*For purposes of 2026 state aid payments, service population is that of the main funding source, based on official U.S. Census.
|
City |
Library Name |
Total 2026 State Aid
Payment |
2026 State Aid per
Capita |
| Ainsworth | Ainsworth Public Library | $1,032 | $0.65 |
| Albion | Albion Public Library | $1,017 | $0.61 |
| Alliance | Alliance Public Library | $1,271 | $0.16 |
| Alma | Hoesch Memorial Public Library | $919 | $0.89 |
| Arapahoe | Arapahoe Public Library | $1,109 | $1.15 |
| Arlington | Arlington Public Library | $773 | $0.59 |
| Ashland | Ashland Public Library | $1,270 | $0.38 |
| Atkinson | Atkinson Public Library | $1,162 | $0.89 |
| Auburn | Auburn Memorial Library | $1,291 | $0.37 |
| Aurora | Alice M Farr Library | $1,471 | $0.31 |
| Axtell | Axtell Public Library | $349 | $0.38 |
| Bancroft | Bancroft Public Library | $874 | $1.77 |
| Bassett | Rock County Public Library | $956 | $0.75 |
| Battle Creek | Lied Battle Creek Public Library | $1,033 | $0.87 |
| Bayard | Bayard Public Library | $934 | $0.83 |
| Beatrice | Beatrice Public Library | $2,061 | $0.17 |
| Beaver City | Beaver City Public Library | $845 | $1.59 |
| Beemer | Karlen Memorial Library | $896 | $1.40 |
| Bellevue | Bellevue Public Library | $8,702 | $0.14 |
| Benkelman | Dundy County Library | $999 | $0.64 |
| Bennington | Bennington Public Library | $2,873 | $0.63 |
| Blair | Blair Library and Technology Center | $2,160 | $0.27 |
| Bloomfield | Bloomfield Public Library | $948 | $1.00 |
| Blue Hill | Blue Hill Public Library | $884 | $1.11 |
| Bridgeport | Bridgeport Public Library | $1,182 | $0.82 |
| Broadwater | Broadwater Public Library | $779 | $8.11 |
| Broken Bow | Broken Bow Public Library | $1,496 | $0.42 |
| Burwell | Garfield County Library | $829 | $0.47 |
| Cambridge | Butler Memorial Library | $926 | $0.86 |
| Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Public Library | $862 | $2.29 |
| Central City | Central City Public Library | $1,499 | $0.49 |
| Ceresco | Ceresco Community Library | $711 | $0.73 |
| Chadron | Chadron Public Library | $1,537 | $0.30 |
| Chappell | Chappell Memorial Library & Art Gallery | $693 | $0.81 |
| Clarkson | Clarkson Public Library | $1,110 | $1.75 |
| Clay Center | Clay Center Public Library | $1,074 | $1.48 |
| Clearwater | Clearwater Public Library | $849 | $2.62 |
| Columbus | Columbus Public Library | $3,454 | $0.14 |
| Cozad | Wilson Public Library | $1,355 | $0.34 |
| Crawford | Crawford Public Library | $689 | $0.84 |
| Creighton | Creighton Public Library | $982 | $0.88 |
| Crete | Crete Public Library | $1,888 | $0.25 |
| Culbertson | Culbertson Public Library | $844 | $1.63 |
| Dakota City | Dakota City Public Library | $1,109 | $0.54 |
| David City | Hruska Memorial Public Library | $1,375 | $0.16 |
| Deshler | Jennifer Reinke Public Library | $674 | $0.93 |
| DeWitt | Bob and Wauneta Burkley Library | $642 | $1.25 |
| Dodge | John Rogers Memorial Library | $851 | $1.48 |
| Elgin | Elgin Public Library | $907 | $1.28 |
| Elm Creek | Elm Creek Public Library | $912 | $0.93 |
| Elmwood | Elmwood Public Library | $668 | $0.98 |
| Elwood | Elwood Public Library | $974 | $1.53 |
| Emerson | Emerson Public Library | $686 | $0.85 |
| Exeter | Exeter Public Library | $843 | $1.62 |
| Fairbury | Fairbury Public Library | $1,340 | $0.35 |
| Fairfield | Fairfield Public Library | $615 |
|
| Fairmont | Fairmont Public Library | $654 | $1.85 |
| Falls City | Falls City Library & Arts Center | $1,372 | $1.11 |
| Franklin | Franklin Public Library | $901 | $0.34 |
| Fremont | Keene Memorial Library | $3,919 | $0.99 |
| Fullerton | Fullerton Public Library | $961 | $0.14 |
| Geneva | Geneva Public Library | $1,291 | $0.79 |
| Genoa | Genoa Public Library | $895 | $0.60 |
| Gering | Gering Public Library | $1,335 | $1.03 |
| Gibbon | Gibbon Public Library | $1,052 | $0.16 |
| Gordon | Gordon City Library | $856 | $0.55 |
| Gothenburg | Gothenburg Public Library | $1,280 | $0.59 |
| Grand Island | Grand Island Public Library | $7,674 | $0.37 |
| Grant | Hastings Memorial Library | $1,215 | $0.15 |
| Greenwood | Greenwood Public Library | $857 | $1.07 |
| Gretna | Gretna Public Library | $1,604 | $1.40 |
| Harrison | Sioux County Public Library | $938 | $0.18 |
| Hartington | Hartington Public Library | $1,255 | $0.81 |
| Hastings | Hastings Public Library | $6,789 | $0.84 |
| Hebron | Hebron Secrest Library | $973 | $0.22 |
| Hemingford | Hemingford Public Library | $680 | $0.70 |
| Hildreth | Hildreth Public Library | $1,020 | $0.89 |
| Holdrege | Holdrege Area Public Library | $2,876 | $2.78 |
| Hooper | Hooper Public Library | $883 | $0.32 |
| Howells | Howells Public Library | $899 | $1.13 |
| Humboldt | Bruun Memorial Library | $884 | $1.60 |
| Hyannis | Grant County Library | $850 | $1.12 |
| Imperial | Lied Imperial Public Library | $1,100 | $1.50 |
| Kearney | Kearney Public Library | $7,834 | $0.56 |
| Kimball | Kimball Public Library | $1,464 | $0.23 |
| La Vista | La Vista Public Library | $2,374 | $0.67 |
| Laurel | Laurel Community Learning Center | $972 | $0.15 |
| Leigh | Leigh Public Library | $831 | $1.03 |
| Lexington | Lexington Public Library | $1,639 | $1.89 |
| Lincoln | Lincoln City Libraries | $53,837 | $0.15 |
| Lodgepole | Nancy Fawcett Memorial Library | $612 | $0.16 |
| Louisville | Louisville Public Library | $776 | $1.94 |
| Loup City | Loup City Public Library | $1,519 | $0.55 |
| Lyman | Lyman Public Library | $803 | $0.51 |
| Madison | Madison Public Library | $1,183 | $3.16 |
| McCook | McCook Public Library | $1,853 | $0.54 |
| Mead | Mead Public Library | $860 | $0.26 |
| Meadow Grove | Meadow Grove Public Library | $896 | $1.36 |
| Minden | Jensen Memorial Library | $1,275 | $3.28 |
| Mitchell | Mitchell Public Library | $794 | $0.41 |
| Morrill | Morrill Public Library | $904 | $0.52 |
| Nebraska City | Morton-James Public Library | $1,877 | $0.98 |
| Neligh | Neligh Public Library | $1,235 | $0.25 |
| Nelson | Nelson Public Library | $634 | $0.82 |
| Newman Grove | Newman Grove Public Library | $951 | $1.38 |
| Norfolk | Norfolk Public Library | $3,878 | $1.48 |
| North Bend | North Bend Public Library | $952 | $0.15 |
| Oakdale | Lois Johnson Memorial Library | $331 | $0.77 |
| Oakland | Oakland Public Library | $1,184 | $1.22 |
| Ogallala | Kathleen Lute Public Library | $1,410 | $0.87 |
| Omaha | Omaha Public Library | $98,345 | $0.30 |
| O'Neill | O'Neill Public Library | $1,501 | $0.17 |
| Orchard | Orchard Public Library | $854 | $0.42 |
| Ord | Ord Township Library | $1,130 | $2.41 |
| Orleans | Cordelia B Preston Memorial Library | $815 | $0.46 |
| Osceola | Osceola Public Library | $922 | $2.45 |
| Oshkosh | Oshkosh Public Library | $881 | $1.06 |
| Osmond | Osmond Public Library | $987 | $1.14 |
| Oxford | Oxford Public Library | $880 | $1.24 |
| Palisade | Palisade Public Library | $808 | $1.26 |
| Palmyra | Palmyra Memorial Library | $850 | $2.86 |
| Papillion | Papillion Public Library | $3,564 | $1.50 |
| Pawnee City | Pawnee City Public Library | $1,092 | $0.15 |
| Paxton | Paxton Public Library | $872 | $1.29 |
| Pender | House Memorial Library | $723 | $1.71 |
| Pierce | Lied Pierce Public Library | $1,338 | $0.69 |
| Pilger | Pilger Public Library | $851 | $0.73 |
| Plainview | Plainveiw Public Library | $1,058 | $3.52 |
| Plattsmouth | Plattsmouth Public Library | $1,986 | $0.84 |
| Plymouth | Plymouth Public Library | $819 | $0.29 |
| Polk | Polk Public Library | $842 | $2.29 |
| Ponca | Ponca Carnegie Library | $899 | $2.45 |
| Ralston | Baright Public Library | $2,247 | $1.00 |
| Randolph | Lied Randolph Public Library | $1,162 | $0.27 |
| Ravenna | Ravenna Public Library | $1,172 | $1.32 |
| Red Cloud | Auld Public Library | $907 | $0.85 |
| Rushville | Rushville Public Library | $1,241 | $0.96 |
| Sargent | Sargent Public Library | $657 | $1.58 |
| Schuyler | Schuyler Public Library | $1,894 | $1.07 |
| Scotia | Scotia Public Library | $1,010 | $0.29 |
| Scottsbluff | Lied Scottsbluff Public Library | $2,303 | $3.40 |
| Scribner | Scribner Public Library | $1,087 | $0.16 |
| Seward | Seward Memorial Library | $1,916 | $1.34 |
| Shelby | Shelby Community Library | $1,101 | $0.25 |
| Shelton | Shelton Public Library | $716 | $1.50 |
| Sidney | Sidney Public Library | $2,369 | $0.69 |
| Springfield | Springfield Memorial Library | $1,191 | $0.25 |
| St. Edward | Saint Edward Public Library | $897 | $0.79 |
| St. Paul | Saint Paul Public Library | $1,129 | $1.26 |
| Stanton | Stanton Public Library | $994 | $0.47 |
| Stapleton | Logan County Library | $863 | $0.65 |
| Sterling | Sterling Public Library | $636 | $1.32 |
| Stromsburg | Stromsburg Public Library | $964 | $1.35 |
| Superior | Superior Public Library | $1,039 | $0.83 |
| Sutherland | Maxine White-Sutherland Public Library | $775 | $0.57 |
| Syracuse | Syracuse Public Library | $1,061 | $0.63 |
| Tecumseh | Tecumseh Public Library | $816 | $0.54 |
| Tekamah | Lied Tekamah Public Library | $1,037 | $0.49 |
| Tilden | Raymond A Whitwer Tilden Public Library | $1,239 | $0.60 |
| Trenton | Trenton Public Library | $641 | $1.25 |
| Valentine | Valentine Public Library | $2,760 | $1.28 |
| Valley | Valley Public Library | $1,572 | $0.50 |
| Valparaiso | Valparaiso Public Library | $856 | $0.41 |
| Verdigre | Verdigre Public Library | $1,096 | $1.41 |
| Wahoo | Wahoo Public Library | $1,713 | $2.03 |
| Wakefield | Gardner Public Library | $991 | $0.34 |
| Walthill | Walthill Public Library | $717 | $0.66 |
| Waterloo | Agnes Robinson Waterloo Public Library | $1,302 | $1.05 |
| Wauneta | Wauneta Public Library | $653 | $0.75 |
| Wausa | Lied Lincoln Township Library | $924 | $1.25 |
| Wayne | Wayne Public Library | $1,768 | $1.27 |
| Weeping Water | Weeping Water Public Library | $924 | $0.29 |
| West Point | John A Stahl Library | $1,519 | $0.87 |
| Western | Struckman-Baatz Public Library | $598 | $0.44 |
| Wilber | Dvoracek Memorial Library | $1,055 | $2.69 |
| Winside | Lied Winside Public Library | $665 | $0.55 |
| Wisner | Wisner Public Library | $784 | $1.79 |
| Wood River | Maltman Memorial Library | $939 | $0.64 |
| Wymore | Wymore Public Library | $1,011 | $0.81 |
| York | Kilgore Memorial Library | $1,646 | $0.75 |
| Yutan | Yutan Public Library | $979 | $0.20 |