Jury Pool Profile

Cedar County, Nebraska

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 8,344
Median household income: $73,977
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,000 95.9%
Black or African American alone 13 0.2%
Asian alone 19 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 118 1.4%
Two or more races 168 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 203 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

Under 18 2,139 25.6%
18–24 626 7.5%
25–44 1,639 19.6%
45–64 2,111 25.3%
65 and over 1,829 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $562.2M; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,563
Establishments: 342

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 755 27.1%
Education & health services 652 23.4%
Natural resources & mining 262 9.4%
Construction 206 7.4%
Public administration 190 6.8%
Manufacturing 184 6.6%
Financial activities 158 5.7%
Professional & business services 145 5.2%
Leisure & hospitality 131 4.7%
Other services 78 2.8%
Information 26 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.7%
Median gross rent: $683
Owner-occupied: 2,692
Renter-occupied: 727

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,912 votes cast

Republican 4,141 84.3%
Democratic 702 14.3%
Other / third-party 69 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 148 1.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.1%
German 8 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.1%
Other 3 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,419
Family households: 2,236; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,988
Single-mother households: 100
Veterans: 477; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

91.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,896 58.4%
Mainline Protestant 2,135 25.5%
Evangelical Protestant 585 7.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 10.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.0%

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: 1; 16.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023