Counties in Nebraska

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

* The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Nebraska
* A list and map of counties in Nebraska
* An overview of local elections in Nebraska
* An overview of the initiative process in Nebraska

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2025
* 2.2 2024
* 2.3 2023
* 2.4 2022
* 2.5 2021
* 2.6 2020
* 2.7 2019
* 2.8 2018
* 2.9 2017
* 2.10 2016
* 2.11 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Counties[edit]

### County government[edit]

Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

* Government of Douglas County
* Government of Lancaster County

### Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 93 counties, 878 cities, towns, and villages, and 1,303 special districts.[1]

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County

Antelope
Cuming
Lancaster
Nuckolls
Keith
Phelps
Webster
Dakota
Boyd
Thomas
Holt
Brown
Keya Paha
Banner
Greeley
Jefferson
Saline
Dundy
Scotts Bluff
Adams
Otoe
Kearney
Hitchcock
Kimball
Nemaha
Custer
Cass
Polk
Dawes
Wayne
Garfield
Douglas
Pierce
Platte
Box Butte
Thurston
Boone
Madison
McPherson
Red Willow
Rock
Gosper
Gage
Dawson
Arthur
Hayes
Johnson
Sioux
Lincoln
Sherman
Logan
Merrick
Sheridan
Pawnee
Sarpy
Grant
Burt
Saunders
Blaine
Dixon
Stanton
Wheeler
Franklin
Dodge
Chase
Buffalo
Fillmore
York
Seward
Clay
Cheyenne
Garden
Harlan
Washington
Hooker
Richardson
Furnas
Howard
Valley
Cedar
Thayer
Deuel
Morrill
Hall
Hamilton
Loup
Frontier
Nance
Knox
Perkins
Colfax
Butler
Cherry

### Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

* Lincoln, Nebraska
* Omaha, Nebraska
* Nebraska school board elections

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Omaha, Nebraska
* Douglas County, Nebraska
* Lancaster County, Nebraska
* Nebraska school board elections

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Lincoln, Nebraska
* Nebraska school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Douglas County, Nebraska
* Lancaster County, Nebraska
* Omaha, Nebraska
* Nebraska school board elections

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Lincoln, Nebraska
* Omaha, Nebraska
* Nebraska school board elections

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Douglas County, Nebraska
* Lancaster County, Nebraska
* Omaha, Nebraska
* Nebraska school board elections

Past elections

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### 2019[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019
* Lincoln, Nebraska
* Nebraska school board elections

### 2018[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
* Douglas County, Nebraska
* Lancaster County, Nebraska
* Nebraska school board elections

### 2017[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
* Lincoln, Nebraska
* Omaha, Nebraska
* Nebraska school board elections

### 2016[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016
* Nebraska school board elections

### 2015[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
* Lincoln, Nebraska
* Nebraska school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Nebraska

The local units of government in Nebraska that make the initiative process available are:

* General law cities, all 528 of which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for ordinances.
* Charter cities, all two of which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for charter amendments and must authorize initiative for ordinances in the charter.[2]

## See also[edit]

Nebraska | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Nebraska municipal code library
* Nebraska state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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