Jury Pool Profile

Butler County, Nebraska

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 8,413
Median household income: $82,603
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,640 90.8%
Black or African American alone 24 0.3%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 71 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 316 3.8%
Two or more races 362 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 504 6.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 1,999 23.8%
18–24 599 7.1%
25–44 1,917 22.8%
45–64 2,180 25.9%
65 and over 1,718 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $584.0M; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,326
Establishments: 276

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 605 23.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 474 18.0%
Natural resources & mining 300 11.4%
Public administration 276 10.5%
Leisure & hospitality 106 4.0%
Professional & business services 98 3.7%
Financial activities 87 3.3%
Construction 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.3%
Median gross rent: $753
Owner-occupied: 2,841
Renter-occupied: 697

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,587 votes cast

Republican 3,642 79.4%
Democratic 906 19.8%
Other / third-party 39 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 393 5.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 48 0.6%
German 41 0.5%
Slavic languages 37 0.5%
Other 16 0.2%
Other Indo-European 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,538
Family households: 2,257; 63.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,996
Single-mother households: 107
Veterans: 430; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,309 39.5%
Evangelical Protestant 756 9.0%
Mainline Protestant 679 8.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.2%

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: 2; 31.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023