Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Nebraska counties, Garfield County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (97.89%), followed by Keya Paha County (97.85%), and Grant County (97.3%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Nebraska counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
Garfield
Keya Paha
Grant
Rock
Wheeler
Cedar
Boone
Sherman
Blaine
Pierce
Ranking of Nebraska Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Garfield County 97.89
2 Keya Paha County 97.85
3 Grant County 97.3
4 Rock County 96.94
5 Wheeler County 96.76
6 Cedar County 96.73
7 Boone County 96.72
8 Sherman County 96.71
9 Blaine County 96.58
10 Pierce County 96.33
11 Harlan County 96.16
12 Brown County 96.11
13 Loup County 96.1
14 Frontier County 96.08
14 Greeley County 96.08
15 Nance County 95.87
16 Franklin County 95.66
17 McPherson County 95.63
18 Hooker County 95.61
19 Pawnee County 95.49
20 Howard County 95.43
21 Saunders County 95.38
22 Valley County 95.37
23 Antelope County 95.08
24 Boyd County 95.05
25 Nuckolls County 95.04
26 Thomas County 94.99
27 Logan County 94.98
28 Custer County 94.9
29 Thayer County 94.89
30 Gage County 94.83
31 Hamilton County 94.79
32 Butler County 94.78
33 Washington County 94.68
34 Perkins County 94.55
34 Seward County 94.55
35 Hitchcock County 94.4
36 Arthur County 94
36 Jefferson County 94
37 Cass County 93.99
38 Nemaha County 93.87
39 Furnas County 93.85
40 Fillmore County 93.83
41 Holt County 93.68
42 Hayes County 93.53
43 Burt County 93.49
44 Polk County 93.21
45 Merrick County 92.79
46 Richardson County 92.5
47 Phelps County 92.42
48 Sioux County 92.36
49 Webster County 92.2
50 Kearney County 91.96
51 Red Willow County 91.92
52 Gosper County 91.86
53 Stanton County 91.75
54 Banner County 91.69
55 Deuel County 91.62
56 Garden County 91.49
57 York County 91.11
58 Keith County 90.28
59 Wayne County 90.26
60 Cheyenne County 89.78
61 Otoe County 89.28
62 Clay County 89.22
63 Dundy County 88.88
64 Cuming County 88.68
65 Cherry County 88.08
66 Lincoln County 88
67 Buffalo County 87.15
68 Kimball County 86.77
69 Adams County 86.45
70 Knox County 86.18
71 Chase County 85.83
72 Dixon County 85.37
73 Dawes County 85.35
74 Dodge County 84.49
75 Morrill County 82.01
76 Box Butte County 81.84
77 Lancaster County 81.66
78 Sarpy County 81.57
79 Sheridan County 81.25
80 Johnson County 80.66
81 Madison County 80.37
82 Platte County 79.15
83 Scotts Bluff County 72.21
84 Saline County 70.1
85 Douglas County 69.91
86 Hall County 67.43
87 Dawson County 59.81
88 Colfax County 49.55
89 Dakota County 49.4
90 Thurston County 35.92