Jury Pool Profile

Burt County, Nebraska

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 6,730
Median household income: $57,303
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,163 91.6%
Black or African American alone 30 0.4%
Asian alone 28 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 63 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.2%
Some other race alone 93 1.4%
Two or more races 342 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 218 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.8

Under 18 1,541 22.9%
18–24 420 6.2%
25–44 1,417 21.1%
45–64 1,703 25.3%
65 and over 1,649 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; +0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $437.5M; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,275
Establishments: 243

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 439 24.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 412 23.1%
Public administration 161 9.0%
Leisure & hospitality 148 8.3%
Manufacturing 141 7.9%
Natural resources & mining 140 7.9%
Financial activities 89 5.0%
Professional & business services 83 4.7%
Construction 81 4.6%
Other services 68 3.8%
Information 15 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.2%
Median gross rent: $688
Owner-occupied: 2,213
Renter-occupied: 654

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,656 votes cast

Republican 2,632 72.0%
Democratic 983 26.9%
Other / third-party 41 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 114 1.8%
Other 14 0.2%
Slavic languages 10 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.1%
German 4 0.1%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,867
Family households: 1,784; 62.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,429
Single-mother households: 145
Veterans: 405; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,597 23.8%
Evangelical Protestant 805 12.0%
Catholic 661 9.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 17.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th 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: Blair, Dakota City, Fremont, Hartington, Pender, Ponca, Tekamah

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 77.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023