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Nebraska Thriving Index – Rural Prosperity Nebraska (RPN)

The Nebraska Thriving Index consists of an annual print report and an annually updated online interactive comparison tool. The report provides context and general summaries of patterns and trends.

About

The Nebraska Thriving Index is the first economic and quality of life benchmarking tool for rural Nebraska. Developed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Bureau of Business Research and the College of Business & Technology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the Index allows Nebraska’s eight rural regions to see how they are doing in important areas including education and skill, growth and renewal, infrastructure, quality of life and much more, as compared to similar areas across the upper Midwest.

 

The Thriving Index gives economic development professionals, community leaders and others interested in the success of rural Nebraska a means of identifying areas in which their regions are thriving, as well as where they have room for growth. Ultimately, the Thriving Index can help community leaders develop strategies to build a better future.

 

For years, urban areas have used comparison studies to see how they were doing relative to peer cities that shared similar population sizes, industry bases and other attributes. Nothing similar existed for rural Nebraska, so in 2019, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Bureau of Business Research developed the Thriving Index.

Services Provided

Business Planning

  • Demographic/Census Data

Libraries and Research Organizations

  • Demographic/Census Data

Marketing/Sales

  • Demographics/Census Data
  • Competitive Analysis
Contact Information
Program Representative
Address
1400 R Street
Lincoln, NE 68588