Boone County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,007 93.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 229 4.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 10 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 104 1.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,313 24.5%
• 18–24 330 6.2%
• 25–44 1,137 21.2%
• 45–64 1,300 24.3%
• 65 and over 1,276 23.8%

Median household income

$78,571

90% interval $70,609–$86,533

+$1,993 vs NE · 15th of 93

Below poverty line

9.3%

90% interval 7.1%–11.5%

−1.3 pp vs NE · 68th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.1%

−0.88 pp vs. state

County GDP

$575.7M

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,262

Establishments

256

• Education & health services 753 30.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 575 23.6%
• Natural resources & mining 358 14.7%
• Public administration 161 6.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 150 6.2%
• Professional & business services 89 3.6%

The sectors listed cover 85.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.9%

+15.4 pp vs NE · 11th of 93

Median gross rent

$850

−$222 vs NE · 35th of 93

Owner-occupied

1,794

Renter-occupied

397

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $61,128/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,276/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 116 2.3%
• Tagalog 10 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 9 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7 0.1%

Households

2,191

Family households

1,531

69.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

454

29.7% of families

Single-mother families

36

2.4% of families

Veterans

265

6.6% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

96.6%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

3.4%

±1.4 pp

92nd of 93

With a disability

12.8%

±1.7 pp

60th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

19.7%

±2.8 pp

−14.9 pp vs NE · 84th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.0%

90% interval 6.1%–7.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

49.47 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2