.9	61.2	+2.7
40	Wayne County, NE	63.9	60.5	+3.4
41	Garden County, NE	63.7	68.6	-4.9
42	Nance County, NE	63.7	63.3	+0.4
43	Colfax County, NE	63.4	53.9	+9.5
44	Saunders County, NE	63.3	58.7	+4.6
45	Chase County, NE	63	58.5	+4.5
46	Johnson County, NE	62.9	62.9	0
47	Thayer County, NE	62.9	61.7	+1.2
48	Phelps County, NE	62.8	64.7	-1.9
49	Hamilton County, NE	62.6	62.4	+0.2
50	Sioux County, NE	62.5	62.9	-0.4
51	Banner County, NE	62.1	56	+6.1
52	Burt County, NE	61.7	64.7	-3
53	Valley County, NE	61.7	62.5	-0.8
54	Cuming County, NE	61.5	64.1	-2.6
55	Perkins County, NE	61.3	60.5	+0.8
56	Seward County, NE	60.5	60.6	-0.1
57	Sherman County, NE	60.3	61.2	-0.9
58	Merrick County, NE	59.9	64.9	-5
59	Custer County, NE	59.5	58.3	+1.2
60	Washington County, NE	59.3	55.3	+4
61	Richardson County, NE	58.6	60	-1.4
62	Brown County, NE	58.2	60.7	-2.5
63	Hitchcock County, NE	58.2	60.5	-2.3
64	Nemaha County, NE	57.7	57.7	0
65	Otoe County, NE	56.8	49.3	+7.5
66	Red Willow County, NE	56.7	60.1	-3.4
67	Cass County, NE	56.4	53.6	+2.8
68	Jefferson County, NE	55.6	54.4	+1.2
69	Morrill County, NE	55.6	58.7	-3.1
70	Sheridan County, NE	55.6	57.3	-1.7
71	York County, NE	55.6	55	+0.6
72	Gage County, NE	54.7	51.4	+3.3
73	Saline County, NE	54.4	46.4	+8
74	Kimball County, NE	53.7	52.3	+1.4
75	Cherry County, NE	53.4	55.4	-2
76	Furnas County, NE	52.2	55.9	-3.7
77	Madison County, NE	52.1	52.8	-0.7
78	Box Butte County, NE	50.8	43.2	+7.6
79	Platte County, NE	48.4	44	+4.4
80	Keith County, NE	48.3	52.4	-4.1
81	Sarpy County, NE	46.7	44.9	+1.8
82	Dawson County, NE	46	47.6	-1.6
83	Dodge County, NE	45	42.2	+2.8
84	Buffalo County, NE	44.8	38.6	+6.2
85	Cheyenne County, NE	42.2	41.4	+0.8
86	Dakota County, NE	42.2	35.8	+6.4
87	Lincoln County, NE	41	39.1	+1.9
88	Adams County, NE	40.4	39.8	+0.6
89	Dawes County, NE	38.9	38.8	+0.1
90	Hall County, NE	37.5	35.5	+2
91	Scotts Bluff County, NE	37.1	37	+0.1
92	Lancaster County, NE	36.6	32.3	+4.3
93	Douglas County, NE	35.8	29.6	+6.2

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