| ESTIMATED NUMBER OF POOR PERSONS AND RELATED CHILDREN | |||||||
| AND ESTIMATED MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME BY COUNTY | |||||||
| Nebraska - Selected Years | |||||||
| Number of | Percent | Number | Percent | Number of | Percent | Median | |
| Poor | Poor | Age 0-17 in | Age 0-17 | Poor Related | Poor Related | Household | |
| Persons 1 | Persons 2 | Poverty | in Poverty | Children 5 to 17 | Children 5 to 17 | Income | |
| Nebraska - 2010 | 182,000 | 10.2 | 63,000 | 13.8 | 34,000 | 10.8 | NA |
| Nebraska - 2009 | 176,000 | 9.9 | 62,000 | 13.6 | 33,000 | 11.0 | $47,470 |
| Nebraska - 2008 | 186,480 | 10.8 | 59,793 | 13.7 | 35,492 | 11.7 | 49,731 |
| Nebraska - 2007 | 174,000 | 10.1 | 54,000 | 12.2 | 37,000 | 11.4 | 47,072 |
| Nebraska - 2006 | 180,000 | 9.5 | 53,000 | 12.2 | 38,000 | 12.3 | 44,820 |
| Nebraska - 2005 | 186,436 | 11.0 | 62,489 | 14.7 | 38,637 | 12.9 | 43,675 |
| Nebraska - 2004 | 168,000 | 9.8 | 49,000 | 11.0 | 28,000 | 8.6 | 45,958 |
| Nebraska - 2003 | 170,355 | 10.0 | 55,798 | 12.9 | 32,497 | 10.6 | 41,984 |
| Nebraska - 2002 | 169,922 | 10.0 | 53,919 | 12.3 | 33,583 | 10.8 | 41,130 |
| Nebraska - 2001 | 156,604 | 9.3 | 54,967 | 12.6 | 34,590 | 11.0 | 41,091 |
| Nebraska - 2000 | 148,821 | 8.9 | 51,329 | 11.9 | 30,863 | 9.9 | 40,429 |
| Nebraska - 1999 | 162,806 | 9.7 | 55,575 | 12.5 | 35,990 | 11.2 | 38,668 |
| Nebraska - 1998 | 169,986 | 10.3 | 62,254 | 13.8 | 38,527 | 11.7 | 37,233 |
| Nebraska - 1997 | 158,962 | 9.6 | 57,013 | 12.6 | 33,822 | 10.2 | 35,337 |
| Nebraska - 1996 | 150,433 | 9.2 | 54,601 | 12.2 | 30,262 | 9.3 | 33,510 |
| Nebraska - 1995 | 159,645 | 9.8 | 56,930 | 12.6 | 33,811 | 10.3 | 32,176 |
| Nebraska - 1993 | 172,767 | 10.7 | 62,619 | 13.9 | 36,648 | 11.3 | 29,038 |
| Nebraska Cos. - 2009 | |||||||
| Name | Poverty Estimate All Ages | Poverty Percent All Ages | Poverty Estimate Under Age 18 | Poverty Percent Under Age 18 | Poverty Estimate Ages 5-17 | Poverty Percent Ages 5-17 | Median Household Income |
| Nebraska | 212,312 | 12.2 | 67,346 | 15.3 | 40,760 | 13.3 | $47,470 |
| Adams County | 4,195 | 13.2 | 1,217 | 15.8 | 717 | 13.0 | 45,244 |
| Antelope County | 981 | 15.0 | 312 | 21.0 | 195 | 17.9 | 37,213 |
| Arthur County | 46 | 13.6 | 15 | 21.7 | 9 | 17.0 | 40,460 |
| Banner County | 104 | 16.1 | 41 | 30.1 | 27 | 25.2 | 38,855 |
| Blaine County | 101 | 22.1 | 30 | 32.6 | 19 | 25.3 | 36,074 |
| Boone County | 555 | 10.5 | 156 | 12.4 | 98 | 10.3 | 42,377 |
| Box Butte County | 1,237 | 11.6 | 449 | 16.4 | 283 | 14.4 | 49,319 |
| Boyd County | 332 | 16.6 | 96 | 24.1 | 61 | 20.0 | 32,607 |
| Brown County | 465 | 15.5 | 131 | 21.0 | 83 | 17.1 | 27,318 |
| Buffalo County | 6,773 | 15.8 | 1,586 | 15.2 | 1,006 | 14.2 | 45,009 |
| Burt County | 740 | 10.9 | 229 | 15.0 | 148 | 13.0 | 42,242 |
| Butler County | 802 | 9.7 | 266 | 12.7 | 167 | 10.2 | 48,201 |
| Cass County | 1,787 | 7.1 | 621 | 9.9 | 391 | 8.3 | 58,141 |
| Cedar County | 894 | 11.0 | 271 | 12.9 | 172 | 11.2 | 41,817 |
| Chase County | 412 | 11.7 | 127 | 15.8 | 78 | 14.1 | 43,720 |
| Cherry County | 784 | 14.6 | 289 | 23.7 | 180 | 19.7 | 35,897 |
| Cheyenne County | 967 | 10.1 | 325 | 14.2 | 204 | 12.6 | 47,158 |
| Clay County | 630 | 10.4 | 201 | 13.7 | 129 | 11.8 | 44,391 |
| Colfax County | 1,120 | 11.1 | 428 | 13.1 | 271 | 12.4 | 42,810 |
| Cuming County | 846 | 9.5 | 271 | 12.0 | 169 | 10.1 | 42,392 |
| Custer County | 1,417 | 13.5 | 476 | 19.2 | 300 | 16.4 | 38,732 |
| Dakota County | 2,958 | 14.6 | 1,301 | 20.5 | 714 | 16.6 | 42,192 |
| Dawes County | 1,602 | 20.4 | 375 | 22.6 | 210 | 19.2 | 35,165 |
| Dawson County | 3,623 | 14.8 | 1,445 | 19.5 | 978 | 18.6 | 40,048 |
| Deuel County | 227 | 12.5 | 75 | 20.8 | 49 | 18.8 | 38,594 |
| Dixon County | 663 | 10.8 | 217 | 14.8 | 134 | 12.6 | 42,487 |
| Dodge County | 4,009 | 11.6 | 1,173 | 14.1 | 751 | 12.9 | 47,325 |
| Douglas County | 63,394 | 12.8 | 22,029 | 17.0 | 13,276 | 15.2 | 49,944 |
| Dundy County | 253 | 13.4 | 73 | 17.5 | 47 | 14.2 | 37,849 |
| Fillmore County | 627 | 11.0 | 184 | 13.8 | 117 | 11.6 | 44,373 |
| Franklin County | 360 | 12.0 | 94 | 15.2 | 61 | 13.4 | 38,510 |
| Frontier County | 335 | 14.2 | 87 | 17.0 | 55 | 14.7 | 42,172 |
| Furnas County | 582 | 13.2 | 203 | 20.0 | 128 | 16.5 | 40,070 |
| Gage County | 2,521 | 11.7 | 738 | 15.0 | 465 | 13.2 | 42,132 |
| Garden County | 264 | 15.8 | 66 | 23.7 | 42 | 20.7 | 33,572 |
| Garfield County | 226 | 13.7 | 67 | 20.1 | 43 | 17.6 | 41,393 |
| Gosper County | 167 | 9.4 | 51 | 12.7 | 34 | 10.8 | 49,336 |
| Grant County | 75 | 13.4 | 22 | 18.8 | 14 | 15.9 | 41,527 |
| Greeley County | 341 | 15.7 | 136 | 25.9 | 87 | 22.7 | 36,447 |
| Hall County | 6,739 | 12.0 | 2,673 | 16.9 | 1,646 | 15.2 | 44,487 |
| Hamilton County | 750 | 8.3 | 250 | 10.7 | 159 | 8.7 | 50,850 |
| Harlan County | 414 | 13.1 | 130 | 19.6 | 83 | 16.6 | 41,112 |
| Hayes County | 155 | 16.2 | 55 | 27.2 | 36 | 22.9 | 39,449 |
| Hitchcock County | 409 | 15.0 | 136 | 24.0 | 88 | 21.4 | 36,821 |
| Holt County | 1,351 | 13.8 | 439 | 18.7 | 284 | 16.6 | 38,997 |
| Hooker County | 76 | 10.9 | 16 | 13.1 | 10 | 11.4 | 35,638 |
| Howard County | 855 | 13.4 | 270 | 17.4 | 176 | 15.2 | 42,978 |
| Jefferson County | 877 | 12.4 | 261 | 17.5 | 163 | 14.9 | 40,452 |
| Johnson County | 541 | 13.3 | 122 | 14.1 | 77 | 12.6 | 41,092 |
| Kearney County | 578 | 9.2 | 192 | 12.9 | 122 | 11.3 | 51,165 |
| Keith County | 875 | 11.5 | 317 | 19.3 | 195 | 16.3 | 39,587 |
| Keya Paha County | 187 | 23.3 | 68 | 37.4 | 43 | 30.1 | 32,585 |
| Kimball County | 447 | 12.8 | 148 | 19.7 | 93 | 17.1 | 39,396 |
| Knox County | 1,351 | 16.6 | 445 | 22.7 | 287 | 19.9 | 35,292 |
| Lancaster County | 40,594 | 15.2 | 9,596 | 15.2 | 5,224 | 12.3 | 47,915 |
| Lincoln County | 3,921 | 11.2 | 1,351 | 15.5 | 812 | 13.1 | 45,183 |
| Logan County | 96 | 13.2 | 37 | 24.0 | 24 | 23.3 | 38,810 |
| Loup County | 135 | 20.5 | 45 | 30.8 | 29 | 24.4 | 32,989 |
| McPherson County | 81 | 16.7 | 30 | 25.9 | 20 | 24.4 | 38,192 |
| Madison County | 3,948 | 11.9 | 1,314 | 15.5 | 817 | 14.2 | 42,920 |
| Merrick County | 866 | 11.6 | 283 | 15.3 | 170 | 12.3 | 45,528 |
| Morrill County | 795 | 16.6 | 302 | 26.4 | 168 | 20.6 | 38,485 |
| Nance County | 423 | 12.5 | 138 | 16.9 | 88 | 14.4 | 40,644 |
| Nemaha County | 963 | 15.1 | 231 | 15.5 | 141 | 13.3 | 41,160 |
| Nuckolls County | 840 | 19.6 | 182 | 20.9 | 115 | 17.6 | 34,894 |
| Otoe County | 1,718 | 11.6 | 432 | 11.8 | 268 | 10.1 | 46,921 |
| Pawnee County | 354 | 14.0 | 108 | 20.8 | 70 | 17.8 | 36,611 |
| Perkins County | 332 | 12.3 | 112 | 17.2 | 71 | 14.9 | 48,655 |
| Phelps County | 961 | 11.0 | 273 | 12.5 | 177 | 10.9 | 46,567 |
| Pierce County | 731 | 10.4 | 227 | 12.8 | 143 | 10.8 | 45,988 |
| Platte County | 2,839 | 8.9 | 915 | 10.8 | 573 | 9.5 | 46,400 |
| Polk County | 378 | 7.7 | 140 | 11.7 | 86 | 9.5 | 48,898 |
| Red Willow County | 1,272 | 12.3 | 417 | 16.9 | 262 | 14.8 | 40,572 |
| Richardson County | 1,101 | 14.0 | 347 | 20.1 | 215 | 16.6 | 35,508 |
| Rock County | 296 | 20.1 | 97 | 35.5 | 62 | 30.7 | 31,273 |
| Saline County | 1,338 | 10.3 | 412 | 12.0 | 265 | 11.1 | 45,721 |
| Sarpy County | 7,996 | 5.3 | 3,043 | 7.2 | 1,868 | 6.4 | 67,541 |
| Saunders County | 1,566 | 7.9 | 463 | 9.4 | 286 | 7.9 | 54,870 |
| Scotts Bluff County | 5,117 | 14.2 | 1,961 | 21.8 | 1,234 | 19.7 | 37,711 |
| Seward County | 1,278 | 8.4 | 323 | 8.6 | 199 | 7.1 | 56,195 |
| Sheridan County | 821 | 16.1 | 332 | 26.9 | 212 | 22.8 | 29,652 |
| Sherman County | 396 | 14.1 | 136 | 21.1 | 84 | 17.5 | 35,411 |
| Sioux County | 205 | 16.1 | 58 | 25.1 | 37 | 21.0 | 37,150 |
| Stanton County | 579 | 9.4 | 198 | 13.0 | 128 | 11.4 | 46,852 |
| Thayer County | 566 | 11.8 | 186 | 17.6 | 120 | 15.6 | 42,895 |
| Thomas County | 85 | 15.1 | 22 | 20.6 | 15 | 17.6 | 35,478 |
| Thurston County | 1,871 | 26.1 | 865 | 34.0 | 540 | 31.0 | 36,058 |
| Valley County | 559 | 13.9 | 181 | 20.5 | 116 | 17.8 | 37,366 |
| Washington County | 1,278 | 6.7 | 390 | 8.1 | 243 | 6.6 | 59,181 |
| Wayne County | 1,121 | 14.1 | 220 | 13.4 | 134 | 11.5 | 43,223 |
| Webster County | 461 | 14.0 | 122 | 16.5 | 80 | 14.2 | 37,189 |
| Wheeler County | 153 | 20.2 | 55 | 33.1 | 34 | 26.6 | 31,612 |
| York County | 1,260 | 9.7 | 407 | 13.0 | 256 | 11.5 | 49,009 |
| 1 "The Census Bureau produced the state and county estimates by combining the results from its March 1996 Current Population Survey with aggregate | |||||||
| data from federal individual income tax returns, administrative records on food stamp program participation and 1990 decennial census figures." | |||||||
| 2 "The Poverty rates . . . are formed by dividing the final estimates of the number of poor by crude estimates of the relevant poverty universe. The quality | |||||||
| of these estimates is unknown, and they are provided for the convenience of users more interested in poverty rates than the number of poor persons." | |||||||
| Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2011 | |||||||
| Last Updated: | 9/13/2011 | ||||||
| by Nebraska Databook | |||||||
| email: | mike.lundeen@nebraska.gov | ||||||