Nebraska abortion percentages by county

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 21 March 2026

Nebraska: abortion ratios by county of residence

county 2013-2015 2014-2016 2015-2017 2016-2018 2017-2019 2018-2020 2019-2021 2020-2022 county

Adams 50 42 38 42 50 Adams

Antelope Antelope

Arthur Arthur

Banner Banner

Blaine Blaine

Boone Boone

Box Butte Box Butte

Boyd Boyd

Brown Brown

Buffalo 54 53 48 45 46 Buffalo

Burt Burt

Butler Butler

Cass 52 55 61 66 70 Cass

Cedar Cedar

Chase Chase

Cherry 26 27 25 Cherry

Cheyenne Cheyenne

Clay 43 20 Clay

Colfax 54 46 22 20 26 Colfax

Cuming 17 17 18 Cuming

Custer 17 17 18 Custer

Dakota 20 20 24 27 42 Dakota

Dawes Dawes

Dawson 40 37 36 38 39 Dawson

Deuel Deuel

Dixon 21 21 Dixon

Dodge 35 34 38 44 51 Dodge

Douglas 106 101 97 99 104 112 122 130 Douglas

Dundy Dundy

Fillmore 25 53 52 Fillmore

Franklin 63 Franklin

Frontier Frontier

Furnas Furnas

Gage 61 48 39 29 34 Gage

Garden Garden

Garfield Garfield

Gosper Gosper

Grant Grant

Greeley Greeley

Hall 62 59 62 66 70 Hall

Hamilton 38 17 15 15 Hamilton

Harlan Harlan

Hayes Hayes

Hitchcock Hitchcock

Holt Holt

Hooker Hooker

Howard 20 Howard

Jefferson Jefferson

Johnson 38 38 Johnson

Kearney 26 24 Kearney

Keith Keith

Keya Paha Keya Paha

Kimball Kimball

Knox 25 26 27 Knox

Lancaster 104 95 89 91 96 106 108 106 Lancaster

Lincoln 30 21 19 19 18 Lincoln

Logan Logan

Loup Loup

Madison 37 33 33 38 39 Madison

McPherson McPherson

Merrick Merrick

Morrill Morrill

Nance Nance

Nemaha 27 29 67 106 Nemaha

Nuckolls Nuckolls

Otoe 38 43 49 61 71 Otoe

Pawnee Pawnee

Perkins Perkins

Phelps 15 15 14 Phelps

Pierce Pierce

Platte 42 47 40 43 44 Platte

Polk 31 32 Polk

Red Willow Red Willow

Richardson 28 32 32 30 19 Richardson

Rock Rock

Saline 61 57 50 48 43 Saline

Sarpy 69 66 70 70 69 66 67 70 Sarpy

Saunders 62 52 36 48 54 Saunders

Scotts Bluff Scotts Bluff

Seward 30 32 49 52 53 Seward

Sheridan Sheridan

Sherman Sherman

Sioux Sioux

Stanton Stanton

Thayer 26 30 71 40 41 Thayer

Thomas Thomas

Thurston 11 10 12 13 34 Thurston

Valley Valley

Washington 42 37 25 32 29 Washington

Wayne 52 52 41 17 36 Wayne

Webster Webster

Wheeler Wheeler

York 47 45 31 33 31 York

protected 19 11 13 14 19 protected

NEBRASKA 72 68 66 68 71 76 80 83 NEBRASKA

Nebraska: abortion percentages by county of residence

county 2013-2015 2014-2016 2015-2017 2016-2018 2017-2019 2018-2020 2019-2021 2020-2022 county

Adams 4.8 4.0 3.6 4.1 4.8 Adams

Antelope Antelope

Arthur Arthur

Banner Banner

Blaine Blaine

Boone Boone

Box Butte Box Butte

Boyd Boyd

Brown Brown

Buffalo 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.4 Buffalo

Burt Burt

Butler Butler

Cass 4.9 5.3 5.7 6.2 6.5 Cass

Cedar Cedar

Chase Chase

Cherry 2.5 2.7 2.4 Cherry

Cheyenne Cheyenne

Clay 4.1 2.0 Clay

Colfax 5.1 4.4 2.1 2.0 2.5 Colfax

Cuming 1.7 1.7 1.8 Cuming

Custer 1.7 1.7 1.8 Custer

Dakota 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.6 4.0 Dakota

Dawes Dawes

Dawson 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 Dawson

Deuel Deuel

Dixon 2.1 2.1 Dixon

Dodge 3.4 3.3 3.6 4.2 4.8 Dodge

Douglas 9.6 9.2 8.8 9.0 9.4 10.1 10.9 11.5 Douglas

Dundy Dundy

Fillmore 2.4 5.1 5.0 Fillmore

Franklin 5.9 Franklin

Frontier Frontier

Furnas Furnas

Gage 5.7 4.6 3.7 2.8 3.3 Gage

Garden Garden

Garfield Garfield

Gosper Gosper

Grant Grant

Greeley Greeley

Hall 5.8 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.5 Hall

Hamilton 3.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 Hamilton

Harlan Harlan

Hayes Hayes

Hitchcock Hitchcock

Holt Holt

Hooker Hooker

Howard 2.0 Howard

Jefferson Jefferson

Johnson 3.7 3.6 Johnson

Kearney 2.5 2.3 Kearney

Keith Keith

Keya Paha Keya Paha

Kimball Kimball

Knox 2.5 2.5 2.6 Knox

Lancaster 9.4 8.7 8.2 8.3 8.8 9.6 9.8 9.6 Lancaster

Lincoln 2.9 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.7 Lincoln

Logan Logan

Loup Loup

Madison 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.7 3.8 Madison

McPherson McPherson

Merrick Merrick

Morrill Morrill

Nance Nance

Nemaha 2.6 2.8 6.3 9.6 Nemaha

Nuckolls Nuckolls

Otoe 3.6 4.2 4.6 5.8 6.6 Otoe

Pawnee Pawnee

Perkins Perkins

Phelps 1.5 1.4 1.4 Phelps

Pierce Pierce

Platte 4.0 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.2 Platte

Polk 3.0 3.1 Polk

Red Willow Red Willow

Richardson 2.8 3.1 3.1 2.9 1.9 Richardson

Rock Rock

Saline 5.8 5.4 4.7 4.6 4.1 Saline

Sarpy 6.5 6.2 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.6 Sarpy

Saunders 5.8 4.9 3.5 4.6 5.1 Saunders

Scotts Bluff Scotts Bluff

Seward 2.9 3.1 4.6 4.9 5.0 Seward

Sheridan Sheridan

Sherman Sherman

Sioux Sioux

Stanton Stanton

Thayer 2.6 3.0 6.6 3.9 3.9 Thayer

Thomas Thomas

Thurston 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.3 3.3 Thurston

Valley Valley

Washington 4.0 3.6 2.4 3.1 2.8 Washington

Wayne 5.0 5.0 4.0 1.7 3.4 Wayne

Webster Webster

Wheeler Wheeler

York 4.5 4.3 3.0 3.2 3.0 York

protected 1.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.8 protected

NEBRASKA 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.6 7.0 7.4 7.6 NEBRASKA

Nebraska: counties ranked by abortion percentage

county 2013-2015 2014-2016 2015-2017 2016-2018 2017-2019 2018-2020 2019-2021 2020-2022 county

Adams 13 15 15 15 12 Adams

Antelope Antelope

Arthur Arthur

Banner Banner

Blaine Blaine

Boone Boone

Box Butte Box Butte

Boyd Boyd

Brown Brown

Buffalo 10 7 10 12 13 Buffalo

Burt Burt

Butler Butler

Cass 12 6 6 5 6 Cass

Cedar Cedar

Chase Chase

Cherry 23 23 26 Cherry

Cheyenne Cheyenne

Clay 15 30 Clay

Colfax 9 12 27 25 25 Colfax

Cuming 35 31 29 Cuming

Custer 32 30 27 Custer

Dakota 33 29 26 24 16 Dakota

Dawes Dawes

Dawson 18 18 17 17 19 Dawson

Deuel Deuel

Dixon 32 27 Dixon

Dodge 23 19 14 13 11 Dodge

Douglas 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Douglas

Dundy Dundy

Fillmore 24 8 10 Fillmore

Franklin 4 Franklin

Frontier Frontier

Furnas Furnas

Gage 8 10 13 22 22 Gage

Garden Garden

Garfield Garfield

Gosper Gosper

Grant Grant

Greeley Greeley

Hall 5 4 5 6 5 Hall

Hamilton 21 33 29 29 Hamilton

Harlan Harlan

Hayes Hayes

Hitchcock Hitchcock

Holt Holt

Hooker Hooker

Howard 34 Howard

Jefferson Jefferson

Johnson 19 16 Johnson

Kearney 30 26 Kearney

Keith Keith

Keya Paha Keya Paha

Kimball Kimball

Knox 31 25 22 Knox

Lancaster 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 Lancaster

Lincoln 26 28 28 26 28 Lincoln

Logan Logan

Loup Loup

Madison 22 20 18 18 18 Madison

McPherson McPherson

Merrick Merrick

Morrill Morrill

Nance Nance

Nemaha 28 21 4 1 Nemaha

Nuckolls Nuckolls

Otoe 20 14 9 7 4 Otoe

Pawnee Pawnee

Perkins Perkins

Phelps 31 30 30 Phelps

Pierce Pierce

Platte 16 11 12 14 14 Platte

Polk 24 21 Polk

Red Willow Red Willow

Richardson 27 22 19 21 27 Richardson

Rock Rock

Saline 7 5 7 10 15 Saline

Sarpy 3 3 4 3 7 3 3 3 Sarpy

Saunders 6 9 16 11 8 Saunders

Scotts Bluff Scotts Bluff

Seward 25 23 8 9 9 Seward

Sheridan Sheridan

Sherman Sherman

Sioux Sioux

Stanton Stanton

Thayer 29 24 3 16 17 Thayer

Thomas Thomas

Thurston 36 34 32 31 21 Thurston

Valley Valley

Washington 17 17 25 20 24 Washington

Wayne 11 8 11 28 20 Wayne

Webster Webster

Wheeler Wheeler

York 14 13 20 19 23 York

Sources (incomplete):

Nebraska Health and Human Services System, 18 Jan. 2008, "Nebraska 2006 Statistical Report of Abortions," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/srd/ABORTION2006RPT.PDF].
Nebraska Health and Human Services System, 3 May 2010, "Nebraska 2009 Statistical Report of Abortions," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/srd/ABORTION2009RPT.PDF].
Nebraska Health and Human Services System, 6 April 2005, "Nebraska 2004 Statistical Report of Abortions," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/srd/abortion-report2004.pdf].
Nebraska Health and Human Services System, April 2006, "Nebraska 2005 Statistical Report of Abortions," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/srd/ABORTION2005RPT.PDF].
Nebraska Health and Human Services System, April 2009, "Nebraska 2008 Statistical Report of Abortions," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/srd/ABORTION2008RPT.PDF].
Nebraska Health and Human Services System, Aug. 2004, "Nebraska 2003 Vital Statistics Report," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/ced/tbl1.htm].
Nebraska Health and Human Services System, March 2001, "Nebraska 2000 Statistical Report of Abortions," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/].
Nebraska Health and Human Services System, March 2002, "Nebraska 2001 Statistical Report of Abortions," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/].
Nebraska Health and Human Services System, March 2003, "Nebraska 2002 Statistical Report of Abortions," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/srd/2003Abortion.pdf].
Nebraska Health and Human Services System, March 2004, "Nebraska 2003 Statistical Report of Abortions," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/srd/abortion-report2004.pdf].
Nebraska Health and Human Services System, Oct. 2008, "Nebraska 2007 Statistical Report of Abortions," Nebraska Health and Human Services System, on line [http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/srd/ABORTION2007RPT.PDF].

© 2014-2025, 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 21 March 2026.
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county	2013-2015	2014-2016	2015-2017	2016-2018	2017-2019	2018-2020	2019-2021	2020-2022	county
Adams	50	42	38	42	50				Adams
Antelope									Antelope
Arthur									Arthur
Banner									Banner
Blaine									Blaine
Boone									Boone
Box Butte									Box Butte
Boyd									Boyd
Brown									Brown
Buffalo	54	53	48	45	46				Buffalo
Burt									Burt
Butler									Butler
Cass	52	55	61	66	70				Cass
Cedar									Cedar
Chase									Chase
Cherry			26	27	25				Cherry
Cheyenne									Cheyenne
Clay	43	20							Clay
Colfax	54	46	22	20	26				Colfax
Cuming	17	17	18						Cuming
Custer		17	17	18					Custer
Dakota	20	20	24	27	42				Dakota
Dawes									Dawes
Dawson	40	37	36	38	39				Dawson
Deuel									Deuel
Dixon	21	21							Dixon
Dodge	35	34	38	44	51				Dodge
Douglas	106	101	97	99	104	112	122	130	Douglas
Dundy									Dundy
Fillmore			25	53	52				Fillmore
Franklin	63								Franklin
Frontier									Frontier
Furnas									Furnas
Gage	61	48	39	29	34				Gage
Garden									Garden
Garfield									Garfield
Gosper									Gosper
Grant									Grant
Greeley									Greeley
Hall	62	59	62	66	70				Hall
Hamilton	38	17		15	15				Hamilton
Harlan									Harlan
Hayes									Hayes
Hitchcock									Hitchcock
Holt									Holt
Hooker									Hooker
Howard	20								Howard
Jefferson									Jefferson
Johnson	38	38							Johnson
Kearney	26	24							Kearney
Keith									Keith
Keya Paha									Keya Paha
Kimball									Kimball
Knox	25	26	27						Knox
Lancaster	104	95	89	91	96	106	108	106	Lancaster
Lincoln	30	21	19	19	18				Lincoln
Logan									Logan
Loup									Loup
Madison	37	33	33	38	39				Madison
McPherson									McPherson
Merrick									Merrick
Morrill									Morrill
Nance									Nance
Nemaha	27		29	67	106				Nemaha
Nuckolls									Nuckolls
Otoe	38	43	49	61	71				Otoe
Pawnee									Pawnee
Perkins									Perkins
Phelps			15	15	14				Phelps
Pierce									Pierce
Platte	42	47	40	43	44				Platte
Polk	31	32							Polk
Red Willow									Red Willow
Richardson	28	32	32	30	19				Richardson
Rock									Rock
Saline	61	57	50	48	43				Saline
Sarpy	69	66	70	70	69	66	67	70	Sarpy
Saunders	62	52	36	48	54				Saunders
Scotts Bluff									Scotts Bluff
Seward	30	32	49	52	53				Seward
Sheridan									Sheridan
Sherman									Sherman
Sioux									Sioux
Stanton									Stanton
Thayer	26	30	71	40	41				Thayer
Thomas									Thomas
Thurston	11	10	12	13	34				Thurston
Valley									Valley
Washington	42	37	25	32	29				Washington
Wayne	52	52	41	17	36				Wayne
Webster									Webster
Wheeler									Wheeler
York	47	45	31	33	31				York
protected	19	11	13	14	19				protected
NEBRASKA	72	68	66	68	71	76	80	83	NEBRASKA