Jury Pool Profile

Adams County, Nebraska

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 31,034
Median household income: $65,680
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,449 85.2%
Black or African American alone 421 1.4%
Asian alone 317 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 59 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,717 5.5%
Two or more races 2,071 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,739 12.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.8

Under 18 7,473 24.1%
18–24 3,125 10.1%
25–44 7,170 23.1%
45–64 7,535 24.3%
65 and over 5,731 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; +0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 1.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,967
Establishments: 1,051

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,333 27.3%
Manufacturing 2,936 18.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,705 17.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,582 10.0%
Construction 1,226 7.7%
Professional & business services 1,077 6.8%
Public administration 693 4.4%
Other services 456 2.9%
Financial activities 440 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 293 1.8%
Information 124 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.7%
Median gross rent: $853
Owner-occupied: 8,859
Renter-occupied: 4,041

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,364 votes cast

Republican 10,077 70.2%
Democratic 4,100 28.5%
Other / third-party 187 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,340 8.1%
Vietnamese 206 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 94 0.3%
Slavic languages 42 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 40 0.1%
German 22 0.1%
Chinese 17 0.1%
Arabic 10 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,900
Family households: 8,265; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 6,307
Single-mother households: 800
Veterans: 1,607; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,745 21.6%
Catholic 4,304 13.8%
Mainline Protestant 3,496 11.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 642 2.1%
Black Protestant 120 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (District Court judges per judicial district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); County Court judges (limited jurisdiction — small civil claims, misdemeanors, probate) separate. Vintage 2026 nebraskajudicial.gov; counts cross-checked against Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-303 et seq. ~60 District Court judgeships statewide. The 4th JD (Douglas / Omaha) and 3rd JD (Lancaster / Lincoln) carry the largest benches; multi-county rural districts typically carry 2-4 judges.)
Court seats: Alma, Clay Center, Franklin, Hastings, Holdrege, Minden, Nelson, Red Cloud

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 12.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023