Best counties in Nebraska

Ranked by composite score — 93 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Loup County	81.1	79.8	85.7	22.7
2	Wheeler County	80.8	76.6	90.5	19.9
3	Grant County	79.9	81.2	81.7	28.5
4	Dundy County	79.2	79.2	88.7	20.3
5	Thomas County	79.2	71.7	87.8	30.8
6	Rock County	79	73.7	88.1	20.9
7	Arthur County	78.7	78.8	80.7	27.4
8	Logan County	78.6	74.1	81	30.2
9	McPherson County	78.3	72.4	86.5	23.4
10	Hayes County	76.9	66.6	90.3	22.8
11	Blaine County	76.5	68.9	84.7	23.4
12	Keya Paha County	76.4	70.2	84.4	22.8
13	Hooker County	75.6	62	90.8	13.3
14	Cedar County	75.4	73	84.5	31.7
15	Fillmore County	75.1	70.5	85.3	33.2
16	Sioux County	74.7	68.1	82.8	18.7
17	Garfield County	74.5	61.8	86.6	28.2
18	Pierce County	74.2	69.7	80.7	33
19	Nuckolls County	74.1	66.3	89.5	29.2
20	Butler County	74	69.3	82.3	37.3
21	Perkins County	74	73.7	81.6	27.4
22	Polk County	74	74.6	85	30.2
23	Banner County	73.9	59.7	78.7	29.9
24	Boyd County	73.9	68	86.7	21.9
25	Dixon County	73.9	68.2	86	28.5
26	Holt County	73.8	70.2	84.9	27.3
27	Gosper County	73.7	68.9	83.1	35
28	Antelope County	73.4	68	84.5	25
29	Howard County	73.3	70.6	79.9	32
30	Boone County	73.2	73.7	84	30
31	Wayne County	73.2	68.7	78.6	27.6
32	Garden County	73.1	69.1	87.5	12.6
33	Hitchcock County	72.9	67.3	86.1	17.3
34	Cherry County	72.8	73.9	81.1	25
35	Frontier County	72.8	62.2	86	27.9
36	Harlan County	72.7	70	85.3	29.4
37	Stanton County	72.7	65.5	79.2	34.5
38	Franklin County	72.6	70.4	89.1	21.1
39	Brown County	72.5	71.9	81.3	17
40	Deuel County	72.4	60.2	83.3	23.5
41	Hamilton County	72.2	75.3	77.3	35.5
42	Thayer County	72	70.3	85.8	24.6
43	Greeley County	71.9	58.3	86.5	21.8
44	Johnson County	71.9	59.6	84	22.2
45	Knox County	71.9	68	86.2	25.7
46	Red Willow County	71.7	66.8	82.9	22.6
47	Nance County	71.6	68.6	83.2	26.1
48	Chase County	71.5	68.3	81.6	24.4
49	Richardson County	71.4	63.5	85.9	19.7
50	Seward County	71.3	68.5	74.1	36.3
51	Custer County	71.2	69.9	79.8	26.7
52	Sherman County	71.2	67.9	81.1	23.8
53	Kearney County	71.1	67.8	77.9	35.1
54	Pawnee County	71.1	57.5	88.6	19.2
55	Keith County	70.5	62.8	81.6	21.3
56	Otoe County	70.5	61.9	78.2	36.5
57	Sheridan County	70.5	63.6	83.4	20.5
58	Phelps County	70.2	63.5	82.7	26.5
59	Jefferson County	70	61.4	83.7	22.9
60	Merrick County	70	69.3	80.5	24.4
61	Morrill County	70	65.8	83.9	22.4
62	Nemaha County	70	62.7	82.5	22.6
63	Cuming County	69.9	73.1	82	29.5
64	Valley County	69.9	58.6	85.3	21.8
65	York County	69.9	68.5	78.7	31.7
66	Burt County	69.8	61.4	83.5	20.8
67	Saunders County	69.8	64.4	72.8	41.7
68	Clay County	69.6	66	84.3	33
69	Dawes County	69.3	64.4	75.9	18.9
70	Colfax County	69.2	67.1	80.5	35.4
71	Washington County	69	60.8	70.3	42.3
72	Box Butte County	68.5	60.4	80	28.3
73	Webster County	68.3	61.8	86.1	25.9
74	Gage County	68.1	61.8	81.8	25.4
75	Saline County	68	64.2	80.7	33.7
76	Cass County	67.7	61.9	69.6	41
77	Furnas County	67.1	61.5	83.1	23
78	Kimball County	66.7	53.5	81.5	22.2
79	Platte County	66	64.5	78.6	30.6
80	Madison County	65.9	64.7	78.3	25.6
81	Thurston County	65.9	59.5	85.9	25.7
82	Cheyenne County	65.7	53.3	78.8	21
83	Adams County	65.5	61.9	78.5	26.3
84	Lincoln County	65	60.7	77.7	25.4
85	Dawson County	64.8	66.8	79.4	26.1
86	Dodge County	64.5	63.5	75.8	29.9
87	Buffalo County	63.9	61.5	73.1	32.1
88	Dakota County	63.6	57.4	74.2	30.2
89	Scotts Bluff County	63.5	60.4	77.6	23.2
90	Hall County	63.2	63.7	75.6	27.5
91	Lancaster County	60.7	58.2	69.6	30.8
92	Sarpy County	58.7	51.8	58.9	49.6
93	Douglas County	56.8	53.1	64.5	35