Brown County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,539 88.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 177 6.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 126 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 12 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 13 0.5%

• Under 18 576 20.1%
• 18–24 244 8.5%
• 25–44 561 19.6%
• 45–64 699 24.4%
• 65 and over 789 27.5%

Median household income

$63,089

90% interval $55,652–$70,526

−$13,489 vs NE · 76th of 93

Below poverty line

11.3%

90% interval 8.6%–14.0%

+0.7 pp vs NE · 39th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.3%

−0.71 pp vs. state

County GDP

$265.6M

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,624

Establishments

161

• Education & health services 357 25.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 322 23.0%
• Natural resources & mining 253 18.0%
• Public administration 132 9.4%
• Construction 85 6.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 75 5.3%
• Manufacturing 49 3.5%
• Other services 46 3.3%
• Financial activities 42 3.0%
• Professional & business services 32 2.3%
• Information 9 0.6%

Home ownership

74.2%

+7.7 pp vs NE · 50th of 93

Median gross rent

$876

−$196 vs NE · 27th of 93

Owner-occupied

946

Renter-occupied

329

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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 (Financial activities, $57,737/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,378/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,428 87.0%
• Democratic 201 12.2%
• Other / third-party 13 0.8%

• Spanish 88 3.3%
• German or other West Germanic 17 0.6%

Households

1,275

Family households

729

57.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

198

27.2% of families

Single-mother families

73

10.0% of families

Veterans

173

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 742 25.6%
• Mainline Protestant 623 21.5%
• Catholic 330 11.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 53 1.8%

Health insured

92.5%

±2.7 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±2.7 pp

33rd of 93

With a disability

15.0%

±3.2 pp

36th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

24.0%

±5 pp

−10.6 pp vs NE · 48th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.1%

90% interval 11.5%–14.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th Judicial District Court

Judges

2 (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

Ainsworth, Bartlett, Bassett, Brewster, Broken Bow, Burwell, Butte, Greeley, Loup City, O'Neill, Ord, Saint Paul, Springview, Taylor, Valentine

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0