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Counties in Nebraska ranked

8.3%of income goes to home energy in Garden County, the highest of 88 Nebraska counties

Sarpy County is lowest at 1.9%, a gap of 4.3 times. The median Nebraska county sits at 4.1%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Nebraska: DOE LEAD 2022.

Nebraska county map

Nebraska counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureHarlan County: 3.0%Blaine County: 7.3%Thayer County: 3.4%Polk County: no page, no dataBoone County: 2.9%Howard County: 5.7%Phelps County: 3.8%Logan County: 5.6%Frontier County: 4.8%Kearney County: 3.0%Hitchcock County: 4.5%Merrick County: 4.2%Custer County: 6.8%Fillmore County: 3.4%Grant County: 5.6%Butler County: 4.3%Seward County: 4.0%Webster County: 3.9%Antelope County: 4.1%Madison County: 3.8%Morrill County: 4.7%Platte County: 3.1%Hooker County: 4.7%Deuel County: 5.1%Garden County: 8.3%Lancaster County: 2.2%Franklin County: 3.8%Hamilton County: 2.9%Keith County: 4.6%Gage County: 3.8%Banner County: 2.9%Loup County: 7.0%Sioux County: 5.8%Nuckolls County: 4.0%Cuming County: no page, no dataAdams County: 2.1%Arthur County: no page, no dataLincoln County: 3.7%Dawes County: 5.9%Gosper County: 3.9%Garfield County: 4.6%McPherson County: 5.6%Buffalo County: 2.8%Perkins County: 4.0%Jefferson County: 5.5%Stanton County: 2.7%Thomas County: 5.0%Dawson County: 4.0%Pawnee County: 4.1%Clay County: 3.4%Chase County: 4.9%Holt County: 4.2%Greeley County: 5.9%Saline County: 4.2%Nance County: 4.8%Valley County: 4.7%Thurston County: 4.1%Johnson County: 4.2%Red Willow County: 4.6%York County: 3.6%Dakota County: 2.4%Hayes County: 4.0%Colfax County: 5.7%Sarpy County: 1.9%Keya Paha County: no page, no dataPierce County: 3.9%Sheridan County: 6.7%Otoe County: 3.5%Rock County: 5.0%Kimball County: 4.4%Cass County: 2.3%Brown County: 6.5%Boyd County: 5.0%Wayne County: 4.8%Furnas County: no page, no dataSaunders County: 3.2%Dixon County: 3.7%Dodge County: 2.6%Cheyenne County: 4.1%Burt County: 4.5%Dundy County: 4.3%Washington County: 2.8%Douglas County: 2.0%Richardson County: 4.2%Cherry County: 4.5%Knox County: 4.9%Cedar County: 3.2%Nemaha County: 3.5%Wheeler County: 3.9%Hall County: 2.4%Sherman County: 7.8%Scotts Bluff County: 4.1%Box Butte County: 4.6%
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Nebraska counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Nebraska

Garden County leads Nebraska on burden at 8.3% of income and Sherman County follows at 7.8%. For lower-income homes the top is Sherman County: 23.5% of income, against 12.4% in the median Nebraska county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Nebraska counties

  • Garden County8.3
  • Sherman County7.8
  • Blaine County7.3
  • Loup County7.0
  • Custer County6.8
  • Sheridan County6.7
  • Brown County6.5
  • Dawes County5.9
  • Greeley County5.9
  • Sioux County5.8
  • Nebraska median county4.1
Nebraska counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in NebraskaShare of income (NE)Residents (NE)
Sarpy County1.9%194,051
Douglas County2.0%585,461
Adams County2.1%31,034
Lancaster County2.2%323,673
Cass County2.3%26,963

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Nebraska

NOAA logged 241 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Cherry County from 2015 to 2025, 4,407 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Nebraska. FEMA scores Douglas County highest at 95.9 (relatively high). In Nebraska these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Nebraska top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Nebraskareports 2015-2025 (NE)Residents (NE)Rank (NE)
Cherry County4,4075,4681st
Clay County2,6136,0842nd
Sheridan County2,4325,0583rd
Kearney County2,0166,6974th
Cheyenne County1,9849,4785th
Nebraska top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Nebraskascore 0-100 (NE)Residents (NE)Rank (NE)
Douglas County95.9585,4611st
Lancaster County90.7323,6732nd
Sarpy County83.6194,0513rd
Hall County74.262,4314th
Platte County70.634,3585th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Nebraska

Dodge County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Nebraska: 21.2 from 2015 to 2025, against 1.7 in the median Nebraska county. Dodge County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (4.1%, median county 0.3%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Nebraska top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Nebraskaclaims 2015-2025 (NE)Residents (NE)Rank (NE)
Dodge County21.237,1461st
Saline County11.614,6422nd
Cass County7.226,9633rd
Colfax County5.310,5414th
Saunders County4.722,7615th
Nebraska top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Nebraska% of homes insured (NE)Residents (NE)Rank (NE)
Dodge County4.1%37,1461st
Colfax County3.9%10,5412nd
Cass County3.0%26,9633rd
Saunders County2.9%22,7614th
Dawson County1.0%24,0205th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Nebraska counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Nebraska median. Most extreme: Dodge County, flood claims per 1,000 homes 21.2 against a median of 1.7.

Nebraska outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueNebraska medianDeviations
Dodge CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes21.21.7+15.2
Dodge CountyFlood insurance penetration4.1%0.3%+12.8
Colfax CountyFlood insurance penetration3.9%0.3%+12.2
Cass CountyFlood insurance penetration3.0%0.3%+9.2
Saunders CountyFlood insurance penetration2.9%0.3%+8.6
Saline CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes11.61.7+7.7
Cherry CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents4,407834+5.7
Sarpy CountyHomes built before 198030%74%-5.0
Cass CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes7.21.7+4.3
Sherman CountyBurden, lower-income homes23.5%12.4%+4.1

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Nebraska

Deuel County has the oldest stock: 90% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Platte County at 62% of homes, and Lincoln County lists 5 utilities, the most in Nebraska.

Nebraska top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Nebraska% of homes (NE)Residents (NE)Rank (NE)
Deuel County90%1,8651st
Kimball County86%3,3482nd
Richardson County86%7,7973rd
Franklin County86%2,8684th
Sheridan County85%5,0585th
Nebraska top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Nebraska% of homes (NE)Residents (NE)Rank (NE)
Platte County62%34,3581st
Rock County54%1,3352nd
Dawson County49%24,0203rd
Cherry County48%5,4684th
Boone County48%5,3665th

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All 88 Nebraska counties, sortable

88 Nebraska counties, all measures
Adams County31,0342.1%5.9%59664.371%33%30.50.5%185
Antelope County6,3024.1%11.8%96819.576%24%20.90.2%61
Banner County6572.9%8.4%under 5,000 residents0.872%26%1no datano data102
Blaine County3857.3%17.0%under 5,000 residents0.475%17%1no datano data50
Boone County5,3662.9%10.1%1,21143.476%48%31.40.3%65
Box Butte County10,7544.6%13.4%1,10721.077%22%1no data0.1%119
Boyd County1,7045.0%16.4%under 5,000 residents3.478%38%12.10.4%43
Brown County2,7396.5%16.4%under 5,000 residents2.480%35%2no datano data59
Buffalo County50,3232.8%9.1%33066.051%42%42.50.6%166
Burt County6,7304.5%13.5%1,48620.774%27%24.50.4%100
Butler County8,4134.3%15.7%77324.567%38%1no data0.3%65
Cass County26,9632.3%8.3%40431.055%33%27.23.0%109
Cedar County8,3443.2%9.7%91121.770%34%2no data0.4%76
Chase County3,6394.9%12.7%under 5,000 residents6.774%40%3no data0.0%122
Cherry County5,4684.5%12.7%4,40713.664%48%2no datano data241
Cheyenne County9,4784.1%11.1%1,98427.873%25%1no data0.1%188
Clay County6,0843.4%10.5%2,61356.078%35%4no data0.2%159
Colfax County10,5415.7%15.0%66428.668%42%35.33.9%70
Custer County10,5446.8%21.1%1,72628.074%36%20.80.4%182
Dakota County21,3312.4%6.3%34736.063%41%32.10.3%74
Dawes County8,2125.9%15.1%1,8635.678%26%1no data0.2%153
Dawson County24,0204.0%9.1%62965.369%49%43.11.0%151
Deuel County1,8655.1%14.4%under 5,000 residents4.090%17%2no data0.5%66
Dixon County5,5613.7%11.9%1,6908.879%31%2no data0.4%94
Dodge County37,1462.6%7.1%25667.471%36%221.24.1%95
Douglas County585,4612.0%7.7%3495.955%25%11.50.5%198
Dundy County1,8114.3%12.0%under 5,000 residents2.279%19%2no datano data114
Fillmore County5,5513.4%11.2%1,98220.178%29%3no data0.1%110
Franklin County2,8683.8%10.9%under 5,000 residents32.286%19%1no data0.1%65
Frontier County2,5624.8%13.5%under 5,000 residents13.778%29%2no datano data79
Gage County21,6463.8%12.4%52740.674%41%21.50.4%114
Garden County1,6208.3%19.3%under 5,000 residents2.874%40%1no data0.7%104
Garfield County1,7974.6%14.5%under 5,000 residents1.361%37%1no datano data46
Gosper County1,9293.9%12.4%under 5,000 residents9.867%48%2no data0.2%65
Grant County6955.6%17.2%under 5,000 residents0.273%27%1no datano data44
Greeley County2,2115.9%19.1%under 5,000 residents12.775%39%1no datano data61
Hall County62,4312.4%6.1%24774.260%29%30.90.2%154
Hamilton County9,4382.9%8.4%1,10242.666%37%4no data0.3%104
Harlan County3,0063.0%9.9%under 5,000 residents32.066%38%1no data0.1%81
Hayes County8544.0%12.0%under 5,000 residents1.281%29%2no data0.2%54
Hitchcock County2,6014.5%11.7%under 5,000 residents6.885%30%1no datano data128
Holt County10,0934.2%12.4%93117.274%38%2no data0.2%94
Hooker County6134.7%10.6%under 5,000 residents0.376%32%1no datano data47
Howard County6,4925.7%18.4%98624.268%38%22.90.8%64
Jefferson County7,1555.5%16.4%1,27224.183%40%1no data0.1%91
Johnson County5,2634.2%13.2%1,1024.679%32%2no data0.5%58
Kearney County6,6973.0%9.1%2,01630.980%30%1no data0.8%135
Keith County8,2394.6%12.5%1,88113.866%47%2no data0.3%155
Kimball County3,3484.4%11.1%under 5,000 residents7.686%20%1no data0.1%104
Knox County8,3624.9%14.8%94529.770%37%21.40.7%79
Lancaster County323,6732.2%6.5%6690.749%35%41.50.8%215
Lincoln County34,1223.7%9.9%84148.671%27%5no data0.7%287
Logan County8125.6%18.8%under 5,000 residents0.281%24%1no datano data59
Loup County5647.0%20.3%under 5,000 residents0.350%22%1no datano data42
Madison County35,5353.8%11.8%32460.961%37%30.70.5%115
McPherson County4635.6%13.2%under 5,000 residents0.185%26%1no datano data51
Merrick County7,6964.2%13.4%89742.969%43%2no data1.0%69
Morrill County4,5444.7%13.8%under 5,000 residents27.885%26%2no data0.1%98
Nance County3,3424.8%16.9%under 5,000 residents21.781%45%3no data0.3%52
Nemaha County7,0353.5%10.8%78213.479%34%2no data0.2%55
Nuckolls County4,0894.0%11.4%under 5,000 residents22.582%36%1no data0.2%118
Otoe County16,0753.5%13.0%51618.064%34%2no data0.2%83
Pawnee County2,5394.1%10.8%under 5,000 residents3.883%32%2no datano data53
Perkins County2,8354.0%11.0%under 5,000 residents4.482%28%3no data0.1%85
Phelps County8,9833.8%13.4%1,42539.269%37%1no data0.1%128
Pierce County7,3123.9%12.6%64314.273%26%41.20.3%47
Platte County34,3583.1%8.8%38770.663%62%31.20.7%133
Red Willow County10,6114.6%13.5%1,82820.377%31%20.90.1%194
Richardson County7,7974.2%12.4%83413.886%32%21.90.3%65
Rock County1,3355.0%14.2%under 5,000 residents0.775%54%1no data0.1%43
Saline County14,6424.2%12.3%56742.474%35%111.60.6%83
Sarpy County194,0511.9%7.1%5883.630%25%13.80.9%112
Saunders County22,7613.2%13.2%50129.164%39%24.72.9%114
Scotts Bluff County35,9374.1%12.2%60163.874%33%10.30.6%216
Seward County17,6364.0%12.7%40824.965%30%30.90.2%72
Sheridan County5,0586.7%18.2%2,43213.485%39%1no data0.1%123
Sherman County2,9747.8%23.5%under 5,000 residents22.472%32%3no data0.1%69
Sioux County1,1975.8%13.6%under 5,000 residents1.474%16%1no datano data157
Stanton County5,8352.7%9.7%1,26816.264%38%2no data0.5%74
Thayer County4,9383.4%10.8%under 5,000 residents38.483%32%22.80.4%136
Thomas County6265.0%16.1%under 5,000 residents0.268%18%1no datano data51
Thurston County6,6664.1%11.4%81026.468%31%2no datano data54
Valley County4,0944.7%14.3%under 5,000 residents26.077%47%1no data0.1%116
Washington County20,9892.8%12.2%39125.553%30%13.20.4%82
Wayne County9,7864.8%16.6%59314.066%27%2no data0.0%58
Webster County3,3853.9%10.2%under 5,000 residents55.580%22%2no data0.2%93
Wheeler County7853.9%12.0%under 5,000 residents5.569%40%2no data0.1%37
York County14,2313.6%11.6%68252.373%35%3no data0.7%97

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Nebraska: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Nebraska sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (NE)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (NE)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (NE)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (NE)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (NE)20241 Oct 2026

Nebraska LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Nebraska county has the highest home energy burden?

Garden County: 8.3% of income, against 4.1% for the median Nebraska county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Nebraska county has the lowest energy burden?

Sarpy County at 1.9% of income.

How does Nebraska compare with the whole country?

The median Nebraska county has a burden of 4.1% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 88 Nebraska counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Nebraska?

Cherry County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 4,407 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Nebraska county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Douglas County: 95.9, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Nebraska?

Deuel County: 90% of homes were built before 1980; the median Nebraska county is at 74% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Nebraska county relies most on electric heat?

Platte County: 62% of homes heat with electricity, against 33% in the median county.

Which Nebraska county has the most flood claims per home?

Dodge County: 21.2 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Nebraska county has 1.7 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Nebraska?

No: in Nebraska they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Nebraska households get help with bills?

See the Nebraska help page. Highest burden: Garden County.

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8.3% of income goes to home energy in Garden County, the highest of 88 Nebraska counties