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Public money

How Nebraska funds state services

Nebraska's enacted FY2026-27 all-funds appropriations, FY2025 audited State tax revenue and activity, current tax rates, and exact appropriations grouped into major service areas. Each section preserves its own period and accounting scope.

Enacted budget plan

$19.6BFY2026-27
Enacted after 2026 mid-biennium action

FY2026-27 all-funds appropriations

July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027

Exact reported total: $19,649,009,290

The Legislative Fiscal Office's final FY2026-27 appropriations across General, Cash, Federal, and Revolving/Other funds after the 2026 mid-biennium session. The total and fund mix follow Tables 52 and 54. The adjacent Table 53 reports Cash Funds and the statewide total one dollar higher; Table 54 reconciles to the report's separately published official total.

Nebraska Legislature, Legislative Fiscal Office: Post Session Budget 2026 — Tables 52 and 54, FY2026-27 Enacted Appropriations

FY2026-27

How the enacted budget is financed

$19.6B$19,649,009,290

The Legislative Fiscal Office's final FY2026-27 appropriations across General, Cash, Federal, and Revolving/Other funds after the 2026 mid-biennium session. The total and fund mix follow Tables 52 and 54. The adjacent Table 53 reports Cash Funds and the statewide total one dollar higher; Table 54 reconciles to the report's separately published official total.

General Fund$5.3B · 27.0%

Nebraska's principal fund for broadly available State revenue and appropriations.

Cash Funds$6.1B · 31.2%

Agency cash funds, fees, earmarked receipts, and other dedicated State resources included in the enacted total.

Federal Funds$7.0B · 35.5%

Estimated federal spending authority reported in the enacted all-funds budget.

Revolving and other funds$1.2B · 6.3%

Revolving and other appropriated funds reported together by the Legislative Fiscal Office.

FY2025 ACFR actual

Where State tax revenue comes from

$7.1B$7,052,608,000

Shares of the $7.053 billion in taxes reported as general revenue for Nebraska's primary government. The chart reflects State-government revenue and does not include all property and other taxes retained by counties, municipalities, school districts, and other local governments.

Sales and use taxes$3.1B · 44.4%

Sales-and-use-tax revenue recognized as government-wide general revenue.

Income taxes$3.1B · 44.0%

Individual, corporate, and other income-tax revenue grouped on the ACFR's Statement of Activities.

Petroleum taxes$442.7M · 6.3%

Taxes on motor fuels and other petroleum products recognized by the primary government.

Excise taxes$180.8M · 2.6%

Excise-tax revenue reported separately in the government-wide statements.

Business and franchise taxes$175.9M · 2.5%

Business and franchise taxes reported outside the ACFR's income-tax line.

Other taxes$18.2M · 0.3%

Other State taxes grouped by the ACFR outside its separately identified tax categories.

FY2026-27 enacted budget

FY2026-27 appropriations by service area

$19.6B$19,649,009,290

FactVote groups the exact agency totals in the Legislative Fiscal Office's Table 52 into seven service areas. The grouped amounts reconcile exactly to the enacted all-funds total.

Health, human services and veterans$8.4B · 43.0%

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Education$5.7B · 28.8%

The University of Nebraska, Department of Education, community colleges, and state colleges.

Revenue and tax-relief administration$1.5B · 7.8%

Department of Revenue operations and the State aid and tax-relief programs reported under that agency.

Transportation and motor vehicles$1.5B · 7.7%

The Departments of Transportation and Motor Vehicles.

Public safety and justice$792.3M · 4.0%

Corrections, the Supreme Court and court system, and the Nebraska State Patrol.

Economic development, environment and regulation$772.3M · 3.9%

Economic development; water, energy and environment; Game and Parks; the Public Service Commission; and Labor.

General government, construction and all other$922.2M · 4.7%

Administrative Services, capital construction, the State Treasurer, and all agencies grouped as All Other in Table 52.

Tax structure

Common statewide rates

Property and district rates can be local. Each card states the applicable scope.

Latest audited results

Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025

Government-wide activity for Nebraska's primary government on the accrual basis. Revenue combines program revenues and general revenues; transfers cancel within the primary-government total.

Nebraska Department of Administrative Services, State Accounting: State of Nebraska FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
Government-wide revenue
$16.1B
Government-wide expenses
$17.1B
Method, scope, and limitations

FactVote used the Legislative Fiscal Office's exact FY2026-27 all-funds total and fund mix from Table 54, then grouped the exact Table 52 agency totals without changing the denominator. FY2025 tax-source shares and audited activity come from the government-wide ACFR, and current tax-rate facts come from the Nebraska Department of Revenue.

  • Appropriations authorize spending and are not the same as actual expenditures; federal appropriations are estimates, and agencies may receive or spend federal funds subject to governing law and grant terms.
  • Table 53 reports Cash Funds and the FY2026-27 total one dollar higher than Table 54; this dataset uses Table 54 because it reconciles to the report's narrative and Table 52 total.
  • The University of Nebraska's cash, federal, and revolving amounts are reported in its biennial budget request but are not technically appropriated by the Legislature under the report's Board of Regents v. Exon disclosure.
  • The spending chart is a FactVote grouping of exact agency totals; programs within an agency can span more than one policy purpose.
  • FY2025 audited activity is on the accrual basis and is not the same measure or period as FY2026-27 appropriations.
  • The tax-source chart reflects taxes recognized by the State primary government and does not capture all local-government tax collections; local property and sales-tax rates vary.
Last verified August 29, 2026 · Review by August 31, 2027 · Nebraska figures refresh annually.

Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Taxes and economy

$76,475

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate

Median money income received by Nebraska households, expressed in inflation-adjusted 2024 dollars.

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Additional household measure

People below the poverty threshold
10.9%

How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind
  • Household income is not take-home pay and does not directly account for taxes, benefits, household size, debt, or regional cost differences.
  • The poverty measure and income estimate are multi-year survey measures, not current economic forecasts.

Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Housing

$1,072/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

Median monthly gross rent for occupied rental units paying cash rent, including contract rent and estimated tenant-paid utilities.

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Other statewide housing measures

Median owner-occupied home value
$238,600
Owner costs with a mortgage
$1,736/month
Owner-occupied housing rate
66.5%

How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind
  • This is a statewide multi-year estimate; local rents and current asking rents can differ substantially.
  • The owner measures describe owner-occupied units and are not estimates of the current cost to purchase a home.

Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Public safety and justice

224.6 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

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How it was measured

FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind
  • These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
  • Nebraska's average monthly population coverage fell below 90% in 2021 (73.3%) and 2023 (84.9%); those years are flagged and may understate reported rates.
  • Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
  • Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 97.3%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Public safety and justice

1,677 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

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How it was measured

FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind
  • These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
  • Nebraska's average monthly population coverage fell below 90% in 2021 (73.3%) and 2023 (84.9%); those years are flagged and may understate reported rates.
  • Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
  • Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 97.3%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Public safety and justice

5,711

Average daily state-correctional population

January–March 2026

Average daily population physically present across Nebraska Department of Correctional Services facilities during fiscal year 2026 quarter 3.

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Reported capacity comparisons

Share of operational capacity
113%
Share of reported bed capacity
98%

How it was measured

Nebraska Department of Correctional Services quarterly administrative population summary, totaling facility-level average daily populations.

Keep in mind
  • This covers NDCS facilities and excludes county jails, federal custody, and people supervised only in the community.
  • Facility values are rounded, and the report's bed-capacity measure excludes specified clinical, observation, program, and restrictive-housing beds; capacity comparisons and average population do not by themselves measure crime, sentencing, recidivism, or facility conditions.

Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Healthcare

8.4%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

Share of Nebraska’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

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How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind
  • This excludes people age 65 and older and is a annual survey estimate rather than a current enrollment count.
  • Insurance status does not measure affordability, provider availability, coverage adequacy, or quality of care.

Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Education

92.2%

Adults with at least a high school diploma

2020–2024 estimate

Share of Nebraska residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.

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Additional attainment measure

Bachelor's degree or higher
34.6%

How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind
  • This measures adult educational attainment, not the current public-school graduation rate or school performance.
  • It combines people educated in different jurisdictions and time periods.

Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Environment

36.0%

Electricity generated from renewable resources

2024

Share of electricity generated at Nebraska facilities from renewable energy resources during 2024.

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Recalculation inputs

Renewable generation
13.41 million MWh
Total in-state generation
37.29 million MWh

Shares of renewable generation

Wind
88.7% of renewable generation
Hydropower
8.8% of renewable generation
Solar
1.9% of renewable generation
Other biomass
0.6% of renewable generation

How it was measured

FactVote summed EIA Table 5 utility-scale hydroelectric, wind, solar, wood, and other-biomass generation with EIA Table 19 estimated small-scale solar generation, then divided by utility-scale total generation plus small-scale solar and rounded to one decimal place.

Keep in mind
  • This measures in-state electricity generation, not total energy consumption or the generation mix of imported electricity.
  • EIA notes that independently rounded table components may not equal published totals exactly. The resource breakdown uses renewable generation—not total generation—as its denominator, and the percentages do not by themselves measure emissions, reliability, affordability, or land use.

Environment

$3.89/gal

Midwest regular gasoline price

Week of September 7, 2026

Estimated average retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations in EIA's Midwest region, including taxes. The region contains Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Nebraska$3.894/gal
United States$4.157/gal

The Midwest average was $0.263 per gallon lower, or about 6.3% below the U.S. average.

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Nebraska and U.S. context

Regular gasoline price
Nebraska
$3.894/gal
United States
$4.157/gal

The Midwest average was $0.263 per gallon lower, or about 6.3% below the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of September 7, 2026. The Nebraska-side figure is the Midwest regional average, not a Nebraska statewide estimate.U.S. Energy Information Administration: U.S. Regular All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices

Recent EIA observations

Prior week
$3.847/gal
Weekly change
+4.7¢
One year earlier
$3.055/gal
Change from one year earlier
+83.9¢

How it was measured

FactVote uses EIA’s Midwest series, the smallest current EIA retail region that includes Nebraska. Changes are calculated from the published August 31, 2026 (prior week), and September 8, 2025 (52 weeks earlier), observations.

Keep in mind
  • EIA does not publish a current Nebraska statewide weekly gasoline-price series. This Midwest regional estimate should not be read as Nebraska’s statewide average.
  • The regional average combines Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, and does not represent the price at every station or in every Nebraska community.
  • Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns. Weekly estimates can be revised and can differ from monthly averages.
  • Price changes alone do not establish the effect of any bill, official, or government action.

Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Gun policy

218

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

Deaths in which firearm injury was recorded as the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Nebraska10.9 per 100,000
United States13.1 per 100,000

Nebraska's rate was 2.2 deaths per 100,000 lower than the national rate.

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Nebraska and U.S. context

Age-adjusted firearm death rate
Nebraska
10.9 per 100,000
United States
13.1 per 100,000

Nebraska's rate was 2.2 deaths per 100,000 lower than the national rate.

Both rates use 2024 National Vital Statistics System mortality data and are age-adjusted.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Firearm Mortality and FastStats — Injuries

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate
10.9 per 100,000

How it was measured

CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data published through CDC WONDER and Stats of the States.

Keep in mind
  • The total combines firearm homicides, suicides, accidents, legal-intervention deaths, and deaths of undetermined intent.
  • Mortality data do not measure nonfatal firearm injuries, defensive uses, gun ownership, or the effect of any specific policy.

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Retirement security

388,626

Nebraska residents receiving Social Security benefits

December 2025

People in Nebraska whose Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits were in current-payment status in December 2025.

Nebraska19.3%
United States20.1%

Nebraska's share was 0.8 percentage points lower than the national share.

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Nebraska and U.S. context

Residents receiving Social Security benefits
Nebraska
19.3%
United States
20.1%

Nebraska's share was 0.8 percentage points lower than the national share.

Both shares use December 2025 beneficiaries in current-payment status and Census resident-population estimates.Social Security Administration: OASDI beneficiaries as a percentage of population, December 2025

Selected benefit categories

Retired workers
306,643
Disabled workers
36,838
Widow(er)s and parents
17,926

How it was measured

Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record data assigned geographically using U.S. Postal Service ZIP+4 data.

Keep in mind
  • The total includes retirement, survivor, dependent, and disability beneficiaries and is not limited to retirees.
  • People whose benefits were withheld are excluded; residence is assigned from administrative mailing information, including representative-payee addresses where applicable.

Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Immigration

8.0%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020–2024 estimate

Share of Nebraska residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.

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How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind
  • Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or current border crossings.
  • The survey does not assign legal status and this statewide estimate does not show recent arrivals or local distribution.

Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Democracy and accountability

76.4%

Registered-voter turnout

November 5, 2024 general election

Certified ballots cast in Nebraska's 2024 general election as a percentage of registered voters.

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2024 general and 2026 primary turnout comparison

General: Nov. 5, 2024 · Primary: May 12, 2026
General election turnout
76.4%
Primary election turnoutMay 12, 2026 primary election
28.5%

The certified 2026 primary canvass reports 358,538 ballots among 1,256,903 registered voters.

  • Nonpartisan voters could request the Democratic or Libertarian open ballot; Republican and Legal Marijuana NOW nonpartisan ballots contained only federal contests. Primary and general elections also present different contests and participation incentives.
Nebraska Secretary of State: Board of State Canvassers reviews and certifies 2026 primary election results Download official data Review by January 31, 2027

Certified general-election participation totals

Registered voters
1,263,487
Ballots cast
965,236

How it was measured

Turnout calculated from the Nebraska Secretary of State's certified canvass totals: 965,236 ballots cast divided by 1,263,487 registered voters, rounded to one decimal place.

Keep in mind
  • This is turnout among registered voters, not the voting-eligible or voting-age population.
  • The percentage is derived from the certified numerator and denominator; turnout does not by itself measure election security, accessibility, administrative quality, representation, or public trust.

Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Reproductive rights

2,698

Abortions reported as performed in Nebraska

2025

Induced abortions reported as occurring in Nebraska during 2025.

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By patient residence

Nebraska residents
1,968
Residents of other states
730

By reported gestational week

0–5 weeks
309
6–8 weeks
1,639
9–10 weeks
595
11–14 weeks
154
15 weeks or more
1

How it was measured

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services aggregation of vital-record reports submitted for abortions performed in Nebraska. The displayed gestational groups are exact sums of the dashboard's individual week categories.

Keep in mind
  • This is an occurrence-based count: it includes patients from other states and excludes Nebraska residents whose procedure occurred outside Nebraska.
  • Administrative reports do not measure access, affordability, unreported events, complications, or other health outcomes.

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