Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 49.26K people in Nebraska with Italian ancestry (2.52% of Nebraska population). Among all Nebraska counties, Sarpy County had the highest percentage of its population with Italian ancestry (4.58%), followed by Douglas County (4.06%), and Hooker County (3.92%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Italian ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Nebraska.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021
Sarpy County
Douglas County
Hooker County
Cheyenne County
Hayes County
Washington County
Sherman County
Deuel County
Dawes County
Keith County
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Sarpy County 4.58
2 Douglas County 4.06
3 Hooker County 3.92
4 Cheyenne County 3.52
5 Hayes County 3.26
6 Washington County 3.18
7 Sherman County 2.65
8 Deuel County 2.56
9 Dawes County 2.36
9 Keith County 2.36
10 Saunders County 2.35
11 Phelps County 2.15
12 Cass County 2.14
13 Red Willow County 2.11
14 Nemaha County 1.94
15 Lancaster County 1.90
16 Jefferson County 1.89
17 Kimball County 1.81
18 Garden County 1.80
19 Brown County 1.74
19 Clay County 1.74
19 Dodge County 1.74
20 Scotts Bluff County 1.70
21 Cherry County 1.69
22 Frontier County 1.67
22 Hitchcock County 1.67
23 Lincoln County 1.66
24 Johnson County 1.59
25 Otoe County 1.57
26 Polk County 1.51
27 Buffalo County 1.47
28 Adams County 1.46
28 Dixon County 1.46
29 Nuckolls County 1.43
30 Valley County 1.39
31 Pawnee County 1.33
32 Banner County 1.32
33 Holt County 1.31
34 Burt County 1.28
35 Morrill County 1.20
36 Dakota County 1.18
37 Garfield County 1.17
38 Thomas County 1.07
39 Sioux County 1.02
40 Seward County 0.99
40 Wayne County 0.99
41 Madison County 0.98
41 Rock County 0.98
42 Franklin County 0.96
43 Howard County 0.93
44 Nance County 0.89
45 Gosper County 0.88
46 Richardson County 0.86
47 Sheridan County 0.85
48 Grant County 0.84
49 Hall County 0.83
50 Box Butte County 0.81
50 Kearney County 0.81
51 Butler County 0.80
51 Platte County 0.80
52 Custer County 0.79
52 Hamilton County 0.79
53 Gage County 0.77
54 Boone County 0.76
55 Greeley County 0.72
56 Webster County 0.70
57 Wheeler County 0.68
58 Thayer County 0.67
58 York County 0.67
59 Cedar County 0.57
60 Saline County 0.54
61 Harlan County 0.53
61 Merrick County 0.53
61 Thurston County 0.53
62 Chase County 0.51
63 Logan County 0.46
64 Dawson County 0.45
64 Knox County 0.45
65 Arthur County 0.42
66 Antelope County 0.41
67 Colfax County 0.40
68 Boyd County 0.39
69 Perkins County 0.38
70 Cuming County 0.37
71 Fillmore County 0.32
71 Furnas County 0.32
72 Loup County 0.30
73 Pierce County 0.29
74 Stanton County 0.24
75 Dundy County 0.11