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Median household income, Black householders in Nebraska

Nebraska ranks 37th of 51 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Nebraska, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Median household income, Black householders
Nebraska$48,119
plus or minus $2,435
United States$55,157
plus or minus $255
All households in Nebraska: $76,475 (plus or minus $633). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Platte County $131,550, plus or minus $28,731. Ranked 1st of 9 counties. What is Platte County doing that works? Furthest to go: Madison County, $33,894. See Platte 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

9 ranked of 93
Margin of error
1 Platte County $131,550 plus or minus $28,731 $71,552
2 Sarpy County $75,885 plus or minus $12,026 $103,321
3 Dawson County $68,740 plus or minus $7,380 $69,880
4 Dakota County $56,490 plus or minus $14,112 $70,329
5 Colfax County $54,124 plus or minus $1,595 $82,530
6 Buffalo County $50,594 plus or minus $8,765 $75,911
7 Lancaster County $47,927 plus or minus $6,238 $74,793
8 Douglas County $42,944 plus or minus $3,471 $80,391
9 Madison County $33,894 plus or minus $963 $63,128
Not ranked Adams County Not published: too few people in the survey $68,365
Not ranked Antelope County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,105
Not ranked Arthur County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,250
Not ranked Banner County Not published: too few people in the survey $78,839
Not ranked Blaine County Not published: too few people in the survey $69,583
Not ranked Boone County Not published: too few people in the survey $74,947
Not ranked Box Butte County Not published: too few people in the survey $68,892
Not ranked Boyd County Not published: too few people in the survey $67,045
Not ranked Brown County Not published: too few people in the survey $54,676
Not ranked Burt County Not published: too few people in the survey $63,685
Not ranked Butler County Not published: too few people in the survey $79,268
Not ranked Cass County Not published: too few people in the survey $91,836
Not ranked Cedar County Not published: too few people in the survey $73,578
Not ranked Chase County Not published: too few people in the survey $68,173
Not ranked Cherry County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,270
Not ranked Cheyenne County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,348
Not ranked Clay County Not published: too few people in the survey $78,986
Not ranked Cuming County Not published: too few people in the survey $71,104
Not ranked Custer County $41,354 Wide margin of error plus or minus $15,045 $67,906
Not ranked Dawes County Not published: too few people in the survey $56,280
Not ranked Deuel County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,096
Not ranked Dixon County Not published: too few people in the survey $72,454
Not ranked Dodge County $36,066 Wide margin of error plus or minus $19,932 $74,329
Not ranked Dundy County Not published: too few people in the survey $58,922
Not ranked Fillmore County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,295
Not ranked Franklin County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,195
Not ranked Frontier County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,132
Not ranked Furnas County Not published: too few people in the survey $61,048
Not ranked Gage County Not published: too few people in the survey $67,247
Not ranked Garden County Not published: too few people in the survey $41,882
Not ranked Garfield County Not published: too few people in the survey $62,804
Not ranked Gosper County Not published: too few people in the survey $77,500
Not ranked Grant County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,147
Not ranked Greeley County Not published: too few people in the survey $63,929
Not ranked Hall County $19,935 Wide margin of error plus or minus $16,668 $69,251
Not ranked Hamilton County Not published: too few people in the survey $83,994
Not ranked Harlan County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,625
Not ranked Hayes County Not published: too few people in the survey $69,250
Not ranked Hitchcock County Not published: too few people in the survey $51,567
Not ranked Holt County Not published: too few people in the survey $68,513
Not ranked Hooker County Not published: too few people in the survey $49,464
Not ranked Howard County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,767
Not ranked Jefferson County Not published: too few people in the survey $59,044
Not ranked Johnson County Not published: too few people in the survey $57,632
Not ranked Kearney County Not published: too few people in the survey $78,631
Not ranked Keith County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,645
Not ranked Keya Paha County Not published: too few people in the survey $64,000
Not ranked Kimball County Not published: too few people in the survey $56,712
Not ranked Knox County Not published: too few people in the survey $64,636
Not ranked Lincoln County Not published: too few people in the survey $65,148
Not ranked Logan County Not published: too few people in the survey $74,271
Not ranked Loup County Not published: too few people in the survey $71,667
Not ranked McPherson County Not published: too few people in the survey $58,684
Not ranked Merrick County Not published: too few people in the survey $68,354
Not ranked Morrill County Not published: too few people in the survey $58,500
Not ranked Nance County Not published: too few people in the survey $65,179
Not ranked Nemaha County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,924
Not ranked Nuckolls County Not published: too few people in the survey $73,976
Not ranked Otoe County Not published: too few people in the survey $82,188
Not ranked Pawnee County Not published: too few people in the survey $62,188
Not ranked Perkins County Not published: too few people in the survey $72,778
Not ranked Phelps County Not published: too few people in the survey $68,919
Not ranked Pierce County Not published: too few people in the survey $72,357
Not ranked Polk County Not published: too few people in the survey $69,768
Not ranked Red Willow County Not published: too few people in the survey $63,697
Not ranked Richardson County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,108
Not ranked Rock County Not published: too few people in the survey $58,125
Not ranked Saline County Not published: too few people in the survey $79,910
Not ranked Saunders County Not published: too few people in the survey $94,066
Not ranked Scotts Bluff County Not published: too few people in the survey $63,614
Not ranked Seward County Not published: too few people in the survey $82,444
Not ranked Sheridan County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,121
Not ranked Sherman County Not published: too few people in the survey $63,578
Not ranked Sioux County Not published: too few people in the survey $53,929
Not ranked Stanton County Not published: too few people in the survey $80,687
Not ranked Thayer County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,213
Not ranked Thomas County Not published: too few people in the survey $65,000
Not ranked Thurston County Not published: too few people in the survey $69,177
Not ranked Valley County Not published: too few people in the survey $61,852
Not ranked Washington County Not published: too few people in the survey $94,396
Not ranked Wayne County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,215
Not ranked Webster County Not published: too few people in the survey $64,347
Not ranked Wheeler County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,250
Not ranked York County Not published: too few people in the survey $77,757

Ranked: the 9 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. 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 Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.

    Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.

    Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?

  3. Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.

    Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.

    Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?

What you can do

  1. This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
  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

Median household income, Black householders. 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.