#	County	Income & Jobs Score	Overall Score
1	Sarpy County, NE	95.7	44.9
2	Washington County, NE	92.1	55.3
3	Saunders County, NE	91.8	58.7
4	Cass County, NE	91	53.6
5	Butler County, NE	86.2	70.4
6	Otoe County, NE	85.3	49.3
7	Seward County, NE	85	60.6
8	Hamilton County, NE	83.7	62.4
9	Colfax County, NE	83.5	53.9
10	Kearney County, NE	82.9	61.6
11	Gosper County, NE	82.8	67.9
12	Douglas County, NE	82.6	29.6
13	Stanton County, NE	81.8	67.9
14	Saline County, NE	80.1	46.4
15	Fillmore County, NE	79	69.4
16	Clay County, NE	78.5	66.1
17	Pierce County, NE	78.5	65.4
18	Buffalo County, NE	76.7	38.6
19	Howard County, NE	76.5	65.4
20	York County, NE	75.6	55
21	Cedar County, NE	75.4	67.3
22	Thomas County, NE	73.3	78.9
23	Lancaster County, NE	73.1	32.3
24	Platte County, NE	72	44
25	Polk County, NE	70.9	68.3
26	Dakota County, NE	70.5	35.8
27	Logan County, NE	70.5	67.9
28	Boone County, NE	69.7	71.2
29	Dodge County, NE	69.5	42.2
30	Banner County, NE	69.4	56
31	Cuming County, NE	68.2	64.1
32	Harlan County, NE	67.8	69
33	Nuckolls County, NE	66.9	75.9
34	Dixon County, NE	64.7	63.6
35	Grant County, NE	64.4	69.6
36	Box Butte County, NE	63.8	43.2
37	Garfield County, NE	63.4	69.3
38	Frontier County, NE	62.2	65.1
39	Wayne County, NE	60.8	60.5
40	Hall County, NE	60.4	35.5
41	Arthur County, NE	60.2	67.5
42	Perkins County, NE	60.2	60.5
43	Holt County, NE	59.5	67.4
44	Custer County, NE	57.7	58.3
45	Phelps County, NE	56.7	64.7
46	Adams County, NE	56.4	39.8
47	Dawson County, NE	55.7	47.6
48	Nance County, NE	55.7	63.3
49	Webster County, NE	55.3	65
50	Thurston County, NE	53.8	59.3
51	Knox County, NE	53.7	65.3
52	Madison County, NE	52.6	52.8
53	Gage County, NE	51.8	51.4
54	Lincoln County, NE	51.4	39.1
55	Antelope County, NE	50.2	67.5
56	Cherry County, NE	50.2	55.4
57	Thayer County, NE	48.4	61.7
58	Merrick County, NE	47.7	64.9
59	Chase County, NE	47.4	58.5
60	Sherman County, NE	45	61.2
61	Deuel County, NE	43.6	61.2
62	McPherson County, NE	43.1	68.3
63	Blaine County, NE	42.9	66.5
64	Scotts Bluff County, NE	41.8	37
65	Furnas County, NE	41	55.9
66	Jefferson County, NE	40.8	54.4
67	Hayes County, NE	40.1	65.8
68	Keya Paha County, NE	40.1	65.1
69	Loup County, NE	39.5	81.7
70	Nemaha County, NE	39.3	57.7
71	Red Willow County, NE	39	60.1
72	Morrill County, NE	38.3	58.7
73	Johnson County, NE	37.4	62.9
74	Kimball County, NE	37.3	52.3
75	Boyd County, NE	35.5	67.6
76	Valley County, NE	35.3	62.5
77	Greeley County, NE	35.2	64
78	Keith County, NE	33.2	52.4
79	Franklin County, NE	32.3	68.2
80	Cheyenne County, NE	31.9	41.4
81	Rock County, NE	31.6	71.8
82	Burt County, NE	31.1	64.7
83	Sheridan County, NE	30.1	57.3
84	Dundy County, NE	28.9	73.1
85	Wheeler County, NE	27.4	74.8
86	Richardson County, NE	26.8	60
87	Pawnee County, NE	24.9	62.5
88	Dawes County, NE	23.8	38.8
89	Sioux County, NE	23	62.9
90	Hitchcock County, NE	18.5	60.5
91	Brown County, NE	17.7	60.7
92	Hooker County, NE	8.2	66.7
93	Garden County, NE	7	68.6

Data Source

Income & Jobs data from IncomeByCounty. See full details at IncomeByCounty. Data updated February 2026.