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BLS Open Data · April 2026

Nebraska Unemployment Rate by County

Statewide rate: 3% (April 2026)

Unemployment Rate in Nebraska and Neighbouring States

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Unemployment Rate by County

Chase County, Nebraska: $2Nance County, Nebraska: $1.6Clay County, Nebraska: $2.2Thomas County, Nebraska: $4Garfield County, Nebraska: $1.7Custer County, Nebraska: $2.1Antelope County, Nebraska: $1.8Howard County, Nebraska: $2.1Arthur County, Nebraska: $3Polk County, Nebraska: $2.2Seward County, Nebraska: $2Phelps County, Nebraska: $1.8Cuming County, Nebraska: $1.6Hitchcock County, Nebraska: $2.7Stanton County, Nebraska: $1.9Wayne County, Nebraska: $2.2Adams County, Nebraska: $2.2Gosper County, Nebraska: $3.4Fillmore County, Nebraska: $2Saunders County, Nebraska: $1.9Dawes County, Nebraska: $2.4Saline County, Nebraska: $2.9Buffalo County, Nebraska: $2Harlan County, Nebraska: $1.7Dawson County, Nebraska: $19.9Valley County, Nebraska: $2Blaine County, Nebraska: $1.7Kearney County, Nebraska: $1.9Pawnee County, Nebraska: $2.8York County, Nebraska: $2Greeley County, Nebraska: $2.5Johnson County, Nebraska: $3Wheeler County, Nebraska: $1.5Kimball County, Nebraska: $2Richardson County, Nebraska: $1.9Red Willow County, Nebraska: $2Boone County, Nebraska: $1.7Sherman County, Nebraska: $2.4Hall County, Nebraska: $2.7Brown County, Nebraska: $1.9Otoe County, Nebraska: $2.2Holt County, Nebraska: $1.6Washington County, Nebraska: $2Colfax County, Nebraska: $2.3Box Butte County, Nebraska: $2.6Hayes County, Nebraska: $2.6Cherry County, Nebraska: $1.6Douglas County, Nebraska: $2.8Dodge County, Nebraska: $2.4Rock County, Nebraska: $1.6Pierce County, Nebraska: $1.8Lancaster County, Nebraska: $2.4Hamilton County, Nebraska: $1.7Madison County, Nebraska: $2.1Merrick County, Nebraska: $1.9Boyd County, Nebraska: $2Cass County, Nebraska: $2.4Perkins County, Nebraska: $1.8Nuckolls County, Nebraska: $1.9Furnas County, Nebraska: $1.9Dixon County, Nebraska: $2.2Gage County, Nebraska: $2.3Logan County, Nebraska: $3.1Dakota County, Nebraska: $2.6Nemaha County, Nebraska: $2.5Deuel County, Nebraska: $2.9Thurston County, Nebraska: $2.8Sheridan County, Nebraska: $2Sioux County, Nebraska: $2.4Sarpy County, Nebraska: $2.4Garden County, Nebraska: $2.7Dundy County, Nebraska: $1.6Butler County, Nebraska: $1.9Thayer County, Nebraska: $2Frontier County, Nebraska: $2.6Loup County, Nebraska: $3.7Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska: $2.9Grant County, Nebraska: $2.1Cedar County, Nebraska: $1.7Burt County, Nebraska: $2.7Jefferson County, Nebraska: $2.5Lincoln County, Nebraska: $2Franklin County, Nebraska: $2Platte County, Nebraska: $2Morrill County, Nebraska: $2.5Keya Paha County, Nebraska: $3.1McPherson County, Nebraska: $4Cheyenne County, Nebraska: $2.4Banner County, Nebraska: $4.5Knox County, Nebraska: $2.1Webster County, Nebraska: $2Hooker County, Nebraska: $4.2Keith County, Nebraska: $2.2

How Nebraska Compares to Other States

Average county unemployment rate ranked against all states with BLS data.

Lower unemployment than 94% of states · 4th of 52

Lowest: North Dakota(2.4%)
Highest: Alaska(7.1%)
#StateValue
1South Dakota1.9%
2Iowa2.4%
3North Dakota2.4%
4Nebraska(you are here)2.5%
… 45 more …
50California6.0%
51Puerto Rico6.5%
52Alaska7.1%

Highest & Lowest Unemployment Rate by County

#CountyValue
1Dawson County19.9%
2Banner County4.5%
3Hooker County4.2%
91Nance County1.6%
92Rock County1.6%
93Wheeler County1.5%

Counties in Nebraska (93)

CountyUnemployment Rate
Adams County, Nebraska2.2%
Antelope County, Nebraska1.8%
Arthur County, Nebraska3%
Banner County, Nebraska4.5%
Blaine County, Nebraska1.7%
Boone County, Nebraska1.7%
Box Butte County, Nebraska2.6%
Boyd County, Nebraska2%
Brown County, Nebraska1.9%
Buffalo County, Nebraska2%
Burt County, Nebraska2.7%
Butler County, Nebraska1.9%
Cass County, Nebraska2.4%
Cedar County, Nebraska1.7%
Chase County, Nebraska2%
Cherry County, Nebraska1.6%
Cheyenne County, Nebraska2.4%
Clay County, Nebraska2.2%
Colfax County, Nebraska2.3%
Cuming County, Nebraska1.6%
Custer County, Nebraska2.1%
Dakota County, Nebraska2.6%
Dawes County, Nebraska2.4%
Dawson County, Nebraska19.9%
Deuel County, Nebraska2.9%
Dixon County, Nebraska2.2%
Dodge County, Nebraska2.4%
Douglas County, Nebraska2.8%
Dundy County, Nebraska1.6%
Fillmore County, Nebraska2%
Franklin County, Nebraska2%
Frontier County, Nebraska2.6%
Furnas County, Nebraska1.9%
Gage County, Nebraska2.3%
Garden County, Nebraska2.7%
Garfield County, Nebraska1.7%
Gosper County, Nebraska3.4%
Grant County, Nebraska2.1%
Greeley County, Nebraska2.5%
Hall County, Nebraska2.7%
Hamilton County, Nebraska1.7%
Harlan County, Nebraska1.7%
Hayes County, Nebraska2.6%
Hitchcock County, Nebraska2.7%
Holt County, Nebraska1.6%
Hooker County, Nebraska4.2%
Howard County, Nebraska2.1%
Jefferson County, Nebraska2.5%
Johnson County, Nebraska3%
Kearney County, Nebraska1.9%
Keith County, Nebraska2.2%
Keya Paha County, Nebraska3.1%
Kimball County, Nebraska2%
Knox County, Nebraska2.1%
Lancaster County, Nebraska2.4%
Lincoln County, Nebraska2%
Logan County, Nebraska3.1%
Loup County, Nebraska3.7%
Madison County, Nebraska2.1%
McPherson County, Nebraska4%
Merrick County, Nebraska1.9%
Morrill County, Nebraska2.5%
Nance County, Nebraska1.6%
Nemaha County, Nebraska2.5%
Nuckolls County, Nebraska1.9%
Otoe County, Nebraska2.2%
Pawnee County, Nebraska2.8%
Perkins County, Nebraska1.8%
Phelps County, Nebraska1.8%
Pierce County, Nebraska1.8%
Platte County, Nebraska2%
Polk County, Nebraska2.2%
Red Willow County, Nebraska2%
Richardson County, Nebraska1.9%
Rock County, Nebraska1.6%
Saline County, Nebraska2.9%
Sarpy County, Nebraska2.4%
Saunders County, Nebraska1.9%
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska2.9%
Seward County, Nebraska2%
Sheridan County, Nebraska2%
Sherman County, Nebraska2.4%
Sioux County, Nebraska2.4%
Stanton County, Nebraska1.9%
Thayer County, Nebraska2%
Thomas County, Nebraska4%
Thurston County, Nebraska2.8%
Valley County, Nebraska2%
Washington County, Nebraska2%
Wayne County, Nebraska2.2%
Webster County, Nebraska2%
Wheeler County, Nebraska1.5%
York County, Nebraska2%

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Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS), public domain. Reference month: April 2026.