State Profile

Nebraska

Population (2024): 1,924,500 million

Nebraska’s public health outcomes and emergency preparedness betters some states but falls behind others According to TFAH’s 2025 Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, the state placed in the middle performance tier for public health emergency preparedness. Deaths within the state due to drug misuse, alcohol, or suicide are lower than the average for others states but based on the 2024 data, its rate of obesity is higher than the national median. While rates of diabetes and hypertension are slightly lower than the U.S median.