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Housing

Black households that own their home in Nebraska

Nebraska ranks 36th of 39 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Nebraska, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Black households that own their home
Nebraska31.3%
plus or minus 1.8 points
United States44%
plus or minus 0.3 points
All households in Nebraska: 66.5% (plus or minus 0.5 points). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Sarpy County 51.2%, plus or minus 6.2 points. Ranked 1st of 4 counties. What is Sarpy County doing that works? Furthest to go: Hall County, 10.8%. See Sarpy County ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Nebraska

4 ranked of 93
Margin of error
1 Sarpy County 51.2% plus or minus 6.2 points 70.4%
2 Douglas County 32.9% plus or minus 2 points 61.5%
3 Lancaster County 26.8% plus or minus 5 points 58.9%
4 Hall County 10.8% plus or minus 9.9 points 62%
Not ranked Adams County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 69.7%
Not ranked Antelope County Not published: too few people in the survey 79%
Not ranked Arthur County Not published: too few people in the survey 80.5%
Not ranked Banner County Not published: too few people in the survey 67.9%
Not ranked Blaine County Not published: too few people in the survey 73.6%
Not ranked Boone County Not published: too few people in the survey 81.9%
Not ranked Box Butte County Not published: too few people in the survey 76.8%
Not ranked Boyd County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 85.6%
Not ranked Brown County Not published: too few people in the survey 74.2%
Not ranked Buffalo County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 66.4%
Not ranked Burt County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 75%
Not ranked Butler County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 79.9%
Not ranked Cass County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 85.4%
Not ranked Cedar County Not published: too few people in the survey 79.6%
Not ranked Chase County Not published: too few people in the survey 79.1%
Not ranked Cherry County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 61.4%
Not ranked Cheyenne County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 66.7%
Not ranked Clay County Not published: too few people in the survey 81.9%
Not ranked Colfax County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 76.3%
Not ranked Cuming County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 68.9%
Not ranked Custer County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 68.9%
Not ranked Dakota County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 63.9%
Not ranked Dawes County Not published: too few people in the survey 61.8%
Not ranked Dawson County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 66.4%
Not ranked Deuel County Not published: too few people in the survey 81.6%
Not ranked Dixon County Not published: too few people in the survey 76.5%
Not ranked Dodge County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 66.9%
Not ranked Dundy County Not published: too few people in the survey 73.6%
Not ranked Fillmore County Not published: too few people in the survey 80.4%
Not ranked Franklin County Not published: too few people in the survey 83.2%
Not ranked Frontier County Not published: too few people in the survey 74%
Not ranked Furnas County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 76.3%
Not ranked Gage County Not published: too few people in the survey 73.5%
Not ranked Garden County Not published: too few people in the survey 78.7%
Not ranked Garfield County Not published: too few people in the survey 76%
Not ranked Gosper County Not published: too few people in the survey 81%
Not ranked Grant County Not published: too few people in the survey 70.8%
Not ranked Greeley County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 81.7%
Not ranked Hamilton County Not published: too few people in the survey 83%
Not ranked Harlan County Not published: too few people in the survey 85.8%
Not ranked Hayes County Not published: too few people in the survey 67.9%
Not ranked Hitchcock County Not published: too few people in the survey 78.7%
Not ranked Holt County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 72.3%
Not ranked Hooker County Not published: too few people in the survey 55.4%
Not ranked Howard County Not published: too few people in the survey 78.2%
Not ranked Jefferson County Not published: too few people in the survey 74.9%
Not ranked Johnson County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 67.2%
Not ranked Kearney County Not published: too few people in the survey 77.5%
Not ranked Keith County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 71.1%
Not ranked Keya Paha County Not published: too few people in the survey 80.8%
Not ranked Kimball County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 75.2%
Not ranked Knox County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 78.4%
Not ranked Lincoln County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 65.6%
Not ranked Logan County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 78.9%
Not ranked Loup County Not published: too few people in the survey 73.4%
Not ranked Madison County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 65.4%
Not ranked McPherson County Not published: too few people in the survey 65.1%
Not ranked Merrick County Not published: too few people in the survey 82.2%
Not ranked Morrill County Not published: too few people in the survey 77.3%
Not ranked Nance County Not published: too few people in the survey 72.9%
Not ranked Nemaha County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 65.9%
Not ranked Nuckolls County Not published: too few people in the survey 83.5%
Not ranked Otoe County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 82.3%
Not ranked Pawnee County Not published: too few people in the survey 80.2%
Not ranked Perkins County Not published: too few people in the survey 78.7%
Not ranked Phelps County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 68.3%
Not ranked Pierce County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 78.1%
Not ranked Platte County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 71.6%
Not ranked Polk County Not published: too few people in the survey 78.9%
Not ranked Red Willow County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 73%
Not ranked Richardson County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 77.3%
Not ranked Rock County Not published: too few people in the survey 69.3%
Not ranked Saline County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 75.9%
Not ranked Saunders County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 82.1%
Not ranked Scotts Bluff County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 69.3%
Not ranked Seward County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 72%
Not ranked Sheridan County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 74.1%
Not ranked Sherman County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 75.4%
Not ranked Sioux County Not published: too few people in the survey 59.6%
Not ranked Stanton County Not published: too few people in the survey 78.3%
Not ranked Thayer County Not published: too few people in the survey 77.5%
Not ranked Thomas County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 68.1%
Not ranked Thurston County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 61%
Not ranked Valley County Not published: too few people in the survey 73.8%
Not ranked Washington County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 83.2%
Not ranked Wayne County Not published: too few people in the survey 61.3%
Not ranked Webster County Not published: too few people in the survey 80.6%
Not ranked Wheeler County Not published: too few people in the survey 77.7%
Not ranked York County Not published: too few people in the survey 75.5%

Ranked: the 4 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with at least 1,000 Black households and with a margin of error of 10 points or less. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Know your rights as a renter or owner, check your property tax assessment, and show up when zoning is decided.

    Ask: Is my assessment right, and when is the deadline to appeal it?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Decide zoning, property taxes, code enforcement and how local housing money is spent.

    Ask: What is being built here, who can afford it, and who decided?

  3. Your state legislators Write landlord and tenant law and decide where the housing tax credit goes.

    Ask: Where did our state place its housing tax credits last year?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund rent help, public housing and the housing tax credit.

    Ask: How long is the wait for rent help in our county?

What you can do

  1. This weekLook up your property assessment or reread your lease, and write down any deadline.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next zoning hearing or property tax appeal deadline in your county.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Black households that own their home. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.