National Conference on Citizenship
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2025

2025 Nebraska Civic Health Index

Key Finding

State-level civic health data — volunteering, civic trust, political discourse trends — drawn from Census Bureau supplements, giving practitioners a concrete state benchmark.

About this research

This annual data brief, produced by a coalition of Civic Nebraska, Nebraska Community Foundation, Nebraska Extension, two University of Nebraska research units, and the National Conference on Citizenship, tracks state-level civic health using U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey supplements on volunteering and voting plus the Nebraska Rural Poll. The 2025 edition finds Nebraska volunteering at over 40% — third-highest in the nation — even as political discussion among neighbors declines and voter turnout drops across rural, women, and middle-income Nebraskans between 2021 and 2024.
Format

Data Brief

Year

2025

Published by

National Conference on Citizenship, with Civic Nebraska, Nebraska Community Foundation, Nebraska Extension, and two University of Nebraska research units

Category

Civic Health & Polarization Data

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