Compare Nebraska sheriff department costs
Sheriff department cost and staffing across all 93 counties. Click a column header to sort. Hover a column header to see what it measures. Data as of 2026-07-24.
| County | Population | Budget | $/resident | Sworn / 100k res | Custody / 100k res | Beds / 100k res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 31,143 | — | — | 51.4 | 83.5 | — |
| Antelope County | 6,302 | — | — | 111.1 | 0.0 | — |
| Arthur County | 485 | — | — | 206.2 | 0.0 | — |
| Banner County | 670 | — | — | 149.3 | 0.0 | — |
| Blaine County | 384 | — | — | 260.4 | 0.0 | — |
| Boone County | 5,397 | — | — | 92.6 | 92.6 | — |
| Box Butte County | 10,778 | — | — | 55.7 | 129.9 | — |
| Boyd County | 1,767 | — | — | 226.4 | 0.0 | — |
| Brown County | 2,691 | — | — | 185.8 | 185.8 | — |
| Buffalo County | 50,103 | — | — | 65.9 | 71.9 | — |
| Burt County | 6,717 | — | — | 74.4 | 0.0 | — |
| Butler County | 8,373 | — | — | 131.4 | 143.3 | — |
| Cass County | 26,749 | — | — | 67.3 | 130.8 | — |
| Cedar County | 8,375 | — | — | 47.8 | 59.7 | — |
| Chase County | 3,704 | — | — | 135.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Cherry County | 5,473 | — | — | 91.4 | 127.9 | — |
| Cheyenne County | 9,489 | — | — | 73.8 | 137.0 | — |
| Clay County | 6,088 | — | — | 131.4 | 115.0 | — |
| Colfax County | 10,563 | — | — | 113.6 | 0.0 | — |
| Cuming County | 9,000 | — | — | 55.6 | 22.2 | — |
| Custer County | 10,566 | — | — | 75.7 | 85.2 | — |
| Dakota County | 21,308 | — | — | 79.8 | 154.9 | — |
| Dawes County | 8,279 | — | — | 36.2 | 60.4 | — |
| Dawson County | 24,037 | — | — | 116.5 | 8.3 | — |
| Deuel County | 1,858 | — | — | 0.0 | 53.8 | — |
| Dixon County | 5,579 | — | — | 143.4 | 0.0 | — |
| Dodge County | 37,175 | — | — | 53.8 | 51.1 | — |
| Douglas County | 582,638 | — | — | 26.8 | 99.0 | — |
| Dundy County | 1,825 | — | — | 219.2 | 0.0 | — |
| Fillmore County | 5,557 | — | — | 180.0 | 18.0 | — |
| Franklin County | 2,901 | — | — | 137.9 | 0.0 | — |
| Frontier County | 2,491 | — | — | 160.6 | 240.9 | — |
| Furnas County | 4,630 | — | — | 151.2 | 108.0 | — |
| Gage County | 21,654 | — | — | 73.9 | 64.7 | — |
| Garden County | 1,778 | — | — | 281.2 | 393.7 | — |
| Garfield County | 1,833 | — | — | 109.1 | 0.0 | — |
| Gosper County | 1,873 | — | — | 213.6 | 0.0 | — |
| Grant County | 649 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greeley County | 2,212 | — | — | 90.4 | 0.0 | — |
| Hall County | 62,575 | — | — | 51.1 | 139.0 | — |
| Hamilton County | 9,400 | — | — | 74.5 | 53.2 | — |
| Harlan County | 3,094 | — | — | 129.3 | 129.3 | — |
| Hayes County | 919 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hitchcock County | 2,620 | — | — | 114.5 | 0.0 | — |
| Holt County | 10,149 | — | — | 69.0 | 108.4 | — |
| Hooker County | 659 | — | — | 303.5 | 0.0 | — |
| Howard County | 6,476 | — | — | 139.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Jefferson County | 7,185 | — | — | 0.0 | 264.4 | — |
| Johnson County | 5,294 | — | — | 170.0 | 113.3 | — |
| Kearney County | 6,655 | — | — | 90.2 | 0.0 | — |
| Keith County | 8,303 | — | — | 72.3 | 96.4 | — |
| Keya Paha County | 987 | — | — | 101.3 | 0.0 | — |
| Kimball County | 3,395 | — | — | 147.3 | 176.7 | — |
| Knox County | 8,415 | — | — | 83.2 | 107.0 | — |
| Lancaster County | 322,063 | — | — | 23.9 | 96.3 | — |
| Lincoln County | 34,532 | — | — | 75.3 | 112.9 | — |
| Logan County | 839 | — | — | 357.6 | 0.0 | — |
| Loup County | 629 | — | — | 318.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Madison County | 35,538 | — | — | 61.9 | 70.3 | — |
| McPherson County | 456 | — | — | 0.0 | 438.6 | — |
| Merrick County | 7,675 | — | — | 117.3 | 52.1 | — |
| Morrill County | 4,562 | — | — | 197.3 | 87.7 | — |
| Nance County | 3,366 | — | — | 178.3 | 0.0 | — |
| Nemaha County | 7,019 | — | — | 85.5 | 71.2 | — |
| Nuckolls County | 4,092 | — | — | 97.8 | 97.8 | — |
| Otoe County | 15,995 | — | — | 106.3 | 68.8 | — |
| Pawnee County | 2,553 | — | — | 195.8 | 0.0 | — |
| Perkins County | 2,860 | — | — | 139.9 | 0.0 | — |
| Phelps County | 8,966 | — | — | 22.3 | 22.3 | — |
| Pierce County | 7,301 | — | — | 54.8 | 68.5 | — |
| Platte County | 34,219 | — | — | 0.0 | 192.9 | — |
| Polk County | 5,182 | — | — | 154.4 | 0.0 | — |
| Red Willow County | 10,690 | — | — | 46.8 | 121.6 | — |
| Richardson County | 7,850 | — | — | 114.6 | 127.4 | — |
| Rock County | 1,312 | — | — | 457.3 | 0.0 | — |
| Saline County | 14,275 | — | — | 126.1 | 140.1 | — |
| Sarpy County | 191,272 | — | — | 55.4 | 54.4 | — |
| Saunders County | 22,374 | — | — | 107.3 | 192.2 | — |
| Scotts Bluff County | 36,048 | — | — | 55.5 | 188.6 | — |
| Seward County | 17,644 | — | — | 113.4 | 85.0 | — |
| Sheridan County | 5,102 | — | — | 58.8 | 0.0 | — |
| Sherman County | 2,970 | — | — | 202.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Sioux County | 1,162 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stanton County | 5,828 | — | — | 188.7 | 0.0 | — |
| Thayer County | 5,006 | — | — | 179.8 | 0.0 | — |
| Thomas County | 592 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thurston County | 6,716 | — | — | 208.5 | 446.7 | — |
| Valley County | 4,053 | — | — | 123.4 | 123.4 | — |
| Washington County | 20,884 | — | — | 148.4 | 57.5 | — |
| Wayne County | 9,701 | — | — | 51.5 | 0.0 | — |
| Webster County | 3,410 | — | — | 176.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Wheeler County | 771 | — | — | 259.4 | 0.0 | — |
| York County | 14,212 | — | — | 98.5 | 77.4 | — |
A note on data vintages and definitions. Population is the US Census Bureau's 2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-year estimate. Sheriff staffing comes from the US Census Bureau's Census of Governments - Employment 2022 (March reference period); headcount equals full-time plus part-time positions across function codes 062 (sworn law enforcement), 162 (civilian law enforcement), and 005 (corrections). The Census publishes no true full-time-equivalent figures, and the March payroll snapshot is not directly comparable to a full annual operating budget. County jail data has not yet been loaded for Nebraska; the eventual source is expected to be the Nebraska Crime Commission's Jail Standards Board (ncc.nebraska.gov/jail-standards-1). Sheriff department budget data has not yet been loaded for Nebraska. Sheriff names were collected from the Nebraska Sheriffs Association directory and machine-verified against county sources in July 2026; names are loaded as printed in the directory, including a few entries that carry the directory's own irregular capitalization.