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Nebraska commercial real estate data, county by county.

The Census Bureau estimates 2,005,465 residents in Nebraska on July 1, 2024. Every one of its 93 county-equivalents has a data page built from federal sources, each figure carrying its publisher and the period it describes.

Population, July 1, 2024
2,005,465
Households
797,847
Median household income
$76,475
Gross domestic product, 2025
$198.07 bn
Unemployment rate
2.9 percent

Nebraska agency publications

What drives the Nebraska economy, and how is business taxed?

State and local sales tax

Nebraska's state sales and use tax rate is 5.5 percent. Local governments may add a local sales and use tax on top of the state rate; for example, the village of Winside will start a 1 percent local sales and use tax rate for the calendar quarter beginning January 1, 2027.

  • State sales and use tax rate5.5 percent

Source: Nebraska Department of Revenue, Effective January 1, 2027, retrieved 26 September 2026.

ImagiNE Nebraska Act tiers

The ImagiNE Nebraska Act, Nebraska Revised Statutes sections 77-6801 through 77-6847, offers tiered incentives by job growth and investment. The Economic Redevelopment Areas tier requires 5 full time employees and $250,000 to $1 million of investment. The Mega-Project tier requires 250 full time employees and $250 million of investment, with a 100 percent sales and use tax direct refund and a 7 percent investment tax credit.

  • Economic Redevelopment Areas: 5 full time employees, $250,000 to $1 million investment
  • Mega-Project: 250 full time employees, $250 million investment, 100% sales and use tax refund, 7% investment tax credit

Source: Nebraska Department of Economic Development, retrieved 26 September 2026.

Property tax assessment ratio

Commercial and other real property in Nebraska, other than agricultural and horticultural land, is assessed at 100 percent of its actual value. Agricultural and horticultural land in agricultural or horticultural use is assessed at 75 percent of its actual value.

  • Assessment ratio, agricultural and horticultural land75 percent
  • Assessment ratio, other real property100 percent

Source: Nebraska Department of Revenue, Property Assessment Division, Effective Date - October 26, 2014, retrieved 26 September 2026.

Census Bureau population estimates and 2020 Census

How many people live in Nebraska, and is the population growing?

  • Population, July 1, 20242,005,465
  • Population, April 1, 2020 estimates base1,961,996
  • Change since the 2020 base2.22 percent
  • Rank by population among the 50 states and DC37th of 51
  • Rank by growth since 2020 among the 50 states and DC23rd of 51
  • Share of residents in urban areas, 202073.0 percent

Net domestic and international migration, by year to July 1

  • 2021: domestic -5,984, international +1,581
  • 2022: domestic -4,437, international +7,933
  • 2023: domestic -1,077, international +10,744
  • 2024: domestic -1,498, international +12,978

Change since 2020 is MMCG Analytics arithmetic on the two published estimates; ranks order the 50 states and the District of Columbia by the published figure; the urban share divides the published urban count by the published total.

US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024. US Census Bureau, 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics, table P2. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Nebraska.

Census Bureau American Community Survey

Who lives in Nebraska?

  • Households797,847
  • Median household income$76,475
  • Median age37.2 years
  • Residents under 1824.5 percent
  • Residents 65 and over16.7 percent
  • Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher34.6 percent
  • Median home value$238,600
  • Median gross rent, per month$1,072

The three shares are MMCG Analytics arithmetic on published counts: the survey's age groups under 18 and 65 and over, and its degree counts, each divided by the published total.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Nebraska.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics

How many people are working in Nebraska?

  • Labor force1,095,992
  • Employed1,064,352
  • Unemployed31,640
  • Unemployment rate2.9 percent

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, August 2026, preliminary. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Nebraska.

Bureau of Economic Analysis, gross domestic product by state

How large is the Nebraska economy?

  • Gross domestic product, 2025$198.07 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2024$189.24 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2023$183.78 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2022$167.84 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2021$150.95 bn
  • Rank by 2025 gross domestic product among the 50 states and DC35th of 51

The rank orders the 50 states and the District of Columbia by the published figure.

US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional accounts, table SAGDP2, 2021 to 2025. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Nebraska.

SBA 7(a) and 504 loan records

How active is SBA lending in Nebraska?

  • 7(a) loans approved, FY2020 to FY20262,118
  • 7(a) approval dollars, FY2020 to FY2026$958.5 m
  • Rank by 7(a) loan count among the 50 states and DC, FY2020 to FY202637th of 51
  • 504 loans approved, FY2010 to FY2026777
  • 504 approval dollars, FY2010 to FY2026$586.0 m
  • Rank by 504 loan count among the 50 states and DC, FY2010 to FY202635th of 51

Most active 7(a) lenders, by loans approved, FY2020 to FY2026

  • Union Bank and Trust Company: 297 loans
  • First State Bank Nebraska: 183 loans
  • U.S. Bank, National Association: 151 loans
  • First National Bank of Omaha: 103 loans
  • Wells Fargo Bank National Association: 68 loans

Most active Certified Development Companies, by 504 loans, FY2010 to FY2026

  • Nebraska Economic Development Corporation: 718 loans
  • Community Development Resources: 35 loans
  • Siouxland Economic Development Corporation: 10 loans
  • Frontier Financial Partners, Inc.: 4 loans
  • Dakota Business Finance: 3 loans

Industries with the most 7(a) loans, FY2020 to FY2026

  • Full-Service Restaurants: 86 loans
  • Limited-Service Restaurants: 61 loans
  • All Other Specialty Trade Contractors: 56 loans
  • Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers: 49 loans
  • Residential Remodelers: 47 loans

Every figure here is MMCG Analytics arithmetic over the SBA's loan-level records whose project state is Nebraska: counts of records, sums of the gross approval amount, and ranks among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. These are approvals, not disbursements or balances.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA loan records, FY2020 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA loan records, FY2010 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Nebraska.

FEMA NFIP Community Status Book and EPA radon zones

How do flood insurance and radon screening stand in Nebraska?

  • Communities participating in the NFIP437
  • Communities earning a Community Rating System discount, classes 1 to 98
  • Counties in EPA radon zone 1, the highest predicted level53
  • Counties in EPA radon zone 224
  • Counties in EPA radon zone 316

Communities by Community Rating System class (class 1 earns the largest discount, class 10 none)

  • Class 5: 1
  • Class 7: 2
  • Class 8: 2
  • Class 9: 3
  • Class 10: 1

Every figure here is MMCG Analytics counting over the agency's own list: FEMA's community rows for the state, and the state's county records by EPA radon zone. Radon zones are county-wide predictions, never a site measurement.

FEMA, NFIP Community Status Book, as of 2026-09-26. US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Nebraska.

What do jobs in Nebraska pay, county by county?

  • Combined county product, 2024$189.24 bn
  • Covered employment, summed over counties976,821
  • Average annual pay, weighted by county employment$59,489

The average annual pay of $59,489 is weighted by each county's covered employment, not averaged across counties, so a large labor market counts for more than a small one.

US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, through 2024. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

How many businesses are in Nebraska?

  • Business establishments, summed over counties55,962
  • Establishments per 1,000 residents of those counties28.3
  • Employment at those establishments862,469
  • Annual payroll$48.85 bn

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

Building permits in Nebraska

  • Housing units permitted, summed over counties10,479
  • Permitted construction value$2.11 bn
  • Units permitted per 1,000 households13.1

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

SBA loan charge-off rates in Nebraska

  • 7(a) charge-off rate over resolved loans3.30 percent
  • Resolved 7(a) loans behind that rate510
  • 7(a) loans charged off17
  • 504 charge-off rate over resolved loans2.40 percent
  • Resolved 504 loans behind that rate211
  • 504 loans charged off5

Of the 510 Nebraska 7(a) loans that have reached a final outcome, 3.30 percent were charged off. The rate is taken over loans resolved in a window starting in FY2020, so it leans toward early outcomes and is not a lifetime loss rate.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates →

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

How large is Nebraska?

  • Land area, summed over counties76,820 sq mi
  • County-equivalents93
  • People per square mile, county records26

US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

Which are the largest counties in Nebraska?

Nebraska county-equivalents by population, with the figures a site search compares them on
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvals
Douglas County590,736$80,39116,710$73.77 bn970
Lancaster County326,696$74,7938,999$28.82 bn668
Sarpy County197,389$103,3214,106$13.67 bn280
Hall County62,536$69,2511,857$5.29 bn70
Buffalo County50,579$75,9111,777$4.46 bn77
Dodge County37,351$74,329992$3.06 bn50
Scotts Bluff County35,843$63,6141,017$2.38 bn42
Madison County35,532$63,1281,232$3.23 bn41
Platte County34,716$71,5521,033$3.86 bn52
Lincoln County33,802$65,1481,018$3.31 bn78

Counties

All 93 Nebraska county-equivalents, resolved locally.

Nebraska counties. Select a county to open its site intelligence page.Merrick CountyNance CountyPerkins CountyPhelps CountyRichardson CountySeward CountySherman CountyThomas CountyWheeler CountyAntelope CountyBlaine CountyButler CountyClay CountyColfax CountyDawson CountyDodge CountyFrontier CountyGosper CountyHayes CountyHoward CountyJohnson CountyMcPherson CountyRock CountySaline CountySaunders CountySheridan CountyThayer CountyThurston CountyWebster CountyBanner CountyBoone CountyBox Butte CountyBuffalo CountyCass CountyChase CountyCheyenne CountyCuming CountyDawes CountyDixon CountyDundy CountyGarfield CountyGrant CountyHall CountyHamilton CountyHarlan CountyHitchcock CountyKearney CountyKeith CountyKimball CountyLancaster CountyLoup CountyMadison CountyNuckolls CountyPawnee CountyPlatte CountyMorrill CountyNemaha CountyPolk CountySarpy CountyStanton CountyWayne CountyYork CountyAdams CountyArthur CountyBrown CountyCedar CountyCuster CountyFillmore CountyGarden CountyGreeley CountyHolt CountyKnox CountyPierce CountyRed Willow CountyScotts Bluff CountySioux CountyValley CountyWashington CountyBoyd CountyBurt CountyCherry CountyDakota CountyDeuel CountyDouglas CountyFranklin CountyGage CountyOtoe CountyHooker CountyJefferson CountyKeya Paha CountyLincoln CountyLogan CountyFurnas County

Select a county

Every county opens a page carrying its own demographics, growth and migration, economic output, employment and wages, business establishments by industry, construction, SBA lending and charge off record, geography and hazard.

Nebraska counties: population, income, establishments and SBA activity
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvalsLand area, sq mi
Adams County31,052$68,365989$2.66 bn8563
Antelope County6,305$66,105218$776.6 m5857
Arthur County484$76,25012$33.2 mNone recorded715
Banner County742$78,8396$48.7 m1746
Blaine County422$69,58313$50.8 mNone recorded711
Boone County5,356$74,947199$575.7 m5687
Box Butte County10,714$68,892291$724.9 m71,075
Boyd County1,688$67,04563$139.8 m1540
Brown County2,869$54,676145$265.6 mNone recorded1,221
Buffalo County50,579$75,9111,777$4.46 bn77968
Burt County6,740$63,685192$437.5 m6492
Butler County8,424$79,268221$584.0 m11585
Cass County27,161$91,836615$1.15 bn36557
Cedar County8,315$73,578288$562.2 m8740
Chase County3,671$68,173157$433.6 m13894
Cherry County5,498$66,270214$484.9 m65,960
Cheyenne County9,533$60,348281$686.7 m91,196
Clay County6,095$78,986183$469.1 m3572
Colfax County10,641$82,530254$1.02 bn6412
Cuming County8,975$71,104332$1.07 bn9571
Custer County10,518$67,906370$882.3 m112,576
Dakota County21,354$70,329427$2.42 bn13264
Dawes County8,140$56,280249$394.8 m11,396
Dawson County24,202$69,880672$2.22 bn211,013
Deuel County1,847$70,09654$87.6 m3440
Dixon County5,545$72,454107$480.2 m1476
Dodge County37,351$74,329992$3.06 bn50529
Douglas County590,736$80,39116,710$73.77 bn970328
Dundy County1,736$58,92257$240.8 m2920
Fillmore County5,541$76,295206$559.5 m7575
Franklin County2,846$60,19582$125.3 m1576
Frontier County2,569$70,13270$104.2 m10975
Furnas County4,568$61,048148$300.4 m5719
Gage County21,629$67,247637$1.58 bn50851
Garden County1,761$41,88246$106.6 m11,704
Garfield County1,718$62,804102$114.3 mNone recorded570
Gosper County2,040$77,50062$122.9 mNone recorded458
Grant County626$70,14727$48.2 mNone recorded776
Greeley County2,202$63,92979$192.4 m1570
Hall County62,536$69,2511,857$5.29 bn70546
Hamilton County9,464$83,994327$926.7 m7543
Harlan County2,847$70,62587$267.4 m1553
Hayes County843$69,25017$94.6 mNone recorded713
Hitchcock County2,569$51,56772$182.2 m8710
Holt County10,102$68,513429$913.3 m172,412
Hooker County647$49,46425$38.8 m1721
Howard County6,534$76,767176$288.3 m3569
Jefferson County7,161$59,044217$556.9 m4570
Johnson County5,261$57,632102$252.7 m2376
Kearney County6,713$78,631180$618.2 m5516
Keith County8,219$60,645340$526.3 m211,062
Keya Paha County822$64,00019$52.9 mNone recorded773
Kimball County3,248$56,712113$263.4 mNone recorded952
Knox County8,363$64,636249$873.9 m41,108
Lancaster County326,696$74,7938,999$28.82 bn668838
Lincoln County33,802$65,1481,018$3.31 bn782,564
Logan County773$74,27119$40.2 mNone recorded571
Loup County578$71,66715$59.8 mNone recorded568
Madison County35,532$63,1281,232$3.23 bn41573
McPherson County475$58,6846$33.3 mNone recorded859
Merrick County7,724$68,354249$554.2 m7485
Morrill County4,534$58,500122$472.9 m51,424
Nance County3,324$65,17985$216.4 m3442
Nemaha County7,046$60,924178$1.06 bn2407
Nuckolls County4,087$73,976156$383.7 m2575
Otoe County16,241$82,188470$1.79 bn20616
Pawnee County2,530$62,18869$140.9 m7431
Perkins County2,821$72,778126$407.2 m4883
Phelps County9,009$68,919353$1.03 bn3540
Pierce County7,325$72,357238$737.8 m11573
Platte County34,716$71,5521,033$3.86 bn52674
Polk County5,225$69,768134$467.1 m3438
Red Willow County10,557$63,697400$736.8 m16717
Richardson County7,751$60,108250$499.3 m3552
Rock County1,319$58,12547$133.5 mNone recorded1,008
Saline County14,650$79,910321$1.29 bn12574
Sarpy County197,389$103,3214,106$13.67 bn280239
Saunders County23,048$94,066604$1.09 bn34750
Scotts Bluff County35,843$63,6141,017$2.38 bn42739
Seward County17,641$82,444485$1.09 bn16571
Sheridan County5,014$60,121153$436.7 m62,441
Sherman County2,967$63,57888$157.7 mNone recorded566
Sioux County1,171$53,92916$128.8 mNone recorded2,067
Stanton County5,796$80,687104$424.9 m7428
Thayer County4,901$66,213213$535.5 m1574
Thomas County564$65,00023$50.1 m1713
Thurston County6,627$69,177125$605.3 m4394
Valley County4,066$61,852181$385.3 m3568
Washington County21,106$94,396666$1.90 bn21390
Wayne County9,844$66,215252$804.4 m11443
Webster County3,360$64,34793$364.1 mNone recorded575
Wheeler County847$70,25021$96.9 mNone recorded575
York County14,286$77,757538$1.25 bn31573

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Questions

Nebraska questions, answered from this page.

What is the population of Nebraska?

The Census Bureau estimates 2,005,465 residents on July 1, 2024 (Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024).

What is the unemployment rate in Nebraska?

2.9 percent in August 2026, preliminary, seasonally adjusted, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How many SBA 7(a) loans were approved in Nebraska?

2,118 loans with a project in Nebraska, counted by MMCG Analytics from the SBA's 7(a) loan records, FY2020 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30.

How many counties does Nebraska have?

93. Each has a page on this site covering population, income, business establishments, employment and wages, building permits, SBA lending and hazard records.

The register

Every source behind this page and its 93 county pages.

SourcePeriod coveredLicense
US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024, state totals (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA)Vintage 2024Public domain
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, state tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B11001, B15003, B19013, B25064, B250772020 to 2024, 5-yearPublic domain
US Census Bureau, 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File, table P2, urban and rural2020 CensusPublic domain
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional accounts, table SAGDP2, gross domestic product by state, millions of current dollars2021 to 2025Public domain
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, statewide series, seasonally adjustedAugust 2026, preliminaryPublic domain
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA loan-level dataFY2020 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30Public domain
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA loan-level dataFY2010 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30Public domain
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA NfipCommunityStatusBook)as of 2026-09-26Public domain
US Environmental Protection Agency, Map of Radon Zones, county list2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001Public domain
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2CAGDP2, through 2024Public domain
US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary verticesTIGER county boundariesPublic domain
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns2023Public domain
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages2024 annual averagesPublic domain
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey2024 annualPublic domain
US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows2021 to 2022 filing yearsPublic domain
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