Jury Pool Profile
Box Butte County, Nebraska
- County seat
- Alliance
- Judicial district
- 12th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 10,494
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,714.
At a glance
Box Butte County is a 10,494-person venue. The county population is 82% White (Census race-alone categories). 13% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $70,664, $5,914 below the NE state median of $76,578; 18.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 25.4% of covered employment, average pay $52,419/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.12%, above the 2.98% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 75% to 78% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 10,714
- Median household income
- $68,892
- Unemployment
- 3.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 82% / 0%.
Box Butte County has a population of 10,714, with a median age of 41.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 81.5%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 12.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $70,664; 18.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 6.6%.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 25.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 25.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.12%, above the Nebraska state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 76%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Box Butte County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 77.6% in 2024, 77.0% in 2020, 74.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.0% of the adult civilian population (565 individuals).