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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 451.61K people in Nebraska with Unclassified ancestry (23.14% of Nebraska population). Among all Nebraska counties, Arthur County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (39.83%), followed by Hayes County (39.06%), and Chase County (38.60%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Arthur County
Hayes County
Chase County
Richardson County
York County
Garfield County
Grant County
Hitchcock County
Furnas County
Dundy County
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Arthur County 39.83
2 Hayes County 39.06
3 Chase County 38.60
4 Richardson County 36.45
5 York County 35.48
6 Garfield County 35.36
7 Grant County 34.68
8 Hitchcock County 34.56
9 Furnas County 32.76
10 Dundy County 32.63
11 Jefferson County 32.01
12 Morrill County 31.73
13 Nuckolls County 31.64
14 Kimball County 30.78
15 Seward County 30.61
16 Perkins County 30.51
17 Gage County 30.32
18 Keith County 29.42
19 Cherry County 29.36
20 Garden County 28.51
21 Nemaha County 28.09
22 Thayer County 28.08
23 Franklin County 28.00
24 Lincoln County 27.88
25 Cass County 27.82
26 Otoe County 27.52
27 Box Butte County 27.46
28 Johnson County 27.29
28 Sioux County 27.29
29 Colfax County 26.87
30 Dodge County 26.84
31 Rock County 26.72
32 Frontier County 26.51
33 Dawson County 26.50
34 Lancaster County 26.41
35 McPherson County 26.32
36 Clay County 26.25
37 Merrick County 26.11
38 Pierce County 25.96
39 Red Willow County 25.68
40 Loup County 25.56
41 Buffalo County 25.30
42 Antelope County 24.79
43 Kearney County 24.67
44 Custer County 24.55
45 Banner County 24.46
46 Stanton County 24.42
47 Harlan County 24.41
48 Cheyenne County 24.02
49 Phelps County 24.00
50 Saunders County 23.97
51 Adams County 23.95
52 Dawes County 23.74
53 Brown County 23.69
54 Pawnee County 23.56
55 Burt County 23.34
56 Deuel County 23.27
57 Scotts Bluff County 23.13
58 Boyd County 23.12
59 Butler County 23.00
60 Polk County 22.86
61 Blaine County 22.83
62 Gosper County 22.81
63 Sarpy County 22.67
64 Valley County 22.30
65 Boone County 22.22
66 Fillmore County 21.99
67 Madison County 21.76
68 Saline County 21.69
69 Greeley County 21.05
70 Webster County 21.03
71 Sheridan County 20.89
72 Hall County 20.37
73 Cuming County 19.92
74 Holt County 19.87
75 Douglas County 19.68
76 Thomas County 19.40
77 Washington County 19.30
78 Howard County 19.29
79 Sherman County 19.26
80 Knox County 18.53
81 Cedar County 18.11
82 Wayne County 17.76
83 Platte County 17.75
84 Dakota County 17.68
85 Keya Paha County 17.65
86 Nance County 16.94
87 Hamilton County 16.73
88 Logan County 16.42
89 Dixon County 16.10
90 Hooker County 15.27
91 Thurston County 14.62
92 Wheeler County 12.52