County profile
Nemaha County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1799 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,346
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
178
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$62.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,102
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$60.9k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
29.4%±3.6%
Poverty rate
13.3%±4.2%
Business applications
58 · 2025
Retail establishments
24
33.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care33%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation15%
Finance & insurance9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,102
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $60.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+76
International migration−2
Natural change−60
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$637.6M2019
$631.2M2020
$819.7M2021
$868.4M2022
$1.2B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$131.7k±$16.7k
Median gross rent
$772/mo±$189/mo
Vacancy rate
14.1%±4.2%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$520.0k
4 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 77Landslide 71Wildfire 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1232016
1242017
1322018
1352019
1352020
1542021
1712022
1942023
2082024
2072025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 300% since 202112021
32022
152023
22024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.8 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
1.8 km
UP
Nearest port
16.6 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
92.4 km
LINCOLN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$62.2k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Nemaha?
Nemaha's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, contracting 7.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.