State Profile

Nebraska

Population (2023): 1.978 million

Nebraska scores among top performing states for emergency preparedness. However, its outcomes on two key health measures are mixed. According to TFAH’s 2024 Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, the state placed in the high performance tier for public health emergency preparedness. Deaths within the state due to drug misuse, alcohol, or suicide are lower than the country as a whole but, based on the 2022 data, its rate of obesity is slightly worse than the national average.