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Counties with the highest air toxics cancer risk in Nebraska
Among 93 Nebraska counties with published values, the counties with the highest air toxics cancer risk are Adams County, NE (30, 1 times the U.S. county median of 30), Douglas County, NE (30, 1 times the U.S. county median of 30) and Lancaster County, NE (30, 1 times the U.S. county median of 30). Values are in a million (EPA AirToxScreen).
Source: EPA AirToxScreen. These are county-level figures, compared with the U.S. county median. A high rate does not prove an environmental cause: age, smoking, income, access to care, screening and chance all move county rates, and small counties swing widely.
All Nebraska counties, highest first
Air toxics cancer risk, in a million (EPA AirToxScreen).
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. county median | Times reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams County | NE | 30 | 30 | 1x |
| 2 | Douglas County | NE | 30 | 30 | 1x |
| 3 | Lancaster County | NE | 30 | 30 | 1x |
| 4 | Platte County | NE | 30 | 30 | 1x |
| 5 | Sarpy County | NE | 30 | 30 | 1x |
| 6 | Antelope County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 7 | Banner County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 8 | Blaine County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 9 | Boone County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 10 | Box Butte County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 11 | Boyd County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 12 | Brown County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 13 | Buffalo County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 14 | Burt County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 15 | Butler County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 16 | Cass County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 17 | Cedar County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 18 | Chase County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 19 | Cheyenne County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 20 | Clay County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 21 | Colfax County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 22 | Cuming County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 23 | Custer County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 24 | Dakota County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 25 | Dawes County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 26 | Dawson County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 27 | Deuel County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 28 | Dixon County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 29 | Dodge County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 30 | Dundy County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 31 | Fillmore County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 32 | Franklin County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 33 | Frontier County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 34 | Furnas County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 35 | Gage County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 36 | Garfield County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 37 | Gosper County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 38 | Greeley County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 39 | Hall County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 40 | Hamilton County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 41 | Harlan County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 42 | Hayes County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 43 | Hitchcock County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 44 | Holt County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 45 | Howard County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 46 | Jefferson County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 47 | Johnson County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 48 | Kearney County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 49 | Keith County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 50 | Keya Paha County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 51 | Kimball County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 52 | Knox County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 53 | Lincoln County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 54 | Logan County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 55 | Loup County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 56 | Madison County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 57 | Merrick County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 58 | Morrill County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 59 | Nance County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 60 | Nemaha County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 61 | Nuckolls County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 62 | Otoe County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 63 | Pawnee County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 64 | Perkins County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 65 | Phelps County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 66 | Pierce County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 67 | Polk County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 68 | Red Willow County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 69 | Richardson County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 70 | Rock County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 71 | Saline County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 72 | Saunders County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 73 | Scotts Bluff County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 74 | Seward County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 75 | Sherman County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 76 | Stanton County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 77 | Thayer County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 78 | Thomas County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 79 | Thurston County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 80 | Valley County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 81 | Washington County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 82 | Wayne County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 83 | Webster County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 84 | Wheeler County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 85 | York County | NE | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 86 | Arthur County | NE | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 87 | Cherry County | NE | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 88 | Garden County | NE | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 89 | Grant County | NE | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 90 | Hooker County | NE | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 91 | McPherson County | NE | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 92 | Sheridan County | NE | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 93 | Sioux County | NE | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |