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Trends for the Last 5 Years
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Composite Score
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Median Months in Care
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Overall Total
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
State
556
58.09%
273
28.52%
77
8.04%
38
3.97%
13
1.35%
957
Adams County
5
50.00%
0
0.00%
5
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Ainsworth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Albion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alliance
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Antelope County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Arthur County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Auburn
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Banner County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Beatrice
20
80.00%
4
16.00%
1
4.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
25
Bellevue
67
61.46%
34
31.19%
4
3.66%
4
3.66%
0
0.00%
109
Blaine County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Blair
12
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Boone County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Box Butte County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Boyd County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bridgeport
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Broken Bow
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Brown County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Buffalo County
20
58.82%
7
20.58%
4
11.76%
0
0.00%
3
8.82%
34
Burt County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Butler County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Cass County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Cedar County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Center
2
40.00%
3
60.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Central
79
60.30%
37
28.24%
12
9.16%
0
0.00%
3
2.29%
131
Chadron
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Chase County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Cherry County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Cheyenne County
4
50.00%
3
37.50%
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Clay Center
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Clay County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Colfax County
2
66.66%
1
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Columbus
14
45.16%
15
48.38%
1
3.22%
1
3.22%
0
0.00%
31
Cozad
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Crete
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cuming County
4
80.00%
1
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Custer County
11
68.75%
5
31.25%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
16
Dakota City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dakota County
6
54.54%
2
18.18%
1
9.09%
2
18.18%
0
0.00%
11
David City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dawes County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Dawson County
16
64.00%
8
32.00%
1
4.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
25
Deuel County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dixon County
2
33.33%
4
66.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Dodge County
41
78.84%
11
21.15%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
52
Douglas County
126
45.16%
74
26.52%
40
14.33%
31
11.11%
8
2.86%
279
Dundy County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eastern
179
50.14%
98
27.45%
39
10.92%
33
9.24%
8
2.24%
357
Fairbury
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Falls City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fillmore County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Franklin County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Fremont
34
79.06%
9
20.93%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
43
Frontier County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Furnas County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Gage County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Garden County
3
75.00%
1
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Garfield County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Geneva
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gering
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gosper County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Grand Island
23
51.11%
22
48.88%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
45
Grant County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Greeley County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Hall County
26
59.09%
18
40.90%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
44
Hamilton County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Harlan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hastings
5
50.00%
0
0.00%
5
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Hayes County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hebron
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hitchcock County
2
66.66%
0
0.00%
1
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Holdrege
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Holt County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Hooker County
0
0.00%
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Howard County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Imperial
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jefferson County
2
40.00%
2
40.00%
1
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Johnson County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Judicial District 1
20
80.00%
4
16.00%
1
4.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
25
Judicial District 2
66
61.68%
36
33.64%
2
1.86%
3
2.80%
0
0.00%
107
Judicial District 3
60
59.40%
33
32.67%
7
6.93%
0
0.00%
1
0.99%
101
Judicial District 4
126
45.16%
74
26.52%
40
14.33%
31
11.11%
8
2.86%
279
Judicial District 5
45
66.17%
16
23.52%
5
7.35%
1
1.47%
1
1.47%
68
Judicial District 6
56
72.72%
17
22.07%
2
2.59%
2
2.59%
0
0.00%
77
Judicial District 7
15
48.38%
15
48.38%
1
3.22%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
31
Judicial District 8
18
78.26%
5
21.73%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
23
Judicial District 9
46
58.97%
25
32.05%
4
5.12%
0
0.00%
3
3.84%
78
Judicial District 10
21
70.00%
1
3.33%
8
26.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
30
Judicial District 11
49
53.26%
39
42.39%
3
3.26%
1
1.08%
0
0.00%
92
Judicial District 12
34
73.91%
8
17.39%
4
8.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
46
Kearney
36
62.06%
12
20.68%
7
12.06%
0
0.00%
3
5.17%
58
Kearney County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Keith County
11
73.33%
3
20.00%
0
0.00%
1
6.66%
0
0.00%
15
Keya Paha County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Knox County
0
0.00%
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Lancaster County
60
59.40%
33
32.67%
7
6.93%
0
0.00%
1
0.99%
101
Lavista
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Lexington
14
58.33%
9
37.50%
1
4.16%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
24
Lincoln
72
54.96%
44
33.58%
13
9.92%
1
0.76%
1
0.76%
131
Lincoln County
20
42.55%
26
55.31%
1
2.12%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
47
Logan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Loup County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Macy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Madison County
6
60.00%
4
40.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
McCook
2
50.00%
1
25.00%
1
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
McPherson County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Merrick County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Morrill County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Nance County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nebraska City
12
75.00%
4
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
16
Neligh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nemaha County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Niobrara
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Norfolk
9
40.90%
11
50.00%
2
9.09%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
22
North Platte
21
43.75%
25
52.08%
1
2.08%
1
2.08%
0
0.00%
48
Northern
115
68.45%
44
26.19%
5
2.97%
3
1.78%
1
0.59%
168
Nuckolls County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
O' Neill
9
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Ogallala
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Omaha
112
45.16%
64
25.80%
35
14.11%
29
11.69%
8
3.22%
248
Omaha Tribe - Nebr
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Ord
0
0.00%
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Otoe County
4
66.66%
2
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Papillion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pawnee County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pender
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Perkins County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Phelps County
7
87.50%
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Pierce
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Pierce County
1
12.50%
7
87.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Platte County
9
52.94%
7
41.17%
1
5.88%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Plattsmouth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Polk County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Red Willow County
0
0.00%
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Richardson County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Rock County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rushville
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Saline County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Santee Tribe - Nebr
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Sarpy County
59
60.20%
34
34.69%
2
2.04%
3
3.06%
0
0.00%
98
Saunders County
8
72.72%
1
9.09%
0
0.00%
1
9.09%
1
9.09%
11
Scotts Bluff County
17
70.83%
4
16.66%
3
12.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
24
Scottsbluff
19
73.07%
4
15.38%
3
11.53%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
26
Seward
22
91.66%
2
8.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
24
Seward County
15
88.23%
2
11.76%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Sheridan County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Sherman County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sidney
11
73.33%
3
20.00%
1
6.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
15
Sioux County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
South Sioux City
13
68.42%
2
10.52%
1
5.26%
2
10.52%
1
5.26%
19
Southeast
104
60.46%
52
30.23%
14
8.13%
1
0.58%
1
0.58%
172
Stanton County
0
0.00%
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
State - Judicial District
556
58.09%
273
28.52%
77
8.04%
38
3.97%
13
1.35%
957
Tecumseh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tekamah
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thayer County
0
0.00%
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Thomas County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thurston County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Valentine
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Valley County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wahoo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Walthill
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
Washington County
4
80.00%
0
0.00%
1
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Wayne
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wayne County
3
75.00%
0
0.00%
1
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Webster County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
West Point
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Western
77
60.62%
42
33.07%
7
5.51%
1
0.78%
0
0.00%
127
Wheeler County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Winnebago
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
York
9
75.00%
2
16.66%
1
8.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
York County
5
35.71%
5
35.71%
4
28.57%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
14