Nebraska Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)

Updated on April 22, 2025.

According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 114,184 (114.18K) loans totaling $5,381,080,114 ($5.38B) to small businesses in Nebraska. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 622,992 (622.99K).

As at April 2025, 111.96K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (98.05% of the total number of loans), and a total of $5.34B has been forgiven (99.21% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.

See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.

Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Douglas received the highest ($1,746,208,897), followed by Lancaster ($760,172,070), and Sarpy ($347,546,424).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Douglas received the highest (19,090), followed by Lancaster (10,549), and Sarpy (4,237).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in Nebraska counties.

Nebraska Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
Nebraska Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Douglas 19090 1746208897
Lancaster 10549 760172070
Sarpy 4237 347546424
Hall 2999 163707497
Buffalo 3363 148069093
Platte 2979 116322205
Madison 2803 113821401
Dodge 1921 101142773
Adams 1866 87721317
Scotts Bluff 1768 84292731
Lincoln 2178 73159998
Dawson 1776 61449862
Saunders 1981 58234062
Cuming 1866 52109441
Washington 1042 51101121
Seward 1302 49283123
Custer 1777 46561219
Gage 1873 45610924
Holt 2202 45132759
Phelps 1148 44070519
York 1277 41890465
Thurston 514 41665752
Cass 1079 38931242
Hamilton 1073 37721095
Dakota 902 37089922
Cedar 1708 36815639
Red Willow 842 32448789
Knox 1594 31978522
Jefferson 722 31035703
Otoe 1278 30794448
Wayne 934 29100330
Butler 1138 28919806
Antelope 1325 27706797
Fillmore 1044 27167957
Boone 1143 26995946
Merrick 939 26328456
Pierce 1110 26256335
Cheyenne 723 25954117
Saline 1044 24232431
Cherry 980 23488024
Box Butte 594 23390468
Chase 670 22927491
Colfax 972 22301627
Furnas 729 21497181
Clay 719 20713631
Valley 754 20710474
Thayer 696 20099352
Keith 716 18888901
Richardson 920 18319890
Kearney 622 18283948
Burt 773 17795697
Dawes 731 16177953
Howard 831 16126092
Polk 742 15290067
Dixon 651 14963841
Stanton 676 14194478
Sheridan 768 14091419
Nemaha 624 13763985
Nuckolls 570 13735851
Perkins 476 13017144
Webster 460 11581171
Brown 461 11295772
Morrill 364 11152618
Sherman 619 11028646
Franklin 550 10408473
Harlan 515 9689608
Kimball 299 9432894
Frontier 416 9322216
Greeley 578 9249652
Johnson 361 8510742
Boyd 448 8193139
Nance 404 7887803
Garfield 353 7652088
Hitchcock 318 7227885
Rock 358 7031777
Dundy 291 6187575
Garden 267 5641479
Thomas 137 5472587
Gosper 269 5391241
Pawnee 312 5184635
Keya Paha 265 4059537
Hayes 190 3854841
Deuel 190 3537422
Banner 176 3470340
Sioux 227 3299456
Wheeler 185 3247443
Hooker 141 2619595
Grant 129 2189862
Loup 149 2022603
Blaine 117 2003448
Logan 135 1994267
Mcpherson 96 1425268
Arthur 81 1285329

Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Douglas had the highest ($1,718,447,962), followed by Lancaster ($746,883,526), and Sarpy ($346,114,970).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Douglas had the highest (18,156), followed by Lancaster (10,230), and Sarpy (4,087).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for Nebraska counties.

Nebraska Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
Nebraska Total Number of PPP Loans Completely Forgiven and Total Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
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County Number of Loans Completely Forgiven Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($)
Douglas 18156 1718447962
Lancaster 10230 746883526
Sarpy 4087 346114970
Hall 2931 163324687
Buffalo 3322 147619309
Platte 2951 116786637
Madison 2749 113235756
Dodge 1889 101192911
Adams 1845 88076216
Scotts Bluff 1735 84557371
Lincoln 2152 73314951
Dawson 1749 61415811
Saunders 1960 58476893
Cuming 1861 52253437
Washington 1024 51074771
Seward 1288 49366095
Custer 1765 46744574
Gage 1847 45233355
Holt 2189 45216946
Phelps 1137 44149247
York 1264 42030802
Thurston 510 41999464
Cass 1063 38996177
Hamilton 1069 37940646
Dakota 877 37028982
Cedar 1689 36675428
Red Willow 835 32578007
Knox 1588 32058158
Jefferson 716 31000879
Otoe 1266 30852674
Wayne 929 29217447
Butler 1122 29011902
Antelope 1319 27820417
Fillmore 1040 27299053
Boone 1135 26983970
Merrick 920 25935538
Pierce 1110 26394629
Cheyenne 712 24452603
Saline 1038 24322447
Cherry 977 23611818
Box Butte 584 23278036
Chase 667 23057153
Colfax 962 22262205
Furnas 723 21582272
Clay 717 20801516
Valley 743 20499246
Thayer 693 20192080
Keith 711 18912435
Richardson 916 18368517
Kearney 622 18406646
Burt 763 17501205
Dawes 724 16171918
Howard 823 16034290
Polk 736 15314570
Dixon 642 14867462
Stanton 670 14174023
Sheridan 763 14119232
Nemaha 613 13725124
Nuckolls 569 13818500
Perkins 473 13098278
Webster 458 11618225
Brown 460 11354380
Morrill 360 11173042
Sherman 618 11059121
Franklin 544 10378674
Harlan 512 9716541
Kimball 296 9431979
Frontier 410 9337304
Greeley 574 9278250
Johnson 357 8503798
Boyd 445 8220121
Nance 403 7934339
Garfield 350 7675919
Hitchcock 315 7253967
Rock 356 7036435
Dundy 290 6208103
Garden 262 5623729
Thomas 136 5191526
Gosper 268 5405454
Pawnee 310 5192017
Keya Paha 263 4067138
Hayes 190 3877904
Deuel 189 3554932
Banner 176 3487975
Sioux 226 3313132
Wheeler 185 3268963
Hooker 139 2614479
Grant 129 2203096
Loup 149 2032797
Blaine 117 2014050
Logan 135 2004947
Mcpherson 96 1431986
Arthur 81 1292771

Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Douglas had the highest (194,715), followed by Lancaster (96,150), and Sarpy (39,018).

The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for Nebraska counties.

Nebraska Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
Nebraska Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Douglas 194715
Lancaster 96150
Sarpy 39018
Hall 20280
Buffalo 18775
Platte 13674
Madison 14056
Dodge 13172
Adams 11280
Scotts Bluff 10867
Lincoln 9309
Dawson 7247
Saunders 6493
Cuming 5593
Washington 5752
Seward 6118
Custer 4912
Gage 5655
Holt 5128
Phelps 4880
York 5078
Thurston 3258
Cass 5376
Hamilton 3695
Dakota 3824
Cedar 4096
Red Willow 3756
Knox 3455
Jefferson 3052
Otoe 3739
Wayne 3138
Butler 3476
Antelope 2852
Fillmore 2741
Boone 2783
Merrick 2697
Pierce 2556
Cheyenne 2730
Saline 2823
Cherry 2840
Box Butte 2775
Chase 2414
Colfax 2511
Furnas 2392
Clay 2200
Valley 2526
Thayer 2031
Keith 2599
Richardson 2165
Kearney 1983
Burt 1940
Dawes 2142
Howard 1869
Polk 1557
Dixon 1426
Stanton 1353
Sheridan 1843
Nemaha 1454
Nuckolls 1439
Perkins 1281
Webster 1164
Brown 1321
Morrill 1442
Sherman 1136
Franklin 1039
Harlan 1049
Kimball 1083
Frontier 925
Greeley 984
Johnson 1008
Boyd 830
Nance 916
Garfield 1046
Hitchcock 728
Rock 829
Dundy 707
Garden 660
Thomas 447
Gosper 605
Pawnee 549
Keya Paha 377
Hayes 331
Deuel 359
Banner 354
Sioux 346
Wheeler 307
Hooker 267
Grant 338
Loup 208
Blaine 171
Logan 242
Mcpherson 123
Arthur 162

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Data Source: SBA.