Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of households in Nebraska with household income of less than $40k was 28.59%. Among all Nebraska counties, Brown County had the highest percentage of households with household income of less than $40k (45.52%), followed by Loup County (44.32%), and Richardson County (42.71%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of households with household income of less than $40k: Sarpy County (18.62%), Saunders County (20.79%), and Cass County (21.56%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Nebraska counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all Nebraska counties.
You can also see similar information for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown County | 45.52 |
| 2 | Loup County | 44.32 |
| 3 | Richardson County | 42.71 |
| 4 | Hayes County | 42.09 |
| 5 | Greeley County | 42.01 |
| 6 | Garden County | 41.22 |
| 7 | Grant County | 40.98 |
| 8 | Hooker County | 40.79 |
| 9 | Pawnee County | 40.69 |
| 10 | Rock County | 40.07 |
| 11 | Jefferson County | 39.41 |
| 12 | Hitchcock County | 38.94 |
| 12 | Nemaha County | 38.94 |
| 13 | Wheeler County | 38.87 |
| 14 | Red Willow County | 38.66 |
| 15 | Sheridan County | 38.30 |
| 16 | Morrill County | 38.28 |
| 17 | Cheyenne County | 37.96 |
| 18 | Keith County | 37.69 |
| 19 | Kimball County | 37.66 |
| 20 | Burt County | 37.28 |
| 21 | Deuel County | 37.00 |
| 22 | Gage County | 36.99 |
| 23 | Dawes County | 36.61 |
| 24 | Dundy County | 36.20 |
| 25 | Franklin County | 35.95 |
| 26 | Cherry County | 35.51 |
| 27 | Boyd County | 35.44 |
| 28 | Antelope County | 35.33 |
| 29 | Box Butte County | 35.27 |
| 30 | Valley County | 35.25 |
| 31 | Thurston County | 34.90 |
| 32 | Blaine County | 34.81 |
| 33 | Dixon County | 34.75 |
| 34 | Adams County | 34.69 |
| 35 | Perkins County | 34.65 |
| 36 | Chase County | 34.41 |
| 37 | Harlan County | 34.26 |
| 38 | Scotts Bluff County | 34.24 |
| 39 | Sherman County | 34.19 |
| 40 | Webster County | 34.17 |
| 41 | Nuckolls County | 34.07 |
| 42 | Holt County | 33.86 |
| 43 | Johnson County | 33.79 |
| 44 | Frontier County | 33.66 |
| 44 | Thayer County | 33.66 |
| 45 | Lincoln County | 33.23 |
| 46 | Knox County | 33.10 |
| 47 | Madison County | 33.00 |
| 48 | Nance County | 32.92 |
| 49 | Furnas County | 32.51 |
| 50 | Keya Paha County | 32.42 |
| 51 | Saline County | 32.40 |
| 52 | Custer County | 32.30 |
| 52 | Merrick County | 32.30 |
| 53 | Arthur County | 32.22 |
| 54 | Buffalo County | 31.50 |
| 55 | Butler County | 31.49 |
| 56 | Fillmore County | 31.26 |
| 57 | Dawson County | 31.20 |
| 58 | Dakota County | 30.72 |
| 59 | Dodge County | 30.71 |
| 60 | Phelps County | 30.65 |
| 61 | Garfield County | 30.62 |
| 62 | Hall County | 29.82 |
| 63 | Thomas County | 29.68 |
| 64 | Sioux County | 29.41 |
| 65 | Wayne County | 29.40 |
| 66 | Lancaster County | 29.06 |
| 67 | Pierce County | 28.98 |
| 68 | Banner County | 28.94 |
| 69 | Platte County | 28.84 |
| 70 | Otoe County | 28.83 |
| 71 | Clay County | 28.78 |
| 72 | Howard County | 28.68 |
| 73 | Cuming County | 28.62 |
| 74 | Boone County | 28.58 |
| 75 | Kearney County | 28.00 |
| 76 | Gosper County | 27.67 |
| 77 | Douglas County | 27.05 |
| 78 | Cedar County | 26.66 |
| 79 | York County | 26.57 |
| 80 | Logan County | 25.94 |
| 81 | Stanton County | 25.79 |
| 82 | McPherson County | 24.88 |
| 83 | Seward County | 24.07 |
| 84 | Polk County | 24.00 |
| 85 | Colfax County | 23.90 |
| 86 | Hamilton County | 22.29 |
| 87 | Washington County | 21.60 |
| 88 | Cass County | 21.56 |
| 89 | Saunders County | 20.79 |
| 90 | Sarpy County | 18.62 |