Rank	County	County Fit Score	baseline CountyScore	Delta
1	Loup County, NE	82.9	84	-1.1
2	Wheeler County, NE	82.6	77.9	+4.7
3	Grant County, NE	77.8	71.7	+6.1
4	Logan County, NE	74.9	69.1	+5.8
5	Hooker County, NE	74.1	68.7	+5.4
6	Arthur County, NE	73.7	69.1	+4.6
7	Dundy County, NE	73.7	73	+0.7
8	Thomas County, NE	73.6	76.5	-2.9
9	Fillmore County, NE	73.1	70.9	+2.2
10	Hayes County, NE	71.7	69.1	+2.6
11	McPherson County, NE	71.6	66.5	+5.1
12	Nuckolls County, NE	71.5	76.2	-4.7
13	Garfield County, NE	71	68	+3
14	Rock County, NE	71	71.1	-0.1
15	Garden County, NE	70.6	69.6	+1
16	Gosper County, NE	70.5	71.8	-1.3
17	Holt County, NE	69.5	67.6	+1.9
18	Blaine County, NE	68.9	64.8	+4.1
19	Boyd County, NE	68.9	68.5	+0.4
20	Howard County, NE	68.6	66.4	+2.2
21	Keya Paha County, NE	67.9	64	+3.9
22	Boone County, NE	67.5	67.8	-0.3
23	Polk County, NE	67.5	66.5	+1
24	Antelope County, NE	67.3	68	-0.7
25	Harlan County, NE	66.7	68.5	-1.8
26	Butler County, NE	66.5	70	-3.5
27	Cedar County, NE	66.5	66.7	-0.2
28	Greeley County, NE	65.8	65.4	+0.4
29	Sioux County, NE	65.8	61.2	+4.6
30	Brown County, NE	65.6	61.2	+4.4
31	Johnson County, NE	65.6	64	+1.6
32	Deuel County, NE	65.5	62.5	+3
33	Wayne County, NE	65.3	59.4	+5.9
34	Stanton County, NE	64.8	66.7	-1.9
35	Franklin County, NE	64.4	66.3	-1.9
36	Knox County, NE	64.4	65.5	-1.1
37	Frontier County, NE	64	64.2	-0.2
38	Sherman County, NE	63.7	63.4	+0.3
39	Valley County, NE	63.4	63.2	+0.2
40	Burt County, NE	63.3	65	-1.7
41	Pawnee County, NE	63.1	62.2	+0.9
42	Banner County, NE	63	58	+5
43	Pierce County, NE	63	63.7	-0.7
44	Thayer County, NE	62.3	62.5	-0.2
45	Merrick County, NE	61.6	64.5	-2.9
46	Webster County, NE	61.3	64.9	-3.6
47	Dixon County, NE	61.1	63.1	-2
48	Nance County, NE	60.8	63.6	-2.8
49	Chase County, NE	60.6	56.9	+3.7
50	Hamilton County, NE	60.6	62.8	-2.2
51	Hitchcock County, NE	60.6	59.6	+1
52	Saunders County, NE	60.6	58.6	+2
53	Phelps County, NE	60.3	63	-2.7
54	Kearney County, NE	60.2	59.5	+0.7
55	Custer County, NE	59.4	58.1	+1.3
56	Clay County, NE	59.3	67.9	-8.6
57	Richardson County, NE	59	59.9	-0.9
58	Seward County, NE	58.9	61	-2.1
59	Cuming County, NE	58.8	64.9	-6.1
60	Sheridan County, NE	57.3	57.8	-0.5
61	Perkins County, NE	57.2	58	-0.8
62	Red Willow County, NE	56.7	59.4	-2.7
63	Thurston County, NE	56.5	59.4	-2.9
64	Washington County, NE	56.1	55.8	+0.3
65	Nemaha County, NE	56	56.8	-0.8
66	Colfax County, NE	54	54.1	-0.1
67	Furnas County, NE	53.8	58.2	-4.4
68	Cherry County, NE	53.4	55.8	-2.4
69	York County, NE	53.4	55.1	-1.7
70	Jefferson County, NE	53.2	53	+0.2
71	Gage County, NE	52.8	51.7	+1.1
72	Morrill County, NE	52.4	56.6	-4.2
73	Cass County, NE	52.2	53.8	-1.6
74	Kimball County, NE	51.8	52.3	-0.5
75	Madison County, NE	51.4	51.4	0
76	Otoe County, NE	50.4	49.4	+1
77	Keith County, NE	49.5	52.6	-3.1
78	Cheyenne County, NE	45.8	43.5	+2.3
79	Box Butte County, NE	45.5	43.2	+2.3
80	Dawes County, NE	44.7	40.4	+4.3
81	Platte County, NE	43.4	43.3	+0.1
82	Saline County, NE	43.4	44.1	-0.7
83	Sarpy County, NE	42.7	44.9	-2.2
84	Dodge County, NE	41.3	42.5	-1.2
85	Dawson County, NE	40.7	46.8	-6.1
86	Buffalo County, NE	40.3	38.4	+1.9
87	Lincoln County, NE	38.2	38.8	-0.6
88	Adams County, NE	36.9	39.2	-2.3
89	Scotts Bluff County, NE	36.5	37.2	-0.7
90	Dakota County, NE	35.3	35.8	-0.5
91	Lancaster County, NE	34.5	32.2	+2.3
92	Hall County, NE	33.3	34.8	-1.5
93	Douglas County, NE	30.5	29.6	+0.9

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