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Nebraska Business Applications by County

Explore annual Census business applications across Nebraska. Bubble size shows application volume; color can show volume or year-over-year change.

Latest year: 2025 · 93 counties

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Where are business applications concentrated?

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Light to dark: lower to higher application volumeBubble size: applications

County points use official Census internal coordinates. Values are protected estimates from the published annual BFS county file.

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Highest application counties

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

Nebraska counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Douglas County8,583+9.4%37.5%
2Lancaster County3,992+17.1%17.5%
3Sarpy County2,100+12.4%9.2%
4Hall County651+6.4%2.8%
5Buffalo County462-2.9%2.0%
6Dodge County354-3.3%1.5%
7Lincoln County350+23.2%1.5%
8Scotts Bluff County324+4.2%1.4%
9Platte County305+16.9%1.3%
10Cass County287+12.5%1.3%
11Madison County281+2.9%1.2%
12Adams County259+24.5%1.1%
13Washington County230+18.6%1.0%
14Saunders County226+3.7%1.0%
15Dawson County211-8.7%0.9%
16Dakota County189+9.2%0.8%
17Gage County168+6.3%0.7%
18Seward County152+4.1%0.7%
19Saline County145+9.8%0.6%
20Otoe County128-3.0%0.6%
21York County118-13.2%0.5%
22Custer County110+11.1%0.5%
23Red Willow County105+19.3%0.5%
24Phelps County102-7.3%0.4%
25Cheyenne County96+43.3%0.4%
26Hamilton County94-14.5%0.4%
27Cuming County92+10.8%0.4%
28Holt County88-3.3%0.4%
29Antelope County87+26.1%0.4%
30Colfax County83+36.1%0.4%
31Knox County82+12.3%0.4%
32Howard County81+39.7%0.4%
33Merrick County81+62.0%0.4%
34Pierce County81+12.5%0.4%
35Dawes County80+33.3%0.3%
36Box Butte County79-16.0%0.3%
37Cedar County77-4.9%0.3%
38Keith County76-12.6%0.3%
39Richardson County73+12.3%0.3%
40Burt County69-1.4%0.3%
41Cherry County65-8.5%0.3%
42Thurston County65+44.4%0.3%
43Jefferson County64+33.3%0.3%
44Thayer County60+20.0%0.3%
45Wayne County60-10.4%0.3%
46Nemaha County580.0%0.3%
47Butler County57-6.6%0.2%
48Clay County57-26.9%0.2%
49Polk County57-1.7%0.2%
50Fillmore County56-3.4%0.2%
51Kearney County54-5.3%0.2%
52Boone County51-17.7%0.2%
53Johnson County490.0%0.2%
54Morrill County47+2.2%0.2%
55Webster County47+62.1%0.2%
56Chase County46+39.4%0.2%
57Dixon County45-16.7%0.2%
58Stanton County45-10.0%0.2%
59Perkins County44+63.0%0.2%
60Franklin County42+68.0%0.2%
61Furnas County41-24.1%0.2%
62Valley County39+5.4%0.2%
63Nuckolls County38-2.6%0.2%
64Sherman County37+15.6%0.2%
65Harlan County35-2.8%0.2%
66Pawnee County32+3.2%0.1%
67Kimball County31+3.3%0.1%
68Sheridan County31-39.2%0.1%
69Brown County28+3.7%0.1%
70Rock County28+55.6%0.1%
71Gosper County27+3.8%0.1%
72Hitchcock County27+68.8%0.1%
73Nance County25-35.9%0.1%
74Frontier County24+9.1%0.1%
75Greeley County24-4.0%0.1%
76Boyd County20+150.0%0.1%
77Garfield County20+5.3%0.1%
78Deuel County16-46.7%0.1%
79Hooker County16+100.0%0.1%
80Sioux County15-11.8%0.1%
81Hayes County140.0%0.1%
82Thomas County13+85.7%0.1%
83Grant County12+33.3%0.1%
84Garden County11-62.1%0.0%
85Dundy County10Not available0.0%
86Arthur County8+14.3%0.0%
87Loup County8+300.0%0.0%
88Banner County6+500.0%0.0%
89Blaine County6-14.3%0.0%
90Keya Paha County6-14.3%0.0%
91McPherson County4+33.3%0.0%
92Wheeler County1-83.3%0.0%
93Logan County0-100.0%0.0%