Medicare in Nebraska by county

Most people with Medicare

Across Nebraska, 399,573 people had Medicare in July 2026, 34% of them in Medicare Advantage or another Medicare health plan. The counties with the most:

1. Douglas County 102,339 with Medicare · 45% in Medicare Advantage · 20 Advantage plans with drug coverage
2. Lancaster County 60,545 with Medicare · 35% in Medicare Advantage · 22 Advantage plans with drug coverage
3. Sarpy County 33,646 with Medicare · 38% in Medicare Advantage · 20 Advantage plans with drug coverage
4. Hall County 11,729 with Medicare · 39% in Medicare Advantage · 18 Advantage plans with drug coverage
5. Buffalo County 9,838 with Medicare · 32% in Medicare Advantage · 18 Advantage plans with drug coverage
6. Scotts Bluff County 8,828 with Medicare · 36% in Medicare Advantage · 2 Advantage plans with drug coverage
7. Dodge County 8,628 with Medicare · 37% in Medicare Advantage · 13 Advantage plans with drug coverage
8. Lincoln County 8,377 with Medicare · 9% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
9. Madison County 7,924 with Medicare · 38% in Medicare Advantage · 15 Advantage plans with drug coverage
10. Platte County 7,313 with Medicare · 29% in Medicare Advantage · 9 Advantage plans with drug coverage

All 93 counties, A to Z

• Adams County7,235 with Medicare · 33% in Medicare Advantage · 18 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Antelope County1,664 with Medicare · 24% in Medicare Advantage · 13 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Arthur County96 with Medicare · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Banner County128 with Medicare · 26% in Medicare Advantage · 8 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Blaine County133 with Medicare · 17% in Medicare Advantage · 5 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Boone County1,476 with Medicare · 35% in Medicare Advantage · 13 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Box Butte County2,750 with Medicare · 11% in Medicare Advantage · 0 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Boyd County646 with Medicare · 16% in Medicare Advantage · 0 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Brown County845 with Medicare · 7% in Medicare Advantage · 0 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Buffalo County9,838 with Medicare · 32% in Medicare Advantage · 18 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Burt County1,993 with Medicare · 31% in Medicare Advantage · 9 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Butler County2,029 with Medicare · 25% in Medicare Advantage · 11 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Cass County6,293 with Medicare · 36% in Medicare Advantage · 22 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Cedar County2,169 with Medicare · 32% in Medicare Advantage · 11 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Chase County945 with Medicare · 6% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Cherry County1,411 with Medicare · 3% in Medicare Advantage · 0 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Cheyenne County2,556 with Medicare · 20% in Medicare Advantage · 6 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Clay County1,654 with Medicare · 24% in Medicare Advantage · 12 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Colfax County1,881 with Medicare · 24% in Medicare Advantage · 7 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Cuming County2,185 with Medicare · 21% in Medicare Advantage · 6 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Custer County2,788 with Medicare · 21% in Medicare Advantage · 16 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Dakota County3,620 with Medicare · 45% in Medicare Advantage · 10 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Dawes County1,895 with Medicare · 17% in Medicare Advantage · 0 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Dawson County4,629 with Medicare · 21% in Medicare Advantage · 2 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Deuel County593 with Medicare · 12% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Dixon County1,401 with Medicare · 35% in Medicare Advantage · 7 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Dodge County8,628 with Medicare · 37% in Medicare Advantage · 13 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Douglas County102,339 with Medicare · 45% in Medicare Advantage · 20 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Dundy County502 with Medicare · 14% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Fillmore County1,537 with Medicare · 25% in Medicare Advantage · 12 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Franklin County832 with Medicare · 29% in Medicare Advantage · 10 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Frontier County643 with Medicare · 18% in Medicare Advantage · 16 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Furnas County1,430 with Medicare · 19% in Medicare Advantage · 16 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Gage County5,784 with Medicare · 34% in Medicare Advantage · 12 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Garden County650 with Medicare · 14% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Garfield County522 with Medicare · 24% in Medicare Advantage · 7 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Gosper County601 with Medicare · 17% in Medicare Advantage · 13 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Grant County171 with Medicare · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Greeley County626 with Medicare · 25% in Medicare Advantage · 10 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hall County11,729 with Medicare · 39% in Medicare Advantage · 18 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hamilton County2,308 with Medicare · 30% in Medicare Advantage · 14 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Harlan County931 with Medicare · 22% in Medicare Advantage · 10 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hayes County198 with Medicare · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hitchcock County803 with Medicare · 13% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Holt County2,769 with Medicare · 18% in Medicare Advantage · 5 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hooker County243 with Medicare · 6% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Howard County1,673 with Medicare · 29% in Medicare Advantage · 12 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Jefferson County2,032 with Medicare · 31% in Medicare Advantage · 14 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Johnson County1,056 with Medicare · 25% in Medicare Advantage · 4 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Kearney County1,542 with Medicare · 30% in Medicare Advantage · 16 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Keith County2,391 with Medicare · 15% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Keya Paha County234 with Medicare · 8% in Medicare Advantage · 0 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Kimball County1,072 with Medicare · 22% in Medicare Advantage · 6 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Knox County2,452 with Medicare · 33% in Medicare Advantage · 9 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Lancaster County60,545 with Medicare · 35% in Medicare Advantage · 22 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Lincoln County8,377 with Medicare · 9% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Logan County195 with Medicare · 6% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Loup County194 with Medicare · 17% in Medicare Advantage · 11 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Madison County7,924 with Medicare · 38% in Medicare Advantage · 15 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• McPherson County109 with Medicare · 10% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Merrick County1,961 with Medicare · 28% in Medicare Advantage · 15 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Morrill County1,208 with Medicare · 22% in Medicare Advantage · 6 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Nance County929 with Medicare · 23% in Medicare Advantage · 18 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Nemaha County1,634 with Medicare · 23% in Medicare Advantage · 16 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Nuckolls County1,384 with Medicare · 15% in Medicare Advantage · 14 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Otoe County3,893 with Medicare · 33% in Medicare Advantage · 12 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Pawnee County789 with Medicare · 23% in Medicare Advantage · 9 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Perkins County727 with Medicare · 8% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Phelps County2,257 with Medicare · 20% in Medicare Advantage · 13 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Pierce County1,677 with Medicare · 29% in Medicare Advantage · 6 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Platte County7,313 with Medicare · 29% in Medicare Advantage · 9 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Polk County1,329 with Medicare · 22% in Medicare Advantage · 11 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Red Willow County2,692 with Medicare · 8% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Richardson County2,297 with Medicare · 12% in Medicare Advantage · 9 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Rock County418 with Medicare · 18% in Medicare Advantage · 0 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Saline County2,895 with Medicare · 34% in Medicare Advantage · 11 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Sarpy County33,646 with Medicare · 38% in Medicare Advantage · 20 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Saunders County5,204 with Medicare · 34% in Medicare Advantage · 16 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Scotts Bluff County8,828 with Medicare · 36% in Medicare Advantage · 2 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Seward County3,862 with Medicare · 29% in Medicare Advantage · 14 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Sheridan County1,435 with Medicare · 12% in Medicare Advantage · 0 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Sherman County854 with Medicare · 33% in Medicare Advantage · 12 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Sioux County276 with Medicare · 20% in Medicare Advantage · 0 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Stanton County1,131 with Medicare · 34% in Medicare Advantage · 10 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Thayer County1,471 with Medicare · 20% in Medicare Advantage · 15 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Thomas County217 with Medicare · 12% in Medicare Advantage · 3 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Thurston County1,106 with Medicare · 27% in Medicare Advantage · 12 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Valley County1,160 with Medicare · 29% in Medicare Advantage · 10 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Washington County4,904 with Medicare · 41% in Medicare Advantage · 15 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Wayne County1,641 with Medicare · 28% in Medicare Advantage · 15 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Webster County911 with Medicare · 30% in Medicare Advantage · 10 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Wheeler County217 with Medicare · 17% in Medicare Advantage · 16 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• York County3,412 with Medicare · 23% in Medicare Advantage · 14 Advantage plans with drug coverage

Sources: CMS Medicare Monthly Enrollment, July 2026, and the CMS 2027 plan landscape. Medicare Advantage here includes other Medicare health plans, such as cost plans and PACE. Before you meet any agent, check their Nebraska license.

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