Jury Pool Profile

Boone County, Nebraska

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 5,366
Median household income: $71,367
Unemployment: 2.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,109 95.2%
Black or African American alone 1 0.0%
Asian alone 17 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 47 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 37 0.7%
Two or more races 153 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 207 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

Under 18 1,293 24.1%
18–24 345 6.4%
25–44 1,084 20.2%
45–64 1,382 25.8%
65 and over 1,262 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.3%; -0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP: $575.7M; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,753
Establishments: 258

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 750 30.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 568 23.2%
Natural resources & mining 373 15.2%
Manufacturing 163 6.6%
Public administration 152 6.2%
Leisure & hospitality 143 5.8%
Construction 123 5.0%
Financial activities 90 3.7%
Professional & business services 47 1.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.2%
Median gross rent: $734
Owner-occupied: 1,745
Renter-occupied: 457

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,031 votes cast

Republican 2,499 82.4%
Democratic 496 16.4%
Other / third-party 36 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 92 1.8%
Other 32 0.6%
Tagalog 6 0.1%
Slavic languages 5 0.1%
German 3 0.1%
Other Indo-European 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,202
Family households: 1,494; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,289
Single-mother households: 39
Veterans: 271; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

88.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,579 47.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,912 35.5%
Evangelical Protestant 266 4.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Albion, Aurora, Central City, Columbus, David City, Fullerton, Osceola, Schuyler, Seward, Wahoo, York

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 24.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023