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June 2026 snapshot · published August 2026

The Nebraska Mental Health Workforce

Nebraska has 9,059 active mental-health providers registered at practice addresses in the state, or 448.9 per 100,000 residents. That ranks 23 of 51 nationally, against a US average of 433.5.

9,059

active providers

448.9

per 100,000 residents

#23

of 51 jurisdictions by density

Key findings

  • Nebraska registers 448.9 active providers per 100,000 residents. That ranks 23 of 51 jurisdictions, above the national 433.5. #
  • Rock County has the state's highest registered density (794.3 per 100k); 30 of Nebraska's 93 counties have fewer than 3 registered providers. #
  • Counselors are the largest group at 65.9% of Nebraska's registered workforce (US: 43.9%). #
  • 1,041 providers with a Nebraska practice address first entered the NPI registry in 2025, versus 322 in 2019. These are registry entries, not licenses issued. #
  • 60% of Nebraska providers share a registered practice location with six or more in-scope providers. #

Providers per 100,000 by county

Providers are allocated to counties from their practice ZIP code. For 30 counties with under 3 allocated providers or under 1,000 residents, we show the count but no per-100k rate, because numbers that small don't make a reliable rate. The same values appear in the table.

providers / 100k40.4–83.983.9–149.4149.4–206.1206.1–401.2401.2+no rate published
CountyPopulationProvidersPer 100k
Douglas County606,4604,064670.1
Lancaster County334,0492,029607.4
Sarpy County208,303429206.1
Hall County63,633327513.4
Buffalo County51,172306598.8
Madison County36,106258714.6
Adams County31,071174559
Scotts Bluff County35,586167469.1
Dodge County38,057131345.2
Lincoln County33,303130390.4
Platte County35,649119334
Dakota County21,68787401.2
Holt County10,06765645.7
Gage County21,71150231.2
Dawson County24,45246188.1
Red Willow County10,30741397
Dawes County7,85839496.3
Thurston County6,75235513.3
York County14,56434233.5
Box Butte County10,49432304.9
Cass County27,65729106
Seward County18,03229158.6
Otoe County16,53128169.6
Fillmore County5,45821385.6
Sheridan County4,80921436
Phelps County8,99420225.8
Cheyenne County9,52820209.9
Wayne County10,02019190.9
Washington County21,3021883.9
Saunders County23,7021773.3
Saline County14,99616107.9
Custer County10,50016153.9
Hamilton County9,67816165.9
Keith County8,10015185.2
Cuming County8,82314160
Antelope County6,35214216.7
Richardson County7,53013172.1
Valley County4,09411266.3
Howard County6,53810153
Rock County1,25910794.3
Knox County8,3359104.3
Kearney County6,7908117.9
Boone County5,3558149.4
Dixon County5,6027128
Cherry County5,5617126.5
Jefferson County7,070799
Clay County6,170586.9
Pierce County7,378568.2
Brown County2,8265176.9
Nuckolls County4,1005122
Colfax County10,934545.1
Merrick County7,905452.7
Cedar County8,373449.6
Nemaha County7,102456.9
Morrill County4,404490.8
Thayer County4,842482.6
Furnas County4,524479
Stanton County5,744360.1
Butler County8,507340.4
Burt County6,678344.9
Johnson County5,218357.5
Nance County3,290391.2
Webster County3,336389.9
Polk County5,2702n/a
Deuel County1,8622n/a
Garden County1,8042n/a
Pawnee County2,5102n/a
Franklin County2,7951n/a
Frontier County2,6551n/a
Sioux County1,1881n/a
Greeley County2,1541n/a
Hitchcock County2,4671n/a
Sherman County2,9241n/a
Garfield County1,7101n/a
Gosper County1,8031n/a
Harlan County3,0000n/a
Loup County5700n/a
Arthur County3960n/a
Banner County6860n/a
Blaine County4580n/a
Boyd County1,6740n/a
Chase County3,7180n/a
Dundy County1,5680n/a
Grant County5610n/a
Hayes County8210n/a
Hooker County6860n/a
Keya Paha County7920n/a
Kimball County3,3910n/a
Logan County6690n/a
McPherson County3690n/a
Perkins County2,8490n/a
Thomas County6390n/a
Wheeler County7890n/a

Provider-type mix vs the national picture

Each provider counts once under their primary taxonomy; the US share is printed beside each Nebraska figure for comparison.

Counselors65.9% · 5,966 · US 43.9%
Social workers14.8% · 1,344 · US 30.4%
Psychologists11.2% · 1,016 · US 10.2%
Psychiatric NPs4.0% · 366 · US 4.0%
Psychiatrists3.2% · 286 · US 4.6%
Marriage & family therapists0.9% · 81 · US 6.8%

When Nebraska's providers entered the registry

Active providers by NPI registry-entry year. Registry entry is not licensure. Clinicians typically register when they start billing, so this measures registrations, not the workforce itself. 2026 is a partial year.

21520102014201820221,0412312026

Practice-location size

Share of Nebraska providers at single- vs multi-provider practice locations, by normalized practice address. This is a proxy; see the limitations below.

Only provider at their location19.4% · 1,754
2–5 providers at the location20.1% · 1,825
6+ providers at the location60.5% · 5,480
Location unknown0.0% · 0

Get the numbers

County-level figures for all states (including Nebraska) are in the county CSV; state totals and mix are in their own files. Everything is CC BY 4.0, so cite certification.app, "US Mental Health Workforce" (June 2026 NPPES snapshot).

county-density.csv ↓state-density.csv ↓all downloads →

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<a href="https://www.certification.app/data/mental-health-workforce"><img src="https://www.certification.app/data/mental-health-workforce/charts/ne-county-density.svg" alt="Nebraska mental health providers per 100,000 residents by county" width="100%" /></a>
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Reading these numbers

Counts are NPPES registrations at Nebraska practice addresses. They are headcounts, not FTEs or license tallies. Telehealth and multi-state practice are invisible; taxonomy self-designation is not license verification; the registry lags moves and retirements. Details: methodology.

CE requirements for Nebraska clinicians

Nebraska LPC CE requirements →Nebraska LMFT CE requirements →Nebraska LCSW CE requirements →Nebraska Psychologist CE requirements →
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