| 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 - 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. - 2005 | |||||||
| All ages in Poverty | Under 18 in Poverty | Families Ages 5-17 in Poverty | |||||
| State and County | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Median house. Income |
| Nebraska | 186,436 | 11.0 | 62,489 | 14.7 | 38,637 | 12.9 | $43,675 |
| Adams County | 3,804 | 12.2 | 1,088 | 14.9 | 652 | 12.3 | 39,239 |
| Antelope County | 874 | 12.7 | 277 | 17.6 | 177 | 14.2 | 33,800 |
| Arthur County | 45 | 12.0 | 13 | 16.4 | 9 | 17.9 | 33,691 |
| Banner County | 91 | 12.5 | 31 | 20.0 | 22 | 16.1 | 36,049 |
| Blaine County | 86 | 17.7 | 27 | 26.7 | 17 | 23.0 | 31,533 |
| Boone County | 641 | 11.3 | 185 | 13.6 | 115 | 10.4 | 36,092 |
| Box Butte County | 1,374 | 12.4 | 484 | 17.4 | 306 | 14.9 | 39,380 |
| Boyd County | 295 | 13.4 | 91 | 20.7 | 61 | 17.8 | 26,859 |
| Brown County | 425 | 13.0 | 130 | 18.9 | 82 | 15.6 | 32,291 |
| Buffalo County | 4,754 | 11.7 | 1,299 | 13.5 | 750 | 11.2 | 41,872 |
| Burt County | 761 | 10.4 | 239 | 14.5 | 162 | 13.0 | 36,508 |
| Butler County | 747 | 8.7 | 230 | 11.1 | 150 | 9.6 | 41,852 |
| Cass County | 1,638 | 6.5 | 585 | 9.4 | 356 | 7.6 | 56,371 |
| Cedar County | 786 | 8.9 | 250 | 10.9 | 166 | 9.4 | 42,547 |
| Chase County | 388 | 10.3 | 116 | 13.8 | 74 | 12.2 | 36,765 |
| Cherry County | 788 | 13.1 | 286 | 20.3 | 182 | 17.1 | 33,465 |
| Cheyenne County | 1,001 | 10.2 | 317 | 14.0 | 199 | 12.1 | 41,355 |
| Clay County | 782 | 11.8 | 232 | 15.5 | 148 | 13.0 | 37,586 |
| Colfax County | 1,159 | 11.3 | 412 | 14.7 | 265 | 14.2 | 39,705 |
| Cuming County | 906 | 9.6 | 277 | 11.9 | 177 | 10.3 | 38,591 |
| Custer County | 1,423 | 12.8 | 510 | 18.9 | 328 | 16.2 | 34,105 |
| Dakota County | 2,395 | 12.0 | 996 | 16.8 | 636 | 15.6 | 42,161 |
| Dawes County | 1,374 | 17.9 | 336 | 21.6 | 192 | 18.1 | 32,731 |
| Dawson County | 2,819 | 11.7 | 1,176 | 16.9 | 750 | 15.6 | 38,392 |
| Deuel County | 201 | 10.2 | 61 | 15.7 | 41 | 14.6 | 38,156 |
| Dixon County | 584 | 9.7 | 189 | 12.7 | 119 | 10.9 | 40,135 |
| Dodge County | 3,753 | 10.8 | 1,101 | 13.5 | 725 | 12.6 | 40,881 |
| Douglas County | 57,967 | 12.2 | 20,999 | 17.1 | 12,846 | 15.3 | 46,046 |
| Dundy County | 279 | 13.7 | 76 | 19.0 | 51 | 16.6 | 29,910 |
| Fillmore County | 556 | 9.1 | 182 | 13.2 | 117 | 11.4 | 39,384 |
| Franklin County | 420 | 12.7 | 120 | 17.2 | 80 | 14.5 | 31,528 |
| Frontier County | 314 | 11.9 | 85 | 14.8 | 57 | 12.7 | 36,326 |
| Furnas County | 602 | 12.4 | 203 | 19.5 | 130 | 16.3 | 33,011 |
| Gage County | 2,297 | 10.3 | 632 | 12.8 | 404 | 11.2 | 39,755 |
| Garden County | 285 | 14.7 | 80 | 24.5 | 54 | 20.6 | 29,174 |
| Garfield County | 199 | 11.3 | 56 | 15.0 | 39 | 13.7 | 30,353 |
| Gosper County | 148 | 7.5 | 48 | 11.5 | 33 | 10.9 | 41,688 |
| Grant County | 61 | 9.1 | 17 | 12.5 | 11 | 11.1 | 37,331 |
| Greeley County | 341 | 14.0 | 130 | 21.5 | 82 | 18.5 | 31,961 |
| Hall County | 6,604 | 12.3 | 2,561 | 17.8 | 1,522 | 15.5 | 43,777 |
| Hamilton County | 723 | 7.7 | 242 | 10.2 | 160 | 8.9 | 46,247 |
| Harlan County | 406 | 12.0 | 139 | 19.9 | 87 | 16.0 | 33,375 |
| Hayes County | 135 | 13.1 | 44 | 18.5 | 29 | 15.4 | 27,592 |
| Hitchcock County | 418 | 14.4 | 140 | 23.4 | 94 | 21.5 | 34,426 |
| Holt County | 1,487 | 14.1 | 447 | 18.1 | 296 | 15.6 | 33,840 |
| Hooker County | 55 | 7.6 | 12 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.1 | 35,524 |
| Howard County | 799 | 12.0 | 255 | 16.0 | 173 | 14.4 | 37,446 |
| Jefferson County | 830 | 10.7 | 224 | 14.2 | 142 | 12.1 | 35,582 |
| Johnson County | 417 | 9.5 | 112 | 11.6 | 75 | 10.5 | 38,021 |
| Kearney County | 534 | 8.2 | 178 | 11.6 | 119 | 10.2 | 42,455 |
| Keith County | 852 | 10.4 | 292 | 16.5 | 181 | 13.7 | 39,403 |
| Keya Paha County | 169 | 18.7 | 61 | 28.4 | 39 | 26.2 | 31,082 |
| Kimball County | 477 | 12.9 | 164 | 20.6 | 106 | 17.7 | 33,540 |
| Knox County | 1,283 | 14.8 | 410 | 20.7 | 269 | 18.1 | 32,669 |
| Lancaster County | 27,615 | 11.0 | 8,173 | 13.8 | 4,741 | 11.8 | 47,008 |
| Lincoln County | 3,802 | 10.9 | 1,298 | 15.4 | 835 | 13.8 | 41,294 |
| Logan County | 65 | 8.8 | 20 | 13.1 | 13 | 12.3 | 36,807 |
| Loup County | 81 | 11.9 | 27 | 17.4 | 18 | 15.1 | 31,363 |
| McPherson County | 71 | 14.1 | 26 | 22.9 | 18 | 19.5 | 33,677 |
| Madison County | 4,046 | 11.9 | 1,324 | 14.9 | 829 | 13.5 | 40,787 |
| Merrick County | 721 | 9.1 | 243 | 12.9 | 160 | 11.2 | 38,455 |
| Morrill County | 801 | 15.9 | 280 | 23.8 | 180 | 20.7 | 34,099 |
| Nance County | 485 | 13.7 | 170 | 19.9 | 108 | 16.3 | 35,239 |
| Nemaha County | 774 | 11.8 | 203 | 14.6 | 130 | 12.4 | 39,625 |
| Nuckolls County | 544 | 11.6 | 165 | 17.3 | 110 | 15.9 | 32,655 |
| Otoe County | 1,346 | 8.9 | 405 | 11.3 | 244 | 9.1 | 42,118 |
| Pawnee County | 371 | 13.2 | 107 | 19.4 | 73 | 16.8 | 32,703 |
| Perkins County | 373 | 12.4 | 127 | 18.3 | 84 | 16.3 | 37,878 |
| Phelps County | 937 | 10.2 | 304 | 13.8 | 196 | 11.8 | 41,897 |
| Pierce County | 747 | 10.0 | 237 | 12.7 | 152 | 10.5 | 40,035 |
| Platte County | 2,744 | 8.9 | 922 | 11.3 | 570 | 9.4 | 44,668 |
| Polk County | 398 | 7.6 | 130 | 10.7 | 82 | 9.3 | 40,162 |
| Red Willow County | 1,229 | 11.4 | 374 | 15.0 | 244 | 13.3 | 35,741 |
| Richardson County | 1,084 | 12.8 | 317 | 17.1 | 205 | 14.3 | 32,654 |
| Rock County | 290 | 18.9 | 98 | 33.2 | 64 | 28.9 | 28,299 |
| Saline County | 1,198 | 9.0 | 322 | 9.8 | 215 | 9.0 | 42,252 |
| Sarpy County | 6,973 | 5.1 | 2,483 | 6.4 | 1,526 | 5.6 | 60,217 |
| Saunders County | 1,389 | 6.9 | 451 | 9.2 | 286 | 7.7 | 48,761 |
| Scotts Bluff County | 5,729 | 15.9 | 2,185 | 24.8 | 1,380 | 22.2 | 34,117 |
| Seward County | 1,158 | 7.6 | 264 | 7.3 | 170 | 6.4 | 47,912 |
| Sheridan County | 806 | 14.6 | 307 | 24.2 | 200 | 21.6 | 30,628 |
| Sherman County | 382 | 12.5 | 129 | 19.9 | 83 | 17.4 | 33,649 |
| Sioux County | 172 | 11.9 | 55 | 20.1 | 37 | 16.5 | 35,126 |
| Stanton County | 521 | 8.1 | 184 | 10.9 | 124 | 9.8 | 40,076 |
| Thayer County | 591 | 11.3 | 173 | 15.1 | 114 | 12.8 | 35,752 |
| Thomas County | 70 | 11.2 | 18 | 16.9 | 12 | 15.4 | 31,774 |
| Thurston County | 1,720 | 23.7 | 875 | 33.7 | 573 | 32.5 | 31,836 |
| Valley County | 623 | 14.4 | 179 | 18.9 | 120 | 16.8 | 27,842 |
| Washington County | 1,152 | 6.0 | 329 | 7.3 | 208 | 6.0 | 56,420 |
| Wayne County | 1,053 | 12.9 | 194 | 11.5 | 120 | 10.1 | 37,393 |
| Webster County | 408 | 11.3 | 109 | 14.3 | 74 | 12.2 | 35,560 |
| Wheeler County | 116 | 14.1 | 42 | 20.9 | 27 | 17.4 | 34,678 |
| York County | 1,297 | 9.5 | 395 | 12.4 | 247 | 10.7 | 41,488 |
| 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, 2008 | |||||||
| Last Updated: | 1/11/2008 | ||||||
| by Nebraska Databook | |||||||
| email: | michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov | ||||||